The first of several planned work days to clear trails at the SCCi's Fox Mountain Preserve is scheduled for Saturday, December 17th, beginning at 9 AM EST. This work day will focus on clearing the trail up to Rusty's Cave, which received a direct hit from a tornado that came through the area in April 2011.
The staging area will be at the new SCCi Fox Mountain Preserve parking area. For directions, see: http://scci.org/News/FoxMountainAccess.html. On-site parking will be extremely limited; please carpool if possible. All volunteers will need to complete a liability release form when they arrive; forms will be available at the volunteer registration table in the parking area.
Please bring trail-clearing hand tools, including loppers, bow saws, pruners, pole saws, pole pruners, and clippers. Work gloves and safety glasses are strongly encouraged.
Please do not bring chainsaws for this work day. We currently have enough volunteers for chainsaw work. Our greatest need will be to clear smaller debris all the way up to Rusty's. We'd like to have a nice, wide trail by the end of the day.
Please share this announcement with your Grotto remailers. Thanks!