Trail Maintenance with Walt Cook, August 5, Sat., Athens GA.
Anyone in ATL or Athens area want to help and learn about trail maintentance this weekend? Come dig in the dirt with Walt Cook, one of the most knowledgable trail constructors/maintainers alive, this Saturday morning in Athens, GA.
This weekend we will be building steps and shaping trail.
respond here or PM me for details.
Trail Volunteer time/place
Walt called and said that on Saturday we will be working on the new Oxbow Lake Trail, a loop off Cook's Trail (yes it's named after Walt) in between the Sandy Creek Nature Center and Oconee Park. We will be clearing new trail, learning native/exotic plant species while we work, and applying Walt's techniques, including his simplified sidehill construction. It is a very pretty place.
Since I will have to guide everyone to the site to meet Walt and another volunteer who's getting there early, we will meet at 9am.
We will wait up to 9:15 and no later before going to the site. This is a hidden trail until it is completed. You must be there by 9:15am to find it! I don't know when he wanted to finish, but you can leave whenever. I plan to work up to 1pm or so, depending on the heat.
Bring: water, a snack, bug repellant, money for lunch afterwards, trail tools if you have them. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! Come to learn and relax.... ...lunch at Farm 255 afterwards....
Map to Sandy Creek Nature Center:
http://www.sandycreeknaturecenter.co...directions.php
Map of exactly where we meet -parking available (printable pdf): http://www.sandycreeknaturecenter.com/scnc/scncmap.pdf (see you at the
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If you want to help build steps tomorrow morning, pm me immediately!
Let me know if you can please....
Hey folks,
Already a few people have mentioned that they will come help and learn Saturday. It would help to know who is coming, to ensure we have enough tools.
On Saturday, we will not be doing steps, but rather new trail construction on the Oxbow Lake Trail.
Please PM me or respond here to say if you are "in". :D