National Public Lands Day Sites

Abiquiu Lake

Trash Pickup, Trail Work, Lanscaping & Tree Planting

Contact: Eric Garner
Agency: US Army Corps of Engineers
Phone: (505) 685-4371
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Location: 4731 Hwy 96 | Abiquiu, New Mexico 87510
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Albuquerque Service Center

Currently this event is not open to the public. Projects will include trash pick-up and tree planting.

Contact: Tommy Martinez
Agency: USDA Forest Service
Phone: (505) 5637498
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Location: Tijeras Ranger District | Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110
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Alternative Start Date: 2010-09-10
Alternative End Date: 2010-09-10

Angel Peak Recreation Area

Trail maintenance: Come help us to restore trails within Angel Peak picnic areas and campgrounds. We will also be flagging a new trail at Cliffs Picnic area and one at Angel Peak campgrounds. Help place overlook benches at your favorite spot along the new trails. Update Angel Peak overlook by helping us build a new fence along the edge of the parking lot and painting the existing barricade. We will also be putting in a new information station that will display local area geology and other unique characteristics. Spruce up the picnic shelters at all three picnic area! We will be doing weed control and laying new gravel around each shelter. We will also expand some of the access trails of easy handicap access. Replace a section of fence at Cliffs picnic area and place a culvert to manage erosion.

Contact: Janelle Alleman
Agency: Bureau of Land Mangement
Phone: 505-599-8944
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Location: 1235 La Plata Highway | Farmington, New Mexico 87401
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Bandelier National Monument

Project will be trail improvement on Burnt Mesa

Contact: Karen Hevel-Mingo
Agency: NPCA Southwest Regional Office
Phone: (801) 521-0785
On the Web: www.npca.org
Location: 15 Entrance Road | Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544
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Carlsbad Caverns National Park

General maintenance.

Contact: Rachel Zimmer
Agency: NPS
Phone: (575) 785-3130
On the Web: nps.gov/cave
Location: 727 Carlsbad Caverns Hwy | Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220
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Dona Ana Recreation Area

Install recreational signs, trail maintenance and remove debris.

Contact: Oz Gomez
Agency: BLM
Phone: (575) 525-4336
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Location: 1800 Marquess St. | Las Cruces, New Mexico 88005
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Alternative Start Date: 2010-10-02
Alternative End Date: 2010-10-02

El Malpais National Conservation Area

Volunteers will build and maintain a portion of the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail (CDNST). The CDNST is 3,100 miles of trail running along the Continental Divide from Canada to Mexico. The project will focus on getting scouts, youth groups, youth clubs and any other interested groups out into El Malpais National Conservation Area.

Contact: Jaclyn Waggoner
Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Phone: 505.287.6610
On the Web: http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/prog/recreation/rio_puerco/el_malpais.html
Location: 202 Smokey Circle | Grants, New Mexico 87020
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Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave NCA

Cave cleaning and documentation; and trail surface work. There will also be a cave exploration and management presentation in relation to Leave No Trace backcountry ethics.

Contact: Mike Bilbo
Agency: BLM
Phone: 575) 627-0272
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Location: Roswell Field Office | Roswell, New Mexico 88202
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Mesa Prieta Petroglyph Recording Project

This event involves high school students, useing GPS, digital photography and extensive written documentation to record petroglyphs they discover during an inventory of the mesa. Data recorded will be added to a GIS database

Contact: Paul Williams
Agency: BLM
Phone: (575) 751-4710
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Location: 226 Cruz Alta Raod | Taos, New Mexico 87571
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Alternative Start Date: 2010-06-07
Alternative End Date: 2010-06-07

Mitchell Trail

Join us on National Public Lands Day as we restore the Mitchell trail outside of Los Alamos. After the historic Cerro Grande fire in 2000, many trails in the area were lost due to cover-up by burned deadfall and severe erosion. We will work to incorporate rolling grade dips and other erosion controlling structures during this great workday. Please wear long pants, long-sleeved shirts, above-ankle boots, and work gloves. All volunteers are asked to bring a day pack with water, lunch and snacks. We will meet at the Los Alamos Forest Service office across from Starbucks at 9AM and carpool to the Mitchell Trail.

Contact: Jennifer Sublett
Agency: Santa Fe National Forest
Phone: (505) 753-7331
On the Web: www.fs.fed.us/r3/sfe/
Location: 475 20th St. | Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544
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Alternative Start Date: 1999-11-30
Alternative End Date: 1999-11-30

Prehistoric Trackways National Monument

Trash cleanup, sign installation, kiosk installation and brush clearing.

Contact: Lori Allen
Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Phone: 575-525-4454
On the Web: www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/prog/recreation/las_cruces/trackways.html
Location: Permian Tracks Road | Las Cruces, New Mexico 88007
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Rio Bonito Tract III and Tract IV

Continue planting apple orchard and construct a gate.

Contact: Bill Murray
Agency: BLM
Phone: (575) 627-0220
On the Web: www.nm.blm.gov
Location: 2909 West 2nd Street | Roswell, New Mexico 88201
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Alternative Start Date: 2010-09-18
Alternative End Date: 2010-09-18

RTP Arroyo Seco/LaPuebla Grant Site

Clean-up, OHV education and information for the community to be involved in the stewardship program.

Contact: Suann Havener/John Bailey
Agency: BLM
Phone: (575) 751-4740
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Location: Taos Field Office, 226 Cruz Alta Road | Taos, New Mexico 87571
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Simon Canyon Recreation Area

Remove debris, construct a picnic table and general site maintenance.

Contact: Darlene Horsey
Agency: BLM
Phone: (505) 599-8921
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Location: 1235 La Plata HWY | Farmington, New Mexico 87401
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Six Mile Dam

Remove debris from water and land near dam, biological survey/archaeological survey, construct bird nesting boxes in several areas along the water, vegetation treatments and remove graffiti.

The Six Mile Dam area provides habitat for more than 300 species of birds. The marsh area is one of few left in the Pecos Valley. At one time, it was the site of the largest heronry in the state. This area is highly used and abused.

Contact: Deanna Younger
Agency: BLM
Phone: (575) 234-5961
On the Web: www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/prog/recreation/carlsbad/carlsbad_recreation.html
Location: Forney Road | Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220
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Trucha Rosilla Day Use Area

Build trail along the San Juan River and remove debris from site.

Contact: Darlene Horsey
Agency: BLM
Phone: (505) 599-8921
On the Web: ilmnmso3ws1/new_intra/index.cfm
Location: 1235 La Plata HWY | Farmington, New Mexico 87401
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Wild Rivers Recreation Area-NeoRio 2010

NeoRio 2010 involves an on-site “art installation” designed to solve some erosion issues near the rim of the Rio Grande Gorge. There will also be guided walks to talk about landscape level management and opportunities. On September 24th, we will engage with and involve youth, from Questa Schools, in these programs.

Contact: John Bailey
Agency: BLM
Phone: ( 575) 751-4703
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Location: | , New Mexico
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Alternative Start Date: 2010-09-24
Alternative End Date: 2010-09-24