DatesSep 14th - Sep 20th 2008 Service ProjectRevegetation and Restoration Free Daysexplore the area, swim, climb a nearby peak AccommodationsBackpack camping; 8-mile backpack to basecamp Trip RatingStrenuous : digging, lifting, hauling, shoveling, clipping, rockwork, long backpack to work site LeadersEdward Hill Equipment |
Designated a World Biosphere Reserve, Olympic National Park is the crown jewel of the Pacific Northwest’s magnificent ancient forests. 95% of the park is federally designated Wilderness. The Olympic Wilderness is one of the wildest places left in the Lower Forty-Eight states. Our work project is revegetation of fragile subalpine areas that have been damaged through overuse by hikers. We will prepare soil, plant (heather, partridge foot, huckleberry, sedges and grasses), mulch and water. We will be a part of a chain that began years earlier with volunteers gathering cuttings from plants around our work area and transporting them to the greenhouse in Port Angeles for propagation. We ll backpack about 8 miles to Upper Lena Lake and set up a basecamp from which we’ll work for the week. The park service will transport the plants and tools to the work site, and they will take as much of our food as they can. Participants might be asked to carry some of the communal gear if the park doesn’t have enough room to take it all. This trip is suitable for those new to service work who are fit and ready to work.
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