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Valles Caldera Wetland Restoration
June 2, 2023 @ 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Contact Leader(s): Jim (Sagebrush) Sells, 505-898-6345, j.sells@nmvfo.org with any questions.
RESULTS: On June 2, 2023, 16 NMVFO volunteers joined Steve Vrooman of Keystone Restoration Ecology to haul rocks to create one-rock dams, and use shovels to build sod riffles, allowing water to spread more evenly on wetlands near Coyote Call Trail in the Valles Caldera National Preserve.
Note: This project is now waitlisted, but check out the project on the following day, which still needs volunteers.
Description: On Friday June 2, NMVFO will return with partners Rio Puerco Alliance and Keystone Restoration Ecology to help restore a wetland area in the southeast corner of the Valle Grande, the largest valley in Valles Caldera National Preserve. This is part of a larger New Mexico Environmental Department (NMED) wetlands project, the East Fork Headwaters Restoration Project, which will restore 400 acres of the headwaters of the East Fork of the Jemez River. Our job will be to put some finishing touches on the project by building rock dams along a spring-fed channel and a small intermittent creek. The site is close to a road and can be accessed with a short hike.
More info about meeting location to follow, for those who sign up. Hope you can join us!
Difficulty: 
Group Size: 15
Please sign up below by Wednesday May 31. If the project is full, contact the project leader to be put on a waitlist.
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. A reminder that pets are not allowed on NMVFO projects.
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.