September 14, 2024 GA Maintenance Trip
New Crosscut Courses Offered
View Links to Details Below!
When: Saturday, September 14, 2024
Where: Section 6 – Fall Branch Falls >> Weaver Creek
Time: 8:30 AM
Meeting Location: Blue Ridge Home Depot
Parking: Consolidate vehicles at Home Depot and travel to Fall Branch Falls or Weaver Creek trailheads.
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Plan for the Day: Brushing, repair and replace four steps, block multiple unauthorized side trails.
What to Bring/What to Wear: Water, food/snacks, gloves, long pants and boots with non-slip soles. Bring safety glasses, hard hats and hand tools if you have them. PPE will be provided for those without.
Important Advisory: The Fall Branch Falls trail is being seriously degraded by hikers continuously short-cutting sections of the designated tread. The FS has placed signs to no avail. We will attempt to slow this activity by placing brush and downed trees on these trails to
obliterate and discourage such activity.
To sign up for this work trip, scroll down past the crosscut classes information.
Watch for additional information in emails and on the BMTA website!
New Crosscut Courses Offered
Crosscut Saw Course
Mount Rogers National Recreation Area, Sugar Grove, VA
October 8-10, 2024
Crosscut Saw A/B Bucking Course
Lumpkin County Library – Classroom session
November 20th, 9 AM – 5 PM
Wildlife Field near Lake Winfield Scott – Field Sessions
November 21-22, 9 AM – 5 PM
Offered by the USDA USFS, the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC), and the
Southern Appalachian Wilderness Stewards (SAWS)
Advisory: if you want to become chainsaw/ crosscut saw certified, you must complete your first aid certification before you are eligible for sawyer training.
To RSVP Contact:
Joe Cantwell, jcantwell@bmta.org
You also can register online below.