TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST

Project:    SOLV Day Cleanup

Project Date:     April 17th, 2010

Meeting Time:    Registration Begins at 8:15 AM / Clean-up from 9:00 AM - 1:30 PM

Meeting Location:    Summit of Highway 6 at the ODOT Sand shed (Milepost 33)

Project Location:    The cleanup sites are located in the Browns Camp, Rogers Camp, Drift Creek, Reehers Camp area, and along the Wilson River Highway corridor.

Project Description:    Clean up of tire dumps; clean up of garbage at dispersed camping areas, illegal dumpsites and areas along forest roads and trails; and removal of abandoned vehicles.  Work may require walking and working on steep terrain.  ODF group leaders will be provided to volunteers to clean-up areas.

Appropriate clothing for the work includes work boots or sturdy shoes, long pants and gloves.  It usually rains for this event so prepare for wet weather.  Volunteers should also bring lunch and water.

Thank you to those that came out for the 1st Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) non-motorized trail work party of the season this past Saturday (http://www.nw-trail.org/node/2060).  This work party was led by the Northwest Trail Alliance due to budget and staff reductions for ODF's recreation staff for the Tillamook State Forest.  Thank you to Matt Savage, Reese Bowes, Brian List, Fred MacGregor, Ray Bayley, and Wayne Naillon for coming out to volunteer your time to perform maintenance work on the Wilson River Trail for the benefit of all users of this trail.  We provided a total of 27 hours of volunteer work for the day, not including driving time.

The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF), our partner in the Tillamook State Forest, is hosting a series of volunteer work parties for 2010. 

These work parties focus on building new trails for hikers, equestrians and mountain bikers.  Work parties are the 3rd Saturday of each month except for September (the September work party is the 2nd Saturday).

The March 20th, May 15th, July 17th and September 11th work parties focus on the Wilson River Trail Restoration.

Meeting Time: Sign-In at 9:30 AM / Trail Construciton Starts at 10:00 AM

Meeting Location: Tillamook Forest Center Parking Lot (West End)

Driving Directions from Portland:

• Hwy 26 westbound towards the coast
• Take exit 53 onto Hwy 6 (Marked "Hwy 6 / Tillamook / Ocean Beaches)
• The Tillamook Forest Center is just west of the turn-off to Jones Creek Campground

Project Description:

Thanks to the 7 volunteers who came out on March 7th to kick off the series of work parties leading up to finishing out the upper loop in the mountain biking area at Stub.   We're on track to getting our tasks knocked out so the park folks will be able to open the zone up to the public this year.   During this day we focused on dialing in some of the outslope edge of trail and dispersing the duff.

Had some energy snacks and drinks donated by Cayuse Cycles owner Phil Champoux of West Linn to fuel the builders.   After the trail work was done and the tools turned back in, some of us regrouped at a campsite and we got treated to a fresh batch of grapefruit IPA that Alex had brewed up.  And yes, he's invited to every trail work party forever cuz that was good stuff!   There's definitely a distinct advantage to hosting volunteer trail work events in the Northwest with its many many microbreweries and brewmasters. *thumbs up*