Trail Work in 2024

Trail Work in 2024

Santa Fe Conservation Trust organized 41 outings with volunteers in 2024 to scope out, design, build and, most frequently, maintain public trails.  Typically meeting on Wednesday mornings, volunteers totalled nearly 620 hours worked, including 475 hours on City-owned...
SUN Success

SUN Success

The Stand Up For Nature fundraiser was a huge success on Saturday night. We had a full house of 350 people at the Farmers’ Market Pavilion ready to listen to Bill McKibben and eager to support our work. We were humbled by the incredible response and will share...
Tour de Mural: The Outliers

Tour de Mural: The Outliers

On May 11, 2024, SFCT’s Trails Program Manager Tim Rogers led over twenty cyclists on a tour of outlying murals, starting and ending at the Railyard Community Room.  It was also a great excuse to visit lesser-known trails, alleys, and short cuts along the way! ...
Green Schools Conference Bike Ride

Green Schools Conference Bike Ride

SFCT’s Trails Program Manager led a group of eight participants from the national Green Schools Conference on a 7.25-mile bike tour on Thursday, March 7, 2024.  Bicycles and helmets were generously provided by the City’s Recreation Department.  ...
2023 SFCT Booklist

2023 SFCT Booklist

We asked our board and staff to tell us what their top three favorite books were this year. Quinn Simons, President Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariBlood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy (I also love Suttree)Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner Dennis Romero, Vice President Making...
Tour de Mural 2023

Tour de Mural 2023

About 20 cyclists enjoyed a tour of Santa Fe’s murals along the Rail Trail, Acequia Trail, and River Trail as well as points in between, on Oct. 21, 2023.  This 2023 edition of the Tour de Mural was a reprisal of the original Tour de Mural in 2016, summarized on...
2022 Annual Report

2022 Annual Report

SFCT 2022 Annual Report / 2023 Newsletter Explore all the activities the Santa Fe Conservation trust is engaging in (with your help!), including work on the Conservation Homestead, new properties under conservation easement, trail work and new community engagement...
Trail Work in 2023

Trail Work in 2023

First trail work day of the season: Santa Fe Canyon Preserve, Mar.15, 2023 Building the Conservation Homestead Shelf Trail, Mar.-May 2023 La Tierra Trails, including Dog Park Connector and Chili LIne Trail, April-June, Aug-November 2023   Dale Ball Trails and...