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| Trip Report Name | Work Completed | Start Date | End Date | Total Miles Maintained |
| Volunteer - Middle Fork Applegate - Jan 18 - 20, '25 | Volunteers completed brushed and logged along the Middle Fork National Recreation Trail #950. Volunteers completed work utilizing non-mechanized tools within the Red Buttes Wilderness Area, and employed limited use of mechanized equipment along the non-wilderness stretches of the trail. Section 1: Beginning from Frog Pond Trailhead, volunteers brushed to 100% USFS Specification and logged downriver to Frog Pond Gulch. Frog Pond Gulch is currently impassable due to high water. Volunteers then worked upriver from Frog Pond Trailhead brushing to 100% USFS Specification and logging into the middle of Section 20 (approximately .75 miles from Frog Pond Trailhead). Section 2: Beginning from Marble Gulch, volunteers brushed 100% USFS Specification upriver for .60 miles into the NW quadrant of Section 27. Volunteers bucked 8 logs from the Wilderness section, and cleared 12 logs along the non-Wilderness section. |
1/18/25 | 1/20/25 | 1.35 |
| Volunteer - Middle Fork Applegate - Feb 1, '25 | Volunteers completed brushed and logged along the Middle Fork National Recreation Trail #950. Volunteers completed work utilizing mechanized and non-mechanized equipment along the non-wilderness section between Marble Gulch and Frog Pond Gulch. Beginning where earlier work stopped in the NW quadrant of Section 27 (about .60 miles upriver of Marble Gulch), volunteers continued working upriver brushing to 100% USFS Spec. Volunteer sawyers, also working upriver, employed chainsaws to clear downed logs to within 1/8 mile of Frog Pond Gulch. ***Significant low elevation snow event occurred between 2/3/2025 & 2/7/2025. Logs and limbs expected to be widespread*** 0.77 miles logged and brushed. An additional .66 miles was logged but not brushed. Volunteers cleared more than 20 logs from the trail. |
2/1/25 | 2/1/25 | 0.77 |
| Volunteer - Kerby Flat & Deep Gorge Trails Feb 16-17, '25 | Kerby Flat Trail Utilizing mechanized and non mechanized equipment Volunteers cleared overgrown brush and downed logs across the entirety of the Kerby Flat Loop Trail. 10 logs were cut and removed from the trail prism. Deep Gorge Trail Utilizing mechanized and non mechanized equipment Volunteers cleared overgrown brush across the entirety of the Kerby Flat Trail. The trail was in terrible condition. Woody shrubs growing in footprint of the 2018 Klondike Fire overwhelmed the trail in places. Volunteers reestablished the trail corridor. |
2/16/25 | 2/17/25 | 4.15 |
| Volunteer - Horsecamp Trail, 1040 Rd Feb 20, '25 | Thwarted by storm damage and snow fall, volunteers turned away from their initial goal of working the Lower Middle Fork Trailhead. Instead, Volunteers cleared fallen trees and debris that made FS 1040 completely impassible. Volunteers cleared more than 12 trees from the road prism, including a complex jackstraw pile. (See attachments). Volunteers were able to clear FS 1040 to Horse Camp Trailhead before being stopped by snow on the ground. Volunteers cleared storm damage and debris from the parking loop at Horse Camp Trailhead. Then Volunteers cleared storm damage and debris from the Horse Camp Trail for approximately 4/10s of a mile. 8 logs were cleared from the Horse Camp parking loop and trail. By chance meet up, Volunteers encountered US Forest Service Program Manager (Siskiyou Mountains RD) Tabitha Olson who expressed gratitude for our thorough work. |
2/20/25 | 2/20/25 | 0.4 |
| Volunteer - Osgood Ditch & East Fork Illy Mar. 1 & 2, '25 | Osgood Ditch Trail: Utilizing mechanized and non-mechanized tools, SMC Volunteers performed general maintenance of the Osgood Ditch Trail (1.8 miles). Encroaching brush and downed logs were cleared to 100% USFS Standards giving the trail a wide prism. 30 downed logs removed. East Fork Illinois River Trail: Volunteers performed general maintenance in both downriver (north) and upriver (south) f rom the Junction with Osgood Ditch Trail. Downriver: Volunteers cleared brush and logs down river (north) to the "second crossing." Upriver: Volunteers cleared logs upriver (south) into the middle of Section 4, work ended before the unnamed seasonal side creek about half way to the "third crossing." 9 downed logs removed. |
