U.S. Forest Service, Colorado Parks and Wildlife and Eagle Valley Land Trust to host Sweetwater Community Open House Series

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Travis Duncan
Statewide Public Information Officer
720-595-8294 / travis.duncan @state.co.us

GYPSUM, Colo. – The U.S. Forest Service, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, and Eagle Valley Land Trust are hosting three in-person open house sessions in the coming weeks to collect initial public input on the future management of Sweetwater Lake and surrounding area.

EVLT is partnering with the U.S. Forest Service and Colorado Parks and Wildlife to manage the area, which was acquired by the Forest Service earlier this fall through the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

These initial public input opportunities will help the Sweetwater planning team in the development of a long-term management plan for the area. Additional public comment opportunity will be offered once the formal planning effort begins.

Feedback at these initial meetings will be collected via comment cards and a community survey. For more information about the community open houses, please contact Bergen Tjossem at [email protected].

Details
Tue., Jan. 25
4 - 7 p.m.
Sweetwater Community Club
0600 Sweetwater Road, Gypsum, CO 81637

Wed., Feb. 2
4 - 7 p.m.
Gypsum Recreation Center Community Room
52 Lundgren Blvd, Gypsum, CO 81637

Wed., Feb. 9
4 - 7 p.m.
Glenwood Springs Branch Library Community Room
815 Cooper Ave, Glenwood Springs, CO 81601

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Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is an enterprise agency, relying primarily on license sales, state parks fees and registration fees to support its operations, including: 43 state parks and more than 350 wildlife areas covering approximately 900,000 acres, management of fishing and hunting, wildlife watching, camping, motorized and non-motorized trails, boating and outdoor education. CPW's work contributes approximately $6 billion in total economic impact annually throughout Colorado.