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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 before, and picking a...
In Memory: Bud Kelly
1921 - 2020 Bud (Daniel T.) Kelly, Jr. was born in 1921 in Santa Fe. His family owned and operated Gross, Kelly and Co., one of the largest railroad general mercantile companies in the southwest. Bud was one of six children. When he was an infant, his...
Join us for Virtual Outing on August 27th!
Our virtual event is just days away - on Thursday, August 27th. At 7 pm we start with some wonderful warm up acts. Then the event itself starts at 7:30 and over in less than an hour - badaboom! All it takes to participate is a $5 access pass, which you can get...
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 Ball...
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SFCT E-Newsletter 07-03-2020
Dear friend, I hope this finds all of you doing well. It has been a wild ride lately! SFCT was rocked by the cancellation of our trails contract to maintain the City's soft surface trails, but many of you stepped forward with support to fill the funding gap that that...
SFCT E-Newsletter 06-12-2020
New 370-acre conservation easement on Glorieta Mesa (see article below). It has been an eventful two weeks on so many levels nationally, but also here at SFCT. Organizationally, I want to tell you what we've been dealing with lately. Like other nonprofits, we have...
SFCT E-Newsletter 05-21-2020
We are heading into Memorial Day weekend, which celebrates the men and women who died while serving our country. This weekend, let’s also remember the over 96,000 Americans who have died from COVID-19, which feels like the fight of our lives right now. I have never...
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, "fall-line"...
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