Description
Start Date-End Date: 01/01/2013-10/15/2013
Land Manager Office: USFS - Salida Ranger District
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Summary: Members of Upper Arkansas Wilderness Volunteers will provide a presence in the Wilderness by hiking the trails and share information with visitors as they request it, or as necessary for the protection and preservation of the Wilderness. Volunteers will provide information to the Forest Service about trail conditions and visitor contacts. They may perform light trail maintenance within the volunteers' level of comfort and training, including brush clearing, limbing, clearing trees from the trail, and light tread work.
Description:
Members of Upper Arkansas Wilderness Volunteers will provide a presence in the Wilderness by hiking the trails and share information with visitors as they request it, or as necessary for the protection and preservation of the Wilderness. Volunteers will provide information to the Forest Service about trail conditions and visitor contacts. They may perform light trail maintenance within the volunteers' level of comfort and training, including brush clearing, limbing, clearing trees from the trail, and light tread work.
Latitude/Longitude: 38.788345, -106.303711
Additional Information:
Camping Available: No
Physical Difficulty: Easy
High Altitude Project: Yes
Desired Number of Volunteers: 60
Total Adult Volunteers Attended: 30
Total Youth Volunteers Attended: 0
Total Volunteer Days:
Total Unique Volunteers: 30
Total Volunteer Hours: 1299
Staff Hours: 60
Stipend Hours: 0
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Description of Work Completed:
Members of the Upper Arkansas Wilderness Volunteers (UAWV) acting within a FS MOU will act as the eyes and ears to the FS in Wilderness areas on the Salida and Leadville Districts. They perform light trail maintenance and report any major problems to the FS for project work. They also make public contacts to backcountry visitors, patrol and maintain backcountry campsites and survey trailheads, trails and riparian areas for noxious weeds.
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