Zuni Mountain trail expansion hopes to link Grants, Gallup

Alfred Acevedo rides the red rocks in the Zuni Mountains near Cottonwood Canyon in July of 2008. — © 2009 Gallup Independent / Brian Leddy

Copyright © 2009
Gallup Independent
By Helen Davis
Cibola County Bureau

GRANTS — Organizers of the Zuni Trail Initiative met July 21 to look at the practical angles of expanding the existing hike and bike trail system into Cibola County.

Laura Malaj of Future Foundations Family Center, Star Gonzales of the Cibola Counties Economic Development Foundation, Ken Jones for the Bureau of Land Management, Traffic Manager Arnold Wilson from the U.S. Forest Service and others joined Larry Wynn of Gallup’s Connections, Inc. to plan the next stage of a large trail plan.

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