So much thanks, it was great ...
Sorry I was committed elsewhere and I had/have a bum arm for a while. It was really great for you'all to come in out of your way and help out. The Park is running on mostly volunteers with expertise and you'all surely fit that bill
We are down to one Hazard Tree left and that is waiting on the boom truck. That's a soon - we're getting the power setup to weld the exhaust (wire feed) and then off to the "field tests".
It's so great to see you 'all and have this come together. I always had a feeling that the State was not doing particularly well by the tax-payers and the public by being so completely contract oriented. Not to say that local arborists did not benefit, but one of the points of a Park is sharing. You'all demonstrate the idea of sharing so well it ought to be a movie or something. Sharing good times, work ideas & techniques, saws & gear, and best of all - camaraderie :msp_biggrin:
Like Aaron, I'm a bit peeved that I was elsewhere. I really missed you'all and the campfire camaraderie looks to have been excellent.
I hope we can start filming actual techniques and do voice overs for our "museum and interpretive program"?? I hate to see good work not get recorded so we can share with the youngsters and youth coming of age. It'll be really great when we can assemble "the crew" and actually teach a group of young folks how to do it right and safely. I think that day is not too far off ...
As for the idea of adopting other Parks - it's a great idea - but, I do have to warn you that
if it's a State Park it may not happen. The releases and County volunteer forms you signed with secondary insurance let you work with dangerous power tools. The State has a firm policy against that sort of activity through their cooperating agreements. So unless it's a National Park, County/City, or one that is being run by an outside group - the idea probably can't go too far
(yet :bang: )
However, saying all that - you'all are setting the real model for how it might be done elsewhere. We are all pretty sure it will catch on. Citizen involvement in Parks needs to grow. They have been left to the bureaucrats for way too long. They are your Parks and this is the
perfect example of how things might work in a better world. You are appreciated no end
Thanks so much; Broc, Sandy, Rob, Aaron and all of the gang. See you next time
