Collaboration
We value our collaboration with the Forest Service and are happy for the contributions our stewardship group has made this year with the work on the South Fork Trail and the placing of new signs in the wilderness.
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Spring trail work in the Chiricahuas
The Chiricahua Regional Council is happy to welcome back the Chiricahua Wilderness Trail Crew. John Sumner returns to Portal on the 28th of April to lead this cast of volunteers from various parts of the country. They will contribute a week of their time. Initially they will base out of Pine Canyon and work on…
Stewardship: A Year in Review
CRC’s Stewardship Program had an active 2023. Working with partner organizations, we amassed over 750 hours of volunteer time. In the winter, we installed wilderness portal signs in several Chiricahua locations, including Price Canyon, Rucker Canyon, and Cave Creek Canyon. The program organized monthly trail maintenance days for the Portal-Rodeo Hiking Group. These dedicated volunteers…
South Fork trail work in November
In November, 2021, work continued on the South Fork Trail in the Chiricahua Wilderness to finish some trail reroutes and to do some additional work on the existing trail. This work was done by the Wild Stew Field Crew of Wild Arizona, accompanied by a team of volunteers, and supported by CRC and others. More…
Report from the CRC Stewardship Program
June of ’22 has been kind to us in southeast Arizona and southwest New Mexico. An early start to the seasonal rain (aka the monsoon) has brought critical moisture and lower temperatures to our region. Coinciding with this welcome change is the arrival of a diverse group of young adults from across the country. They’re…
Spring trailwork update
It’s been a busy and productive Spring for trailwork in the Chiricahuas. The completion of the South Fork Trail project in mid-April was quickly followed by a week of work organized by the venerable John Sumner. A group of volunteers came from as far away as Minnesota to spend time cutting logs alongside this master…
Portal-Rodeo Hiking Group Work Event
With creeks flowing and the skies promising rain, the Portal-Rodeo Hiking Group elected to spend their monthly trail maintenance day working in the canyon this May. These conditions are abnormal for this time of year and made for a pleasant few hours of clearing brush and logs from the Herb Martyr Trail. This local group…