Meet the Crew

Welcome to our blog. This summer a group of hard working individuals have teamed up through the Santa Fe Botanical Garden and the Youth Conservation Corps to practice restoration work and citizen science at the Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve in La Cienga, NM. You'll be hearing from them throughout this summer so stay tuned!

Name: Nina Katz
Age: 23
Hometown: Potomac, MD
Favorite Place Outside: The Zuni Mountains
Favorite NM Native Species: The Alligator Juniper
Least Favorite Invasive: Russian Olive

Name: Hippolyte Bernard
Age: 23
Hometown: Carpentras, FR
Favorite Place Outside: Skiing in some fresh powder
Favorite NM Native Species: Aspens
Least Favorite Invasive: Bindweed

Name: Noah Watts-Fried
Age: 22
Hometown: Sonoma County, CA
Favorite Place Outside: Big Sur
Favorite NM Native Species: Prickly Pear
Least Favorite Invasive: Arrundo Donyacs

Name: Esme Flores
Age: 17
Hometown: Santa Fe, NM
Favorite Place Outside: In my backyard at night
Favorite NM Native Species: Yucca
Least Favorite Invasive: Kochia

Name: Eli Elicio
Age: 18
Hometown: Las Cruces, NM
Favorite Place Outside: White Sands National Monument
Favorite NM Native Species: Mesquite
Least Favorite Invasive: Prickly Lettuce

Name: Cameron Bayly
Age: 23
Hometown: Santa Fe, NM
Favorite Place Outside: The Shade
Favorite NM Native Species: Cholla in bloom
Least Favorite Invasive: Teasel

 

Name: Kayla Tenorio

Age: 18

Hometown: Santo Domingo, NM

Favorite Place Outside: The Bosque

Favorite NM Native Species: Cottonwood

Least Favorite Invasive: Cheat Grass