DatesJun 29th - Jul 5th 2008 Service ProjectThe project includes logout, waterbar construction/maintenance, berm pulling, brushing and treadwork Free Daysfishing, dayhiking, swimming, gold panning, wildlife viewing AccommodationsBackpack camping Trip RatingActive : 4-mile backpack, digging, hauling, sawing, bending, lifting LeadersJoyce Duncan Equipment |
The North Fork John Day Wilderness area is approximately 150,000 acres in the Blue Mountains in Oregon. The North Fork John Day drainage was a bustling gold and silver mining area in the middle to late 1800s. Old mining structures, building foundations, waterworn rock, dredged ditches, and other traces are still visible of people who removed an estimated $10 million in gold and silver. The North Fork John Day River is a Wild and Scenic River. Currently the NFJDW has 150 miles of trail providing visitors with abundant opportunity to explore remote river systems, old mountains ranges and numerous wildlife. Recently, funding has made anything but basic logout difficult. Assistance with deferred maintenance along Granite Creek and North Fork John Day River Trails is desperately needed. We will backpack about four miles and set up a basecamp from which we'll work for the week. The projects will include sawing downed trees and moving them off the trails, pulling out the side of the trail to allow proper drainage, brushing and waterbar construction/maintenance. Fly fishing is great in the area and we'll have the opportuninty to view wildlife. Come Give Something Back and help us with needed trail work in the beautiful Oregon Wilderness! This trip is suitable for beginners with a sense of adventure.
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