When:9:00am - 5:00pm on April 27, 2013.
Where:Lower level meeting room in the Grand Hotel.
What to bring:Work gloves, pruners, GPS.
Trash bags will be provided by the Mackinac State Historic Parks. They will be available at the lower level meeting room in the Grand Hotel from April 26th, Friday noon until April 27th, Saturday 2:00pm. This meeting room is the same one that will be used for the 7th Annual Spring Fling on Mackinac Island.
This CITO event will encompass the whole state park that's on Mackinac Island. Over 80% of the island is state park. Where ever trash is found, please pick it up.
This CITO event will consist three different tasks.
The first is same as previous years and a common one, trash clean up along any and all of the trails on Mackinac Island. See above for when the trash bags will be available. I've post several child waypoints as locations to drop your filled trash bags. Try to make just one pile of bags at each child waypoint.
The second task is a first time repeat from last year. If you would like to tackle this one, bring with you a pair of hand pruning shears. The smaller type that can fit into your hand. DO NOT BRING ANY POWERED TOOLS! Just the basic hand pruners please. This task will involve the pruning of small brush or tree branches that are growing in to the trails. Basically we want to open any trails that are becoming over grown. I've done this, on occasion in other areas. I love hiking in the woods, I just don't want a stick to the eye. Or for anyone else to be injured. When cutting the over growth, toss the plant material as far off trail as possible.
The third one is also a first time repeat from last year. And it's about as easy as they come (except for getting there). If you come across any fallen trees, mark it's location with your GPS. Also note how big the tree is. This will allow the regular park maintenance crew zero in with the proper equipment. Post a picture of it too if possible.