A new partnership offers students the opportunity for research assistant roles, interdisciplinary internships, and comprehensive observership experiences.
A new partnership offers students the opportunity for research assistant roles, interdisciplinary internships, and comprehensive observership experiences.
Destination: Service trip to the Gila Wilderness 2010
Photos from the Destination: Service trip to New Mexico’s Gila Wilderness in March 2010. Students helped the Forest Service clear and reroute several trails in the area. (Photos By Amanda Figueroa, Kate Steinbach and Ellen Davis)
Here's our group of 18 students and two staff members
Here's another photo of the group with our photographer, Amanda, in it
Hiking up to the Gila Cliff Dwellings our first afternoon in New Mexico
The Gila Cliff Dwellings
Our volunteer guide gave us an excellent tour of the cliff dwellings
Climbing down a ladder at the cliff dwellings
Ben and Jenna at the cliff dwellings
Heading back to camp after our visit to the Gila Cliff Dwellings
Dinner the first night included s'mores for dessert
Janet brought her Snuggie on the trip!
Hiking to our work site
We made several crossings of the Gila River to get to our work sites
This photo shows a trail we helped re-route
Getting started on a trail re-routing
This photo shows a section of trail we worked on
Jenna, Alex, Hillary and ReAnna enjoyed our hike after work the first day.
Alex at a viewpoint on one of our hikes
Kathryn puts the finishing touch on a cairn
Zach with a finished cairn
Alex and Alex chopping wood
Alex at work on the trail
Ben at work
Caroline
Dave and Kate
Dave working
Dave working
Ed and Ben cut up a tree that was blocking a trail.
Ed crossing the river while Will looks on
Janet always had a smile on her face
Will helps others with a river crossing
We had the chance to do several hikes on the trip
Hike after we finished working
Zack, Jeremy and others push a log out of the trail
There was still some snow left in the mountains!
On Wednesday we split up and worked on several different projects. One group went to help at the horse barn.
Working at the horse barn
Working at the horse barn
Janet got lessons on how to use an ax from J.B., our friend at the Forest Service