August 16th 2014 URE Workday

krzyabncanuck

krzyabncanuck

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Next workday is coming up. Right now the plan is to just ride to all the primitive campsites and pick up all the garbage at them. And fix stuff like the guard rail at the backside of Kodak / RML that has been tore down. FOU might just give away a couple of day passes to the range for that afternoon also, never know who might get one. :sniper:
 
As of right now Rodney will be out there to do some recert for Sawyer folks also.
 
After chatting with Terry / Chris today it seems like a few things might get done this workday.

Reblock off the RML piece.
Possibly installing some guard rail on Dickey bell.
And police up some garbage.

Pretty much in that order if we get enough folks
 
I might make this.
 
Here is the official notice from the USFS.



Hi Everyone – I know it’s been a long time since I’ve emailed you all and have been able to work with you on the workdays. Sorry about that. For this upcoming work day, Saturday, August 16th Jeff Greene will meet you at 9 am at the Uwharrie Hunt Camp. The main projects will be installing guardrail on Dickey Bell Trail. There are some sites we didn’t get done earlier in the year and then there are a couple of new sites where new illegal bypasses have been created. The other project will be to pick up trash at the OHV Trailheads and at the primitive campsites on the trails (the ones not being used on Saturday) and taking the trash out to the dumpsters at Group Camp.


There are 19 short rails & 13 posts at the Arrowhead Sprayfield and I think CTB with Jason Watson will be volunteering this Saturday and if there are others we’d like to get a good size group of rigs that can drag the guardrail and haul the posts up the Dickey Bell Trail. If we could have at least 10 folks working on the guardrail that would be good. I’ll be taking Darin out tomorrow and flagging and marking the sites and he’s planning on working with the guardrail group on Saturday and can organize that work.


In September and October we’ll be doing some reseeding and mulching and planting on sites behind the guardrails to start doing some actual restoration work along the trails. The September work day is on the 20th. I’ll be measuring some areas tomorrow with Darin to begin figuring out how much seed and mulch we’ll need and what kind of plantings could work out there. I’ll have things lined up with seed and mulch and guardrail for areas that have not been blocked off before. I’m sure there will still be more illegal bypasses that need to be blocked off. I’ll have either Rodney or Jeff working with you because I’ll be at parents weekend at my daughter’s college that weekend.


In October we’re moving the work day to October 25th so it’s not on the same day as the Uwharrie Jamboree. I think CTB will be working with George to place more rock on Daniel Trail. We did deliver more rock to Cotton Place TH this past weekend as we found a pile of it at our work center not being used. We’ll have more seed, mulch and plantings do to some restoration of the blocked illegal bypasses. I’ll get more sites measured and flagged for that weekend too. I’ll be working with you all on this work day.


Thanks a lot everyone. Bye - Terry
 
(Copied from www.cfsjc.com forum)Well, I can drive after 2 months, and I could drag, but I can't pick up anything heavy, and I don't want anything sharp, rough, nor dirty in my newly painted bed.
Maybe I'll wait 'til Sept to do a workday. But one of us needs to be there while work is being done on our trail.
 
This is from yesterday up there.


Hi Everyone – Darin and I got done a little bit ago flagging out the guardrail sites for this weekend’s work day. This weekend will be concentrating on illegal bypasses on Dickey Bell Trail. Also, if we have a couple of folks that are really familiar with the trail locations and numbers that can accurately mark them we’ll have Jeff bring orange diamonds and the # decals and the arrows to mark the trails better. We also marked several trees that need to be felled and I’ll make sure Jeff brings his chainsaw equipment and he’ll bring the pole saw because there are a lot of sections of the trails that need to be cut back. If you have pruners or pole saw please bring them up and we can have some folks brush back the trails.


I’ll also have several signs ready for you to install for “No Vehicles Beyond this point” to put up behind or at the ends of the guardrails and there’s 2 sections of split rail we’ll have you put up to add to existing split rail on Dickey Bell. We marked more than enough areas to install guardrail at and to do some slashing in too.


I’ll be ordering seed and mulch for the September & October work days. For those two days we’ll work on blocking illegal bypasses and then seeding and mulching behind the barricades to get some revegetation to start a little faster. We appreciate everyone’s help. We continue to have a hard time keeping up with the illegal bypasses and your help is very important.


Jeff will meet you at 9 am at the Uwharrie Hunt Camp and then some of you will have to go with him to the Arrowhead Sprayfield to get guardrail, split rail and posts to install.


Remember that the October work day is being moved to October 25!!!!!



Bye - Terry
 
She is understanding more people are coming that i know of .

How many are coming from your way Jason ?

I have possibly 2 others from my way.
 
Roger that. Any more from the club coming you know of ? Thanks.
 
Bring some gloves / eye pro / hand tools / pole saw if you have one. Kind of vehicle are you bringing ?
 
I hate too, but I have to bow out, I just have too much to do. I tried to get it all done this afternoon but it aint happening.
 
Huge thanks to all that came out from the different clubs. Got about all the work done I wanted to. What is left is the light stuff. Got the key area blocked off which as we everyone out there seen people were using even as we were working on it.

Thanks again everyone. Will post pics soon.
 
Who ever was in the tan rubi please pm me. Had a great time today.
 
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