Winter Bosque Replanting

We are working with our friends at the Save Our Bosque Taskforce, the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District and the City of Socorro to organize replanting along the Socorro Valley Bosque Trail after the Otero Fire. 

The current plan is to harvest Rio Grande Cottonwood and Goodding's Willow tree saplings at the Bosque Del Apache in January 2025, planting them roughly a month later, after rooting. 

More details to follow on this project as the relevant plans and permits are reviewed and approved, but we're thankful for engaged partners who want to restore the Bosque.  Stay tuned!

Water Canyon Nature Trail

We completed our last planned project of the season last month, clearing the corridor and improving navigation on the Water Canyon Nature Trail near the Water Canyon Picnic Site. As with our other projects this year, this was a joint project with the New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors. 

Thank you again to all our fantastic volunteers for stepping up to care for our public lands and trails!

2025 USFS Trail Projects

We've been remiss in posting on the blog lately, so just a little update on recent and upcoming projects in the Magdalena Ranger District. 

Working with our friends at NMVFO and the Cibola National Forest, we have held two volunteer workdays this summer focused on Six Mile Canyon Trail #14 and North Baldy Trail #8. A project is also planned for the Water Canyon Nature Trail on August 23rd. 

You can find some photos of the Six Mile Canyon project and North Baldy Trail projects on the NMVFO Flickr page. A big thank you to everyone who has come out for these projects! It's through volunteer engagement that we improve access to outdoor recreation and stewardship of our public lands. 

Here are a few shots showing trail corridor clearing on North Baldy Trail.