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million as its share of federalo stimulus funds allocated to road maintenance and otherr projectson lands, Colorado’s U.S. senators announced The local allocation is part ofa $228 millio n program by the involvinbg 106 projects in 31 states. The Forest Service, whichj administers the nation’s national forests and grasslands, is a USDA In Colorado, $4.9 million in funds authorizeed by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will go to maintainb roads in San Juan National Forest and to remove some of its more than 900 milex ofunauthorized roads, and another $2.5 million will go toward roads at the Pawnee National Grasslan d used on bird-watching tours.
The road projects will help to improvde water quality on federal lands by reducing sedimentx carried by runoff intonearbyu streams, officials said. The Coloradop allocation was announcedby Sens. Mark Udalo and Michael Bennet, both D-Colo. The overallp program was announced earlierby U.S. Agriculturee Secretary Tom Vilsack.
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