Aldo Leopold Youth Conservation Corps starts Fall semester project

On August 29, six Youth Conservation Corps students from Aldo Leopold High School did a water catchment/erosion control project at the Waterworks under the supervision of Andrew Lindlof of Stream Dynamics.

Runoff from the yard had been eroding out the abutment for the new bridge. The students filled the eroded area with rock to reinforce it, dug some catchment pits, and also built up a small berm to divert most of the runoff away from the bridge. They will be working on other water harvesting projects around town during the fall semester.

ALHS may send 50 middle-school students to work at the Waterworks and Silva Creek Botanical Gardens on Oct. 1. The rest of the semester, the crew will be working with Western New Mexico University to improve drainage on campus, creating a series of water harvesting features. More soon.

Text and photos by Nancy Gordon, Town of Silver City volunteer.