Volunteer work weekend in the Valles Caldera
Participants in AWF’s July 2014 Valles Caldera Project:
Dolores Barbaro, Stephen Bohannon, Phil Carter, Lynne Casson, Van Clothier, Rodney Conant ,Darlene Crane, Jack Crane, Elliot Conn ,Rachel Conn, Silas Conn, Silvia & Jack Davis, Bridget de Saint Phalle, Linda Doherty, Kristina Fisher, Peggy Gautier, Johnelle Gonzales, Ed Lucero, Jim Lunn, Laurie Marnell, Deborah Meier, Sharon Miles, Dennis Muirhead, Glenda Muirhead, Dick Powell, Sandy Powell, Peter Rothfeld, Erik Schlenker-Goodrich, David Schmitt, Hamish Thomson, Bob Tilley, Kristin Van Fleet, Buck Wells, Nina Wells, Joann Wylie, Jordan Wylie, and students from the Wildlife Disease Association conference!
From Albuquerque Wildlife Federation publication, The Pine Cone, August 2014
The weekend after our big birthday event, AWF volunteers were delighted to return to the Valles Caldera and once again partner with Los Amigos de Valles Caldera on a restoration service project. This was our first time working in the Valle Jaramillo in the center of the Preserve.
Under the direction of Van Clothier of Stream Dynamics, volunteers built several rock structures to address headcut erosion and dug sod tiles and used them to plug gullies that were draining a slope wetland. It was gratifying to see that by the end of the work day, much more water was pooling and remaining in the wetland rather than running off! We look forward to seeing the health of this area improve over the coming years.
