Northern San Juan • Entered by Judith Lopez on May 29, 2025
WSA clean up
May 28, 2025
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | |
| Post Admin hours | 0.5 |
| Activity Hours | 2.5 |
| Participants | 1 |
| Total Hours | 3 |
Key Issue: Public Lands Health & Protection
Activity Type: Stewardship (monitoring, sampling, planting, etc.)
Key Partners: BLM
Landscape/area: Adobe Badlands WSA (10425 acres)
Measurable Outcomes
Outcome 1: Clean-up (6 sites/plots)
Short Description of Activity
Monthly event, rode/walked around 6 areas off of Devil’s Thumb Road. Overall there was much less trash. There were no large items or bags of trash that had been left. The main trash issues are with gun trash and broken glass. There are also other objects left like beer cans etc. There continues to be misuse of the area in terms of motorized/mechanized vehicles, but none were seen during this visit. The wire barrier at one of the parking areas has not yet been repaired. I removed just 3 pounds of trash on this date.
Reflection/Evaluation
The goal is to monitor the area and to remove trash. I inform BLM monthly of my findings and any need for the agency to respond to a problem found, like signs removed or destroyed, large trash items requiring a truck to remove etc. The goal is being met.