Local high school students take to the skies with EcoFlight and the Buddy Program

Local high school students take to the skies with EcoFlight and the Buddy Program

Several Rifle and Glenwood Springs high school students buckled into single-engine planes and held on tight as they took to the skies for an EcoFlight aerial tour around Rifle on Wednesday. The quick jaunts were part of the Buddy Program’s Leadership through Exploration, Action and Discovery (LEAD) Program and brought land management issues in Western Colorado to life through a bird’s-eye view of local natural gas infrastructure and conversation…