2024 Spring Appeal
“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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Cottonwood Gulch Strategic Plan 2022-2026
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2023 Fall Appeal
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…
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Annual Report 2023
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.
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2023 Silver Buckle Award Nominations
The Silver Buckle Award is a time-honored tradition at Cottonwood Gulch Expeditions, historically presented to trekkers who distinguished themselves in some way over the course of the summer. The original Silver Buckle continues to be awarded to trekkers whenever summer program staff feel it is warranted. In 2023 Cottonwood Gulch Expeditions created an additional version…
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Spring Appeal
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…
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Fall Appeal
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…
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Alumni Interview Corner
Give Today April 28, 2022Dear Gulch Community, Below we have three very special interviews hosted by our very own, Master of All Things Rocks A.K.A The Rock Doctor, Brad Jeffrey, Ph.D., enjoy! Joe Herrera Jr. Outfit Expedition, 1981-82, Prairie Trek Group I, 1983-84 Gulch resident artist, 2021-present. Hey Joe, how’s it going? Hangin’ in there,…
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Donate to Support the Gulch, and our new Strategic Plan!
December 2, 2021Dear Gulch Community, What a year we’ve had! Despite the pandemic, we have much to celebrate: we completed a successful summer, we are currently working with over 20 different schools, and we brought over 1,000 young trekkers on outdoor experiences throughout New Mexico. How did we make all this happen? Financial support from…
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