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Orange County Workday
December 14, 2024 @ 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
On our December workday, we will return to the Occoneechee Speedway to continue the ongoing battle with Autumn Olive and other invasive plants.
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Date: December 14, 2024, 9 AM – 2 PM. If you can’t stay for the entire time, please know that we are deeply appreciative of any effort you contribute.
Meeting Location: The Historic Occoneechee Speedway parking lot (320 Elizabeth Brady Road, Hillsborough 27278).
If you can join the team: Please respond by email to Bill.Boyarsky@gmail.com by December 10 — your response informs the breakfast preparation and tools that will await you, helps me plan the day, and puts you on the notification list for further updates or a workday cancellation message.
What to bring: You need to wear appropriate-for-the-weather work clothes (that can get dirty), solid shoes or boots, and bring lunch (if you plan to work into the afternoon), snacks, water, and work gloves. If you have a favorite tool, bring it.
What we bring: We will provide all tools, extra work gloves, and instructions. If you are new to this kind of activity, there will be experienced volunteers within asking distance: we are a supportive trail community that loves to grow.
Cancellation: If the workday is cancelled due to bad weather, an email will be sent out no later than 8:00 p.m. the preceding day, to the RSVP list.
Safety: Use tools carefully. If you do not know how to use a particular tool, or what to do in a particular circumstance please ask. Do not work too close together — avoid hitting the person next to you. When walking past another volunteer, please say something so they know you are approaching. Do not lift anything heavier than you can comfortably lift — know your own limits. Take plenty of breaks. Undertake different tasks with different tools throughout the day. Make sure to drink plenty of water, even when it’s cold outside. Be aware of holes in the ground, briars, ticks, chiggers, snakes, stinging insects, and poison ivy.
The Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea-Trail is looking for a part-time, temporary contractor position (10-15 hours per week) to help grow the Mountains-to-Sea Trail (MST) in Orange County. The position’s main area of focus will be conducting initial outreach to landowners in Orange County, with the goal of identifying trail opportunities along the MST route in the county. For more information, go to: https://mountainstoseatrail.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Friends-of-the-MST-Orange-County-Outreach-Associate.pdf
Next Orange County MST workdays (RSVP to Bill)
Jan 4
Feb 8
Mar 8
Apr 12
May 10
Jun 14
If you are not on our Eno/Orange County workday announcements email list (to get announcements like this one), but would like to be, let me know by email.
Next Eno MST workdays (RSVP to Fred )
Dec ??? soon TBA
Jan 25
Feb 22
Mar 29
Apr 19
May 17
Jun 7
Next Alamance County MST workdays (RSVP to Andrew).
The AC team is working on trail along the Haw River. Andrew, the Task Force Leader, would welcome email about a workday or a request to be added to his Workday Announcement email list.
Dec 21
Jan 18
Feb 15
Mar 15
Apr 19
May 17
Jun 21
And thanks for all you do for the Mountains-To-Sea Trail
Bill
Bill.Boyarsky@gmail.com
Friends of the MST Task Force Leader, Orange County
(919) 451-2900
Pronouns: he, him