Santa Fe Conservation Trust

Filing Period

Jan 1, 2011 to Dec 31, 2011

Signed

Aug 13, 2012

Return Version

2011v1.2

Gross Receipts

$1,486,499

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Sfct trails program, a partnership with the trails alliance of santa fe, the city and county of santa fe, supports the development of a well-planned and well-maintained regional public trail network. Working together with trail stakeholders (agencies, ngo, businesses, policy-makers, neighborhoods, landowners and user groups) to coordinate trail development plans, organize volunteer trail work, prioritize trail linkages, and meet public and community needs for trail information and access. The trails alliance facilitates the training, management and coordination of volunteers to care for and improve city, county and national forest trail systems. We provide community resources including trail information, maps and state-of-the-art trail repair training courses.

Activity 3

The santa fe conservation trust, with partners capital city astronomy club, santa fe southern railway and commonweal conservancy, has had many successful dark skies outreach events educating the community about the importance of the connection between land and sky conservation and the simple steps they can take to reduce light pollution. Recent studies have shown that light pollution has signigicant negative impact on human health, confuses and harms wildlife, wastes energy, creates glare, and actually reduces nighttime visibility. Over six hundred people in the community have participated in our educational star parties, celebrating land conservation in new mexico and the importance of dark skies for future generations.

Filer

EIN

85-0418988