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Stewardship

Join our hands-on conservation efforts to protect and restore wild places through activities like trail maintenance, habitat restoration, and invasive species removal. Our stewardship volunteers help maintain the health and accessibility of New Mexico's wilderness areas. Held across the state, these events can span a few hours to several days.

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Dave Foreman Wilderness Defenders

Wilderness Defenders are the eyes and ears of New Mexico's wild lands, conducting vital monitoring and data collection across the state's public lands. This program, named after our venerable co-founder, helps protect these precious areas by documenting conditions and identifying areas that need additional protection or maintenance.

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Outreach

Help spread NM Wild's message of wilderness preservation by engaging with communities through efforts such as tabling with us, representing us at events, supporting the distribution of our newsletters, and more. Recruitment calls for specific projects are made on our volunteer email newsletter. Volunteers will receive training to build crucial public support for conservation initiatives and help others discover the importance of protecting wild places.

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STAY IN THE LOOP

Don't miss out on upcoming volunteer opportunities! Sign up for our email newsletter to receive updates about trail work days, wilderness monitoring projects, community events, and other ways to get involved in protecting New Mexico's wild places. All upcoming stewardship projects and outreach opportunities are shared in our monthly email newsletter.

Upcoming Events and Volunteer Opportunities

13Mar2025
01Jul2026

Pecos Canyon Adopt-A-Site

Ongoing Stewardship Opportunity in the Pecos!

At Pecos Canyon, New Mexico

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26Apr2025

Daydrink for a Cause at Canteen Brewhouse: Benefitting New Mexico Wild

Every Pint Sold = $1 Donated to New Mexico Wild!

From 12 pm until 8 pm

At Canteen Brewhouse, 2381 Aztec Rd NE, Albuquerque

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30Apr2025
02May2025
04May2025
03May2025

Caja del Rio – Headquarters Well Clean-Up Event

From 10 am until 4 pm

At Headquarters Well Trailhead - Forest Road 24 Santa Fe, NM 87507

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16May2025

Group Hike: Cabezon Peak Circumnavigation (Difficult)

From 10 am until 2 pm

At Cabezon Wilderness Study Area

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Questions?

Reach out to keila@nmwild.org with any questions about volunteering with New Mexico Wild!

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