trail clearing technique and tools

[kenmbz]

Looks like the old "you need money to make money" type campaigns.
Here is only Arly, his wife and a few sometimes helpers starting from their own funds.
To throw parties and entertain people costs up front money.

Winning over a Mayor or such would help, but they won't do anything if they don't think it will help them, a lot.

 

[MossRoad]

Ya, and they've been around since 1890.

Our local paper (now owned by Gannett ) still has a very good outdoor writer that covers all kinds of things just like your trail story. Many articles weekly. Sorry you can't get someone local to hear your story.

 

[ArlyA]

Looks like the old "you need money to make money" type campaigns.
Here is only Arly, his wife and a few sometimes helpers starting from their own funds.
To throw parties and entertain people costs up front money.

Winning over a Mayor or such would help, but they won't do anything if they don't think it will help them, a lot.

We are in the township with just a few thousand people in it. We don't have the trails, parking and volunteers to do anything. NTN has full time employees where as Sandy and I do over 90% of all the work on BRT's. We did have someone respond on FB who might write grants for us.....

 

[ArlyA]

I didn't realize it's now owned by Ogden Newspapers.

Ogden Newspapers - Wikipedia

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I should have added that some type of news conglomerate that's called "the Keweenaw report" called me today and we had a long chat but will do something about BRT's next week. They have radio and Television outlets.

 

[groundcover]

Need a youngster to set you up on Utube ! Some of those channels make bank ! Sure you would get lots of followers as beautiful as the area is. Just need a kid with some time and a drone.

 

[ArlyA]

Just to remind everyone, we are looking for marketing, grants and organizational like help, not trail work. User $$$ would sure be nice. I'll repeat something a trail guru friend told us years ago about trail help volunteers. His words not mine. "They are worthless, they don't know what they are doing. Give them 6 jobs and they do 3, then you need to following them and clean up anyway" We are better off to get three of my trained guys on the job than 6 of them!"... We found this to be correct. This is his company today. Rock Solid

 

[Grumpycat]

I think Warren Buffet made the observation —- “anything that is free is abused”.

Many dirtbike clubs have a work requirement policy. One must work the trails a minimum number of hours/year to be allowed to renew membership.

Paying dues is cheap. The labor is the expense in providing trails.

 

[ArlyA]

Our local paper (now owned by Gannett ) still has a very good outdoor writer that covers all kinds of things just like your trail story. Many articles weekly. Sorry you can't get someone local to hear your story.

I got in touch with the editor and we'll get together for hike on the trails.

 

[ArlyA]

I posted this in the pole-saw at work thread. We hiked the section we cleared earlier this summer and found a fresh dead-fall.

 

[ArlyA]

Many dirtbike clubs have a work requirement policy. One must work the trails a minimum number of hours/year to be allowed to renew membership.

Paying dues is cheap. The labor is the expense in providing trails.

We, that is us two, do 95% of the work on the trails. Were as donations covers 80 to 90% of the expenses. We don't have memberships.