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NSTT
Gives Back to Afton State Park
April 18 and June 20, 2009
NSTT went out to Afton State Park twice to help with some trail work. Budget cuts have left parks short on staff, so NSTT pitched in to help. On April 18 several board members went out and put up new signs on the Interpretive Trail at the park. June 20 a dozen folks went back out and cleared the snowshoe trail of fallen branches, overgrown bushes and small trees fallen on the trail in preparation for the park's annual July 4 Marathon. Thanks to all who helped NSTT help our state parks!
Darlene and Bernie Hanson, Don Husnik, Peter Cartwright and Donna Seline all worked at the park to install new interpretive signs.
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Don Husnik and Gary Devore move a tree, as does Diane Valen and Peter Cartwright.
Wielding
their sharp tools are the NSTT folks who trimmed, cut and
cleaned the snowshoe trail.
Front: Darlene Hanseon, Gary Devore, Donna Seline.
Back: Maureen and George Mahowald, Bernie Hanson, Deanna
Renko, Don Husnik, Ruth Devoree, Diane and Lind Valen and
Peter Cartwright.
NSTT Gives Back to Whitewater State Park
May 17, 2008
NSTT brought nine folks down to Whitewater State Park to help with work around the park after the flood of 2007. While our sand movin' didn't "feel" like productive work, the park staff assured us we were, indeed, providing labor much appreciated!
The bridge from the picnic area
across the river was washed out and closed to
visitors. On the trails, large trees were
uprooted and washed down the hillside from the
rushing waters of the flood. But spring flowers were still in
abundance along the trails. NSTT members haul sand away to
be used as fill elsewhere in the
park It was back-breaking work, but
all went at it with gusto! From bucket to wheel barrow to
parking lot it moved. Jim was intent on unburying as
many saplings as he could that
day. Paul was one of the wheelers who
moved dirt to the parking lot.
After
lunch at the park, with an ice cream sundae topped
with maple syrup made at the park, everyone enjoyed
the antics of the birds at the feeders outside the
center.
NSTT Gives Back to Fort Snelling State
Park
May 7, 2005After many discussions with Fort Snelling Naturalist Linda Radimecky about potential projects, the decision was made that NSTT would help the park to establish a new garden plot that would be used to demonstrate Native American gardening techniques. It would involve tilling up a plot of ground, and digging and putting up a tall fence to keep the deer out. The weather threatened rain, but a work crew appeared at 10 a.m. in spite of that, determined that they would accomplish what they had promised to do. Watch as the project unfolds and a plot develops!
The group dug, tilled, cut roots, raked away sod and turned the plot into a potential garden.
How many workers does it take to sink a pole? Quite a few, obviously! There were all sorts of variables that needed to line up for the fence to be set just right ... leveling two directions, filling the hole and tamping soil into the hole to hold the post upright for many years.
Now there's one proud group of hard workers. Members of the group expressed an interest in coming back to help put the fencing up and helping to plant the garden. No doubt some will check on its progress over the summer as well as look it over in the fall at our annual meeting walk. Thanks to all who helped: Peter Cartwright, Catherine and Bill Harrison, Charlene Jensen, Bruce, Jenny and Sue Gravelle, Paul Stachour, Rich Jones, Donna Seline, Mary Beth Marier, Max Holdhugen Annie Redmond, Bernie and Doris Hanson, Beth Montgomery and Linda Radimecky.
NSTT
Gives Back to the Parks
2004NSTT Board Votes on "Giving Back to the Parks" ProjectThe NSTT Board discussed and voted unanimously on a one year project to give back to the state parks through monetary donations and a work day project. The rationale for the project was that volksmarchers use trails for events but never really get involved in the creation or maintenance of those trails.
The Board set the parameters for the monetary donations to match those donations given by walkers up to a maximum of $50 per event.
Their first donation to Minnesota Valley Recreation Area in February totaled $60.
The Board decided its first work day project should be held at Fort Snelling State Park for many reasons, but mostly because of its metro location. This would enable more members to particiapte.
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