NFWF Grant Profile

Conservation Program(s):

Five Star and Nature Restoration Trust

Project Title: Restoring Mixed-Grass Prairies in the First Creek Floodplain (CO)

Organization:

Friends of the Front Range Wildlife Refuges

Project ID:

1301.24.082695

Award Amount:

$59365.07

Location:

Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR is one of the largest urban refuges in the U.S. It's located 10 miles NE of downtown Denver in Adams County, CO. First Creek is South of Denver Airport, crossing Pena Blvd near 56th Ave then enters the Refuge flowing northwest 5.5 miles through prairie before exiting.