Description
Start Date-End Date: 08/26/2023-08/27/2023
Land Manager Office: USFS - Rio Grande National Forest
Land Manager Contact: Jason Remshardt
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Summary: Join this opportunity to become a steward of your public lands! No experience required, just the desire to be outside and care for Colorado in a fun, social setting.
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Latitude/Longitude: 37.04093, -106.45153
Additional Information:
Camping Available: Yes
Physical Difficulty: Moderate
High Altitude Project: Yes
Desired Number of Volunteers: 25
Total Adult Volunteers Attended:
Total Youth Volunteers Attended:
Total Volunteer Days:
Total Unique Volunteers:
Total Volunteer Hours: 0
Staff Hours: 43
Stipend Hours: 0
Project Summary: Worksite Locations:
Site 1 (by reservoir) Latitude:37.05789 Longitude:-106.46931 Elevation:10,069
Site 2 (by camp) Latitude:37.03668 Longitude:-106.40894 Elevation:9,797
Site 3 (S. of camp) Latitude:37.00807 Longitude:-106.40996 Elevation:9,616
Camp Site: Latitude:37.03668 Longitude:-106.40894 Elevation:9,797
Successes and Challenges: Successes:
?Volunteers were really enthusiasticabout the project work and were eager to get on this project because of it
we had over 100% attendance!!
The camp and work sites were beautiful and the rain held out until after work each day
4 USFS staff attended and were a huge help, and 1 employee from Rio Grande Restoration Project as well
Challenges
Crew chef (John Stidman) cancelledlast minute becausehe "didn'tlike" the assistant. PT was a little short handed becauseof it.
The work type and some of the equipmentwere completely new to volunteers and myself, there was a learning curve Saturdayand some volunteersfelt frustratedby having to wait arounda bit.
75% of the work required volunteers to harvest willows, its a pretty tedious task and I could tell volunteers were bored of it. Maybe a local project to prep materials prior to the larger installation project in the future.
Lessons Learned: We used hydraulic post pounders, which were very heavy and hard to transport- brainstorm better ways to get them down to the sites. They also have the potential to cause injury if not used correctly, a volunteer familiar with the work suggested using multiple straps to hold the posts in place while they got set in with the post pounder to avoid having hands in the area of impact. Great suggestion and will implement it next project.
The post pounders and technical aspects of the work were new to me so I feel like I learned a lot and will be better prepared to manage the work next time around.
Special Notes:
Stewardship Education: The USFS bios presented on Colorado BDA work, current legislation, general water conservation and ways to advocate for water conservation efforts/ sources to keep updated on happenings statewide. Volunteers had lots of questions and really enjoyed the presentation.
Key Concerns or Comments from Staff or Volunteers: We had some pretty intense weather (monsoon season) so that was of concern the entire weekend.
Description of Accidents/Incidents: N/a
Description of Work Completed:
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