2013 Summer Conservation Corps

4/29/13 - 5/18/13 Crew Report

This field season started out by changing locations for the Black River Restoration Crews’ equipment and supplies from the trailer in Hillman to the Self Storage in Atlanta. The first week of work consisted of moving supplies over to the storage and orientation. In the second week the crew finished up transferring supplies and building shelving in the storage unit. The week progressed and the crew made the first trip up to the Black River meeting at Richard Bruot's residence on the Black River to receive some orientation and layout of the land. He provided his expertise for installing structures, staging material, and contacts for landowners where work will be performed in the upcoming weeks. The crew began and finished out the third week by staging mat erials at various waypoin ts to prepare for installation, removing log jams downstream from the Town County Stairs, attending CPR and First Aid Training, and Chainsaw training at the Carlson residence. Due to high water on the Upper Black river, structures were not installed, but the crew anticipates the river will be at normal flows in the week to follow.