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Events
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Next Monthly Meeting of The Clinch Coalition:
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010
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6:30 p.m., Tacoma Community Center, Tacoma, Virginia
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Meetings are open to the public and everyone is welcome!
(The Tacoma Community Center is on 4408 Stone Mountain Road, in what was once the Old Tacoma School house, located between the Town of Coeburn and the City of Norton. Link to a map here.)
Next fun hike: Saturday, September 17: Hawk/Eagle Watch at Mendota Fire Tower in Russell County. (More information to follow.) All participants should wear good boots, bring a bag lunch and plenty of water! For more information, contact Steve at 276-479-2176 or email clinchcoalition@mounet.com
Clinch Mt. Trail Construction: Work will take place each Saturday beginning at 9 AM. For details contact Claude Gable at 828-768-0794 luther_g73@yahoo.com or Frank Kilgore at 276-762-2201 jmk@naxs.net
The work constructing the Clinch Mountain Trail has officially begun after a long process of state approval. The trail is starting at Low Gap at Hidden Valley Lake and will proceed to Hayter’s Gap where Rt. 80 crosses the Clinch Mountain at the boundary of Washington and Russell counties. The work is by hand and requires many volunteers to make it happen. We supply tools but if you have a good Pulaski, heavy duty mattock, limb lopper or pruning saw, please feel free to bring them. You will need to wear long pants for leg protection, good hiking shoes or boots, bring plenty of liquids to drink and a heavy snack or two. Bug repellent might be needed if you are easily bitten and if you are allergic to bee stings, poison ivy, etc., be sure to bring the appropriate antidote. The trail leader is Claude Gable and he is taking the lead on most Saturdays and Sundays to work with groups and individuals that would like to be part of the first official public trail along Clinch Mountain in Virginia . If you, your family members, your group, company, organization or club would like to help with this great project please email claude at: luther_g73@yahoo.com. (Information supplied by Frank Kilgore)
Mark your calendars for October 2: Fourth Annual High Knob Naturalist Rally, Bark Camp Lake
Photo below: "The Crew" clearing the Roaring Branch Trail on March 20th
Special thanks to the MECC AmeriCorps students and VISTAs who came out to work with TCC Members:
MECC: Tina, Mark & Anna Williams, Cody Rutherford, Brandon Maggard, Brittany Dean, Bethany Martin, Ronald Themu and director Sue Graham. VISTA: Josh Larsen & Corey Fleischer; and TCC members: Diana Withen, Ronnie Dingus, Byron and Carmen Cantrell (not pictured: Hannah Morgan); USFS Staff: Ricky Bentley.
Photo above: Students from James Madison University take a lunch break at Pound Reservoir after spending the morning of March 7th doing trail work. (Thanks to: Josh Montanez, Michael Parsons, Brittany Utterback, Laura Jane Steger, Teneisha Bailey, Jackie Dean, Brooke Postlewaite, Karen Ford (faculty), Colleen O'Connell, Brandon Rose, Katie Deskin, and Rose Gipson)
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