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Help us restore the Mexican Canyon Trestle

Upcoming Events at a Glance

    

Weekend Work Days

Many of our workdays fall on Saturdays and involve trail clean up among other things.  Please contact Tom Springer for the upcoming dates at 505-682-1125.

Mexican Canyon Trestle Restoration

NM Rails-to-Trails is partnering with the Lincoln National Forest along with other volunteers and groups to help preserve our heritage.  Please help us with time and or donations.  More

 
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About Us (back to top)

NM Rails-to-Trails Association (NMRTA) was organized in 1994 in Cloudcroft, NM, with the following goals:

Converting abandoned railroad lines located in the Sacramento Mountains of Southern New Mexico into multi-use, multi-access recreational trails
Combining such trails with other trails to provide a fifty mile long loop trail that will lead from Cloudcroft to Sunspot to Oliver Lee State park to Alamogordo to La Luz to High Rolls and back to Cloudcroft.
Facilitating similar trail building efforts throughout New Mexico and eventually connecting all such trails to create a statewide rails-to-trails system.
NMRTA now has 450 business, family and individual members located all over the United States.

For more information about us, click here


 
Upcoming Events (back to top)

Mexican Canyon Trestle Restoration

History

The Mexican Canyon Trestle has been a symbol to the Sacramento Mountains since 1899.  A marvel of engineering this and other trestles enabled visitors and the logging industry easy access to the Cloudcroft area.  It is now the largest and most complete standing reminder of a time gone by and as a wooden structure being over 100 years old is in need of restoration.

The Project

The Lincoln National Forest has completed the environmental analysis to begin work on the many stages in the restoration of the trestle.  Work has begun on clearing the brush around the trestle as well as in the areas where machinery will need to be placed.  For more information on volunteering your time, please click here.

 

Please click here for more information on the project


Membership Information (back to top)

Click on the 'Join Us' button below.  E-mail us with questions or mailing information and Information will be sent to your home soon afterwards allowing you to complete your membership.  

 

Join Us

Click here for our membership form.  Print out and mail to:

NM Rails-to-Trails
PO Box 44
Cloudcroft, NM 88317
575-682-3040
Student = $5 Individual = $10 Family = $15 Business/Organization = $25


Officers (back to top)
President Tom Springer
Vice-President Phil Simpson
Secretary Barbara Springer
Treasurer Judy Bunn
Board Members
Mitzi Brownfield
Jackie Cates
Ed Cole
Judy Henry
Roberta Himebrook
Debi Maucione
Georgia Rink

Page created by lscole, last updated 11/2007