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TRAIL MAINTENANCE by John Quinlan
TRAIL MAINTENANCE DAYS BEGIN AT 8:00 INSTEAD OF
9:00 DURING JULY, AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER!
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JACK KNOB TRAIL MAINTENANCE
Today (17 July) a 6-person team of MHH'ers tackled the Jack Knob trail in Georgia. Trail work began at the Brasstown Bald parking area and traveled down to Hwy # 180. This team had a relatively easy day as the trail was completely shaded and the work required was relatively minor.
A total of 30 trail maintenance hours were
accomplished. Listed below is your "A" team for today! A BIG thank
you to each one for coming out and helping the club fulfill its
responsibility to the United States Forest Service. I assure you that they
are most grateful. As they point out, we volunteers are the only ones
working to keep these trails open, blazed, and safe for all to enjoy.
Bob LeHoullier
Bobbi LeHoullier
Guy Burger
Richard Sullivan
Rod Whitefield (new member in the club)
John Quinlan
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ HELP NEEDED TO MAINTAIN EQUIPMENT! We need someone to help maintain club equipment. John has secured a storage space courtesy of the Forest Service but needs someone to clean, oil and just generally take care of our trail equipment. If you are interested in helping, please call Bob LeHoullier or John Quinlan. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ NEW TRAIL MAINTENANCE HIKES PLANNED Beginning 1 April 08 we plan to supplement our trail maintenance program by offering additional opportunities to members to pitch in to help keep our trails safe and clear for passage. These additional opportunities are now shown on the Spring 2008 hiking calendar. Dates/times are shown: for now starting at 9 am on the first and third Thursdays of each month. Locations to meet are: North Carolina--Ingles parking lot in Hayesville, and Georgia--Mary Ann’s Restaurant in Young Harris. At Mary Ann’s there is an opportunity for breakfast and expanded fellowship for those who wish to meet earlier-suggested time: 8 am. When a trail to be worked is one already adopted, we will be coordinating with the adopter(s) and hopefully offer assistance to them as they lead us to areas they know need work. The goal is to work reasonably, have fun at this, and try to limit our time working to 3-6 hours for each outing.
Coordination has been effected at both the Tusquittee and Blue Ridge Ranger districts, and their response has been most enthusiastic! We can count on their support to access difficult areas to help minimize time for traveling to areas to work, training, limited transport, park passes where needed, and some incentives for participation (more on this later). This can be a great partnership with each member's assistance.
Please give the program a chance, and if you can come it will be greatly appreciated. Normal hiking attire is recommended, along with water, snacks, and as always we recommend a personal first aid kit. Additionally it would be helpful to bring a lopper and/or a hand saw for pruning tree branches and limbs.
Any assistance you can offer is most helpful! Come join us!!
For any further information please contact John Quinlan at 706 896-2430 or via email at quinjgfi@windstream.net.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ REPORT OF TRAIL MAINTENANCE HOURS All trail maintenance hours need to be reported to Jim Reynolds at retiredjim@gmail.com. This includes Georgia and North Carolina trails. Please email Jim with the hours, including travel time, and in what state the maintenance was done. MOUNTAIN HIGH HIKERS TRAIL MAINTENANCE HOURS AS OF JUNE 30, 2008
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