Harvesting native seed and weeding the native seed farm field in Corrales, September 2021 We're looking for a few more 2021 Youth Conservation Corps (YCC)...
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Candelaria Nature Preserve
Albuquerque, NM, 2021 - present A section of the 7 acres seeded in June 2021 with a mix of crops grown as wildlife forage In a collaborative venture with...
Restoration work brings back beaver dams
Many thanks to the NM Department of Game and Fish for their continued partnership in restoration efforts across the state, and for sharing our...
Valles Caldera Fencing Removal
July 2021 The RGR YCC crew has been hard a work on a fencing removal project in the Valles Caldera National Preserve. The goal of this project is to remove...
San Antonio Creek BDA repairs
June 2021 The 2021 YCC crew’s season kicked off to a great start with Beaver Dam Analog (BDA) repair on San Antonio Creek in the Jemez Mountains. BDAs...
Hiring Youth Conservation Corps crew members!
We're hiring now for 2021 Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) crew members! The Rio Grande Return Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) is a summer/fall employment...
Santa Fe River
Santa Fe, NM Our 2021 and 2022 willow and cottonwood plantings along the Santa Fe River continue the work of a previous replanting effort in 2019 within this...
Canadian River: Alamita Canyon
Canadian River Canyon, NM, 2021 This planting of willow, cottonwood and Gooddings willow within the Canadian River Canyon follows years of previous...
Coyote Springs
Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, NM, 2020 - 2021 This 2020 - 2021 project encompasses the removal of non-native vegetation and revegetation with native...
Bosque del Apache
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio, NM, 2021 2021 removal of salt cedar and Russian olive from 362 acres of palustrine emergent...
Redondo Meadow
Valles Caldera National Preserve, NM Goals of this project include improving alluvial fan function and wet meadow/wetland health, mitigating fire impacts,...
Rio Chamita
2020 Construction of Beaver Dam Analogs (BDAs) and Post Assisted Log Structures (PALS) along the Rio Chamita within the Sargent Wildlife Area.