E-News – Banff and other Thanksgiving Treats!
Happy Thanksgiving to you! I am writing this in anticipation of being a little heartbroken on the day, because my family members, even though we all live here, are celebrating it separately from each other. We will be on the phone with each other, for sure, and I am... E-News – Two Great Programs to Keep You Company
I am hoping that this email will bring a little joy into your lives as we shelter in place for a while to try to get the coronavirus under control. How about some Banff films to add a little excitement to your couchsurfing? Get ready because the Banff Virtual World...
Volunteer Work on Dorothy Stewart Trail and Atalaya Trail, Fall 2020
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
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... E-News – Enjoy our soon to be Chilly Trails
Well, it looks like this weekend the growing season will come to a close and maybe, just maybe, we’ll get some precipitation. I have to admit that I have been enjoying this part of climate change, which resulted in a longer, warmer Fall where my garden could...
E-News – Keeping Hope (and Our Trails) Alive
Six months into the pandemic, and here we are at Fall. I don’t know about you, but I need some down time! Yet everything is up right now. The virus has made its way to the White House, the days are growing shorter. The election is nearing. And I will be...
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...
E-News – Birds, Biodiversity & Big Ideas
These are such disturbing times, made even worse lately by the news that there is a huge die-off of birds happening throughout New Mexico and portions of Colorado. Scientists aren’t sure at this point what’s causing it, except to say that the birds they...
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...Upcoming Events
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8:00 am Bullseye Baseline Monitoring @ Cottonwood Trailhead
Bullseye Baseline Monitoring @ Cottonwood Trailhead 
Jun 8 @ 8:00 am – 3:30 pm
A Collaborative Learning Workshop by Kirk Gadzia of Resource Management Services, LLC, Jan-Willem Jansens of Ecotone Landscape Planning, LLC, and Melissa Houser of Santa Fe Conservation Trust During this interactive workshop, participants will learn how[...]