Tim Rogers | Santa Fe Conservation Trust

Bike-to-School Week, May 3-5, 2022

May 9, 2022 | Trails

Bike-to-School Week in Santa Fe spanned three days of biking to school – the “Bike Train – Arroyo Route” on Tuesday May 3, National Bike-to-School Day events at various schools on Wed., May 4, and the multi-school “Bike Train –...

Trail Work in 2021

Jan 6, 2022 | Trails

It was a busy year of trail work for the Santa Fe Conservation Trust and our partners with the Trails Alliance of Santa Fe, the Santa Fe Fat Tire Society, New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors, the Boy Scouts of America, and other volunteers. Starting under a...

International Walk-to-School Day, Oct. 6, 2021

Oct 28, 2021 | Trails

SFCT worked with several local schools to promote International Walk-to-School Day on Oct. 6, 2021. The main event was a procession from the Santa Fe Public Library’s South Side Branch up the Arroyo Chamiso Trail in Tierra Contenta to Cesar Chavez Elementary...

Volunteer Work on Dorothy Stewart Trail and Atalaya Trail, Fall 2020

Oct 29, 2020 | Trails

In September and October, we turned our attention to the City’s Dorothy Stewart Trail and Santa Fe National Forest’s Atalaya Trail, for which we recently renewed our adoption. Although we hadn’t worked on either for several years, these trails were...

Trail Work on the La Tierra Chili Line, Fall 2020

Oct 28, 2020 | Trails

Thanks to volunteers from Journey Montessori School and a representative of Santa Fe Fat Tire Society, we got a jump on protecting the old rail bed and preparing it for the La Tierra Chili Line Trail in September and October. Activities included putting up temporary...

La Tierra Chili Line Trail

Sep 21, 2020 | Trails

The La Tierra Chili Line Trail is finally happening! We have received clearance from the City’s Archaeological Review Committee to develop a 1/4-mile rail-to-trail on the historic “Denver & Rio Grande Railroad” railbed in La Tierra Trails, along...

Volunteer Work on Sun Mountain Trail

Sep 16, 2020 | Trails, Uncategorized

Volunteers returned to Sun Mountain Trail for the first time in nearly three years on Sept. 16, 2020. Once again we focused on “fall-line” sections of the lower part of the trail – de-berming, clearing out drainage areas that we had worked on...

Volunteer Work in Dale Ball Trails, Summer and Fall 2020

Aug 21, 2020 | Trails

For the hot months of July and August, and into September, we turned our attention to Dale Ball Trails, revisiting many known erosion problem-spots in the North, Central, and South parts of the trails. Given limitations on public gatherings, with advance preparation...

GUSTO Wayfinding and SFCT Stewardship Signage, Summer 2020

Aug 21, 2020 | Trails

From June through September 2020, upon the re-adoption of City’s natural-surface trails through a new voluntary agreement with City Parks and Recreation Dept., the Trails Program Manager and volunteers put up new signage at trailheads at La Tierra Trails, Dale...

La Tierra Trail Work Days, May and June, 2020

May 15, 2020 | Trails

City trail volunteers turned their attention to La Tierra Trails in May, continuing to meet in small groups with the Trails Program Manager. On May 13 and 20, volunteers built several dips and grade reversals to direct storm drainage out of the gullied,...