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Stewards of the Sequoia Trail News -February 2017

Sequoia National Forest Considers Future Management of Lower Kern River

Stewards of the Sequoia Director of Land Use Bruce Miller attended the preliminary meeting in Bakersfield on 1/31/17. He found the purpose of the Lower Kern River Plan is to replicate the plan the Forest Service implemented on the Upper Kern River last year to reduce trash and tighten restrictions on shoreline camping. The Plan appears to be primarily driven by the Kern River Conservancy an new organization out of Los Angeles that has been working with local Keepers of the Kern to reduce trash along the Kern River.

While this plan so far seems fairly benign Stewards will remain engaged to help ensure public access is not needlessly restricted and to protect continued access to Remington Hot Springs and other river areas. It is slightly possible the plan may impact river boating, mining, fishing and other interests.

If you wish to learn more please join us at the Forest Service public meeting in Lake Isabella on 2/7/17

5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at the Kern County Library, 7504 Lake Isabella Blvd., Lake Isabella, CA 93240

 

TrailCraft

Short cutting is the bane of any trail. Many riders do not understand how shortcutting drastically increases water coming down the trail causing the deep peg and pedal eating ruts that takes the fun out of riding.

Likewise riding trails are saturated with water after heavy rains or covered in snow causes ruts that harden and can take the fun out of riding a trail for years. This past spring Stewards volunteers spent a couple hundred hours fixing just one rut created by one or two riders who chose to ride the Remington trail when it was water logged and created a trail long rut wrecking the trail for everyone else (Picture Below). 

So please don't ride on saturated trails. A simple two hour ride can turn into a rut fest that takes volunteers days to repair.

 

One of the best ways to learn TralCraft is to come out on one of Stewards Trail Appreciation Events. Everyone who does comes away with a better understanding of easy things each of us can do to keep our precious single track trails healthy.

The Successful Management of Forest Trails is a Powewrpoint Stewards of the Sequoia created in 2007 to show the Forest Service that it is not dirt bikes, mountain bikes, equestrians or hikers that cause erosion, but water flowing down the trail and how the Trail Appreciation work Stewards does minimizes trail wrecking erosion. Our presentation has been extremely enlightening for many Forest Service staffers.

 

Donation Doubling is Back

A Stewards member has once again generously pledged to match donations up to $5000. This means all new donations will be doubled. Never been a better time to donate.

 

Letter From A Member

Ned Suesse discovered the Sequoia trails while visiting from Colorado. He sent Stewards a $100 donation and a thank you letter which noted-

"I recently spent about a week wandering around on my motorcycle in the Lake Isabella area, riding many of the great motorized trails in the area. I was both impressed by the well laid out and sustainable trails that we found.

I'd like to thank you for all the effort you have put into creating and maintaining these important opportunities- I work closely with my local advocacy group in Colorado so I know how hard (not to mention thankless) advocacy and trailwork can be. I'm including a $100 check to help continue the great work."

Thanks for the much needed donation Ned and thanks for reminding us just how very fortunate we are to have such an incredible trail system in Sequoia. It is easy to take what you have locally for granted and critical to support trailwork if you want to keep Sequoia trails.

 

Stewards Announces Spring Trail Appreciation Dates

The massive rains are great for the drought, but they also mean now more than ever we need to repair washouts and perform maintenance on water bars. Your help is needed.. Please join us for one of the above Fall Trail Appreciation Days to help your trails open and in good condition.

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

You can learn more at http://stewardsofthesequoia.org/events-schedule.html

2/25/17

Location determined based on weather and trail conditions

3/25/17

Location determined based on weather and trail conditions

4/8/17

Location determined based on weather and trail conditions

4/15/17

Location determined based on weather and trail conditions

4/22/17

Location determined based on weather and trail conditions

5/20/17

Kennedy Meadows Trial Clearing

5/21/17

Kennedy Meadows Trial Clearing

6/10/17

Location determined based on weather and trail conditions

6/24/17

Location determined based on weather and trail conditions

 

Winching Training Day

The weekend of Feb 11th and 12th, there will be 2 one-day classes free to volunteers put on by CORVA to teach best practices for winching as a Forest Service volunteer. This will include tree work using a winch or other methods, and using the winch to assist stuck vehicles on projects.

Priority goes to Stewards of the Sequoia and Los Padres volunteers. Forest Service employees are also encouraged to attend. Max class size will be about 25.

Amy Granat and her husband Joe, will be teaching the class with other CORVA assistants. Joe trains PG&E employees in winch use. To sign up send and email to bglidergirl@aol.com

 

SPOTLIGHT ON LOCAL BUSINESS

OMEGA MAINTENANCE

Omega Maintenance has donated saws and equipment that keep Stewards able to maintain trails. They are trained to provide you with the most accurate and appropriate tools and equipment for the specified job. They go to any length to ensure you are receiving the best equipment for your needs and that you will be able to safely operate them to achieve the best results. We stand by all that we offer and are proud of the quality of products and service we provide. Give them a call for your equipment needs (661) 947-8036

1257 Palmdale Boulevard

Palmdale, California

http://omegamaintenancepalmdale.com

Email: omega.maintenance@sbcglobal.net

Support the folks who support Stewards

 

FREE MONEY FOR TRAILS-

When you shop at AmazonSmile, Amazon donates 0.5% of the purchase price to the charity of your choosing. Go to AmazonSmile http://smile.amazon.com/ch/95-4690961 login and select California Trail Users Coalition as your charity (Stewards is a sub division of CTUC). Then 0.5% of your purchases will help support Stewards of the Sequoia every time you shop.

This does work with 81 Stewards members so far doing it. We need more to take part.

 

 

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