Meeker

Land purchase expands Rio Blanco State Wildlife Area

MEEKER I Colorado Parks and Wildlife has completed the acquisition of 695 acres, most of which is adjacent to the Rio Blanco State Wildlife Area, located a few miles west of Meeker.



Purchased from ExxonMobil with funding from Great Outdoors Colorado and from the sale of Habitat Stamps, the $1.5 million addition increases the Rio Blanco SWA from 390 acres to nearly 1,000 acres of excellent wildlife habitat.


“It took years of planning and negotiations,…