La Tierra Chili Line Trail
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
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
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
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
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,...
Self-Guided Earth Day Acequia and River Cruise
In April 2020, SFCT worked with the Railyard Park Conservancy and other partners to celebrate Earth Day in times of coronavirus. From Earth Day on April 22 through the end of the month, SFCT encouraged Santa Feans to participate in the Self-Guided Earth Day Acequia...
Cañada Ancha Bridge, Sarah Williams Trail, and Other Work in Dale Ball Trails, Mar.-May 2020
On the evenings of March 16 and 17, in lieu of the cancelled showing of the Banff Film Festival, the Trail Program Manager met with a small group of members of the Santa Fe Fat Tire Society to install a long-awaited footbridge crossing the Cañada Ancha, the arroyo...
Piñon Ridge Trail
On March 11, six trail volunteers joined the Trails Program Manager to re-connect the Piñon Ridge Trail to S. Ridgetop Rd., at the top, and Camino Francisca, at the bottom. Primarily consisting of pruning and defining a narrow, single-track tread, this work was the...
Installing the Margaret Alexander Recovery Bench, Dec. 11, 2019
“Trails Restore. Mountains Elevate. Nature Sustains.” – Margaret Alexander, Trails Advocate.Upcoming Events
May
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6:00 pm Vámonos – Take a Walk on the Sou... @ Southside Library
Vámonos – Take a Walk on the Sou... @ Southside Library
May 6 @ 6:00 pm
May 6 – Tuesday @ 6pmTake a Walk on the South SideSouth Side Library to Tierra Contenta TrMeet at 6599 Jaguar DriveHike Info: Easy; ADA June 10 – Tuesday @ 6pmTake a Walk on the[...]
May
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10:00 am Acequia and River Cruise @ Railyard Park Community Room
Acequia and River Cruise @ Railyard Park Community Room 
May 10 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Meet at the Railyard Park Community Room for a slow bicycle ride on Santa Fe’s major paved trails and the mellow streets that connect them. Learn some of the history behind the Rail, River, and[...]
11:00 am Love Your Watershed Day @ DeVargas Park
Love Your Watershed Day @ DeVargas Park 
May 10 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Hosted by the Santa Fe Watershed Association and the City of Santa Fe at De Vargas Park. Santa Fe Conservation Trust will have a table. Stop by to say hello. Lots of music, fun, and[...]
May
17
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8:00 am “What’s that bird?” @ Dovetail
“What’s that bird?” @ Dovetail 
May 17 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am
Join SFCT for an eBird/ Merlin learning session designed to teach participants how to effectively use the eBird and Merlin platforms to record their bird sightings – contributing to a vast citizen science database that helps[...]
Jun
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8:00 am Bullseye Monitoring Workshop @ Dovetail
Bullseye Monitoring Workshop @ Dovetail 
Jun 7 @ 8:00 am – 3:30 pm
A Collaborative Learning Workshop by Melissa Houser of Santa Fe Conservation Trust and Jan-Willem Jansens of Ecotone Landscape Planning, LLC. During this interactive workshop, participants will learn how to conduct a Bullseye Survey of a[...]