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Cottonwood’s 2025 Annual Report: A Year of Community, Growth, and Impact Cottonwood’s 2025 Annual Report highlights a very special year for us as we celebrate 99 years of trekking. This year was one of deepening connections, expanding programs, and preparations for the organization’s 100th anniversary celebration in 2026.Building on decades of innovative outdoor education, this…
We are very excited to share our 2024 Annual Report with you! Paper copies of the report will be arriving in your mailboxes soon, but here is a sneak peak at our impact in 2024. This year we got to watch a number of fresh faces experience the Gulch for the first time through our school programs…
“There is life everywhere, and beauty. The wetlands are important for wildlife, and in turn important for humans. Going outside helps show people that even when things are tough, you will get relief.” — eCademy student Donate Today In 2023, Cottonwood Gulch provided outdoor learning adventures to students in 30…
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Give Today Dear Cottonwood Gulch Community, In 2023, we took more than 1,500 people on Cottonwood Gulch treks, many of them for a second, third, tenth, or (in Chet Kubit’s case) 58th year of trekking with us. With all those trekkers, and so many familiar faces, we have been asking: Why do we keep coming…
Year after year, for nearly a century we have witnessed people falling in love with Cottonwood Gulch. They become deeply invested in what happens here. They care about the people, the place, the experiences that are shared in this tiny part of our big world.
Give Today Dear Friend, At Cottonwood Gulch we consider all donors and trekkers – past and present – as family. That includes you! Our love of the New Mexico landscape, and the experiences we have shared here, bond us together and create lifelong memories. Today, we want to invite you to engage with the…
Give Today December, 2022 Dear Gulch Community, Our 2022 treks are in the books, and what a success they were! Our summer treks provided well over 100 young people with life-changing, multi-week experiences. Our school treks brought over 1,000 students into New Mexico’s most beautiful outdoor spaces. Together, these treks provided a means of strengthening…
