Rio Grande Valley Broadband • Entered by Linda Starr on August 16, 2019
Friends of Sandia Mountains Program
May 7, 2019
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | 1 |
| Post Admin hours | 0.5 |
| Activity Hours | 1 |
| Participants | 1 |
| Total Hours | 2.5 |
Key Issue: Wilderness and Monuments
Activity Type: Education and Outreach
Key Partners: Friends of the Sandia Mountains
Landscape/area: Sandia Mountain Wilderness (37257 acres)
Short Description of Activity
Presentation on 1930s Civilian Conservation Corps Picnic Sites: History and Restoration of the craftsmanship was shown for two picnic areas in the Sandia Mountain foothills. Requirements of the State Historic Preservation Office and US Forest Service authorizing restoration were reviewed as well as the results of deliberate damage to the sites.
Reflection/Evaluation
Personally, I have observed that gates in these popular human-traffic areas don’t keep vandals out. They find ways to break the locks or climb over fences and the vandalism returns. Unfortunately our Sandia Mountains suffer from being an urban wilderness.