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This month, we will continue the trail maintenance of the Cox Mountain trail in the Eno River State Park. Our last four workdays have made great progress restoring this very popular 4 mile loop trail.

Date: April 12, 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 Cox Mountain trailhead, at the end of the drive within the Fews Ford section of the Eno River State Park (6101 Cole Mill Road, Durham).

If you can join the team: Please respond by email to Bill.Boyarsky@gmail.com by April 8 — 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.

FarOut If you are a FarOut user, you’ll appreciate its up to date guidance of MST navigation. There is an effort to populate this app with visuals for its many waypoints (trailheads, bridges, trail junctions, water sources, campsites, landmarks, views, etc). If you’d like to contribute towards this effort as you hike around, email George Stuart for more information.

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 Orange County MST workdays (RSVP to Bill)
May 10
Jun 14

Bill
Bill.Boyarsky@gmail.com
Friends of the MST Task Force Leader, Orange County
(919) 451-2900