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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National Public Lands Day 2022
On September 24, 2022, the USFS and Korrina Rantz celebrated a National Public Lands Day volunteer event at the Visitor Information Center in Portal. Improvements were made to the new connector trail linking the VIC to other Cave Creek Canyon trails. Following the work, CRC, Friends of Cave Creek Canyon, and Wild Arizona supplied food…
CRC and friends to complete South Fork Trail work
The Chiricahua Regional Council, in collaboration with Wild Arizona, has helped secure grant funding to complete the South Fork Trail project and restore a major section of the Crest Trail. We launched the first phase of work on this classic Chiricahua canyon trail in 2021. It was a highly successful project. CRC provided funding, coordinated…
Summer and fall stewardship work
A walk along the Crest Trail in the Chiricahuas, with its expansive views, is an experience not soon forgotten. This sublime trail, #270 Rustler Park-Sentinel Peak segment, just got better. Over this summer and again in the fall, CRC Stewardship, in a supportive role, helped plan and coordinate the activities of several volunteer groups that…
Over a week of trail work
Hike Report for Thursday, 17 April 2025 (also available as A week of trail work) This is not your typical Thursday hike report. Seven local hikers did hike on Thursday, doing excellent trail work on the Ida Peak Trail. But this was a small piece of what has been going on for the last 10…
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…
29 – Stewardship and trails (2021)
(This is a part of a series of gleanings from the history of CRC’s 30 years of work; additional posts available here.) In February 2021, CRC partnered with Wild Arizona and the US Forest Service on the South Fork Trail Stewardship Project. We seek to involve volunteers in habitat, spring, and trail restoration. Recent trail projects,…