FOSM was honored to be invited to brief the 3rd annual meeting of Forest Service volunteer program coordinators as a model friends organization. Mike Madden, Sam Beard, and Lou Romero presented a 15-slide overview of FOSM during a nationwide virtual meeting on January 30.

Among the 30 participants were Sandia District Ranger Ken Born and Recreation Staff Officer Julie Padilla. Ken made the following observations afterwards:

Awesome job today, gentleman! We greatly appreciate you carving out time to share your experiences and know-how with the national volunteer group. This kind of information sharing and engagement is so helpful for other forests and national program managers to be part of – and makes me really proud to call FOSM our partner.

Thanks again for all you do in service to the public and the Sandia mountains.

Thanks, Mike, Sam, and Lou for educating the 9 Forest Service regional offices about Friends of the Sandia Mountains.

Cliff Giles

FOSM VP & Webmaster

https://friendsofthesandias.org/