The Gunnison Public Lands Initiative

Photo: Brett Henderson
GRANT NAME:
The Gunnison Public Lands Initiative
GRANTEE:
The Wilderness Society
LOCATION
Denver, CO
AMOUNT
$45,000
Year
2022

To secure landscape-scale protections for public lands in Gunnison County, Colorado, through new Wilderness and special management areas that protect nearly 500,000 acres of key habitat, watersheds, and recreation values, and plays a central role in climate adaptation strategies while allowing for sustainable recreational use.