NMVFO plans 20+ volunteer work projects each year. Click here for a printable overview of the 2024 project season, and check back often for additional information posted as it becomes available. To receive updates and detailed information about upcoming projects and events, be sure to sign up for the NMVFO newsletter on the Home page. Public land agencies that are interested in proposing a project should contact our Projects Team (projects@nmvfo.org) for more information and our easy-to-complete project proposal form.
If you’re new to NMVFO, be sure to visit our FAQ page to learn more about what to expect on a project. Project leaders are always happy to answer your questions about specific projects. Have a non-project related question? Send us a message from our Contact page. Pets are not allowed on any NMVFO projects. Minors must be accompanied by a parent or other legal guardian
Skill level: 3 Pulaski Contact Colby Holland, 505-927-7781, colby.holland@gmail.com to sign up Trail restoration project involving all aspects of trail maintenance in the Columbine-Hondo Wilderness Study Area. This project is a backpack.
Skill level: 1 Pulaski Contact Chris Fritzsche, 505-504-3768, fritzsche.christopher@gmail.com to sign up Help us expand and maintain a trail network in this beautiful place.
Skill level: 2 Pulaski Contact Colby Holland, 505-927-7781, colby.holland@gmail.com to sign up Camp two nights. Install water bars, clean up and fill washed out areas. Re-work trail bed, divert run-off, cut down hazard trees
Skill level: 2 Pulaski Contact Larry Benson, 505-821-7999, LawRBenson@aol.com to sign up Via Posada Open Space Saturday, 8/22/2015, 8:00 AM Contact Larry Benson, LawRBenson@aol.com, 505-821-7999 This is a previously unscheduled project to assist Boy Scouts of Troop 6 in making a new hiking trail in Albuquerque's Via Posada Open Space, located on the […]
2015 Via Posada Open Space Trail Network Part B 08/22/2015 Contact udy Fair-Spaulding, 505-821-9296, calljudy@gmail.com to sign up Return to another one-day project inside the Albuquerque city limits. Help us reroute some trails and maintain others.
2015 Dog Canyon Trail, Lincoln National Forest 09/19/2015 - 09/20/2015 Contact Jim Scanlon, 505-385-0517, Scanlon.jim@gmail.com to sign up Repair tread, brushing and install water bars on this historic trail that begins at Oliver Lee State Park just south of Alamogordo
2015 Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park 10/03/2015 - 01/04/2015 Contact Leader: Jeremy Pollaro, 505-702-6988, jeremypollaro@gmail.com and Judy Fair-Spaulding, 505-821-9296, calljudy@gmail.com to sign up Trail maintenance, fence-line repair, and riparian habitat restoration
2015 Log Canyon Trail Backpack 10/08/2015 - 10/11/2015 Contact to sign up This project has been canceled.
2015 Pino Trail 10/24/2015 Contact Chris Fritzsche, 505-504-3768, fritzsche.christopher@gmail.com to sign up Join us for our annual maintenance and repair of NMVFO’s Adopt-A-Trail in the Sandia Wilderness.
2015 Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge 10/31/2015 Contact Judy Fair-Spaulding, 505-821-9296, calljudy@gmail.com to sign up Help us restore habitat for some of New Mexico’s most endangered bird species.