Description
Start Date-End Date: 06/05/2021-06/05/2021
Land Manager Office: USFS - Salida Ranger District
Land Manager Contact: Connor Maher
Funding Partner: CPW - State Trails Program
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Summary: Spend a day working with the Outdoor Stewardship Institute and trainees from multiple organizations to improve your trail maintenance skills. This training is free to individuals who are affiliated with Arkansas Valley area outdoor stewardship and land management groups! Contact Dan Williams at dan@voc.org to register if you meet this condition.
Description: Open to volunteers and employees from any organization.
Sharpen your skills before the stewardship season gets into full swing! In this Saturday workshop, you'll have the opportunity to learn from the best in the trail-building business, including OSI Instructors who have been building and maintaining trails for decades.
This skills training will explore several basic concepts of sustainable trail maintenance and appropriate applications for multiple use trails, including drainage structures and erosion control methods. We will practice building commonly used structures, and trainees will come away with an enhanced ability to assess trails for practical maintenance solutions.
Trainees are invited to stick around at the end of the day for cold refreshments!
Cost: $60 or FREE to trainees who reside in and/or are affiliated with groups in the Arkansas Valley.Contact Dan Williams at dan@voc.org to sign up at no cost if you meet this condition.
About Outdoor Stewardship Institute (OSI)
Originally created in collaboration with other organizations, OSI offers affordable, in-depth training courses for volunteers and employees from any organization to learn or improve their stewardship skills and prepare for a variety of leadership roles. Approximately 300 people each year receive OSI training in topics such as volunteer crew leadership; trail design, construction, and maintenance; ecological, habitat, and fire restoration; crosscut saw skills and more. OSI is a program of Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado (VOC), the state's oldest, largest, and leading outdoor stewardship nonprofit organization. For more information, visit www.voc.org/osi or call 303-715-1010.
Latitude/Longitude: 38.508637847832624 , -106.18909411379079
Additional Information: Trainees are invited (but not required) to access OSI online training content prior to the workshop session, including:
Trails Overview:You will work through three online sections covering an overview of how trails are planned and managed for sustainability and the basics of trail construction and maintenance. The course takes 2-3 hours to complete and includes text and diagrams, recorded lecture content, video examples of topics, and quizzes.
Drainage Structures Overview:You will work through 2-3 hours of self paced content, reviewing the importance of positive drainage, how water interacts with trails, and basic tasks and structures such as de-berming trails and installing knicks or swales. Further segments cover how to assess a trail for correcting drainage issues and the appropriate installation of unreinforced and reinforced drainage dips. The course includes text and diagrams, recorded lecture content, video examples of topics, and quizzes.
To access the online course content, go tothis link. Fill out the form, selecting Trails Overview and/or Drainage Structures Overview from the two available "course selections" drop down menus at the bottom of the form. The second one will appear after you select the first.ANY OTHER COURSE SELECTIONS WILL BE REMOVED UPON REGISTRATION.
Camping Available: No
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Desired Number of Volunteers: 15
Total Adult Volunteers Attended: 9
Total Youth Volunteers Attended: 0
Total Volunteer Days: 9
Total Unique Volunteers: 9
Total Volunteer Hours: 72
Staff Hours: 0
Stipend Hours: 0
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