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SUMMARY:Trail Workshop – Classroom (CABQ Open Space) WAITLISTED
DESCRIPTION:RESULTS: In a project organized by Larry Benson and Christy Osmon\, eighteen NMVFO volunteers and five members of the Albuquerque Open Space Division attended a classroom session in the Manzano Mesa Multigenerational Center in the morning. They then did some on-the-job training at the Tijeras Canyon Biozone\, where under the guidance of Jim Sattler and his staff members from the Open Space Division\, they excavated 15 drainage dips across an eroding uphill dirt road that serves as trail for hikers\, bikers\, and horse riders.\n \n\n\n	\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n\n	 \n	\n	Show More\n\n\n\nPHOTO ALBUM LINK \n\n  \nDescription: Learn the fundamentals of building and maintaining trails with Larry\, Christy\, and Jim Sattler\, the Deputy Superintendent of Albuquerque’s Open Space Division. This class is especially designed for beginners\, although anyone who would like a skills refresher will be welcome. To follow-up on this introduction\, a full-day field training project will be held one week later on Saturday\, March 22. \nIndoor Class. The workshop will begin with an indoor class at the Manzano Mesa Multigenerational Center at 501 Elizabeth St SE (located shortly past where Juan Tabo Blvd. becomes Southern Blvd). Larry and Christy will each narrate NMVFO PowerPoint presentations that show the challenges and techniques of building and maintaining trails in terrain across New Mexico. Jim may add additional perspectives on the issues addressed in these slide shows and will follow up using a whiteboard to illustrate the specific trail problems to be dealt with during the outdoor session. You will also receive some handouts about doing trail work.  \nOutdoor Practice. After the classroom session\, we will drive north on Southern Blvd\, turn right on Central Ave\, and go a few miles east on Old Route 66 (NM 333) to the Tijeras Biozone Open Space at 15600 Central Ave SE. We will meet in front of the old building located there. Jim will briefly summarize the recent expansion of this property\, the colorful history of the existing facility\, and the city’s plans for the area’s future. He will then demonstrate how to safely use the tools that we will carry a short distance to do some maintenance on an existing trail and (time permitting) build a new section of trail. \nPreparations: Wear long pants\, long-sleeved shirts\, sturdy boots or work shoes\, eye protection (glasses or sun glasses)\, caps or hats\, and outer layers appropriate for the weather forecast. Bring work gloves if you have them (extras will be available to borrow) and a daypack with water\, snacks\, and sunscreen. An email update will be sent out during the week before the project. Please sign up no later than March 13. \nDifficulty: \n \nSign up by clicking the button below. If this is your first NMVFO project\, you can find out more information at Volunteer FAQs. If you have any more questions\, or would like to be put on a waitlist if the project is full\, you can email the project leaders or call Larry at 505-821-7999.  \nGroup Size: 20  \nCost: Free! \nPlease read our Volunteer Guidelines before signing up for this project.\nOn the signup form please leave the "Number of Volunteers" at 1. If you would like to sign up additional volunteers please submit multiple signups.
URL:https://nmvfo.org/projects/trail-workshop-classroom-cabq-open-space-3/
CATEGORIES:Class,Project
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ORGANIZER;CN="Larry Benson":MAILTO:L.Benson@nmvfo.org
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SUMMARY:Trail Workshop – Field (CABQ Open Space)
DESCRIPTION:RESULTS: In a project organized by Larry Benson and Christy Osmon\, sixteen NMVFO volunteers and five members of the Albuquerque Open Space Division led by Jim Sattler\, built 650 feet of new trail in rugged hillside terrain above Tijeras Canyon. This required the removal of several dozen rocks to smooth out the new tread and construction of about 20 rock walls to reinforce the trail.\n \n\n\n	\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n		\n\n	 \n	\n	Show More\n\n\n\nPHOTO ALBUM LINK \n\n  \nThis session will build upon skills introduced to new volunteers at an indoor class on March 15\, but anyone is welcome to sign up for either or both sessions. For those who miss last week’s class\, we recommend you review its two PowerPoint presentations at the top of the following webpage: https://nmvfo.org/volunteer/resources/. \nDescription: This training project will be conducted on Albuquerque Open Space land in the Tijeras Canyon Biozone just east of the city. Experienced Open Space personnel and the NMVFO project leaders will help mentor volunteers as we build a new trail section and close an old one. The trail’s new route will be marked with pin flags that carefully follow the terrain to permit proper drainage. Any large trees in the way will have already been felled with a chainsaw\, but we will use hand tools to remove stumps\, smaller trees\, brush\, and intruding branches. We will also reshape and smooth the tread\, digging out rocks and roots\, and build rock walls as needed to buttress the trail along steep slopes or at drainage crossings. For closing the old trail segment\, we will scarify the tread and scatter foliage to limit erosion and block its entrances with rocks\, branches\, and replanted cactuses where available. \nPreparations: Wear long pants\, long-sleeved shirts\, sturdy boots or work shoes\, eye protection (such as sun glasses)\, caps or hats\, and outer layers appropriate for the weather forecast. Bring work gloves if you have them (but extras will be available to borrow) and a daypack with water\, a light lunch and/or snacks\, and sunscreen. An email update will be sent out during the week before the project. Please sign up no later than March 20. \nDirections: The Tijeras Biozone facilities are located at 15600 Central Ave SE as shown on this map. If coming from Albuquerque on I-40\, turn south on Tramway Blvd (Exit 167)\, then turn left on Central Ave. and continue east on Old Route 66 (NM 333) for 1.2 miles to the parking lot. \nDifficulty: \nSign up by clicking the button below. If this is your first NMVFO project\, you can find out more information at Volunteer FAQs. If you have any more questions\, or would like to be put on a waitlist if the project is full\, please email Larry and Christy or call Larry at 505-821-7999. \nGroup Size: 20. \nCost: Free! \nPlease read our Volunteer Guidelines before signing up for this project.\nOn the signup form please leave the "Number of Volunteers" at 1. If you would like to sign up additional volunteers please submit multiple signups.
URL:https://nmvfo.org/projects/trail-workshop-field-cabq-open-space-3/
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ORGANIZER;CN="Larry Benson":MAILTO:L.Benson@nmvfo.org
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