COURTESY PHOTO
Bootstraps is a group of 18-25-year-olds who are hired by the Lander County Cooperative Extension office under grants provided by various entities. The young adults are hired to provide them job and life skills, in addition to doing pinion and juniper removal to assist with sage grouse habitat restoration. They are currently working under a grant provided by Bureau of Land Management for projects in Grass Valley, which is located in Lander County about 30 miles north of Highway 50. Pictured, left to right, back row (crew are first year unless noted) are job coach Jordan Reeder, crew leader Jacolby Sims (third year), crew members Jace Buchel (second year), Erwin Cereceres, Bryan Eisenach, Christa Dixey, Crew Leader Aljay Crutcher (second year), crew members Jose Sarrano and crew leader Evan Teller (second year). Front row, left to right, are crew members Winters Wareagle, Ed Johnson (third year), Marshall Wolf, Sunny Gumren, Quinn Garrity, Patrick Fitzgerald (second year), Dal Cleveland (third year), and Kevin Lee. Not pictured are William Fitzgerald (second year) and Josh Blackhat.
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