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Volunteer Trail
Crew Training
The Palos Verdes Peninsula Land
Conservancy will be hosting a training program beginning on April 5, 2008
for individuals that are interested in conducting volunteer trail
maintenance.
The training program will use a
combination of classroom, field exercise and key capability training to
develop qualified individuals with the necessary skill sets to perform
routine trail maintenance with minimal or no supervision. The program
serves as the first step in recruiting and educating volunteers who have
an interest in assuring safe, sustainable trails. The basic trail
maintenance program will be a requirement for volunteers who wish to
continue further by becoming qualified volunteer trail maintenance crew
leaders.
The basic trail maintenance
program will begin with a 4 hour classroom session. This session will
discuss:
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The need for
safe trails |
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Trail safety |
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Resource
protection |
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Terminology |
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Assessments |
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Basic trail
maintenance: |
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Tools |
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Water bars |
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Slough and berm |
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Outsloping |
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Grade dips |
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Rock work |
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Brushing and
pruning |
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Retaining
structures |
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Switchbacks |
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