Volunteer Program Reports by State and Center · PDF fileMAKING A DIFFERENCE 15 BLM’s 2001 Volunteer Annual Report awareness training program. ... Alaska rivers during the summer

15M A K I N G A D I F F E R E N C E BLM’s 2001 Volunteer Annual Report

awareness training program. On the 730-acreCampbell Tract, volunteers conducted nat-ural inventories (including the third annualnational butterfly count) and completedmany service projects. For National PublicLands Day, volunteers installed sittingbenches, hand rails, Mutt Mitt dispensers,and an outdoor nursery; completed habitatprotection projects; and provided maintenanceon recreation trails.

During August 2001, BLM Alaska hosted agroup of 74 volunteers from the BritishSchool of Exploring Society. The volunteerswere in Alaska for 5 weeks to conduct severalresource projects in the White Mountains

RecreationBiological ResourcesWild Horse and BurroCadastral SurveyWildernessRiparian/WatershedCultural/HistoricalMineralsSupport ServicesEnvironmental Education/ InterpretationOther

Funds ExpendedValue of Work

$0$498,432

$0$50,172

$0$448,260

Alaska

11,7729,073

----

4,627-

2882,069

100

-2,043

-------

1,083

-

11,77211,116

----

4,627-

2883,152

100

Total 27,929 3,126 31,055

VolunteerHoursProgram

Hosted WorkerHours

TotalHours

Volunteer Program Reports by State and Center

AlaskaTalented and dedicated volunteers continueto contribute many hours to the BLM inAlaska. Again in 2001, one of the major ben-eficiaries of volunteer time and talent was theCampbell Creek Science Center in Anchorage.Hosted workers helped to lead family-friendlyoutdoor science workshops, conduct sciencelectures, and direct a volunteer naturalisttraining program as well as a disability

You’re never too young to volunteer! Volunteers ofall ages came out to survey the butterfly populationof the Anchorage area. The Fourth of July ButterflyCount is the only such count of its kind in Alaska.


National Recreation Area and the SteeseNational Conservation Area. The projectsranged from inventorying the Arcticgrayling fishery population to conductingsurveys of historic cabin sites, collectingfire history data, hardening ATV trails, andpioneering new hiking trail routes.

A group of eight volunteers from theAmerican Hiking Society performed trailmaintenance on the Pinnell MountainNational Recreation Trail. The volunteerscleared the dirt-rock tread of major obstaclesalong the 27-mile trail; maintained existingcairns and installed additional cairns;installed and relocated mile-posts as needed;constructed new tread in areas whereresources were damaged; delineated the trailand closed spurs and multiple tread areas;and performed maintenance on the twoshelter cabins.

Volunteers from the Student ConservationAssociation focused on fisheries in several

Alaska rivers during the summer of 2001.Projects included collecting hydrological andclimatological data as well as biological data onadult and juvenile fish. During extendedstays at remote camps, these volunteers alsoparticipated in trail construction andmaintenance.

Several dedicated volunteers helped BLMmeet and greet the public at campgroundsand visitor centers across Alaska. VolunteersBob and Thelma Bowers returned for their10th year to staff the Yukon Crossing VisitorContact Station, where they met with morethan 5,000 visitors, providing road andrecreation information and helping visitorsunderstand and appreciate Arctic Alaska andthe public lands. At the Marion CreekCampground and Coldfoot InteragencyVisitor Center, volunteer Chris Suiter pro-vided information to campers, monitored fee payment compliance, and ensured a clean,safe campground.

ALASKA PARTNERSAir and Waste Management SocietyAK Dept. of Fish and GameAK Dept. of Natural ResourcesAK Native Plant SocietyAK Natural History AssociationAlaska Museum of Natural HistoryAlaska Natural Heritage Program, UAAAnchorage Audubon SocietyAnchorage School DistrictAnchorage Waterways CouncilBird Treatment and Learning Center

Boy Scouts of AmericaBritish School of Exploring Society (BSES)Campfire CouncilChallenge AlaskaDepartment of Environmental ConservationEagle Historical Society and MuseumsEagle River Nature CenterEnvironmental Protection AgencyESRI, UAALand Design NorthMinerals Management Service

National Marine Fisheries ServiceNational Park ServiceNational Wildlife FederationNatural Resources Conservation ServiceStudent Conservation Association (SCA)Trailside DiscoveryU.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceU.S. Forest ServiceUAF Cooperative ExtensionUniversity of Alaska, AnchorageUSGS Biological Resources Division




$58,947$2,349,014

$0$223,272

$58,947$2,125,742

Arizona

66,15914,6421,309

401,1324,663

10,727120

2,16317,179

14,311

12,128---

930-

824---

29

78,28714,6421,309

402,0624,66311,551

1202,16317,179

14,340

Total 132,445 13,911 146,356


Hosted WorkerHours

TotalHours

ArizonaArizona volunteers contributed their timeand talent to many program areas in 2001.And some of them have been doing so for along time. Tom Taylor, for instance, hasserved as a volunteer and an advocate for theWild Horse and Burro (WH&B) Programfor more than 12 years. Tom and his sonMarty assist the BLM State Office throughtheir travels around the Mesa, Arizona, com-munity to promote the WH&B program,visiting schools, associations, fairs, events,and communities with their mascot burro,Hualapai.

