Big thinking comes at a tremendous cost. When the FOLBR Board voted to commit to positively affect climate change, we all embarked on an exciting journey. Bringing Tom Koehler on board as Director of Climate Action was a significant step forward. Tom has worked diligently to develop our strategic plans aimed at improving climate resiliency in the Lower Blue River Valley. He has also worked tirelessly to seek grant funding to pay for our work.

We'd like to thank this year's grantors to our Climate Action Initiatives:

Summit County $10,000
(Supporting our Mycelium Project shared with the Colorado Mycology Watershed Institute)

CPW and Great Outdoors Colorado $75,000
(Partnering with the Blue River Watershed Group to form the Summit County Outdoor Coalition with Grand, Pitkin and Eagle Counties.)

Colorado Parks and Wildlife $121,000
(Part of CPW's Wetlands Grant to implement Beaver Dam Analogs)

The Summit Foundation $10,000
Supporting our Mycelium Project)

Stay tuned...we envision more to come as we continue our climate action work in the months and years ahead.