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End of Season Debrief

Hi SWV Members and Interested PartiesSWV is hosting our annual End-of-Season Debrief this Saturday, Oct. 26 from 10am – 2pm. We will be providing beverages, snacks and lunch. The meeting will be held in the lower classroom of the US Forest Service Supervisors Office building, 19777 Greenley Rd., Sonora. If you have not already RSVP’d, please send an email to Jeff Hawley, President if you are planning on attending so we can appropriately plan logistics. We hope to see you there. Non-members are invited to attend. Thank you, Jeff Jeff Hawley President, Stanislaus Wilderness Volunteers 510 701-5212 (m) jbhawley1@gmail.com President

SWV Season Debrief Meeting

Hi all…Save the date for the SWV Season Debrief coming up! What: SWV Season Debrief meeting When: Saturday, October 26th. 10 am – 2 pm Where: US Forest Service Office (SO) lower classroom in Sonora 19777 Greenley Road, Sonora CA We will be welcoming several new members in addition to reviewing the work completed this season, what worked well and what improvements we can make for next year. We will have the USFS staff in attendance so as to provide an update on this past season as well as information regarding next season. There will be snacks and lunch will […]

SWV Multi-Day Project, Sword Lake

SWV has logged another successful multi-day project this season! The team was composed of Craig Fish (Project Lead), Dave Moser, Joe Cavaness, Linda Hawley, Jeff Hawley, Sydni Albrecht (USFS), Devon Pennington (USFS) and a new member, Adlai Leiby. This team, over the course of 3 days cut at two locations (Sword Lake trail and Wheats Meadow Trail, removed approximately 60 trees blocking trail. The team managed to cut and remove a number of very large logs by use of a ratchet puller and physics of levers, fulcrums and rails. Additionally, the team brushed a lot of invasive whitethorn enabling a […]