Grand Enchantment Backpack Small Group Project (Magdalena RD)
One volunteer logged and lopped and backpacked on Shipman Trail and Apache Kid Trail in the Apache Kid Wilderness for an entire month. 10.7 miles of trail were cleared of deadfall.
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One volunteer logged and lopped and backpacked on Shipman Trail and Apache Kid Trail in the Apache Kid Wilderness for an entire month. 10.7 miles of trail were cleared of deadfall.
Five volunteers joined a day project on the Manzano Crest Trail to finish the downfall removal and lopping on the Crest Trail for about 1.25 miles south of the junction with Trail Canyon Trail.
Improve the tread of the two-mile long Juan Trail (#399) in the Santa Fe National Forest
Horse-supported backpack project near Glenwood with Gila Backcountry Horsemen
One-day project to install wooden steps on a steep, highly eroded section of the trail.