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Brainard Mitchell Lake Trail Build

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ORGANIZATION: Wildlands Restoration Volunteers

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Healing the Land, Building Community.

Enjoy the summer sounds and sights at this beautiful mountain location. The Brainard Lake Recreation Area is one of the most popular wilderness access points in the United States, receiving over 130,000 visitors per year. To reduce impacts on the Wilderness, the US Forest Service created the new Brainard Gateway Trailhead and asked WRV to help improve the trail corridor from there to the wilderness trailheads three miles away.

This event is part 2 of a project that began in the spring of 2015. Volunteers will have the opportunity to finish sections of rock work, boardwalk, and plenty of basic trail construction for beginners new to trail construction.

*If you like to cook and would be interested in working on our cook team for this project, we need you! Please email taylor@wlrv.org.*


Volunteers will be working at an elevation of about 10,000 feet and camping (optional) nearby at a beautiful forested site normally closed to the public. We urge you to arrive on Friday night in order to acclimate and set up your tent.

For more details and to register, please visit:

https://www.wlrv.net/index.php?section=events&action=list&type=projects#event1579



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About Wildlands Restoration Volunteers

Location:

3012 Sterling Circle Suite 201, Boulder, CO 80301, US

Mission Statement

"To foster a community spirit of shared responsibility for the ecological stewardship and restoration of public and protected lands."

Description

WRV organizes about 110 projects per year, completing a wide variety of important habitat restoration and conservation work in around the Northern Colorado Front Range. Projects can be a single day, but some may last a weekend or longer with camping in spectacular mountain settings. Attendance averages 60 volunteers, but ranges from 10 to over 100. Tasty meals are usually provided, and no experience is necessary!

OUR GOALS
  • Create a strong network of volunteers capable of caring for these sites through trainings, educational opportunities, and partnerships with other local organizations.
  • Encourage community-based involvement in projects by recruiting volunteers who live in communities near project sites and/or are members of user groups who frequent those sites.
  • Develop and implement high quality, scientific restoration techniques. We aim to contribute to scientific field of ecological restoration.
  • Collaborate closely with land managers and other stakeholders to identify key sites in need of ecological restoration.
  • Serve a diverse audience including urban and rural residents, adults, middle and high school students, disadvantaged youth, local watershed protection groups, local outdoor clubs, and other recreational users of local public lands.
  • Have fun, work hard, and celebrate the deep love of mountains, forests, streams, and open spaces, which motivates our work.

CAUSE AREAS

Community
Environment
Community, Environment

WHEN

Sat Aug 15, 2015 - Sun Aug 16, 2015
07:30 AM - 04:00 PM

WHERE

Near Ward - For specific location register onlineat www.wrlv.org. About 7 days prior the eventyou'll receive comprehensive details by email.Brainard Lake Recreational Area, CO 80481

(40.102802,-105.48883)
 

SKILLS

  • Landscaping
  • Cooking / Catering
  • Environmental Education
  • Environmental Science
  • Community Outreach
  • Habitat Restoration

GOOD FOR

  • Teens
  • People 55+
  • Group

REQUIREMENTS

  • Must be at least 14
  • 7:30am to 4pm Saturday and/or Sunday

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