hippiestead
07-21-2008, 08:56 PM
This comes from Joanee Freedom via AGR:
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I just got a call from the clean-up crew at the gathering site and
they asked me to post this message to a.g.r.
Clean-up is going slowly and more folks are needed to help. They
request than anyone within a days drive of the site who can help
please come back and pitch in for a few days. They could use about 2
dozen more people.
A lot of folks bailed after the FS put out the manditory fire
evacuation call and many more left on July 12. There are only 50 folks
doing all this cleanup work since the 12th. If the usual 150 - 200
folks had stayed another week or so then the clean up would be a lot
further along. Climbing up and down steep hills over the miles of the
gathering site is burning these folks out.
There are no trucks on site to take out the garbage so last week they
rented a u-haul to move out a big load and they are going to rent
another u-haul tomorrow. The funds for this is coming out of the
clean-up crews pockets.
What is left to do is the disappearing and water barring of the
trails, getting the remaining garbage out, checking all the campsites
to make sure they are disappeared, chopping up the compacted parking
areas and reseeding.
Folks, it is important that a site be left without a trace and it
takes a lot of work to get a well used gathering site to this point.
How a site is left after a gatheirng is how the gathering will be
remembered. There is more to a gathering than just the party. If you
can help in any way please do so now.
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And this update came in from Karin Zirk this evening:
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So I spoke to Jai/Hi today. This is what he told me.
He says they're ok for money and thinks that if people are paying for dump fees out of pocket, it's the people who are taking small loads as they're leaving the gathering. He was in town today with Marken and they were renting a U-Haul to do the last of the trash runs.
We still need to disappear the Snake Trail - (the trail from Handicamp/Welcome Home to the lower
meadow) and the Middle Trail (the trail from middle bus village to the main meadow). Plus
clean up Handicamp. That's 3 to 4 miles of trail to be waterbarred and disappeared.
There's about 30 people on site, about 10 of them actively doing cleanup. If you're in the
area and can help out, they can use your labor. Bring fresh fruit and chocolate to share.
Love,
Karin
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I just got a call from the clean-up crew at the gathering site and
they asked me to post this message to a.g.r.
Clean-up is going slowly and more folks are needed to help. They
request than anyone within a days drive of the site who can help
please come back and pitch in for a few days. They could use about 2
dozen more people.
A lot of folks bailed after the FS put out the manditory fire
evacuation call and many more left on July 12. There are only 50 folks
doing all this cleanup work since the 12th. If the usual 150 - 200
folks had stayed another week or so then the clean up would be a lot
further along. Climbing up and down steep hills over the miles of the
gathering site is burning these folks out.
There are no trucks on site to take out the garbage so last week they
rented a u-haul to move out a big load and they are going to rent
another u-haul tomorrow. The funds for this is coming out of the
clean-up crews pockets.
What is left to do is the disappearing and water barring of the
trails, getting the remaining garbage out, checking all the campsites
to make sure they are disappeared, chopping up the compacted parking
areas and reseeding.
Folks, it is important that a site be left without a trace and it
takes a lot of work to get a well used gathering site to this point.
How a site is left after a gatheirng is how the gathering will be
remembered. There is more to a gathering than just the party. If you
can help in any way please do so now.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
And this update came in from Karin Zirk this evening:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
So I spoke to Jai/Hi today. This is what he told me.
He says they're ok for money and thinks that if people are paying for dump fees out of pocket, it's the people who are taking small loads as they're leaving the gathering. He was in town today with Marken and they were renting a U-Haul to do the last of the trash runs.
We still need to disappear the Snake Trail - (the trail from Handicamp/Welcome Home to the lower
meadow) and the Middle Trail (the trail from middle bus village to the main meadow). Plus
clean up Handicamp. That's 3 to 4 miles of trail to be waterbarred and disappeared.
There's about 30 people on site, about 10 of them actively doing cleanup. If you're in the
area and can help out, they can use your labor. Bring fresh fruit and chocolate to share.
Love,
Karin