September is Brush Month!
Monsoons have arrived, the brush is thriving and crowding the trails. Let’s make one big push in the month of September to clear the brush…
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Black Range Project – Scenic Trail Reopened!
The Black Range Project is an effort by SNMTA to collaborate with the local and regional trail community to scout, maintain, and reopen trails in…
Trail Talk
On July 15, 2019, SNMTA convened a Trail Talk at the Southwest Environmental Center in downtown Las Cruces. The conversation continued the efforts of the…
Sierra Vista Trail – Trail Maintenance Campout
On October 20-21, the Southern New Mexico Trail Alliance and volunteers did trail maintenance on the Sierra Vista Trail south of the Vado trailhead. This…
Monumental Loop Run!
We have a soft spot for ultra running here at SNMTA. We also love the Monumental Loop put together by some our good friends and…
Dona Ana County Trail Summit and Rio Grande Trail Presentation
We are less than one week away from the first ever Dona Ana Trail Summit! You are invited to the summit and contribute to the…
Las Cruces Active Transportation Plan – Input Needed
CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION – ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN The City of Las Cruces has been working with a consultant over the past year to develop…
2018 Fire Restrictions
Fire restriction are in place for the BLM Las Cruces District. See link below for details. BLM_LCDO_2018_Fire_Restrictions
Update on the Rio Grande Trail
Summary of the Rio Grande Trail Commission Meeting on Jan. 11, 2017 Author: Peter Mattox – SNMTA Board Member, Rio Grande Trail Commissioner …
A backpacking trip on the Sierra Vista Trail
During the summer of 2015, Daniella Barraza and Emma Jornlin, two Student Conservation Association (SCA) interns and Becky, a Bureau of Land Management employee, backpacked the…
Rio Grande Trail
The Rio Grande Trail (RGT) is a proposed 500 mile long-distance route that will traverse New Mexico, from the Colorado to Texas borders. Originally conceived…
National Public Lands Day – September 26, 2015
The Southern New Mexico Trail Alliance joined Friends of the Organ Mountains Desert Peaks National Monument, Groundworks Dona Ana, Boy Scouts of America and the…