[Volunteers_fosm] Save the Date: FOSM Membership Meeting, May 6, 6:00 PM

[FOSM Vice President]

Please join us May 6 to hear Trails Foreman Jen Medina-Gray and Trails and Wilderness Program Manager Canyon Young educate us about trail construction in the Sandia Ranger District (SRD).
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Date and Time – May 6, 6:00 PM (Note new starting time)

Location - Sandia Ranger Station conference room

Program abstract – Have you ever wondered how trails are designed and built in the Sandia Ranger District? Join Sandia Ranger District Trails Foreman Jen Medina-Gray on a deep dive into our trail development process. Jen will cover topics such as envisioning a new trail design, how the forest service defines our different trail systems, how we navigate the environmental review process, and how trails are constructed.

Canyon Young, Trails and Wilderness Program Manager, will give a short overview of SRD trails projects for this season after Jen’s presentation.

Speaker bios – Jen Medina-Gray is the Sandia Ranger District Trails Foreman and has been in this position for a little over a year. Hailing originally from Maryland, Jen has been living in Albuquerque for the past 3 years. Jen earned a BFA in Technical Theatre from Syracuse University and has somehow found a way to utilize their theatre rigging and carpentry training in the world of trails for the past 8 years. Jen got their start in trails by participating in the Utah Conservation Corps in 2017, and the rest is history. They have continued to work in trails with various nonprofits, private contractors, and federal agencies ever since.

Canyon Young started his federal career at the Sandia Ranger District as a seasonal, where he did a season of fire and a few seasons of trails. Leaving for a permanent position in 2020, he did a few years with the NRCS in Santa Fe, followed by a year with the BLM in Albuquerque, both as a Rangeland Management Specialist. Since 2018, Canyon has also owned and operated a small forestry contracting business in the East Mountains, implementing thinning for wildfire risk mitigation, as well as hazardous tree removals. As a lifelong Sandia Park resident, he is very excited to be working on his home USFS district again and hopes to put his extensive local knowledge of the Sandias and Manzanitas to good use for SRD. Outside of work, Canyon is an avid trail runner, skier, hunter, and mountain biker.

Please plan to join us on May 6.

Cliff Giles
FOSM VP
https://friendsofthesandias.org

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