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Light pollution is stealing your view of the stars. National parks want to give it back

Oct 30, 2017 | Dark Skies

More than half of Americans no longer can see the Milky Way Denver Post, October 29, 2017 Darkness is increasingly rare. Land managers here and at other U.S. national parks — joined by more and more towns — are trying to set themselves up as preserves by obtaining...

Bicycle Tour for International Making Cities Livable Conference, Oct. 2

Oct 4, 2017 | Trails

At the request of the Chair of the Bicycle and Trails Advisory Committee, the Trail Program Manager took nine participants in the International “Making Cities Livable” Conference on a tour of bicycle facilities in Santa Fe on Oct. 2. Participants hailed...

Field Trips to La Tierra Trails in October

Oct 4, 2017 | Trails

Thanks to support from Partners in Education to cover transportation costs, we are bringing hundreds more schoolchildren to city trails this October! This season, 4th and 5th Graders from El Camino Real Academy and Nina Otero Community School are visiting La Tierra...

2017 Newsletter

Oct 3, 2017 | Publications

earthLines: 2017 Newsletter

Putting up Wayfinding Signage on Talaya Hill with County Volunteers

Sep 18, 2017 | Trails

In Fall of 2017, we are working with County Volunteer Coordinator Carol Branch to put up wayfinding signage on the County sections of the Dale Ball and Connecting Trails, including Talaya Hill (Dale Ball Trails – South), La Piedra Trail, and Little Tesuque...

Demonstration Work Day and Hike with International Visitors

Aug 29, 2017 | Trails

On Aug, 29 the Executive Director and Trails Program Manager, along with Railyard Conservancy director Christy Downs, met at the Railyard Community Room with conservation and parks professionals from five nations who were brought to Santa Fe by the Council for...

Seed Ball Throw, Native Plant Day, Aug. 19, 2017

Aug 22, 2017 | Trails

On the morning of Aug. 19, SFCT celebrated “Native Plant Day” with the Native Plant Society of New Mexico and the City of Santa Fe by orchestrating a community bicycle ride and walk to distribute over 2,000 native plant “seed balls” on city...

Arbolitos Trail

Aug 9, 2017 | Trails

The Arbolitos Trail is a GUSTO demonstration project along the top of a branch of the Arroyo de los Frijoles, northeast of La Tierra Trails. The route of the trail was originally flagged by Henry Lanman and Tim Rogers in April and was soon added to commitments for the...

La Tierra Trails / Dog Park Connector, July – September 2017

Jul 25, 2017 | Trails

The “Dog Park Connector” is a GUSTO demonstration project to help create a long-awaited connection through city open space out to La Tierra Trails via the “Montoyas Trail” and underpass under the Relief Route. The GUSTO demonstration comprises...

Cerro Gordo Trailhead Connection, Dale Ball Trails, July 20

Jul 20, 2017 | Trails

On July 20, a handful of dedicated city trail volunteers met to take care of some last needs for pruning, wayfinding signage, and tread work around the old Sand Filter Plant site. The area had recently been re-contoured and mulched by Youthworks volunteers on behalf...