Posts by Jane Flavin

Hello ATA Volunteers, Our first regular ATA workday is this Tuesday September 29th. Our plan is to meet at the Grover Campground overflow parking lot at 9:00 am. Let the person at the campground kiosk know you are with the ATA. From there we will carpool through State Park property to Forest Service land near…

Hello ATA Volunteers and Supporters, It’s finally here. This coming Sunday we kick off our Fall 2026 season with our annual Volunteer Appreciation Event at Desolation Hotels-HV. Please join us starting at 10:00 am. Volunteers will be there to assist you with parking when you arrive. The work portion of the day will include four options…

It’s still in the dog days of summer but we are already busy planning for the fall. As we have for the last four years we will kick off the season with our Volunteer Appreciation Event at Desolation Hotels-HV. The day begins at 10:00 am with our usual pre-event talk and sign-in. We will then…

Hi Volunteers, We’re going to try to get enough people together for a trip down Thornburg Canyon Trail this Tuesday. Meet at the Woodfords Frontage rd at 7:00 am to catch a ride up Blue Lakes Rd. to start our day. We need some driver volunteers too, both morning and afternoon. Afternoon drivers need to…

Hi Volunteers, Thank you to those who volunteered, but we don’t have enough volunteers go tomorrow, so we are postponing the Thornburg hike. As an alternative Saturday is a possibility but we need to watch the wind. Next Tuesday would be the last chance before the 4th of July and Death Ride weekends. After that…

ATA Volunteers, We are looking for a minimum of 6 hiking volunteers and a couple driver volunteers in order for us hold our Thornburg Canyon workday this Tuesday the 23rd. We would meet in Woodfords at 7:00 am and get shuttled up Blue Lakes rd. to the western trailhead. It is about a 3 mile…

Hello ATA Volunteers, We have a slight cool down on Saturday so we’re going to take advantage and finish up the Curtz Lake Interpretive Loop. Meet at the Curtz Lake Parking lot at 7:00 am. This way we will wrap things up between 10:00 and 11:00 am. Bring battery operated string weed wacker or hedge…

Hello Volunteers, We will continue with the Curtz Lake Interpretive Loop this next Tuesday Workday. Let’s meet at 8:00 am at the Curtz Lake parking lot. If you have a battery powered string Weed Wacker please bring it along. No gas powered or metal cutting attachments please. We will work the Interpretive Loop wacking and…

Hello Volunteers, We are keeping a close eye on the wind forecast for this Tuesday. Assuming the current 20 mph gusts stay in the forecast we will be working in the Curtz Lake area. We will meet at 8:00 am at the Curtz Lake parking lot. If you have a battery powered string weed wacker please…

Hi Volunteers, We had so much fun up Thornburg Canyon Trail today that we’re heading back this Tuesday, June 2nd. We found more trees down in the Wilderness than we expected, so we are sending a crew 2-3 miles in with hand saws and McLeods to take out a couple dozen trees, and grasses and weeds that are…