Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Camp Hale monument declaration could renew attention on restoration plan

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The Oct. 12 designation of Camp Hale  may refocus efforts at a restoration plan for the area.

The plan has been around since 2015, drafted by a large stakeholder group including Eagle County, the U.S. Forest Service, the National Forest Foundation and local residents. The plan contains a number of recommendations, including:

• Restoring more than 340 acres of wetlands, which were filled in when the 10th Mountain Division’s training site was built in the 1940s.

• Restoring roughly 5 miles of the Eagle River back to its original, meandering course. The river was put into a straight channel when Camp Hale was built.

• Interpretive historic signs and kiosks at several locations in the area.

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