Today we had another great service project at the Camp. Thirty-five US airmen came and did a raft of little projects for us: reset fence post, set new posts for kitchen outlets and the Spider Web challenge, cover kitchen "floor" with wood chip, fill rabbit burrows, etc. Mostly they hauled and burned brush left over from last week's project. Here you see the guys carrying one of about 30 logs that needed to be moved and stacked. We had a group doing slash and burn of last year's reeds in the lake shallows, another group moving potato bins into place for fire wood boxes at the fire rings. What a crew!
At noon we took a break, fed them sloppy joes and sent them back into the woods to work. They were a happy, industrious lot, full of energy and muscle. We made them sleep well that night because they burned a lot of calories moving tons of wood of various types and sizes. It was another beautiful and productive day!
Today over 40 people showed up at 9:00 am to help with tasks at Camp Liahona. We had a crew build this fire ring while another crew built this picnic table.
Elsewhere, we had 4 chain saws going and 20 people dragging bush to trailers where it was hauled to the large group fire rings to be burnt. We can't burn anywhere except on these concrete pad because the fen soil will catch fire and burn (smoulder) and travel underground and generally wreck havoc. Wood large enough for fuel was cut and stacked for later use. One group hauled a large trailer load of firewood home to a family that needed the heat it would afford them.
Here you see one of the tree and brush crews working out a problem with a large dangerous tree they had just felled. The Stake President is on the left and next to him a professional arborist who lent his expertise to making the camp safer and more sustainable.
A few acres were cleared of Elderberry so that we can get our mowing equipment into the areas, keep the stinging nettle at bay and encourage the grass to take over. At noon, the camp provided "sloppy joes" to keep the volunteers going.
