Posts by Jane Flavin

Hi Terrapin Pines volunteers and partners, If you’re interested in checking out Terrapin Pines come to the Charity Valley Trailhead this Saturday, April 4th at 10:00 am. It takes at least 3 hours to walk the whole thing. Bring good hiking shoes, some water and a snack, and a disc if you want to take…

Some of you may have lost interest, moved away, or are wondering how you got on this list. And others may have been waiting and know of friends or relatives who want to be included on the email list now that we are getting closer to construction. So now is the time to let us…

Hello ATA Supporters and Volunteers, We have a special day planned for this Tuesday 11/25, our final fall workday of the season. So we have need of more than our usual crew. The ATA been given 250+ trees that need a new home. The plan is to have our trail volunteers help finish the causeway to…

Hi Volunteers, I am listing this Tuesday’s workday as “tentative” due to weather concerns. There will be updates all the way to early Tuesday morning so check before you walk out the door.  The two workdays we still have planned for this fall are the first mile of the Charity Valley Trail and to finish…

Hello Volunteers, After a very successful day on Burnside Lake Trail last week we are returning to lower Charity Valley Trail this Tuesday the 11th. The plan is to complete the gap where we left off two weeks ago and the Burnside Trail intersection. The work will mainly address the encroaching brush and improving drainage and…

Hello Volunteers, We’re going to take advantage of the nice weather this week and head to the Burnside Lake Trail on Tuesday November 4th. Please meet at the Burnside Lake Rd. parking area in Picketts Junction at 8:30 am. to carpool up to the trailhead. It will be a 7 mi drive to the trailhead and…

Hello ATA Volunteers, This Tuesday, October 28th, at 9:00 am we will meet at the Grover Campground overflow parking area for a morning on the Charity Valley Trail. Let the attendant at the campground kiosk know you are with ATA. We plan to return to parking by 1:00 pm. We will be doing regular fall…

Hello Volunteers, With snow affecting access to our high country trails we thought this Tuesday October 21 would be a great day to wrap things up at the Curtz Lake Interpretive Trail. We will meet at the Curtz Lake parking lot at 9:00 am and expect to end by noon. We just need to put…

Hi Volunteers, Due to the incoming storm we are cancelling the workday this Tuesday the 14th. Weather permitting we will get back at it on the 21st.  Enjoy your holiday weekend and our possible first snow!– Andy Lovell Director, AORA/ATA/MDG 530-694-0532 (Home) 209-217-7973 (Cell/Text) ata.andyl@gmail.com

After a great day on Saturday installing signs and doing trail maintenance we have a few more hours of work to do to perfect the Curtz Lake Interpretive Trail. The main focus will be completion of the 100yd spur trail to the peninsula and completion of an interpretive sign bubble. Showers are possible so we…