Date: July 7, 2009
Contact: Jim Milestone, (530) 242-3410
Volunteer Trail Day, Friday, July 10, 2009; 8:30 a.m. at ParkVisitorCenter
The National Park Service will be hosting a
Volunteer Trail Day for individuals who would like to assist 16 College
students from across the United
States who are constructing the new Shasta
Trinity Trail within Whiskeytown National Recreation Area. The new trail
section begins near Sheep Camp and goes deep into the forest of Whiskeytown
through Papoose Gulch Pass. Adults and teenagers with a parent or guardian are
welcome to participate and work approximately 4 hours of trail construction on Friday, July 10, 2009. Come and meet the college students who
traveled from Texas, New
York, and Missouri
to volunteer constructing this new regional trail.
Volunteers will meet at the park VisitorCenter at 8:30 a.m. and then car pool to
the trailhead. The volunteers will then hike into the woods to the work site
approximately 1.5 miles up the canyon. Participants should wear work boots, gloves
and bring water and a snack. Work will continue until 12:30 p.m. The National
Park Service will supply the necessary hand tools and additional water.
All participants must call in by close of
business (4:30 p.m.) on Thursday, July 9, 2009, and register for this event. Please call 530-242-3410 to register.
The new trail has been under construction
since the summer of 2007 with work being primarily completed by the Student
Conservation Association summer interns and volunteer workers. The trail will
connect the East side trails of Whiskeytown NRA with the park lands on the West
side. The trail is approximately 5 miles in length. Grants to complete this project have come from
the Redding Foundation, McConnell Foundation and the Friends of Whiskeytown.
About 3 miles of the new trail have been completed to date. The trail is being constructed to accommodate
hikers, equestrians and mountain bikes.
When completed, individuals will be able to hike from the SundialBridge
in Redding all
the way to the Trinity Alps Wilderness Area. Please join us in this morning of
public service and work side by side with the Student Conservation Association
summer volunteers. For more information,
call 530-242-3410.
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Did You Know?
Sequoia and Kings Canyon suffer from one of the worst air-pollution problems of any national park! Pollution — particularly ozone — from the Central Valley and the Bay Area is carried up into these mountains by warm winds. It challenges all of us everywhere to clear the air!
