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iron
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Stefan
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Stefan
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Fri May 28, 2021 11:53 am |
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I have moved several downed trees off the trail. By my own hands!
Oh, and this one time, I pushed a boulder off the trail. I think it hit an ant hill on the way down--maybe accidently killed a salamander too.
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cascadetraverser
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Believe it or not, I routinely remove unwanted extra fire pits in campsites that have more than one! I always leave one, though 
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Route Loser
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Joined: 24 Jul 2012
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Location: Whidbey Island |
Just another day on the trail...
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Nancyann
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Nancyann
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Fri May 28, 2021 9:05 pm |
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Very entertaining video, Route Loser. I especially enjoyed the fancy saw twirling. Only $950 on Amazon!
I have noticed that policies differ amongst land managers in regards to random trail clearing. We chatted with a non-Forest Service manager a couple of weeks ago about some work we have been doing in a non-wilderness area where no one goes to and he couldn’t have cared less. Same for when we worked on the Frosty Creek Trail last summer. The wilderness ranger we ran into was just curious about what kind of saw we had with us.
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DadFly
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DadFly
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Sat May 29, 2021 8:10 am |
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I always pick up litter and pack it out.
Never leave a trace in place.
"May you live in interesting times"
"May you live in interesting times"
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kbatku
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kbatku
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Sat May 29, 2021 12:13 pm |
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Two weeks ago I encountered a couple on their way out of the North Fork Tieton trail. One was carrying a full-on cast iron cook stove on his back, which must have weighed sixty pounds. The other was carrying a chainsaw and a can of gasoline. The items were apparently left last fall, most likely by someone with a horse.
Kudos to them and all the other backwoods trash picking up heroes.
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Brucester
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Joined: 02 Jun 2013
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I took down my reply about urban stairs. not wanting promote them...
Looked for solitude yesterday off Tinkham road. 
Picked up a quart sized baggie of shell casings, broken glass and targets on a walk to a pond...
Never made the pond... Too much snow.
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rossb
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rossb
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Wed Jun 02, 2021 11:47 am |
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Interesting update on the WTA comment that lead to this one. Apparently he used a rake on part of the trail. I've seen National Park officials doing this, and frankly, I don't get it. What's the point? Don't you want as much duff on the trail as possible? I understand why you want to kick the big sticks out of the way, but pine cones and smaller stuff seems good to me.
Thoughts?
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neek
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neek
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Wed Jun 02, 2021 12:00 pm |
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| rossb wrote: | | Interesting update on the WTA comment that lead to this one. Apparently he used a rake on part of the trail. I've seen National Park officials doing this, and frankly, I don't get it. What's the point? Don't you want as much duff on the trail as possible? I understand why you want to kick the big sticks out of the way, but pine cones and smaller stuff seems good to me.
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I thought we were supposed to rake our forests?
Sorry you asked for it.
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neek
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neek
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Wed Jun 02, 2021 12:04 pm |
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Did this a couple days ago with my 7.5" tool. Definitely illegal, and unsafe.
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Kim Brown
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| neek wrote: | | rossb wrote: | | Interesting update on the WTA comment that lead to this one. Apparently he used a rake on part of the trail. I've seen National Park officials doing this, and frankly, I don't get it. What's the point? Don't you want as much duff on the trail as possible? I understand why you want to kick the big sticks out of the way, but pine cones and smaller stuff seems good to me.
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Forest litter turns into muck. But I've never seen anyone rake it off a trail unless it's at a project site. Litter is cleaned off of structures so they can dry out, as the litter holds in moisture. It also clogs pipes and ditches. But I've never seen a trail raked off as the sole project (bridges and other structures, yes, that can be a specific project). Kicking rocks of a trail; yes, if it's on a talus slope.
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Cyclopath
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Cyclopath
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Wed Jun 02, 2021 12:47 pm |
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| neek wrote: | | Did this a couple days ago with my 7.5" tool. |
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philfort
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philfort
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Wed Jun 02, 2021 12:53 pm |
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Last weekend, picked up about 20 pounds of garbage left by snowmobilers on NF-81 west of Red Rock Pass.
(Snowmobilers favorite drinks are Coors Light and Whiteclaw, btw).
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Eric
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Eric
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Wed Jun 02, 2021 4:26 pm |
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I cut down a tree. The timber landed on, and erased from sight, an abandoned bag of dog poop. You're welcome.
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