Adopt-a-Highway

October 17, 2023 – Thirteen FOSM Volunteers Complete Adopt-a-highway Project

From project leader Steve Roholt:

Thirteen FOSM volunteers participated in our semi-annual trash pickup and brush removal between mile markers 4 and 5 on state highway 536. Traffic was light and the weather ideal.

We divided into 2 teams: Pauline Ho, Rick Buss, Tim Brown, Karen Grief, Rav Nicholson , Judy Pekarek, and Jerry Pekarek picked up and bagged trash while Dan Benton, Don Carnicom, Cliff Giles, Sim Cook, and Jamey Browning did brush cutting in the ditches and along the guardrail.

We completed our work by 11:00 AM.

Tim Brown with a couple of automobile parts 
Dan Benton with power brush cutter
Guardrail visible
Now you can see the mile marker!
Sim Cook lopping
Don Carnicom brush cutting
Cliff Giles lopping
Cleaning it up

June 24, 2023 – Eleven FOSM Volunteers Participate in First Adopt-a-Highway Cleanup

NMDOT sign at 5-Mile Marker
Click above to read Steve’s report.
Trash pickup volunteers (l-r) David McCreery, Pauline Ho, Rick Buss, Cliff Giles, Steve Roholt, Ken Nicholson, Don Carnicom, and Dan Benton. Not shown: Pat and Mike Madden plus Scott Dietrich (photographer).

FOSM board member Steve Roholt organized and led our first Adopt-a-Highway trash-collection and brush-removal day for our adopted section (Mile 4 to 5) of the Crest Highway (State Highway 536). Our agreement with NMDOT is to pick up trash twice per year.

Steve’s report including several photos taken by Scott Dietrich can be accessed by clicking on the image at above right.

Steve plans to schedule our second Adopt-a-Highway day sometime this fall.