tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-303619146688869912024-02-20T09:15:38.207-08:00Boots, Dirt & BeyondAppalachian Trail Volunteers on Maintenance and Management
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30361914668886991.post-74015241776183914222015-06-04T09:11:00.000-07:002015-07-27T08:21:44.437-07:00Moving Rocks: Rock Work Techniques <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The video is to help you understand different techniques on how to move a rock to where you want it at a work site for trail construction. </div>
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Demonstrations provided by the Jolly Rovers at Wilderness Skills Institute 2015, hosted by the U.S Forest Service, Appalachian Trail Conservancy, and Southern Appalachian Wilderness Stewards. Their websites can be found below.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30361914668886991.post-87921993968147611652015-06-03T08:43:00.000-07:002015-07-27T07:57:25.040-07:00Dipping into Soil Science for Trail Construction TechniquesDuring Wilderness Skills Institute 2015, field work included identifying locations for and the installation of rolling grade dips to control water. As part of that training, Appalachian Trail Conservancy's Trail Specialist Chris Binder explained why soil science is important to creating the trail and its features.<br />
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This is a video to help you get a better understanding about soil science and rolling grade dips.</div>
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Demonstrations provided by the Wilderness Skills Institute, hosted by the U.S Forest Service, Appalachian Trail Conservancy, and Southern Appalachian Wilderness Stewards. Their websites can be found below.</div>
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<a href="http://appalachiantrail.org/">http://appalachiantrail.org</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.wildernessskillsinstitute.org/">http://www.wildernessskillsinstitute.org</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.fs.fed.us/">http://www.fs.fed.us/</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.trailcrews.org/">http://www.trailcrews.org</a></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Pisgah National Forest, 1600 Pisgah Highway, Nebo, NC 28761, USA35.8290823 -82.30781259999997734.179101300000006 -84.889599599999983 37.4790633 -79.726025599999971tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30361914668886991.post-24398013418397073112015-06-01T09:32:00.000-07:002015-07-27T07:01:47.460-07:00Lessons on Wilderness<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: .5in;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">The
Wilderness Skills Institute (WSI) is a great educational program that furthers
the knowledge of wilderness stewardship and the wilderness. The program is designed to provide
volunteers, agency and partnership staff growth within their unique skill
sets. During the two weeks of WSI, I
understood why classes like wilderness first aid, crosscut saws, and trail
structures are important. In addition,
the opportunity to network and gain new friends by camping and learning side-by-side was life
changing to me. These were the things I learned: how wilderness relates with my
major landscape architecture, as well as, why we should be cognizant about
safety and trail maintenance.</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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happen out there. I learned to
look at the scene before rushing ahead to help.
After checking that it’s safe for me and my team, then I can check to
see that my potential patient is alright. Once the scene is safe, if I discover my patient is not breathing, I also can perform </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px;">Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">CPR) to
attempt to save his or her life. I learned this technique at WSI, too. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"> </span></div>
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cognizant </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">about
the need for trail maintenance. It’s
important to remove trees that might block the trail that might make people
create a new trail to go around the tree. I learned how to do this
using a crosscut saw and axe. In the
advanced trail structures class, the focus was on using stones to help people get down steep
slopes as well as reducing erosion that creates gullied trails. </span></div>
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Making work along the trail look natural and undisturbed by the
untrained eye is part of doing the job right.
In addition, I learned we can stop water erosion by digging into the
dirt and making a runoff or building a crib wall using crushed stone and
boulders which helps to dissipate water. <o:p></o:p><br />
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at WSI I spoke with several landscape architects, who explained to me the need
for landscape architects working in for the U.S. Forest Service. The works of landscape
architects in the forests look at large acreages of land, many contour lines, the layout of trails, and focus on working with nature to keep it all natural because it’s a forest. For landscape </span><span style="line-height: 32px;">architects</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> designing roads, they may spend
time asking questions like: "should this spot be cleared for an overlook along this road?" </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">To illustrate, imagine having nothing but trees to look at verses having breaks in the trees </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">to see views of the
mountains. That's just one example of landscape architecture utilizing the landscape itself to the fullest by utilizing what's already here: native plants and mountain to accentuate the great spaces in the national forests. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Wilderness Skills Institute allowed me to gain many experiences. It allowed me to increase the knowledge I
know about the wilderness by taking several classes and to gain certification
that will allow me to protect the wilderness and make a difference. For this reason, I feel obligated to learn
more about the wilderness by participating in something that will help the
wilderness. That’s why, I can’t wait to
get back in college and see what types of clubs that relate to WSI.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Blogger:</b> Patrick Slaughter<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Title:</b> Trail Skills Intern<o:p></o:p></div>
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@ Appalachian Trail Conservancy<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Based out of Asheville, NC</i><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Occupation: </b>Student </div>
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@ North Carolina A&T State Universtity<b> </b></div>
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<i>in Greensboro, NC</i></div>
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<b>Studying:</b> Landscape Architecture</div>
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