Well I called Terry and she is on her way to Atlanta for a trail hydrology conference/training deal. And we talked about a couple things and here is essentially what she said.
In consideration of our efforts she doesn't want to wear out the volunteers with the guard railing. Because she doesn't know if when the construction crews come through Falls Dam doing trail repairs if guard railing will have to be moved or not. So she doesn't want us to put in guard railing this weekend, and then just have to move it/re-install it next month.
She said the guard railing has been moved into the grassy area on the other side of the fence some where on the trail. What I plan on doing is when I show up Friday morning, I am going to ride down Falls Dam and see if the guard railing is still where we left it. Then between talking to Janet and possibly Terry again, make a decision on what to do. Because if her only concern is over working us, that puts the ball in our court if we want to do extra work etc.
On the flip side of this coin, the last thing we want to do is do trail work not authorized by the FS. Because the message I am getting is they want the guard railing up, but they don't want to have us put it up and then upset the volunteers by having us possibly take it out/move it. So right now we will leave it up in the air until Friday. After I talk with Janet and possibly call Terry again on Friday we will make a decision then.
I know this isn't what everyone wants to hear, but with the trail construction planned for Falls Dam its not something we can avoid.