NMVFO volunteers worked on a long-neglected 0.5 mile nature trail near the Water Canyon Picnic Shelter.
The trail was overgrown, with confusing user-trail alternates, and we had to do extensive flagging to show the correct route for our volunteers. We divided into teams: sawing, lopping-and-tread, and signage. My team was sawing, so those are the photos presented here.
Many local people do not even know this trail exists. The only sign for the trail was not visible from the road when approaching the trailhead from town, and the arrow was pointing in the wrong direction. We fixed these issues, and hopefully the trail will now be widely used.
The trailhead has a picnic table, and begins in a meadow, where a wedding was recently held. Afterwards the trail enters a forest of mixed-conifer, oak and ancient cottonwood, crossing seasonal drainage. Check it out.