Colorado Range Rider Youth Corps Crews

2003 Inaugural Crew

Communities Represented:
Fort Morgan, Yoder, Ordway, Brush, Yuma, Crook, Vernon, Wiggins, Log Lane Village, Colorado Springs.

Project Sites:
Jackson Lake, Bonny Lake, Brush DOW, North Sterling State Park, Wray Fish Hatchery, Lamar DOW

Major Accomplishments:
10 Weeks, 4249 Hours, 1 mile of fence, 5 miles of clean-up, 7 acres of Tamarisk, 200 Chinese elm, 8 AmeriCorps Awards, and over 5000 feet of trail.

Team Santa Fe - 2004

Communities Represented:
Lamar, La Junta, Las Animas, Rocky Ford, Akron, Sterling, Brush, Merino, Yoder.

Project Sites:
Jackson Lake, City of Fort Morgan, Bonny Lake, Lory State Park, Brush DOW, North Sterling State Park, Wray Fish Hatchery.

Major Accomplishments: 8 weeks, 3516 hours, 4000 feet of removed fence, 25 truckloads of weeds, 45 acres of trash, 4 AmeriCorps Awards, and removal of over 2400 trees.

Team Overland - 2004

Communities Represented:
Otis, Sterling, Brush, Lamar, Rocky Ford, Fort Morgan, Hugo, Stratton.

Project Sites:
Jackson Lake, DOW Brush, Community of Ellicott, Jackson Lake, DOW Limon, Queens Lake, Campo/Comanche National Grassland, DOW Dome Rock, Wray Fish Hatchery.

Major Accomplishments: 8 weeks, 2 viewing blinds, 1 turkey guzzler, one switchback, one bridge, 5 AmeriCorps Awards, and over 9800 square feet of trail.