11th Annual Waiparous Volunteer Days Sept 13, 2003 @ 9:30am

SEPT. 13, 2003 at 9:30am at the Ghost Airstrip Campground.
30-45 minutes north of Hwy 1A on the 940 trunk road.

• BBQ for all volunteers Saturday night
• tons of raffle prizes
• Free Camping at the Ghost Airstrip Campground
• Multiple projects planned: Fence Building, Water Diversion, General Cleanup.

BRING YOUR TRUCK, QUAD, DIRT BIKE, MOUNTAIN BIKE, HORSE or JUST YOUR HIKIN’ BOOTS!
Things to bring for the day: Your lunch... Gloves... Sunscreen...Shovel... Pick Axe...Sledge Hammer... Axe... Hand Saw... Utility Trailer... etc.

Please contact Scott Stirling at 403-813-7977 or
Vince Deon at 403-818-5550 for more information.

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The Alberta United Recreationists Society (http://www.aurs.org) is holding their 11th Annual Volunteer Days on Saturday September 13/03. The location is the Forest Reserve located about 50km NW of Cochrane on Hwy 40, otherwise known locally as the Ghost-Waiparous Region. Approximately 450 volunteers will sweat their way through a variety of trail maintenance, random campsite cleanup and event coordination.

This year will be much bigger than last year. As I am one of the event coordinators I am seeking operators who are willing to give their day up to help with radio communications. CARA and the AURS are working together on this club sanctioned event. I need about 10-12 people to accompany various key folks throughout the day. This is the perfect event to get involved with if you have ever wondered what off-road travel is really all about.

Details:
Location - Ghost Airstrip Group Campground, 50km NW of Cochrane (West from Cochrane (Hwy 22 and 1A), then North on Hwy 40, about 45 minutes from Cochrane in total)
Time - 9.30am to 5.30pm with FREE BBQ going to about 8pm
Date - Saturday September 13/03
Conditions - You'll be riding in someone else's vehicle unless you have 4WD, quad or dirt bike and aren't afraid to take it offroad. Some folks will be riding in a dumptruck, others will accompany the bulldozer operators. One operator will be needed as a "base" station and a car is fine for this. Bring your lunch and prepare for a day in the back country. This event goes rain/snow or shine. If you are going to drive your own vehicle off-road then bring a compass and/or a GPS -plus your knowledge of how to use it- to aid your navigation. Maps will be provided.
Communications - 2m, 5W handheld with magmount as a minimum. We will be using the Mockingbird Repeater, VE6GAD, for this event. If you have a mobile in a car, it should be transferrable to another vehicle like a dumptruck, so have a 12V cigarette lighter adaptor and magmount antenna on hand. If you have a setup for APRS, please let me know.
What you'll be doing - Spending the day on trail and keeping me apprised on where all the heavy equipment is. Providing a net of communications for emergencies. If the weather is good, you can work on your tan.
Accomodations - It's an hour and a half from Calgary, so you can easily do this as a daytrip. Free camping is available for Friday and Saturday evenings. Last grocery stop is Cochrane IGA. Again, Saturday evening has a FREE BBQ for all volunteers. There is usually a party of some sort back at camp, several of them actually.
What you'll get - My gratitude. A cold frosty one of your choice, on me. FREE BBQ Saturday night. Free Camping Friday and Saturday night. An opportunity to be part of "doing the right thing" for our backcountry resources.

For more information contact: Vince d'Eon, VE6VPD. ve6vpd@rac.ca, or by landline at Work: 303-8264, Cell after hours 818-5550.

73,
...Vince

will we be able to buy a membership there?

Yep you sure will.

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I'll be there!

It's getting closer... so it's time for a Projects Update and to see if you can help with any of these needs.

Stuff to bring: GLOVES, SHOVELS, WIRE CUTTERS for barb wire. Chainsaws with PPE (personal protective equipment). Chainsaws can only be used with PPE in accordance with Occupational Health and Safety guidelines.

I need project leaders (all over) and one projects supervisor to handle overseeing a number of projects along the Meadow Creek.

I need someone that can pick up a LARGE load of lumber and bring it out to the Airstrip on Friday. I would suggest a 20' trailer to handle the estimated 1-2 tons of lumber.

Yes, we will have heavy equipment again, likely 2 bobcats and one bulldozer. I may also need operators, please let me know if you can run this equipment.

There will be lots of digging and fencing going on this year. Here is a very quick lowdown of the 28 or so projects:
-Signs up at Mockingbird Trailhead advising of reclamation area
-Signs up along east end of Meadow Creek advising of reclamation area
-Bridge drivearounds to be closed off on east end of Meadow Creek near gravel hills
-Fencing at Margaret lake
-3 bike/atv bridges on along Hunter Valley Road to be repaired
-a drivearound at one of these bridges to be closed off due to people driving up the creek
-garbage collection
-Lost Knife trail to be graded and erosion bars re-established

Part of the 28 projects are 9 distinct areas along the Meadow Creek trail between "Danny's hill" and the Johnson's Creek Bog. There is a variety of things to be done in this 4.5km stretch:
-Bridges rebuilt
-Corduroying repaired
-Corduroying installed
-Drivearounds in meadow closed off (so people stay on trail)
-etc etc etc.
This stretch of the Meadow Creek trail will need about 70 people on it.

My contact info:
Vince d'Eon
Work 303.8264 (8am-5pm Mon-Fri)
Cell 818.5550 (any other time)
email vince@vincedeon.com