Flume Canyon Trail to receive much needed maintenance

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.—The Colorado Mountain Club (CMC) and staff from the BLM - McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area will team up to perform needed work on the Flume Canyon Trail on Saturday, November 4, 2006. The CMC, which has adopted the system of trails in Flume Canyon, will perform valuable monitoring and maintenance work, guided by NCA staff.

“Recent heavy rains have hit some of our trails in the NCA pretty hard,” said NCA Manager Paul Peck. “Volunteers will rework the trail to make it a more sustainable route. We couldn’t accomplish this work without CMC’s help, and we are very grateful for their active involvement in taking care of public lands.”

“CMC members are glad to help the BLM restore and protect some of the trails we enjoy hiking on,” said John Gribben, trail stewardship coordinator for the CMC. “The Grand Valley is lucky to have access to beautiful country on public lands.”

Flume Canyon, a favorite with local hikers and horseback riders, is located in the Front Country of the Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness. Minutes from Grand Junction, the designated trail system is part of a network of popular trails that includes Devil’s Canyon, Pollock Bench and the Fruita Paleontological Area.

The 123, 430-acre McInnis Canyons NCA and 75,550-acre Wilderness are managed under BLM’s National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS). The NLCS is composed of special public lands, many of which have received special recognition and protection through congressional or presidential conservation designations. For more information on the
NLCS, go to www.blm.gov/nlcs. For additional information on this project, contact Park Ranger Troy Schnurr at 970-244-3032 or John Gribben, Colorado Mountain Club, at 970-257-9708.

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