Cottonwood Gulch Strategic Plan 2022-2026

March 1, 2024
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Click here to download the Strategic Plan.  

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2023 Fall Appeal

November 30, 2023
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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…

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Annual Report 2023

November 15, 2023
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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

May 19, 2023
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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

May 8, 2023
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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

December 2, 2022
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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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Annual Report 2022

November 9, 2022
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Spring Appeal Letter

April 30, 2022
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Alumni Interview Corner

April 28, 2022
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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, 2021
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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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Annual Report 2021

October 4, 2021
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October 4, 2021Dear Gulch Community, We are so happy to share our new 2021 Annual Report! You can view it by clicking the button below.

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Grant Award from the Outdoor Equity Fund

August 20, 2021
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Dear Gulch Community, We are proud to report we have been awarded $19,992 from the Outdoor Equity Fund of the State of New Mexico! This particular grant is to help expand our school partnerships and youth programming focused on high schoolers in Gallup, Santa Fe and Albuquerque. SANTA FE, N.M. – The New Mexico Outdoor Recreation…

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