Recreation

Glorieta Camps Prescribed Fire Project Fact Sheet

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SFNF News:

Overview

The Glorieta Camps Prescribed Fire Project is a collaborative prescribed fire project between Glorieta Camps, Santa Fe National Forest, USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), New Mexico State Forestry, and the Forest Stewards Guild.

Background

Starting in 2021 Glorieta Camps reached out to The Forest Stewards Guild to provide prescribed fire support. Working together they completed several pile burns over three winters covering 180 acres. These pile burns built fire resiliency at the camp and surrounding forests by reducing fuels and provided an opportunity Read More

Posts From The Road: Greycliff Mill In Greycliff, Montana

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Orchard and Grounds: An orchard grows next to the main building a Greycliff Mill in Greycliff, Mont. As the orchard matures fruit harvested will be used in products made at the facility. The grounds are well maintained giving visitors a pleasant area to walk while taking a break from their travels. The main building on site, seen on the left, is where visitors can order a snack of baked goods and coffee bar or enjoy a lunch made with freshly grown or made ingredients including the breads. The timbers used in the building were moved from a barn dating to 1760 in upstate New York and reconstructed in Montana. Read More

Relax And Recharge At Salish Lodge & Spa

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Salish Lodge & Spa with a view of the top of the Falls east of Seattle on the Snoqualmie River between Snoqualmie and Fall City, Wash. Photo by Debbie Stone

River View room. Courtesy/Salish Lodge & Spa

By DEBBIE STONE
For the Los Alamos Daily Post

Perched on a cliff above famed Snoqualmie Falls and surrounded by a lush green forest, award-winning Salish Lodge & Spa is as Pacific Northwest as it gets. This picturesque backdrop has an immediate calming influence, which continues once you step inside the restored landmark building with its stunning historical architecture.

Salish Lodge Read More

VCNP Seeks Comment On Resuming Entrance Fees

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Scene from Valles Caldera National Preserve. Courtesy/VCNP

NPS News:

JEMEZ SPRINGS — Valles Caldera National Preserve (VCNP) is seeking public input on resuming the collection of park entrance fees. The public comment period runs through Aug. 17, 2024.

To provide comments, visit the Valles Caldera Fee Resumption page on the Planning, Environment & Public Comment (PEPC) website (https://parkplanning.nps.gov/VALLfees2025). Only comments submitted through PEPC will be accepted.

The park is proposing to resume collecting entrance fees beginning Jan. 1, 2025. The proposed entrance Read More

 Santa Fe National Forest Responds To Small Fire And Chemical Spill Along Hyde Park Road

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SFNF News:

SANTA FE – On Wednesday July 17, Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) was notified by Ski Santa Fe that a delivery truck carrying Hydrogen Peroxide caught fire in their parking lot.

SFNF fire resources and City of Santa Fe Fire Department responded immediately, containing both the spill and fire.

The truck company dispatched a Hazmat (hazardous materials) team, and the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) was notified.

The public may see work being done in the area as the soil is excavated to be sampled and analyzed for hazardous materials.

Dumpsters have been placed in a Forest Service Read More

SFNF Implements Closure Order In Jemez Ranger District

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SFNF News:

SANTA FE — The Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) has issued a temporary area and road closure order (03-10-03-24-10) for the La Cueva picnic site in the Jemez Ranger District to protect the public’s health and safety during construction activities.

While the closure order is in place crews will conduct a pavement preservation project funded by the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA).

This order shall is in effect through 12 a.m. Aug. 4, unless rescinded.

The closure area includes all NFS lands within the La Cueva Picnic Site – specifically all areas within 150 feet of both sides Read More

Medin Is Best Predictor In Weekly Pace Race July 16

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Scene from the ACRR Weekly Pace Race on the Blue Dot Trail in White Rock. Courtesy/ACRR                                    
Scene from the ACRR Weekly Pace Race on the Blue Dot Trail in White Rock. Courtesy/ACRR     

ACRR News:

Anders Medin, 14, was the top predictor in the weekly pace race Tuesday on the Blue Dot Trail in White Rock recording a 9 second differential from his predicted time.

Other accurate predictors: 

  • Katie Smeltzer at 18 seconds off; Priscila Rosa with a 20 second difference; Steve Daly at 27 seconds off as well as the first finisher in the 1 mile trail run; and Mary Knaak
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‘All Individuals First’ 10th Anniversary Fundraiser Aug. 1

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COMMUNITY News:

All Individuals First is hosting a 10th Anniversary celebration at 6 p.m., Aug. 1 in the Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church’s Kelly Hall.

The celebration, which also is a fundraiser for the organization, will feature a dinner, silent auction, games and a raffle. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children and can be purchased at allindividualsfirst.org or at the door.

All Individuals First is a day program for adults with developmental disabilities. Its founder, Executive Director Doris Roberts explained she started the organization because “I knew when individuals Read More