Description
Start Date-End Date: 05/24/2017-05/24/2017
Land Manager Office: Boulder County Parks and Open Space Department
Land Manager Contact: Ari Addes
Funding Partner: Natural Habitat Adventures
Programmatic Partner:
Summary: Help with important trail construction and maintenance at the beautiful Heil Valley Ranch!
Description:
With beautiful valleys, picturesque vistas, and forest meadows that seem to cling to the sky, Heil Valley Ranch offers a day's adventure in the foothills.The majority of Heil Valley Ranch was purchased in 1993 and 1994 as part of the North Foothills Open Space that includes Hall Ranch and surrounding conservation easement properties.
At Heil Valley Ranch, you see the dramatic landscape where the Great Plains meet the Southern Rocky Mountains. The eastern-most ridge (hogback) at Heil Valley Ranch is capped by a rock layer called the Dakota Formation. On the west side of this property is another series of ridges that look red; this is the Lyons sandstone. This fine-grained sandstone, named after the town of Lyons, has been quarried locally and used for building throughout Boulder County.
The work on this project will consist of a variety of trail construction and maintenance on heavy use areas of the multi-use network. Volunteers will have the opportunity to use a distinct array of tools to shape, construct and restore trail conditions in the park.
Latitude/Longitude: 39.978335, -105.243444
Additional Information:
Camping Available: No
Physical Difficulty: Easy
High Altitude Project: No
Desired Number of Volunteers: 30
Total Adult Volunteers Attended: 8
Total Youth Volunteers Attended: 0
Total Volunteer Days: 8
Total Unique Volunteers: 8
Total Volunteer Hours: 90
Staff Hours: 15
Stipend Hours: 0
Project Summary: Volunteers spent a warm day in May completing finish work on a roughly 2000' section of trail that meandered across the hillside and in and out of the meadows. The work consisted of light tread maintenance, small structure work, and vegetation removal.
Successes and Challenges: Successes: Beautiful day to be outside, great working group, and great partner in Boulder County
Challenges: none
Lessons Learned: Traveling is good.
Special Notes: N/A
Stewardship Education: MIke from Boulder County is always a wealth of information and he is willing to take the time to educate the volunteers on why we are doing what we are doing.
Key Concerns or Comments from Staff or Volunteers: N/A
Description of Accidents/Incidents: N/A
Description of Work Completed:
Details
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