Please help Forest Service Sunday
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Please help Forest Service Sunday
Please help us out with a little elbow grease on Sunday.
The Forest Service has received a grant to use for putting up fences to keep off-road vehicles out of areas where they are not permitted to go, or where they have caused damage in the Angeles National Forest. Sunday, Patrick Hersey, the OHV Recreation Specialist (see contact info below) is running a work party to put up fencing to prevent reentry of off-road vehicles into the illegal moto-cross track halfway up Kagel Road. It will involve setting corner posts and possibly other fence posts. That probably means digging postholes, pouring concrete, making the posts plumb, etc. I don't know if they have a post hole augur.
Howard says that this doesn't mean that there is a plan to reopen Kagel Road to off-roaders, refrigerator dumpers, and construction debris litterers; it's just that the Forest Service has this dedicated money now, and want to use it instead of losing it.
I think it's a great opportunity to show up with a little teamwork for the L.A. Ranger District, which has been so friendly and helpful to us. Howard says that we can work a couple of hours, then go fly. Howard has come to have a keen sense of what makes us tick as volunteers.
I have a commitment out of town that will prevent me from taking part, but I'll do what I can in advance to help organize a work party.
The deal is to meet with Pat Hersey (see below) at 0830 on Sunday at the Little Tujunga Canyon Road Ranger Station. We should call him in advance with an estimated number of workers, so he can gear up for that number.
From: Howard S Okamoto
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 7:37 AM
Subject: Kagel Mtn Restoration Workday
Sunday April 25th
Meet at 8:30 am with Patrick Hersey
Los Angeles River Ranger District Office
12371 N. Little Tujunga Canyon Road
San Fernando
Work install fence corner posts at designated sites
Patrick Hersey
San Gabriel Cyn OHV Mgr
Recreation
Angeles National Forest
San Gabriel River Ranger District
Rincon Rec. Office
626-910-1151 office
626-910-1326 Fax
The Forest Service has received a grant to use for putting up fences to keep off-road vehicles out of areas where they are not permitted to go, or where they have caused damage in the Angeles National Forest. Sunday, Patrick Hersey, the OHV Recreation Specialist (see contact info below) is running a work party to put up fencing to prevent reentry of off-road vehicles into the illegal moto-cross track halfway up Kagel Road. It will involve setting corner posts and possibly other fence posts. That probably means digging postholes, pouring concrete, making the posts plumb, etc. I don't know if they have a post hole augur.
Howard says that this doesn't mean that there is a plan to reopen Kagel Road to off-roaders, refrigerator dumpers, and construction debris litterers; it's just that the Forest Service has this dedicated money now, and want to use it instead of losing it.
I think it's a great opportunity to show up with a little teamwork for the L.A. Ranger District, which has been so friendly and helpful to us. Howard says that we can work a couple of hours, then go fly. Howard has come to have a keen sense of what makes us tick as volunteers.
I have a commitment out of town that will prevent me from taking part, but I'll do what I can in advance to help organize a work party.
The deal is to meet with Pat Hersey (see below) at 0830 on Sunday at the Little Tujunga Canyon Road Ranger Station. We should call him in advance with an estimated number of workers, so he can gear up for that number.
From: Howard S Okamoto
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 7:37 AM
Subject: Kagel Mtn Restoration Workday
Sunday April 25th
Meet at 8:30 am with Patrick Hersey
Los Angeles River Ranger District Office
12371 N. Little Tujunga Canyon Road
San Fernando
Work install fence corner posts at designated sites
Patrick Hersey
San Gabriel Cyn OHV Mgr
Recreation
Angeles National Forest
San Gabriel River Ranger District
Rincon Rec. Office
626-910-1151 office
626-910-1326 Fax
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Larry Chamblee left me a message today that the rangers will probably not have all the tools we need. He asked that we bring shovels, post hole diggers and digging bars (whatever they are). I have a post hole digger and will bring it along. I know we have plenty of shovels in our storage. I am not sure what digging bars are but bring them if you have them and we can raid the storage bin for whatever it has.
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