Description
Start Date-End Date: 06/27/2020-07/18/2020
Land Manager Office: USFS - South Platte Ranger District
Land Manager Contact: Brandon Mitchell
Funding Partner: National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance
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Summary: First Independent Crosscut Project
Description: Volunteers cleared trees on the AG trail
Latitude/Longitude: 39.492707, -105.347378
Additional Information:
Camping Available: No
Physical Difficulty: Difficult
High Altitude Project: No
Desired Number of Volunteers: 6
Total Adult Volunteers Attended: 9
Total Youth Volunteers Attended: 0
Total Volunteer Days: 9
Total Unique Volunteers: 7
Total Volunteer Hours: 72
Staff Hours: 2
Stipend Hours: 0
Project Summary: 6/27: 6 of our U.S. Forest Service-certified "B" sawyer volunteers spent Saturday on the AG Trail, testing our protocols while they removed 17 fallen trees. As "B" sawyers, these volunteers are qualified to lead crosscut crews and serve a critical need as there are many fallen trees on trails in Wilderness areas, which can only be removed with crosscut saws.
7/11: One certificated B Sawyer and one assistant volunteer removed a large blowdown just inside the Lost Creek Wilderness boundary about 1.5 miles from the trailhead on the Ben Tyler Trail. It was hot, hard work, but a successful day. The tree was large enough that hikers had difficulty climbing over it and had created a social trail around it to the downhill side which was blocked off.
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