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 for a barbecue. The event was well attended, and the day was a success. Thanks to all who took part.
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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…
The CRC Stewardship Program joined forces with the Chiricahua Wilderness Trail Crew, the Portal-Rodeo Hiking Group, Wild Arizona, and the Coronado National Forest to do maintenance on several popular trails. Beginning with the Greenhouse Trail, logs were removed to a point well above the Winn Falls overlook. Then shifting to areas near Rustler Park, once…
Wild Arizona, a partner with CRC in conservation and trailwork, announces today’s proclamation by President Biden, establishing the new Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument. The new Monument surrounds the existing National Park, and protects the region and its tribal lands from threats such as that posed by…
(This is a part of a series of gleanings from the history of CRC’s 30 years of work; additional posts available here.) Another Forest Service proposal that CRC sought to influence from about 1999 through 2002 was the USFS Fee Demo Program, painfully slow in its development. The fee program had been authorized by Congress,…
(This is a part of a series of gleanings from the history of CRC’s 30 years of work; additional posts available here.) From 1998 through 2000, CRC’s newsletters reported to members on drought, wildfires, and the new USFS fire management standards, which allowed the Forest Service to let natural fires burn, as long as critical…
(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,…
