The Ridgway Ouray Community Council is leading an effort to save the Alpine Ranger program after the Ouray County Sheriff's office announced in September it wouldn't be able to fund the backcountry patrols in 2027. Plaindealer file photo
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Can public save Alpine Ranger program?
With government bowing out, group seeks to raise money for backcountry patrols
With a lack of government funding to continue Ouray County’s Alpine Ranger patrols next year, the task has fallen to locals to raise enough money – $67,000, to be exact – to keep the backcountry patrols alive.
