Etc. . . . Volunteer Work Weekend at Hart Priairie

[Sredfield]

I've posted several times about work weekends at The Nature Conservancy's Hart Prairie. Neil Chapman, manager, has offered the weekend of August 15-17 just for a "Hikers" event. PM me if you are interested, if we get ~10 or more rather firm commitments, we'll pursue it, if not we'll release the date for someone else.

Hart Prairie is a very beautiful facility just west of Mt. Humphrey's. There are plenty of pictures in the gallery if you are unfamiliar with it. We'll have cabins (bring your own linens and towels) and a kitchen, so we'll need to appoint volunteer scullery slaves, plan a menu and collect some $$ for the food.

We can arrive Friday afternoon or evening, work starts at 8 AM Saturday, we usually stay at it till about 3:30 or so, with a short break for lunch of course, then 8-12 Sunday. We usually have run of the place till sometime later on Sunday afternoon.

Work varies but lately it's been fuels reduction, which is a nice way of saying loading pickups with tree rounds and slash and hauling it out to a clearing to be burned when it's safe. Good hard physical labor to counteract days in the cube. Lighter fare is wild plant seed collection.

So if you are interested and able to make the commitment, let me know we'll see if we can muster a chain gang.

PS Don't be expecting high organizational abilities, this is leadership light.

[JanM]

I've just joined this site - is this work weekend still a possibility?