Volunteer Work in Dale Ball Trails, Summer and Fall 2020

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

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...
SFCT E-Newsletter 08/14/2020

SFCT E-Newsletter 08/14/2020

Dear Friend, I have heard from a couple of people that they are burned out on virtual events.  I know, I know.  But don’t forget that every nonprofit is struggling to keep the doors open and their work going, so your generosity, not only by participating, but also by...
SFCT E-Newsletter 08/07/2020

SFCT E-Newsletter 08/07/2020

Dear Friend, We are more than halfway through summer now, and I find myself worrying about what we will do when we have to go inside again.  It will be harder to get together with my family, because being inside with closed windows, even if we social distance and...
SFCT E-Newsletter 08/07/2020

SFCT E-Newsletter 07/24/2020

Dear Friend, Here we are in the midst of the coronavirus, and more and more people are talking about how the pandemic is starkly showing us that our health and wellbeing depend on the health and wellbeing of nature.  The coronavirus is zoonotic, which means it is an...
SFCT E-Newsletter 07-03-2020

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...
SFCT E-Newsletter 06-12-2020

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...
SFCT E-Newsletter 05-21-2020

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

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,...