Anza Trail Foundation (ATF)
OUTREACH
- Interpretive Wayside — Held a ribbon cutting on an interpretive wayside near the entrance to Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park overlooking the Colorado River.
- Events — Carlos Herrera, ATF Board Member and Director of Imperial Valley Borderlands Institute, gave a keynote address at the Anza Society World Conference in Calexico, CA; the Binational Symposium on the Historic Route of Juan Bautista de Anza was held in Sonora, Mexico where the Anza Expedition began. The symposium was attended by representatives from Anza organizations, including the Anza Society, Las Lagunas de Anza, Anza Color Guard, and Anza National Historic Trail staff, to better understand and interpret the history and context of the route and the influence of Sonoran Culture on early California.
PROTECTION
- Trail Segments — Opened a segment of trail in the East Wetlands along the Colorado River in Yuma, near the Anza Expedition’s crossing of the Colorado River; certified the rail-trail segment Joe’s Trail at Saratoga de Anza in Santa Cruz County just south of the San Francisco Bay (used for walking and biking).
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