Conservation
With Spring in full swing, we are starting to get more clarity on the prospects for volunteer conservation projects on the Santa Fe National Forest generally and the Jemez District specifically ... Read More
April 2, 2025
Rio Grande Return will be hosting volunteer workdays at their riverscape restoration projects on the second Wednesday of each month of the 2025 work season. The first day will be April 9, 2025 on the Rio Cebolla ... Read More
April 2, 2025
Join Rio Grande Return and New Mexico Trout to plant willows along Rio Cebolla to improve habitat for beavers and trout. Saturday, May 18 on the Rio Cebolla above Seven Springs Hatchery ... Read More
April 30, 2024
In October, a New Mexico Trout member who had been up on the Rio San Antonio just below the Valles Caldera boundary reported seeing cattle inside one of the large exclosures, as well as along the San Antonio in the Valles Caldera. They are not supposed to be in either place because of the extensive damage they have previously caused when grazing along the stream banks ... Read More
December 29, 2022
New Mexico Trout has a tradition of welcoming the Spring opening of FR 376 between the Gilman Tunnels and Porter’s Landing with a volunteer trash pickup. That Forest Service road provides access to our Rio Guadalupe home water and it accumulates a lot of roadside trash over a season’s heavy use by the many people who visit that corridor. Doing these annual cleanups is one way we can express our thanks for the wonderful trout fishing opportunities the Rio Guadalupe affords, while we help maintain it in a state that we like to visit ... Read More
April 4, 2022
The linked YouTube video describes a long-term restoration project along Dixie Creek, a small stream near Elko, Nevada. Thirty-two years ago, the BLM fenced a segment of the creek to exclude cattle. Over the years, BLM staff photographed the recovery of the stream and its adjacent riparian area. The amazing result is a testament to the resilience of natural systems and shows what can result if they are just allowed to recover. We encourage you to watch the video and be encouraged that streams can recover if we are persistent ... Read More
December 28, 2021
Water temperature critically affects the suitability of a given stream for health and survival of trout. New Mexico Trout is embarking on a project with the Santa Fe National Forest to monitor stream temperatures ... Read More
December 28, 2021
Staff from Bandelier National Monument and NMDGF will be stocking RGCT into Capulin Creek the morning of Tuesday October 19th. They have requested volunteers from TU and NM Trout to help carry fish down into Capulin Canyon ... Read More
September 29, 2021