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Galisteo Basin Preserve
March 25, 2022 @ 9:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Contact Leader(s): Jenny Blackmore, j.blackmore@nmvfo.org with any questions.
RESULTS: Eight NMVFO volunteers joined volunteers from Commonweal Conservancy to remove roughly 2600 feet of fencing on the Galisteo Basin Preserve near Santa Fe. This is the first of many planned fence-removal projects on the preserve, which will help accommodate wildlife flows in the Basin.
Description: NMVFO will work with Commonweal Conservancy, the nonprofit owner of the 6,000-acre Galisteo Basin Preserve in central Santa Fe County, removing barbed wire fencing at the GBP which is impeding wildlife flows and migration corridors in the Basin. After a brief workshop to learn safe and efficient ways to dismantle barbed wire fences, volunteers will spend the rest of the day removing several fences on the preserve. Volunteers should wear long sleeved shirts and long pants, and bring eye protection/sunglasses, leather gloves, a day pack and water. Additionally, if any volunteers have fencing pliers (linesmen pliers work well) please bring them. Commonweal and Reid Whittlesey, who is running the workshop, will provide a couple T-post pullers, but if you happen to have one, please bring it. Volunteers will meet at GBP’s Cottonwood Trailhead at 9:00 AM. This first session will take place on Friday, March 25 but additional sessions will be scheduled later in the spring.
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Group Size: 15
Please sign up below by Wednesday, March 23. One person per signup.
For more information: If this is your first NMVFO project, you can find more information about difficulty ratings and what to expect at Volunteer FAQ, or email the project leader.
Please read our Volunteer Guidelines before signing up for this project.