In this project, BLM and mountain studies institute MSI , will implement innovation partnership for ecological restoration and nature based solutions partnership project, designed to engage in the…

In this project, BLM and mountain studies institute MSI , will implement innovation partnership for ecological restoration and nature based solutions partnership project, designed to engage in the identification of restoration priorities and develop decision and collaboration tools to advance the pace and scale of restoring BLM s lands in the animas watershed ecological restoration can be defined as the process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem that has been degraded, damaged or destroyed through activities that enable natural processes to return the form and function of a landscape or location society of ecological restoration, 2004 MSI will team with specialists to provide technical expertise for planning, mapping, assessment, and implementation to assist the BLM restoration and reclamation goals ecological restoration of headwaters of the animas river, uncompahgre river, and SAN juan river, which are all tributaries of the colorado river this project is located in the tributaries of the SAN juan and colorado watersheds, and include the BLM alpine loop scenic backcountry byway, BLM alpine triangle recreation area, and bonita peak mining district superfund site