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Postponed Peralta project now scheduled for May 30-31
posted by J. Salas : 5:12 PM
Plan to come on May 30 and 31 to New Mexico Trout's annual volunteer barbeque and volunteer project weekend. This year it will be on Peralta Creek, a beautiful little Jemez mountain creek that flows through a lush canyon south of NM Highway 4. Peralta is home to a population of native Rio Grande Cutthroat trout and the Jemez District of the forest service has made restoration and protection of the creek one of its top priorities for this year.
The snow and mud that forced changing the original date are gone and the weather should be great for the 30th and 31st. If you cant make both days, come to either one, well have plenty for you to do and youll learn an area you might not know about.
We need lots of NM Trout volunteers for this project to work on the following:
The club will provide an excellent streamside barbeque lunch for Saturday (leftovers on Sunday). The Forest Service will reserve a loop at the Jemez Falls campground for members who want to camp Friday and/or Saturday nights.
We will put out a final notice next week to give directions and to ask you to RSVP so we can plan the food and the number of reserved camping spots.
The snow and mud that forced changing the original date are gone and the weather should be great for the 30th and 31st. If you cant make both days, come to either one, well have plenty for you to do and youll learn an area you might not know about.
We need lots of NM Trout volunteers for this project to work on the following:
- Construct bollard fence around the parking lot that will define end of road for vehicles
- Build elk fence riparian exclosure
- Pile trees that were cut for meadow restoration - possibly jackstraw them near the stream to limit cattle access
- With enough volunteers, possibly building livestock exclosure fences
- Possible willow planting if the forest service has the materials in time
The club will provide an excellent streamside barbeque lunch for Saturday (leftovers on Sunday). The Forest Service will reserve a loop at the Jemez Falls campground for members who want to camp Friday and/or Saturday nights.
We will put out a final notice next week to give directions and to ask you to RSVP so we can plan the food and the number of reserved camping spots.
Spring Pecos River Cleanup, Saturday, May 30th
posted by J. Salas : 7:49 PM
On Saturday, May 30th the Upper Pecos Watershed Association is having its annual Spring Pecos River Cleanup. The event is being sponsored by the Truchas Chapter of Trout Unlimited, U.S. Forest Service, Tas no Mas and the New Mexico Department of Game & Fish. Volunteers will meet at the UPWA office located at 78 S. Main Street in Pecos (La Paz Plaza) at 8:30am for coffee & pastries and to get assignments. The Cleanup is from 9:00am – 12:00pm and following the Cleanup, from 12:00 – 2:00 pm, there will be a free barbeque picnic at the Jamie Koch Pavilion. There will be prizes for the volunteers and a bucket raffle with some really great items (tickets $1). For more information, or to make a charitable donation, please call the UPWA office at (505) 757-3600 or email upwa@cybermesa.com. Hope to see you there!
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Comanche Creek Volunteer Weekend, August 21-23, 2009 (tentative)
posted by J. Salas : 4:58 AM
The weekend of August 21-23, 2009 (tentative) has been selected for a free hands-on restoration workshop in the Valle Vidal this summer. The primary focus of the workshop will be placing in-stream structures along the upper reach of Comanche Creek to protect severely eroded banks. If time and number of volunteers permit, we may also work on maintaining grazing exclosures to protect woody vegetation and planting willow cuttings.
We are hoping for a large volunteer turnout this year. Volunteer help is especially important this year given the US Fish & Wildlife Service announced that the Rio Grande cutthroat trout (RGCT) be formally proposed for protection under the Endangered Species Act. The EPA grants that have helped fund this project in recent years have ended. However, the Truchas Chapter has received a TU Embrace-A-Stream grant to help fund this year’s work to restore RGCT habitat. This grant will require our matching the funds received with volunteer in-kind labor. So this year more than ever we need you to volunteer to help continue TU’s efforts with this multiyear project.
This is a great opportunity to learn first-hand about stream restoration from professionals. You can also view the fish barrier TU helped fund a couple of years ago. (NM Game & Fish hopes to be able to reintroduce pure RGCT to Comanche Creek above the barrier this summer.) After working on the creek, you can take the opportunity to fish for rainbows, cutthroats, and cutbows in the Rio Costilla or for 20” rainbows in Shuree Ponds. Please consider staying for the weekend and enjoying the beautiful Valle Vidal while helping to restore RGCT habitat. As in the past, the USFS will allow us to camp for free near the lodge at Shuree Ponds Friday and Saturday nights.
If you are interested in volunteering for this project, please contact Art Vollmer by phone at 505-476-6004 (days) or 505-474-1495 (evenings).
We are hoping for a large volunteer turnout this year. Volunteer help is especially important this year given the US Fish & Wildlife Service announced that the Rio Grande cutthroat trout (RGCT) be formally proposed for protection under the Endangered Species Act. The EPA grants that have helped fund this project in recent years have ended. However, the Truchas Chapter has received a TU Embrace-A-Stream grant to help fund this year’s work to restore RGCT habitat. This grant will require our matching the funds received with volunteer in-kind labor. So this year more than ever we need you to volunteer to help continue TU’s efforts with this multiyear project.
This is a great opportunity to learn first-hand about stream restoration from professionals. You can also view the fish barrier TU helped fund a couple of years ago. (NM Game & Fish hopes to be able to reintroduce pure RGCT to Comanche Creek above the barrier this summer.) After working on the creek, you can take the opportunity to fish for rainbows, cutthroats, and cutbows in the Rio Costilla or for 20” rainbows in Shuree Ponds. Please consider staying for the weekend and enjoying the beautiful Valle Vidal while helping to restore RGCT habitat. As in the past, the USFS will allow us to camp for free near the lodge at Shuree Ponds Friday and Saturday nights.
If you are interested in volunteering for this project, please contact Art Vollmer by phone at 505-476-6004 (days) or 505-474-1495 (evenings).
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