Trail Update: Our Work Party Plan for Feb 8, 2025

Please note! Snow is forecasted for this week, but Saturday, Feb 8 is expected to be partly sunny and a toasty 39 degrees. If the weather freezes hard, we will cancel the work party. Please check your email, our website, or social media for an update on Friday.

Schedule

8:45 am Sign-in at parking lot: Shylee & Bret

9 am: Meet at Pump House Trail Head

• JT & Paul lead introductions, explain today’s work
• Jenny explain jobs and set-up teams

Safety Talk : Shylee & Bret

T-shirts & Group Photo

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Noon: Lunch at the Pump House Trail Head

Clean up: 3-4pm

Planning Meeting: 4:30 pm (by Invitation)

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Teams

Capping Bonus Loop with Rock Sand (5 people)

Leads : TBD

Description: Bonus loop is very muddy and needs to be capped with rock sand. We would like to have this trail in good shape for the community fun run scheduled in Feb.

Culverts on elevated trail (2-4 people)

Leads : Jerry & Jenny

• Description: Repairing and reinforcing the culverts on the elevated trail using small 1-man, 4×8, and concrete where needed.
• At culverts, create rock “walls” at edges of culverts to support larger rocks. Mound the rock over the culverts. Do not block culvert openings.

Power Carrier Drivers (4 people)

Lead : Kip

• Description: Carry rock and gravel from the Pump House Trail Head to our 2 work sites.

Restoration Crew (Everybody else – we need lots of diggers!)

Lead : Lynn

• On the bonus loop, dig up blackberry crowns 4’ back from trails edge, cut thistles, remove windfall.

Roving Lead : Paul Klein

• Walk between teams making sure everyone has the tools & materials they need, are working safely and efficiently, provide guidance, answer questions.

Loading Power Carriers : JT

• Description: Load gravel and rock into power carriers using the Dingo loader.

Photo & Video: Anna MacKinnon/Jenny Sandbo

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Planning Meeting for Feb 22, 2025 Work Party (Dinner Count)

1. Review of Feb 8 work party
   1. Did we achieve our work party objectives?
   2. How did things go, in general?
   3. Improvements & ideas
2. What is our plan for Feb 22?
   1. Objectives
   2. Teams
   3. Materials list
   4. Equipment needs

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