Volunteer Projects — Pacific Crest Trail Association
Columbia River Gorge
10/1/1999 to 9/30/2000
| Activity Summary |
| Scouting: | 8 |
| Trail Maintenance (PCT): | 248 |
| Total Volunteer Hours: | 256 |
| Activity Detail (most recent on top) |
| Project Date: | 7/17/2000 |
| District: | Columbia River Gorge |
| Leader: | Dick Lukins |
| Location: | Hamilton clearcut at Three Corner Rock |
| Description: | Walked the Hamilton clearcut with DNR's Bob Johnson (Yocolt Dist Manager), Brian Poehlein (Silver Star Unit Forester) and Tony W. Gilmer (Forester). A contract is in the process of being let for the down timber at the Hamilton Clear-cut. Written into the contract will be wording saying that the contractor will put the PCT back into pre damage condition as part of the deal. Rootball holes will be filled. and area within 25 feet of trail will be cleaned. |
Volunteers |
Hours |
| Hammack, Brice | 4 |
| Lukins, Dick | 4 |
| Project Total: 8 |
| Project Date: | 6/14/2000 |
| District: | Columbia River Gorge |
| Leader: | Dick Lukins |
| Location: | Three Corner Rock to Carpenters Lake trail junction |
| Description: | Eight volunteers logged out and performed tread and brushing maintenance. |
Volunteers |
Hours |
| Fassold, Frank | 8 |
| Hammack, Brice | 8 |
| Ingram, Blaine | 8 |
| Kondrashova, Galina | 8 |
| Lukins, Dick | 8 |
| McLaughlin, Larry | 8 |
| Schemm, George | 8 |
| Struz, Lesya | 8 |
| Walker, Richard | 8 |
| Project Total: 72 |
| Project Date: | 6/5/2000 |
| District: | Columbia River Gorge |
| Leader: | Dick Lukins |
| Location: | Three Corner Rock |
| Description: | Three volunteers returned to the recent DNR clear cut and placed plastic covered signs at each end of the damage area with directions for walking around it. |
Volunteers |
Hours |
| Hammack, Brice | 8 |
| Lukins, Dick | 8 |
| McLaughlin, Larry | 8 |
| Project Total: 24 |
| Project Date: | 5/31/2000 |
| District: | Columbia River Gorge |
| Leader: | Dick Lukins |
| Location: | Road 200 to Three Corner Rock |
| Description: | Four volunteers logged out a moderate number of small trees, performed tread maintenance, cleaned drainage dips and brushed. A new clear cut was found just south of the Three Corner Rock trail junction. An average of about 60 feet of timber was left as a buffer above the trail. At least 40 percent of this timber blew down across the trail the length of the clear cut. Huge root wads have torn up the trail. The DNR and USFS will be contacted and this issue discussed. |
Volunteers |
Hours |
| Goodwin, Katie | 8 |
| Goodwin, Ron | 8 |
| Lukins, Dick | 8 |
| Martiny, Chuck | 8 |
| Project Total: 32 |
| Project Date: | 5/13/2000 |
| District: | Columbia River Gorge |
| Leader: | Steve Queen |
| Location: | Creek near Herman Creek trail junction |
| Description: | Four volunteers and one USFS employee. Shored up deteriorating part of the trail approaching the creek using about 200 rocks and small boulders in lieu of a Gabion. Worked the tread built over the major 1996 slide so that the approach is a little less severe. |
Volunteers |
Hours |
| Cobb, Dave | 8 |
| Cobb, Roberta | 8 |
| Gibson, Bus | 8 |
| Queen, Steve | 8 |
| Project Total: 32 |
| Project Date: | 4/14/2000 |
| District: | Columbia River Gorge |
| Leader: | Steve Queen |
| Location: | Bridge of the Gods to Herman Creek trail junction |
| Description: | Three volunteers. This was supposed to be a logging out trip, but not one log was across the trail. Drainage dips were cleared and 150 feet of tread near the Herman Creek trail junction was improved including the removal of a large boulder and a root wad in the middle of the trail. |
Volunteers |
Hours |
| Goodwin, Ron | 8 |
| Hubatch, Robert | 8 |
| Queen, Steve | 8 |
| Project Total: 24 |
| Project Date: | 4/8/2000 |
| District: | Columbia River Gorge |
| Leader: | Steve Queen |
| Location: | Carpenters Lake trail junction to Bridge of the Gods |
| Description: | Six volunteers. One crew logged out 10 trees, brushed, repaired drainage dips and trail tread, and cleaned bridges between Carpenters Lake trail junction and Bridge of the Gods. We were disappointed to find that Longview Fiber built two new roads across the PCT and made two large selective cuts. The selective cuts were excellent with the exception that they were made right up to the PCT. This is four years in a row that we've found logging activity directly impact the PCT. A boulder about the size of a washing machine is blocking half the trail near Sacagawea and Papoose Rocks. A project next year could include filling mucky spots in the trail with rocks in the same general location. |
Volunteers |
Hours |
| Dalton, Oliver | 8 |
| Means, Mike | 8 |
| Nyberg, Carl | 8 |
| Pruett, Jason | 8 |
| Queen, Steve | 8 |
| White, Hal | 8 |
| Project Total: 48 |
| Project Date: | 10/13/1999 |
| District: | Columbia River Gorge |
| Leader: | Dick Lukins |
| Location: | |
| Description: | Drainage Dips - Road 2000 to Road 2090 |
Volunteers |
Hours |
| Hammack, Brice | 8 |
| Lukins, Dick | 8 |
| Project Total: 16 |