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The trail is divided into 16 sections, each with a Trail Captain [TC]. The TC's responsibility is to hike their section twice each year - once in the early Spring and then again in the late Summer - and to report to the Trail Maintenance [TM] Director what needs to be done. The TM Director goes thru the reports, divides up the work as blazing, mowing & trimming, bridge & boardwalk building and maintenance, and work requiring a chainsaw. Bob McGee [Dr. Blaze] handles updating worn out trail blazes, the chainsaw team handles that work, the B&B team takes care of the bridges and boardwalks, and the rest of us mainly take care of mowing and trimming, cleanup of winter deadfall, etc.
What I do a couple or a few weeks ahead of time is get on the e-mail and telephone and line up 4 volunteers for each outing. I go on all the outings myself and sometimes the Trail captain will come along, so the team is usually 5 or 6 people. I bring along to the meeting place the tools needed for the work of the day including new work gloves for each participant, and perhaps a box of TimBits - it is, after all, a work party! It is really helpful if people very early on use this site or phone or e-mail to volunteer for specific dates. That saves a lot of time on the phone and I really appreciate that a lot. It is useful to volunteer even several weeks ahead of time if you can. So, please volunteer. If you wish to indicate area[s] of interest you may do that as well. Thank you in advance for volunteering to help with this important work. Mike Dawdy TVTA Trail Maintenance |