Once again we have returned to campus for a week of debriefs, briefs, and all around pseudo-educational meetings. Currently Noel and I are working on the team's portfolio, editing it before turning it in to our Unit Developer. Working on this document has given me a chance to see exactly what we've accomplished over the last two months. So here is a copy of our results:
·9 or the 11 team members are certified as Class A sawyers.
·Replaced culvert along handicapped accessible trail at Vogel Canyon picnic area.
·Repaired several trails at Vogel Canyon picnic area to bolster handicapped accessibility,
·Installed approximately four miles of markers along Prairie Chicken allotment boundary fence.
·Removed 2.5 miles of fence within the Packstring and Carrizo Swing allotments.
·Created a slash pile of wooden fence posts at the Carrizo Work Center.
·Rolled approximately ten miles of barbed wire fences for disposal.
·Cut piles and chemically treated tamarisk along the Purgatoire River: (Cut four acres, sprayed 50 gallons of chemical, and created 20 large tamarisk piles to be burned at a later date).
·Cleaned and maintained the Carrizo Work Center shop.
·Underwent important fire suppression training.
·Received hours of vital chainsaw experience.
·Burned over 565 piles.
·Cleared 60 acres of mistletoe infested Ponderosa Pine trees.
The one thing I'm ecstatic about right now is biking! Before we left Lake George I bought a beautiful Cannondale Mountain Bike! One of my goals for third round is to bike to the top of Pikes Peak. I cannot wait to be able to ride. After this week in Denver we are going to spend three weeks working in Black Mountain before returning to Lake George for Spring Break. By that time I hope it will be warm enough to bike often.
The temperature in Denver is ridiculously warm! Yesterday after we got back to campus I was hanging out outside without a sweatshirt or jacket. Its sunny and beautiful, not a snowdrift in sight.
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