3/1/25 | 3/2/25 | 2.3 |
| Volunteer - Illinois River Tr & Shorty Noble. Mar 8-9, '25 | Illinois River Trail Between the Illinois River East Trailhead at Briggs Creek Campground and Clear Creek, Volunteers crosscut 8 logs. Volunteers worked to remove incredible boulders to restore access through two uprooted trees near Panther Creek. Shorty Noble Way Trail Volunteers brushed and logged the Shorty Noble Way Trail to the historic Shorty Noble Cabin (site). 1 mile maintained. 30 logs removed. |
3/8/25 | 3/9/25 | 1 |
| Staff & Volunteer - Illinois River Trail - Mar. 14-16 '25 | Staff and Volunteers cleared problem brush and downed logs between Briggs Creek Trailhead and East Fork Pine Creek. Brushing stopped at East Fork Pine Creek but volunteer sawyers continued clearing downed logs to within 1/10 of a mile of Pine Creek Camp on the West Fork of Pine Creek. Logging Trail is clear of downed logs between Briggs Creek to within 1/10 of a mile of Pine Creek Camp. 35 logs cleared. 3 small diameter logs, easy to step over, remain before reaching West Pine Creek and Pine Creek Camp. Brushing Brushers emphasized problem brush from Section 35, where the Wild And Scenic Corridor Boundary intersects the trail in Section 35 to the East Fork of Pine Creek. Trail brushed to 100% Spec. |
3/14/25 | 3/16/25 | 6.45 |
| Volunteer - Lower Middle Fork Mar. 20, '25 | Staff and Volunteers cleared the Middle Fork Trail from the Lower Trailhead to the first crossing upriver at Marble Gulch. Logs and Brush cleared to 100% USFS Standard. 8 Logs Cleared | 3/20/25 | 3/20/25 | 1 |
| Staff - Wooley Creek & Bridge Creek - Apr 5-9 '25 | Crew of 4 staff spent 5 days completing routine trail maintenance on the Wooley Creek and Bridge Creek trails. Focus was on clearing seasonal downfall of logs and tread issues that had occurred over the winter. Bigfoot Trail Alliance had cleared all logs from Wooley Creek Trailhead to the Wooley Camp inholding. We cut all logs from Wooley Camp to Fowler Cabin. One large rootwad remains about 1 mile west of Fowler Cabin. This rootwad requires some sort of rigging to remove that we were not prepared to tackle on this trip. Trail is fully passable to hikers but impassable for pack stock (see photos). On Bridge Creek, logs were cleared from Fowler Cabin to approximately 1 mile uphill. Sawyers were very close to reaching the campsite about 1.5 miles up the hill. Conditions on Bridge Creek were as expected for a trail that has not received full maintenance in a few years. Brush sections are getting thicker, but the trail is still passable. Some tread areas are getting narrow, but nothing that would hinder travel. The biggest obstacles were 12-20'' diameter trees that were falling in the burned areas and tangled green tanoak tops that fell over the winter in the forested areas. All log obstacles were cleared 1 mile up, but conditions for the rest of the trail are unknown. Logging: Cut approximately 50 logs and many handsaw tangles on Wooley Creek. Cut approximately 15 logs and many handsaw tangles on Bridge Creek. Brushing: No brushing was completed Treading: Completed small sections of tread-repair on sloughed in areas on Wooley Creek, especially where small creeks had washed out some of the trail bed. Completed one large rock wall where a rootwad had tipped over approximately 1 mile west of Fowler Cabin. |
4/5/25 | 4/9/25 | 4 |
| Volunteer - Middle Fork 04/10/2025 | Volunteers cleared FS1040, above FS1035 junction, of storm damage and debris. Removing fallen limbs and bucking downed trees. 3 logs cleared. Accessing the Middle Fork Trail off of FS1040 below Frog Pond Gulch (due to high water) volunteers connected to earlier work clearing remaining logs between Marble Gulch and Frog Pond Gulch. Volunteers started brushing downriver but did not connect with earlier trail work completed in February 2025. Volunteers cut back thick vine maple and pacific rhododendron. 0.25 miles maintained. 7 logs cleared. |
4/10/25 | 4/10/25 | 0.25 |
| Total | 21.67 |