COMMERCE CITY — The first three projects of President Barack Obama's national America's Great Outdoors Initiative will roll out in Colorado, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said this morning during a ribbon cutting ceremony at the new visitor's center at Rocky Mountain Arsenal.
Modeled on Great Outdoors Colorado, Great Outdoors America's core mission is to reconnect Americans — especially young people — to their natural heritage, the Interior Department said in a news release.
This morning Salazar said the federal government has committed $350,000 to the Denver Metro Greenway Project to link trail systems and wildlife refuges in the Denver area with Rocky Mountain National Park.
The Denver Metro Greenway Project and the two others announced today will be "the flagships of President Obama's Great Outdoors America Initiative," Salazar said, describing the vision as "a network of trails" building on existing trails connect areas.