NM Youth Conservation Corps working by the Grindstone Dam today getting trails cleaned up for the race and everyone else. Hoping for rain! #NMYCC #NationalServiceWorks #ServeNM

Last day for Lincoln and Otero County New Mexico Youth Conservation Corps crews work together for a while. We are in Hondo at the Fire Station building sandbags for the summer. #NMYCC #NationalServiceWorks

NMYCC crew working on trail

NMYCC crew working on trail

View of Sierra Blanca

Lincoln and Otero NM Youth Conservation Corps crews are out working on Grindstone trails today getting it ready for the upcoming races. Also have a crew on the mini ex on Sawmill today. #NMYCC #ServeNM #NationalServiceWorks

NMYCC crew working on trail

NMYCC crew working on trail

View of Sierra Blanca

Lincoln and Otero NM Youth Conservation Corps crews are out working on Grindstone trails today getting it ready for the upcoming races. Also have a crew on the mini ex on Sawmill today. #NMYCC #ServeNM #NationalServiceWorks

Youth Conservation corps crews filling sandbags

Youth Conservation corps crews filling sandbags

NM Youth Conservation Corps crews filling sandbags for the public. Lincoln and Otero crews are out today. #ServeNM #NMYCC #NationalServiceWorks

Mini Excavator cutting trail on Sawmill Canyon

Got the mini Excavator way up towards the top with a nice view of the Inn of the Mountain Gods. #NationalServiceWorks #AmeriCorps #ServeNM

EcoRangers posing with the big rocks they gathered for trail features

Crew moving a couple of hundred pound rocks with a rock slinge

EcoRangers moving some big rocks for berms on Sawmill Canyon today. #AmeriCorps #NationalServiceWorks #ServeNM

Standing on one of the many rocks we just removed with the mini Excavator

Bucket of the mini Excavator removing big old rocks. This will be a six mile trail when we finish

Moving monster rocks today to get the Sawmill trail dug in. #Americorps #CNCS #ServeNM #NationalServiceWorks

Mini Excavator cutting new trail with the bucket. Josie the crew supervisor is running it.

EcoRangers out at Sawmill Canyon today cutting new trail on a beautiful day. #AmeriCorpsWorks #ServeNM #NationalServiceWorks

Mini ex using the bucket to clean out a pad in front of the blade.

Mini ex working on crossing a drainage

Cutting new trail with our mini excavator over in Sawmill Canyon today. #AmeriCorps #ServeNM #NationalServiceWorks

Trails crew with rakes, picks and Mcleods cleaning up after the machine

Mini Excavator cutting new tread on a six mile trail.

EcoRangers out on Sawmill trail building new tread. We should be running machines in from both sides by July to hopefully connect by September.#AmeriCorps #ServeNM #NationalServiceWorks

A young elk watching the trail crew work cleaning up tread on a trail in Cedar Creek

We had a visitor to our work site today on T120C. Wanted to know if we are hiring this summer. Yes! We will be recruiting over forty 16 to 25 year old NM residents starting in May and June. #AmeriCorps #NMYCC #NationalServiceWorks

Trail Crew removing ash and loose dirt from trails in Cedar Creek

EcoRangers getting to an area that did not burn so much on Cedar Creek T120. Will be done with this area this week and head over to the NW corner of Cedar Creek and get the trail ready for the Bun Run in April. #AmeriCorps #NationalServiceWorks #ServeNM

Trail workers removing a 2 to 3 inch layer of ash and dirt.

EcoRangers working on Cedar Creek T120 removing ash and loose dirt from the trail. #Americorps #NationalServiceWorks #ServeNM

Trails crew building a rock outcrop with a 4 to 6 inch layer of soil on top. Inside curve right side and outside turn on left side of photo. Burned trees in background.

EcoRangers building a berm on a corner in Cedar Creek recreation area. #AmeriCorps #NationalServiceWorks #ServeNM

Trail crew (5 ppl) using rakes and Mcleods to clear trail of ash and burned soil

Finished tread on the Cedar Creek Trails

EcoRangers using this crazy weather to get back on Cedar Creek fire restoration on the T120. #AmeriCorps #NationalServiceWorks #ServeNM

Trail crew removing slough (ash, and burned soil) from trails with Mcleods and rakes on USDS -FS public lands in Ruidoso, NM

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EcoRangers removing slough from the trails in Cedar Creek left over from the SouthFork fire. Only averages 3 inches deep in this side. #NationalServiceWorks

5 Crew members working on trail with an overcast sky

EcoRangers back in Cedar Creek removing the slough from the fires off the trails. A little cold today, but it is nice when the sun peeks out. #NationalServiceWorks

Crews removing dirt and ash with McLeods and rakes

Crew removing ash and cutting away dirt to improve drainage using McLeods and rakes

EcoRangers working on Cedar Creek T120 today. Getting tread back to normal, removing ash and rocks and working on controlling drainage issues. #NationalServiceWorks