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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Clear signs along the Crest
CRC’s Stewardship Program replaced many of the posts and signs along the Chiricahua Crest Trail this spring. The project grew out of discussions between CRC President Dirk Sigler and Douglas District Ranger Doug Ruppel to develop a plan to renovate the deteriorated signage across the trail system. This long-standing need goes back over a decade….
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…
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…
Removing invasives at Guadalupe Canyon
This week, a few of us went to Guadalupe Canyon along the international border east of Douglas to remove invasive grass. Five determined individuals — and one dog — spent Tuesday pulling up clumps of Lehmann lovegrass, an invasive, flammable, introduced bunchgrass that outcompetes native grasses. This particular plant thrives in disturbed areas, such as…
“Finding the Silver Lining”
We didn’t have much to cheer about in 2024’s field season after an early fall storm forced the postponement of our Crest Trail improvement project. Some background: grant awards for trail work were disappointing last year so CRC Stewardship partnered up with FoCCC to “self-fund” a project. It would address the issues along segments of…
