Pole Creek Trail Days Sept. 20-23
Part of National Public Lands Days
September 20, 2019
Saturday, September 28th is National Public Lands Day. Volunteers are invited to come and help with projects to improve public lands.
In the Pinedale area, volunteers will be working to improve the Pole Creek Trail out of Elkhart Park. Work will be Friday, September 20 through Monday, September 23rd. This easy access, popular and scenic trail into the Wind River Range needs a lot of love! Join for one day, or two or four. Hank Williams is the volunteer project lead all four days and would love your support. Volunteers meet at the trailhead at 8am each day. Bring what you need for a day outside and work gloves if you have them. USFS Pinedale Trail Crew will provide tools and instructions. Optional camping at Miller Lake.
The Pole Creek Trailhead is located at the end of Skyline Drive in Elkhart Park. The trailhead is adjacent to the Trails End Campground. It is 200 yards to the south of the Pine Creek Trailhead. Access is provided to the Pole Creek Trail, Seneca Lake Trail, and Sweeney Lake Trail.
Directions to the trailhead:
From Pinedale, Wyoming, head East on Highway 191 (East Pine Street) and turn onto Fremont Lake Road. Continue on this road for approximately 3 miles where the road transitions to Skyline Drive/Forest Service Road 370740 (FS-370740). Continue on FS-370740 Road for approximately 9.7 miles and turn right onto FS-370740B. Follow FS-370740B for 1.5 miles and Elkhart-Pole Creek Trailhead is on the right just beyond the Visitors Center. Approximate travel from Pinedale is 14 miles, 24 minutes.
Other projects on Saturday, September 28:
If you're in Jackson, please join the Opening Ceremony from 8am-9am at the Greater Yellowstone Visitor Center, where we'll kick-off the historic day with guest speakers, free breakfast and volunteer goodies, and information and carpool opportunities for multiple volunteer projects. Special guest HR Andy Schwarz will speak to sponsoring House Bill 99 and why public lands matter to Wyoming.
If you can't make it into Jackson in the morning, join any of these projects on-site at 10am. (Click on links for location details and a registration form so we know you're coming). There are lots of projects from Bondurant to Togwotee and need lots of hands.
Sheep Gulch Snake River Access Project with Snake River Fund and BTNF. Help install fence around the new and improved access trail for one of the busiest boat ramps in the Canyon. (5 minutes from Alpine).
https://www.neefusa.org/npld/sheep-gulch-snake-river-access-trail-bridger-teton-national-forest/sheep-gulch-river-access
Bryan Flats Project with Backcountry Horsemen, Mountain Bike the Tetons and BTNF working on the Wyoming Range National Recreation Trail
https://www.neefusa.org/npld/bridger-teton-national-forest/forest-friends-bryan-flats-volunteer-project
Hoback Watershed Restoration with Trout Unlimited (out of Bondurant)
https://www.neefusa.org/npld/upper-hoback-river-bridger-teton-national-forest/forest-friends-pld-tu-river-bend-upper-hoback
CDT Togwotee Re-route project with Blackrock Ranger District
https://www.neefusa.org/npld/bridger-teton-national-forest/forest-friends-pld-cdt-project
Cache Ck Clean Up With Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance and Friends of Pathways (Rescheduled from 9/21 to 9/28, starts at 9:30)
https://btfriends.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e219ff2c799afb9a166293433&id=c4e3c2766b&e=e757d380ca
Volunteers should bring everything they need for a day outside and work gloves if you have them. All events are rain or shine.
More Public Lands Day Projects:
If you're in Pinedale on Sept. 28th join Trout Unlimited and the Bridger-Teton National Forest for some Willow Restoration. Location is at the old boat ramp, just upstream of the Forest Boundary on the Green River Lakes Road. Work will include digging trenches, clipping willows, transporting materials, and replanting the clippings. 9AM to 1PM
https://www.neefusa.org/npld/upper-green-river-usfs-forest-boundary-boat-ramp/willow-restoration
Registration and Contact:
Thea Koci
US Forest Service – Pinedale Ranger District
Recreation Management Specialist
thea.koci@usda.gov
307-367-5741
If you're in Star Valley join the Star Valley Ranch Trail Crew for Cedar Creek Trail Maintenance.
https://www.neefusa.org/npld/bridger-teton-national-forest/cedar-creek-trail-maintenance
For more information on these projects, contact Sarah at Friends of the Bridger-Teton, sarah@btfriends.org
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