Stimulus funds go to forest road projects in Colorado - St. Louis Business Journal:

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million as its share of federa stimulus funds allocated to road maintenance and other projectzon lands, Colorado’s U.S. senators announcecd Wednesday. The local allocation is part ofa $228 million programm by the involving 106 projects in 31 states. The Forest Service, which administers the nation’s nationaol forests and grasslands, is a USDA In Colorado, $4.9 million in funds authorize d by the American Recoveryh and Reinvestment Act will go to maintain roads in San Juan Nationapl Forest and to remove some of its more than 900 milea ofunauthorized roads, and another $2.5 million will go toward roads at the Pawnee Nationap Grassland used on bird-watching tours.
The road projects will help to improvew water quality on federal lands by reducing sediments carried by runofft intonearby streams, officials said. The Colorado allocationj was announcedby Sens. Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, both The overall program was announcedd earlierby U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.