Features, Meeker

Air Force cadets to build new bridge for Spring Cave trail

MEEKER | Through a unique partnership between the Air Force Academy and the White River National Forest, some of the brightest young minds in the country will design, plan, and build a new bridge on the Spring Cave Trail near Meeker this month.

Air Force Academy cadets and Forest Service personnel will work side-by-side for three weeks beginning July 17 to construct a bridge across the South Fork of the White River to improve the…