High Guads Restoration Project

High Guads Restoration Project(HGRP) is a National Speleological Society (NSS) Conservation Task Force (CTF). We provide volunteer work related to the caves in the Lincoln National Forest in southeastern New Mexico. Since 1999 the Project has contributed over 1/3 of a million dollars of volunteer value to the forest. Typical activities we do include monitoring, restoration, formation repair, trail flagging repair, summer exit bat counts.
We have horizontal and vertical cave projects, easier and more strenuous trips, and we need people with all levels of restoration skills.


When and how

HGRP usually runs the last weekend of a month.
We've switched to a "quarterly" schedule now. Let me know if you want to work out an alternate weekend.
Contact highguads@yahoo.com for more information or to get on the email announcement list.

You can also sign up for the announcement list directly at http://lists.snurkle.net/mailman/listinfo/hgrp

2008 Future dates include:

July 19-20
October 25-26
you must sign up at least a week prior to the trip so we can arrange permits and trip leaders.

Check the forest service website for current fire restrictions or call 1-877-864-6985 for updates.


Typical resto gear: spray bottle, collapsable bucket, brushes, scrapers, sponges, rubber gloves, "aquasox"

cavers cleaning flowstone


updated Apr 2008