Animas River Makeover
Durango Herald Outdoors Editor
A prime stretch of the Animas River in downtown Durango will get a new identity this summer.
The Animas River itself will get a bit of a new look, starting in mid-August.
The west-side riverbank will get a full-scale makeover - a retro renovation - between Ninth Street and the Highway 160 bridge.
The river and west-bank renovation project was announced recently when Durango received an $86,000 grant from the Colorado Division of Wildlife for bank stabilization and habitat improvement on that stretch of the Animas River.
The DOW grant was one of the final pieces of a 3½-year jigsaw puzzle, put together through the nonprofit efforts of Trout Unlimited and the Animas Riverkeepers.
Ty Churchwell, then the president of the Five Rivers Chapter of Trout Unlimited, sat as a member of the Animas River Task Force. With other Trout Unlimited local board members and board members from Animas Riverkeepers, the task force was asked to review an Animas River corridor assessment.
http://durangoherald.com/sections/Features/Outdoors/2009/05/01/Animas_River_Makeover/