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Charmeine Wait, executive director of the Silver City MainStreet Project, looks out over a less-developed portion of Big Ditch Park just south of the Thomas J. Ryan Public Safety Building, near where she envisions a connecting trail to Gough Park and an arch to mark a now nearly invisible entrance to the San Vicente Trail that exists on Hudson Street.
Although it lacks an identified source of funding at the moment, President Joe Biden’s “America the Beautiful” initiative could be just what Grant County needs to take its outdoor recreation economy to the next level, while simultaneously helping address the communitywide effects of climate change.
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Heart of the Gila Outdoor Equity Program educator Elysha Montoya, left, and Heart of the Gila Chairperson Patrice Mutchnick, pointing, led about 12 volunteers who came out to pick up trash in Cameron Creek in Santa Clara on Saturday. The event was organized in collaboration with the Santa Clara Action Committee.
Grant Countians picked up a lot of trash this weekend: About 120 volunteers filled approximately 200 trash bags along U.S. 180 from Silver City to Hurley on Saturday, as well as along several creeks, in honor of Earth Day, which was April 22.
The Gila Resources Information Project has been celebrating Earth Day throughout April, and in lieu of its usual big celebration in Gough Park, a few volunteers hosted a single information booth beside the Murray Ryan Visitor Center on Saturday. The booth served as headquarters for a Big Ditch cleanup project, a Continental Divide Trail scavenger hunt and information about migratory cliff swallows
By Gila Resources Information Project
• Mar 13, 2021 Gila Earth Day will be celebrated throughout April, providing a variety of opportunities to take action on behalf of our planet. The international theme for this year’s event is “Restore Our Earth”, and the Gila Resources Information Project (GRIP) and Gila Earth Day planning committee are organizing multiple activities: virtual programming from participant organizations, classrooms, and individuals throughout the month of April; a virtual book tour discussion with Laura Paskus author
of At the Precipice New Mexico’s Changing Climate on Thursday, April 22; and small, COVID-safe community actions around the region on Saturday, April 24.