Description
Start Date-End Date: 05/16/2017-05/16/2017
Land Manager Office: CPW - Chatfield State Park
Land Manager Contact: Kevin Becker
Funding Partner: BLM - Colorado State Office
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Summary: BLM employees will come out to Chatfield State Park to help with barbed wire fence removal and some light trail building.
Description: Chatfield State Park is one of Colorado's 42 State Parks, and is located just south of the metro area. The park features a large reservoir, great for boating and fishing, as well as camping and trails for birding, hiking and equestrian riding.
Along a popular trail in the park, there is some barbed wire fencing that is now a safety hazard to humans, horses, and other wildlife. Volunteers will remove this fencing, and if time permits, do some crusher fine trail maintenance.
Latitude/Longitude: 39.515645, -105.081182
Additional Information:
Camping Available: No
Physical Difficulty: Moderate
High Altitude Project: No
Desired Number of Volunteers: 25
Total Adult Volunteers Attended: 17
Total Youth Volunteers Attended: 0
Total Volunteer Days: 17
Total Unique Volunteers: 17
Total Volunteer Hours: 110.5
Staff Hours: 11.5
Stipend Hours: 0
Project Summary: On Tuesday, May 16th, 17 employees from the BLM office in Denver came out to Chatfield State Park to help with a variety of tasks. The hard working volunteers took out 300 feet of wire fence, along with some very difficult T-posts. The fence was creating a safety hazard for wildlife and equestrian riders, and was also in the way of future trail plans. The group knocked out nearly 1,700 feet of crusher fine trail work along the Discovery Ponds. This project had been started by the Cairn Youth Program last April, and was continued by the Denver Waldorf School in August of 2016. There was a final pile of material that needed to be put on the trail, and the BLM volunteers worked very hard to make sure that got done. They were also able to get a 1/2 acre of scotch thistle removed before the plants were able to flower or go to seed.
The day was perfect and breezy. Volunteers finished about 45 minutes early, just before some light rain showers moved in.
Successes and Challenges: The BLM volunteers were seasoned, and knew how to do most of the work, and were very familiar with VOC.
Lessons Learned: Crusher fine piles take more time than you think they will!
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