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Pecos River Cleanup (National Public Lands Day)
September 28 @ 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Contact Leader(s): Dan Potter, d.potter@nmvfo.org with any questions.
RESULTS: 9 NMVFO volunteers spent National Public Lands Day in Pecos Canyon cleaning up a mile of Pecos River frontage, an area heavily used by anglers. We also cleaned trash from Rt. 63 frontage and the Dalton Canyon dispersed camping area. We partnered with the Upper Pecos Watershed Association and Santa Fe National Forest on this project.
Description: Saturday, Sept. 28th, is National Public Lands Day! Since launching in 1994, Public Lands Day has been the nation’s largest single-day volunteer effort for public lands.
For our part, NMVFO is again teaming up with The Upper Pecos Watershed Association, removing litter along the beautiful Pecos River north of Pecos, NM. The cleanup project is part of a larger one-day effort, “Pecos 2 Pecos” which will have volunteer crews cleaning up the river from Pecos, NM all the way to Pecos, TX. NMVFO’s work will take place on USFS land in the scenic Pecos Canyon. Litter pickers, visibility vests and trash bags will be provided, and the USFS will remove collected trash at the end of the day.
Volunteers should dress in layers, including long sleeved shirts and long pants, sun and rain protection, eye protection/sunglasses, work gloves, sturdy boots, a day pack, lunch and/or snacks, and water.
More information will be available to volunteers closer to the date.
Please Contact Dan Potter d.potter@nmvfo.org with any questions.
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Group Size: 15
Sign up below by September 26.
Please read our Volunteer Guidelines before signing up for this project. On the signup form please leave the "Number of Volunteers" at 1. If you would like to sign up additional volunteers please submit multiple signups.