On Wednesday, August 14, FOSM volunteers will be going back to Dan's Loop on the Crest Highway between 10K Trailhead and Ellis Trailhead. We will probably fell one of the two large dead firs
. Both of them have one trunk at the ground that branches into multiple trunks several feet up. One goes into three trunks, and the other branches into two trunks.
We will split the rounds from the tree that need splitting and haul this wood to the hazmat building.
Meet at 8:00 AM at the FOSM Guard Station behind the Sandia Ranger Station. Wear
long pants, long sleeve shirts, and sturdy boots with slip-resistant soles. Bring work gloves and hard hats. If you do not have a hard hat, one will be provided. Sawyers are required to also wear 8-inch high boots and chaps. Bring eye and ear protection. Swampers
working near saws are also required to wear chaps. Bring lunch, snacks, and drinks.
Please park in the north front parking lot in front of the Ranger Station so that there will be
more parking space for SRD seasonal employees and fire fighters near the FOSM Guard Station. We will have the JHA in the front parking lot.
If you have questions, please email me at
samgbeard@msn.com.
Sam Beard
Friends of the Sandia Mountains