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June 2023 stewardship report, season update

June 2023 stewardship report, season update

Gabriel Howe

Stewardship Update photos by Field Manager Nick HodgesIn 13 years of operation, this June was our busiest to date. We onboarded 17 interns, putting our July head count at 27...

June 2023 stewardship report, season update

Gabriel Howe

Stewardship Update photos by Field Manager Nick HodgesIn 13 years of operation, this June was our busiest to date. We onboarded 17 interns, putting our July head count at 27...

Field manager Nick Hodges takes on 8th season working on backcountry trails and traveling the world

Field manager Nick Hodges takes on 8th season w...

Gabriel Howe

Hodges has worked every season since, and is now marking his 8th consecutive summer with SMC sawing logs, clipping brush, and digging tread in the most remote reaches of our...

Field manager Nick Hodges takes on 8th season w...

Gabriel Howe

Hodges has worked every season since, and is now marking his 8th consecutive summer with SMC sawing logs, clipping brush, and digging tread in the most remote reaches of our...

Medford BLM Closes Rogue River Trail

Medford BLM Closes Rogue River Trail

Gabriel Howe

27 APRIL 2023 | MERLIN, OR. -- The Medford Bureau of Land Management has issued a public land closure for a section of the Rogue River Trail just about a...

Medford BLM Closes Rogue River Trail

Gabriel Howe

27 APRIL 2023 | MERLIN, OR. -- The Medford Bureau of Land Management has issued a public land closure for a section of the Rogue River Trail just about a...

Shop Ashland's full-service nonprofit Siskiyou Outdoor Store

Shop Ashland's full-service nonprofit Siskiyou ...

Gabriel Howe

Siskiyou Outdoor Store: Every dime goes to trails33 N 3rd Street, Ashland, OROpen Thursday - Saturday, 10am - 6pm Members, teachers, and students get 5% off everyday Siskiyou Outdoor Store...

Shop Ashland's full-service nonprofit Siskiyou ...

Gabriel Howe

Siskiyou Outdoor Store: Every dime goes to trails33 N 3rd Street, Ashland, OROpen Thursday - Saturday, 10am - 6pm Members, teachers, and students get 5% off everyday Siskiyou Outdoor Store...

SMC Field Managers maintain Rogue River Trail Marial to Foster Bar

SMC Field Managers maintain Rogue River Trail M...

Gabriel Howe

photos by Field Manager Nick Hodges 12 APRIL 2023 | MARIAL, OR. -- With support from the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest's Gold Beach Ranger District and Curry County Sheriff's Office,...

SMC Field Managers maintain Rogue River Trail M...

Gabriel Howe

photos by Field Manager Nick Hodges 12 APRIL 2023 | MARIAL, OR. -- With support from the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest's Gold Beach Ranger District and Curry County Sheriff's Office,...

Signature Routes of the Siskiyou Backwoods

Signature Routes of the Siskiyou Backwoods

Vincent DiFrancesco

These routes are simply suggestions of hikes to take. In all cases, we put in a lot of work with our partners to restore long gaps in the routes, but...

Signature Routes of the Siskiyou Backwoods

Vincent DiFrancesco

These routes are simply suggestions of hikes to take. In all cases, we put in a lot of work with our partners to restore long gaps in the routes, but...