CITO - Bockes Memorial Forest - Londonderry Twenty Two
separate "Log-In" cacher Name so we had about 25 or so volunteers.
Found some spots that needed lots of work. The trails them selves
seemed pretty good. Main items were the car body, pile of shingles
and brinks and the Paintball Play area. These are all gone now. We
put a temporary blockaide so noone can do an easy "drive 'n dump".
Lot's of volunteers and eager to go whereever to get the job done.
Congrats to the winners of the coins.
CITO - George Smith Woodlot - Newfields
Only a few
cachers here. Prior to the actual start Carrie from The Society for
the Protection of New Hampshire Forests (Forest Society) and I
hiked around a bit and planted a couple of caches. So I guess these
are authorized. Will be filling out the forms and submitting to her
to approve and letting NH Zamboni aware as well. We found one big
trash dump from a while ago. Let's put it this way. The newest item
we found was a TAB cola bottle. We removed as much as we could with
the few people we had and filled up Carrie's pick-up truck. This
area is on the center trail about 200 feet up. Please don't go
playing in there. Glass, Metal, Rust...Etc. Etc.....But all the eye
sore big items are gone to the most point.. Congrats to the winners
of the coins.
The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests (Forest
Society) I want to Thank Carrie and Trevor for getting these
events on thier way and letting me be a part of it. I really
enjoyed meeting Carrie and walking the trails in Newfields. I look
forward on helping out on more events with the Society to help
benefit our caching playground.
Remember CITOing is an everyday event. While we are caching or
just going along doing what we do on a daily basis.
RAFFLE PRIZES
The 7th Annual Cache In Trash Out Events are scheduled for May
2nd & 3rd, 2009. This "Cache In Trash Out" event is being held
at George Smith
Woodlot
from 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM on Sunday, May 3rd.(rain or
shine)
HISTORY
The focus of the effort will be trail cleanup as an opportunity
for cachers to give back to the Society for the Protection of NH
Forests. The Forest Society currently owns over 150 properties
totaling more than over 45,000 acres across the state. Several of
these reservations are managed for sustainable timber harvests, and
some are left in a state of wilderness to preserve critical habitat
and biodiversity. All of the reservations are open to the public
for most forms of low-impact recreation. Currently geocaching is
permitted in 17 of their properties.
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The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests (Forest
Society) is a non-profit membership organization founded in 1901to
protect the state's most important landscapes and promote wise use
of its renewable natural resources. The Forest Society’s Land
Management Department is responsible for managing the organizations
many fee-owned lands, including conducting sustainable timber
harvests, protecting rare or uncommon natural communities,
enhancing wildlife habitat, conducting boundary maintenance, and
managing recreational infrastructure such as trails, gates, signs,
kiosks, and parking areas.
The Forest Society has done an incredible job on the open spaces
they maintain and we now have an opportunity to give a little back
with a cleanup event at their George Smith Woodlot location Sunday,
May 3rd from 1:00 PM until 3:30 PM (rain or shine).
DIRECTIONS
The cache page coordinates are for the parking lot - Follow your
GPSr!
From Newmarket, take Route 108 south to Route 85 in Newfields. Go
Right on Route 85 (Main St.). Follow this for about a mile, and
just after you pass over some railroad tracks, go Right on Baker
Street. Baker street is a dead end…go down it and you will pass
some houses and end up in a cul-de-sac which is the parking area
for the property (kiosk is a short distance down the trail from
here).
DETAILS
I don’t necessarily know how much trash there is to be cleaned
up or how many attendees will help and planned on a 2.5 hour clean
up time (with a good turnout, the duration may be shorter). The
reservation is in a semi-developed area and receives significant
recreational use, so the potential for litter is definitely there.
The majority of the cleanup will be moving trash from the
trail-head and forest trails so please come prepared for this type
of work.We will meet at the parking coordinates at 1:00 PM to
separate into groups of 3-5 people and select a specific trail or
area to focus on.
*Please bring all filled, semi-filled trash bags to the
trail-head for removal.
TRASH REMOVAL - We will need to bring the
trash to the Newfields dump or the dumpster of a local business.If
you are willing to assist in this project please let me
know
SUPPLIES / LOGISTICS
In order to log this event you will need to help with the
cleanup, you will need to sign the log book (which I will have in
my possession) and the Forest Society requests we complete a
volunteer service form for their records.
Things to bring:
* Long pants and sleeves to help protect against poison ivy and
biting insects
* Protective eye glasses
* Insect repellent
* Sunscreen, hat
* Durable shoes or boots that might get wet or muddy
*trash grabber / litter sticks
Supplies provided:
* Trash bags
* Latex gloves
* hand sanitizer / paper towels
* Bottled Water
Safety reminders:
* Be careful
* Avoid poison ivy
* If you have allergies, take necessary precautions
* Wear gloves when removing trash
* Perform a thorough check for ticks