event_title: Stream Restoration Project & Turkey Hunt

event_time_zone: America/Denver

event_start: April 21, 2023 18:00

event_duration: 2520

event_end: April 23, 2023 12:00

event_address: Angus , NM 88341, United States

event_description: RSVPs for this event are now closed. If you wish to cancel or RSVP last minute please contact event lead Abran Briseño.NMBHA Makes Stream Access Stewardship a PriorityThis spring through a partnership with the Lincoln National Forest we are executing stream access stewardship work including a Friday pint night, riparian habitat improvements, and a stream cleanup. This project will focus on educating public land and water users on thoughtful fishing recreation and how to be good stewards of our riparian and aquatic ecosystems and fisheries.Join us as we improve riparian stream channels by installing beaver dam analogs (BDAs), post assisted log structures (PALS), and one-rock dams (ORDs) on Big Bear and Anan Creeks. This work is low-tech and USFS staff will provide a briefing on how to execute the work and will oversee work teams.All are welcome to join us regardless of whether you hunt, fish or are a BHA member! Kids and well-mannered dogs may attend.RSVPs are required so we can plan for additional food/beverages, campsites and are able to contact you in case of inclement weather or other factors that may require last minute changes or cancellation. Volunteer Gas StipendsWe have five $25 gas stipends available for those who may find the cost of travel prohibitive to attending. Email NM BHA Treasurer Lance Miller after you RSVP at lantzmilleryahoo.com to request a stipend (while supplies last). Weekend Schedule* If you plan to join for only Saturday or only Sunday, please notify our event lead Abran Briseño.  Friday, April 21:4 pm: Camp Open5:30 pm: Ruidoso Pint Night - Sponsored by onX (The Downshift Brewing Co. - Brewery Location. The Hidden Tap located at 2408 Sudderth Dr., Ruidoso, NM 88345) Speaker Brad Allen of USFS will discuss the importance of our watersheds in New Mexico, stream and beaver ecology, how our restoration goals promote those processes, and how those processes will support our state fish, the Rio Grande cutthroat troutSaturday, April 22: 6:30 am – 11:30 am: Morning Turkey hunt!12 pm - 6 pm: Travel to Big Bear Creek and Anan worksites to work with USFS staff, bring food for lunch break, travel back to camp*Most volunteers will work at Big Bear Creek this day with one group handling Anan Creek7 pm: Wild game potluck, games & campfire hangout. Don DeLorenzo will give a talk on turkey calling and turkey tactics! Sunday, April 23: 6:30 am – 11:30 am: Morning Turkey hunt!12 pm - 2 pm: Travel to Cedar Creek for cleanup, travel back to camp2 pm: Break camp (ensuring site is better than we found it) & travel homeCedar Creek/Sam Tobias Memorial Group Campground - Unit 2. Cedar Creek is very close to Ruidoso and has potable water, restrooms, a large picnic shelter, unsheltered picnic tables, campfire rings, drinking water, and grills.Directions: From Ruidoso on Mechem Drive, take Cedar Creek Road northwest .9 miles. The turn off road for this unit is located on the north side of Cedar Creek Road at 33.360303, -105.684713. When turning into the campground area from Cedar Creek Road, there is a locked gate that will be dummy locked as the campground and parking lot is currently closed to the public. Please leave the gate dummy locked behind you. Once you turn in, follow the signs for unit/campground 2, which is located at 33.362086, -105.684944. The combo for the lock is 1111. (map below) Cedar Creek/Sam Tobias Memorial Group Campground on GoogleMapsGearing Up Volunteers should plan to bring their own food and beverages for the weekend and a wild game dish or other potluck item if you’ll be at camp Saturday night. You’ll want a pair of sturdy work gloves that you are ok with getting wet, work boots, a small pack to carry lunch and extra clothes in case you get wet during a day with cool temps. We won’t be working in high flowing streams, but the USFS will have some waders to borrow or you can bring your own. We can use extra tools if you have them including loppers, spade shovels and foldable hand saws. About the New Mexico Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Backcountry Hunters & Anglers is a non-partisan 501(c)3 seeking to ensure North Americas outdoor heritage of hunting and fishing in a natural setting, through education and work on behalf of wild public lands, waters, and wildlife. Our New Mexico Chapter is run by a volunteer board of passionate public land owners that want to ensure future generations have access to the same incredible habitat and outdoor pasttimes that have enriched our lives.Our freedom to hunt and fish depends on habitat. While many of us enjoy hunting and fishing on a range of landscapes, including farm fields and reservoirs, there is something special – even magical – about hunting deep in the backcountry or fishing on a remote river.