Willows & Wild Trout Volunteer Trip, Rio San Antonio
Now in its fourth year, this beloved event combines two of the better ways to spend a late-May weekend in northern New Mexico: restoring a cutthroat trout stream in the morning, and fishing it in the afternoon.
The Rio San Antonio — located west of San Antonio Mountain, off of 285 (not the San Antonio in the Jemez) — is home to Rio Grande cutthroat trout and has been a focus of TU’s riparian restoration efforts. Volunteers will plant willows along the streambank each morning to improve cover and bank stability, then pick up fly rods for an afternoon on the water. Camp is set above the river, and carpooling from the highway is available for those without AWD or 4WD vehicles.
This one sells itself.
What to bring: Your own camping tent and gear. All meals provided by TU (and possibly supplemented by volunteers who find the brown trout willing).
Questions? Email project manager Juliet Smith at [email protected]
