Volunteers are hot at it building new trail
Boy Scouts, leaders and other volunteers work Saturday morning, creating a new hiking trail for Humboldt County Conservation in the Lothe Woods, east of Joe Sheldon Park. Pictured from left: Pete Englund with Legacy Trails, Gerald Davis, Dave London, Joseph Keenan (shoveling dirt) and Josh Douglas. Humboldt Independent photo by Kent Thompson.
By KENT THOMPSON
“It couldn’t have gone better. We had a good turnout and got a lot done. It exceeded expectations,” Humboldt County Conservation Director Todd Lee said of a hot weekend building a new trail east of Sheldon Park.
“I want to personally thank the members of the Boy Scouts, cross country teams and volunteers from the general public. They worked hard and we were able to complete the trail building project in a day-and-a-half,” Lee said.
Lee said he was pretty apprehensive after doing prep work on the trail last Friday. “Myself, Chris Clarken and Pete Englund, with Legacy Trails, a professional trail builder, were pretty spent by the end of the day, and I wasn’t real hopeful of getting the project completed.
“Everyone worked super hard on Saturday and Sunday morning and we were able to complete the half-mile trail build by noon on Sunday,” Lee said.
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