After a false start put funding in doubt this summer, Daggett County will soon have a blueprint for building trails that it hopes will provide a tourism-fueled boost to its struggling economy.
The Permanent Community Impact Fund Board (CIB), a panel that distributes money from federal mineral royalties, agreed Thursday to give $100,000 toward creation of an inventory of mountain bike and other trails and plan for expansion. State Parks will contribute another $100,000 for the effort.
Tourism is the remote county’s primary economic driver, largely from fishing and boating on the Flaming Gorge reservoir. A recent study of its public lands found most of the recreational opportunities require trails.