Volunteer for Outdoor Colorado’s (VOC) National Public Lands Day Cottonwood Trail Construction Project on September 27-28 was selected to be featured for an REI GeoStory. This is the second time VOC received a formal invitation from REI to have our work featured on their GeoStory stewardship. Promoted by National Geographic, GeoStories are interactive experiences that tell stories of outdoor locations stewarded with the help of REI funding. The film will be featured on REI’s stewardship portal. Check out the film!

REI helped fund this special project along with several other groups including: USFS-Salida Ranger District, Salida Mountain Trails, Xcel Energy, Lockheed Martin, The Boeing Company, Oracle, Clif Bar & Company, National Forest Foundation, Freeport-McMoRan Foundation and Climax Molybdenum Company, and Helen K. and Arthur E. Johnson Foundation. More than 60 volunteers helped maintain a new section of trail connecting downtown Salida to the Arkansas Hills Trail System – providing safe and easy access for residents and recreational tourists.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the project, to our generous sponsors, and to The Branding Agency for their filming and editing work.