From the United States Forest Service Memo:

Bob Marshall Award for Group Champion of Wilderness Stewardship

New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Established in May 1982, the New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors (NMVFO) is an all-volunteer, 501(c)3 non-profit organization created primarily to work alongside Federal land managing agencies on a wide variety of outdoor recreation service projects. Highly-dedicated, they are involved in over 20 service projects annually across New Mexico. Not all of their projects took place in congressionally designated Wilderness, but in 2015, seven of their projects took place in six different wilderness areas across four National Forests. Just one example, the inaugural volunteer trail maintenance project took place in the newly designated Columbine-Hondo Wilderness, Carson National Forest, where NMVFO volunteers and horse packers contributed to the “maintenance standard” of 3.1 miles of the Columbine Trail #71: removal of deadfall, brushing, and treadwork. They contributed 264 volunteer hours with an estimated dollar value of $6090.48 to the Carson National Forest and community. Year after year, they demonstrate their deep commitment to wilderness stewardship by pursuing projects that result in enormous benefits to the management and safe enjoyment of these areas. No other New Mexico volunteer service organization participates in more projects annually in wilderness than the NMVFO.