Description
Start Date-End Date: 10/19/2019-10/19/2019
Land Manager Office: CPW - Staunton State Park
Land Manager Contact: Dale Specht
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Summary: Help build a trail or install picnic pads on this project for volunteers 12+.
Description: Project photo by Julie Majors.
Where You'll Be:
In 2013, Staunton State Park became the newest place to earn Colorado State Park designation. Frances Hornbrook Staunton donated the first 1,720-acre parcel of land in 1986, and subsequent acquisitions allowed Colorado Parks & Wildlife to create the park that exists today just 40 miles southeast of Denver. With an area of 3,828 acres, Staunton boasts geologic features including soaring granite cliffs, unique soil composition and impressive water features, setting the backdrop for a range of recreational opportunities.
What You'll Do:
On this project for volunteers ages 12+, you'll spend the day either building a small trail connection or establishing picnic areas near the main Meadow Parking Lot (or perhaps doing both!). An unsustainable, user-created "social trail" has already developed between the Staunton Ranch Trail and the Dines Meadow Trail so you'll help replace it with a properly built, sustainable connector trail. In addition, volunteers will help create 11 picnic table pads to keep traffic in designated areas and improve accessibility of visitors with wheelchairs. Breakfast and lunch will be provided, making this an easy way to give back with the family.
Why It Matters:
Staunton State Park sees an estimated 150,000 visitors each year and all those feet add up! By creating the new trail connection and establishing a designated place for picnic tables, you will help prevent the destruction of park vegetation and provide visitors who use wheelchairs with a level surface at the picnic tables to allow them to enjoy their Staunton State Park experience even more.
Need-to-Know Details:
Minors under 16 must be accompanied by an adult 21 years or older on single-day projects.
VOC will provide all equipment including tools and work gloves.
Cancellation:Our partners rely on VOC volunteers to accomplish critical stewardship needs, and our projects often have wait lists.If you need to cancel, please emailoutreach@voc.orgor call 303-715-1010 ext. 116 as soon as possible so we can free your spot for another volunteer and have a full workforce.
About Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado (VOC)
Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado (VOC) is the state's oldest, largest, and leading outdoor stewardship nonprofit organization. Founded in 1984 to motivate and enable people to become active stewards of Colorado's natural resources, VOC has engaged nearly 120,000 people in more than 1,000 volunteer projects for a donated labor value of $24 million. Through award-winning youth and volunteer programs, leadership training, capacity-building programs, and collaborative efforts with nonprofits and land management agencies, VOC is an invaluable resource in Colorado, especially as our outdoor stewardship needs are approaching near-crisis levels. For more information, visit www.voc.org or call 303-715-1010.
Latitude/Longitude: 39.5100, -105.3944
Additional Information:
Camping Available: No
Physical Difficulty: Easy, Moderate
High Altitude Project: No
Desired Number of Volunteers: 40
Total Adult Volunteers Attended: 45
Total Youth Volunteers Attended: 7
Total Volunteer Days: 50
Total Unique Volunteers: 52
Total Volunteer Hours: 424
Staff Hours: 25
Stipend Hours: 0
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| 12 and older |
