Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is joined by Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District, and Pact Outdoors for their 5th Annual Sportsperson Wet Meadow Restoration Project.

Using “stick and stone” structures volunteers will restore a degraded wet meadow area in the Centennial State Wildlife Area (SWA) (google map directions) on July 19 from 8:30 am - 2 pm. During this volunteer event, participants will get hands-on experience in the field of Low-tech Process-Base Restoration (LTPBR) by assisting with the construction of Zeedyk rock structures to prevent excessive erosion and enhance wet meadows and small-scale streams within the sagebrush community on Centennial SWA (Gunnison, Colorado).

Participants will learn more about the ongoing collaborative efforts of the Gunnison Basin Wet Meadow Restoration and Resiliency Building (WMRRB) project, which is a public-private partnership to implement on-the-ground climate change adaptation strategies. A main focus of the WMRRB project is to enhance brood-rearing and summer-fall habitats for the threatened Gunnison sage-grouse and improve big game winter/spring habitat.

Join HCCA in giving back to the land through stewardship, follow the link today and register to volunteer on a beautiful summer day!

HCCA’s Centennial State Wildlife Area wet meadow restoration project in partnership with CPW & UGRWCD, 2023.