Four Corners • Entered by Jennifer Singer on December 21, 2023
Fish Creek Trail/National Public Lands Day
September 23, 2023
Participants and Hours
Pre Planning hours | 2 |
Post Admin hours | |
Activity Hours | 4 |
Participants | 6 |
Total Hours | 26 |
Key Issue: Public Lands Health & Protection
Activity Type: Stewardship (monitoring, sampling, planting, etc.)
Key Partners: USFS Chris Bouton
Landscape/area: San Juan National Forest (1864595 acres)
Measurable Outcomes
Outcome 1: Trail cleared/built (6 people)
Short Description of Activity
Pat McClenny planned and led this trail clean up day and picnic lunch by Fish Creek.
Reflection/Evaluation
Very happy that Pat has continued leading this project and remained involved in project leadership. She works with Chris, sends out emails, brings tools and expertise to help us maintain the trail we adopted. I have also discussed involving Fish Creek Trail stewardship and climate change activities with SWOS leaders. Mark Schenberger is looking into adding SWOS students into the Southwest Colorado Educational Collaborative to design and fund an outdoor education stewardship program at Fish Creek educating students about climate change mitigation, beaver habitat restoration, and environmental careers. We’ll see…