National Public Lands Day Trail Project
September 25th 2010
The Mica Mine Trail Renovation
Location:Bangs Canyon Staging Area Parking lot
Sign in: 8:30am
Workday: 9am-4pm
BBQ Afterwards
We will be doing trail maintenance on the Mica Mine Trail starting near the parking area and working towards the Mica Mine. We will be stabilizing the trail, cutting waterbars to direct water off the trail tread and trimming brush away from the trail.
Volunteer and come join us Call Chris at 970-244-3024
BLM Volunteer Project
Rocky Ireland Publishers is proud to now be in our 6th year of adopting the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Bangs Canyon Staging Area off Little Park Road, which is located 8 miles southwest of Grand Junction, Colorado. This area includes: Rough Canyon, the Mica Mine, Ladder Canyon, and the Tabeguache trail. As a BLM Certified Crew Leader and Archaeological Site Steward Jeffery Fleming leads the workdays.
This
BLM area receives hundreds of visitors each week who
use the area to recreate. This multi-use area is the
destination for both local and worldwide visitors.
Maintenance and
Cleaning
Due to
high
volume foot traffic and natural erosion on the Rough Canyon Trail and
Mica Mine Trail the area needs attention. On work days we:
*clean
*pick up trash
*repair erosion
*reroute the trail to make it more sustainable
*trim brush away from the trail route
*remove invasive Tamarisk and Russian Olive
*locate and log significant historical sites
Rocky
Ireland has committed to repair and stabilize the trails to make them
more sustainable.
Contact us, or the BLM, to get involved in improving and building new trails.
Other agencies we support: