Arggggg.....we were in USFS wilderness, so no power tools!
Last summer, we worked on the Kanawyer trail, on the South side, also no work in 15 years. We cut 570 trees (but we had a chain saw exemption) This year it was all hand work.
We are investigating something power for brush, for which we'd need an exemption.
Oooh, you hit my pet peeve there. Thank you for working to maintain wilderness trails, we need people like you that are dedicated to doing this good work. The no power tools limitation for maintenance is crazy. Trails need maintenance for many reasons. First, to keep people ON trails. Second, to maintain some access so people can enjoy these areas. Conservation and preservations starts with people appreciating these areas and if isn't trail access only a choice few will know how beautiful these areas are.
If the forest service and certain "so called: environmental groups keep advocating rules that limit access we are going to end up with a generation that doesn't value the beauty of the wilderness because they will have no way of seeing it.
