So far I have zero respondees! I hope it's not going to just be me, Jim & Gill.
We really could use lots of help, so let me know if you're available. Thanks! Chris Vreeland cvreel...@austin.rr.com On Mar 15, 2015, at 8:2043 PM, Crash Kennedy via Texascavers <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > The Lost Oasis Cave Preserve in South Austin is having a cleanup day > Saturday, April 4th from 9 am until about 2 pm, or until everyone gets > tired. > > All in all, we could probably use 20-30 people, considering the > multiple chores we're hoping to take care of. > > There are three or four dead trees that need to be cut, and a lot of > new-growth juniper that should be thinned. We would like to have at > least two people bring and operate chainsaws. We need another 6-8 > people to be saw attendants and draggers. Gill Ediger is bringing the > big chipper so that we can feed these and several piles of old cut > brush into it and make mulch. Feel free to bring bags, buckets, or > tubs to take some mulch home for your yards. We'll have plenty. > > We also need to start doing more active need to do fire ant control, > so we would like several people to bring big pots and boilers (and 3-4 > five-gallon jugs of water each) so we can pour boiling water on the > mounds. There is a lot of this to do -- probably 50-100 mounds, so > we'd like four or more boilers and people unafraid to haul pots. Once > we know how many boilers we can have on site, we will coordinate > picking up propane tanks for same. > > And if you don't want to drag brush or carry buckets of boiling water, > we have another chore for you. We will start thinning the profusion > of prickly pear around the cave, so bring bow rakes (garden rakes), > pitchforks, clam rakes, and other similar tools to help with that > project. > > Everyone should bring gloves and dress appropriately. TCMA will > provide coolers with beverages. > > After the work is finished, Preserve Manager Chris Vreeland will be > happy to open the cave for anyone who wants to see it. A helmet and > headlamp are required, but you don't need much else. > > Contact Chris offlist at cvreel...@austin.rr.com to sign up, volunteer > for a particular task, or to get directions. > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
