Kerber Creek Restoration Project - Partner & Fiscal Agent
The Kerber Creek Restoration Project is a joint partnership of the Bureau of Land Management, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, Trout Unlimited, Saguache County Sustainable Environment and Economic Development, local landowners, and others. Mine tailings have washed down through Kerber Creek and are contributing metals to the waterway. The project involves tailings removal, in situ treatment, revegetation, installation of fish habitat structures, stream bank stabilization, and fencing to keep cattle from the rehabilitated areas. The partners are taking a holistic view of the watershed; major goals include increased forage area for cattle and wildlife, healthy stream morphology and biota, and removing Kerber Creek from that state's 303(d) list of impaired waterways. This is the final phase of a project which has last over a decade.
Core: Kim Smoyer, Maggie Barnes
Collaboration with County Road & Bridge Dept. to acquire a new baler, build a facility, supply electricity and develop a community collection system. Collaboration with community schools to create a collection system for recyclables.
Core: Jess DuBoe and Kim Smoyer
Water Quality Project
Collaboration with SLVEC and EPA. Provide water quality testing to SLV residents.
Core: Matie Belle Lakish and Leigh Mills
Noxious Weed Control
Provide support and technical assistance to Forest Service personnel.
Educating the general public on noxious weeds.
Core: Kim Smoyer and Dario Archuleta