20 NMVFO and Amigos de la Sevilleta volunteers worked with UNM staff to dismantle a huge rainfall study array in the far NE corner of Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, that had reached its end-of-life.
The array was constructed with metal pipe and lexan sheets, held together with thousands of self-tapping screws. The structure was used to restrict rainfall for ecological study, by LTER, in partnership with Sevilleta.
Volunteers used cordless tools and muscles to completely disassemble one of a handful of arrays on the Refuge. Materials were carried to trucks, which shuttled to nearby dumpsters, for later recycling.
A big thanks goes out to all who attended, for a successful project. It was amazing to see a large group self-organize and work so well together on an unfamiliar task.
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