Mar 13, 2024 | GARNA News
GARNA Renews the Brett Beasley Memorial Scholarship Local students pursuing careers in outdoor recreation and natural resource management have a chance to compete for $1,000 scholarships through this year’s installment of the Brett Beasley Memorial Scholarship. The...
Feb 29, 2024 | GARNA News
GARNA Youth Ecological Literacy Program (YELP) Days and Ways to Volunteer! Spring 2024 Edition We love (and need to!) incorporate community volunteers into our school-based youth programs. Date/Time/Location Program Student Age School-based Field Work and...
Jan 16, 2024 | GARNA News
For 37 days in the summer of 2023, Jeff Keidel traversed the backcountry trails of the San Isabel National Forest to collect data on trailheads, trails and dispersed campsites. As public lands see a rapid increase both in visitation and impact, Keidel’s project was...
Dec 14, 2023 | GARNA News
We’d like to highlight a local climate hero! Matt Nykiel demonstrated the power of people and community organization in the last month. Matt reached out to community members to rally together to submit comments and engage with the county on energy code. He...
Dec 12, 2023 | GARNA News
What an amazing batch of photos this year for our annual photo contest! Our winners chosen by People’s Choice for each of the 5 categories. We used the winners as well as staff choice for the Calendar and photo cards. (Due to timing, we were unable to...
Nov 13, 2023 | GARNA News
Did you know Chaffee County is 80% public lands, split between the US Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management and Colorado Parks & Wildlife? With the increase of recreation and residential impact, a group of concerned citizens and local non-profit and agency...