In 2001, the Lake Havasu FisheriesImprovement Partnership Program was inits 7th year of a 10-year implementationschedule. The majority of volunteer timecontributed was for artificial reef construc-tion and installation. Volunteers worked fromfour different shoreline locations along 30miles of Lake Havasu in California andArizona. Volunteers also played a significantrole in developing a fifth fisheries operationscamp, Partners Point. There, U.S. Marinesfrom the Yuma Air Station worked for 2months to construct a secure fence line,shade structures, and a 1,000-square-footoffice space dubbed “Volunteer Hall,” whichis intended as the primary operations site forthe program.

Many other recreation programs and sitesalso benefitted from the work of volunteersin 2001. Volunteers working with the TucsonField Office rafted down the Gila River

north of Winkleman, Arizona, cleaning uprecreation sites along the way. In the PhoenixField Office, two volunteers donated 160 hourspicking up trash in the Agua Fria NationalMonument. Other Phoenix area volunteersassisted with recreation permits and greetingthe public. And in the Arizona Strip, volun-teers donated time and effort to clearing andbuilding regional bike trails.

Volunteers working with the Safford FieldOffice monitored the Gila chub in BonitaCreek to determine how the population isdoing. At selected habitats along the lower14 miles of the creek, fish were collected,examined, counted, recorded, and returnedto the creek. Data collected will help fieldmanagers determine the status of this rarenative fish.


Also in the Safford Field Office, volunteerswith the South West Paleontological Societyand the Arizona Site Stewards Programworked on conservation of historic andarchaeological sites. Group membersinspected sites, recorded their condition,and reported evidence of looting, vandalism,or other damage as part of this ongoingprogram.

More than 100 volunteers assisted the YumaField Office in the management of the LongTerm Visitor Area Program. This volunteer

To promote BLM’s Wild Horse and Burro Program,volunteer Tom Taylor and his son Marty venturedinto the wilderness of Arizona with Hualapai,Taylor’s adopted burro, and the family dog Tazz.

effort involved issuing over 8,000 permits tothe public, providing public information,collecting and processing thousands of dol-lars in fees, and cleaning and maintainingthe public facilities.

The Friends of the San Pedro River, a TucsonField Office partner, operates the informationcenter along the San Pedro River that is opento the public 364 days a year. They providedapproximately 30 docent hikes and walks forvisitors in 2001. Volunteers at the ArizonaStrip Field Office also helped with lecturesand field trips in their area.

The BLM volunteer group, Amigos del Rio,from the Yuma Field Office, organized the11th Annual Reverse River Run in October2000. This 2-day cleanup of the ColoradoRiver shoreline between Yuma, Arizona, andBlythe, California, included contests for themost trash collected, the largest single itemcollected, and the strangest trash collected.More than 100 volunteers topped off theevent with a barbecue and prizes.

ARIZONA PARTNERSAmigos del Rio

Arizona Site Steward Program, Arizona State

Historic Preservation Office

Arizona State University, Recreation and

Tourism Management Department

Boy Scouts of America (various troops)

Bullhead Four Wheelers

California Fish and Game Department

Chandelle Ski and Travel River

Outfitter Guides

City of Yuma, Arizona

Desert Anglers

Empire Ranch Foundation

Lake Havasu Fisheries Improvement

Partnership

Mohave County Trails Association

Mohave County Arizona Juvenile

Program: SHOCK

Partners A Float, Safford, AZ

Phoenix 4 Wheelers OHV Club

South West Paleontological Society

The Friends of San Pedro River

Town of Winkleman, Arizona,

Staff Members

U.S. Marine Corps, Yuma Air Station

Walapai Four Wheelers

Yuma, Arizona, Bassmasters

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CaliforniaThe year 2001 saw California volunteersworking in many areas, such as improvingtrails for bikers and off-highway vehicleusers. The Monterey Bay Bicycle EquestrianTrail Assistance Group (BETA), forinstance, patrolled the trails of Fort Ord,providing visitor assistance and light trailmaintenance. BETA members contributednearly 2,000 hours of time.

Volunteers also worked to help protectwatersheds by attacking weeds. TheCalifornia State University Monterey Bay’s“Watershed Institute” contributed personneland plants for the “Return of the Natives”program to help restore about 8 acres ofdegraded BLM land at Fort Ord. Volunteersparticipated in planting seedlings, growingnursery stock, and organizing events.



$0$2,462,904

$0$173,468

$0$2,289,436

California

69,27535,830

652-

1373,864

16,620-

1956,995

9,076

10,808---------

-

80,08335,830

652-

1373,864

16,620-

1956,995

9,076

Total 142,644 10,808 153,452


Hosted WorkerHours

TotalHours

Volunteers from the Sierra Club, the Desert Protective Council, the Border Patrol, and the BoyScouts helped to clean up and rehabilitate part of the Jacumba Wilderness boundary near Ocotillo,California. The El Centro Field Office relies on many such partner groups to help manage publicland resources in the area.

Student interns also helped eradicate weedson BLM lands and organized volunteer weederadication events.


cleaner place. The annual event is organizedby desert racer, Bill Markel, and is supportedby many of the vendors in the off-roadindustry.

For 2001, the BLM Barstow Field OfficeNational Public Lands Day event was heldin the Calico Mountains. In addition to 30soldiers from Fort Irwin, approximately 175volunteers from all over southern Californiagathered with shovels, rakes, and trash bagsto help improve the public lands in the CalicoMountains. They collected over 2 tons oftrash, identified over 6 miles of off-highwayvehicle trails, completed one-quarter mile ofpost-and-cable parking area delineation,poured two slabs for future informationkiosk sites, and placed over 700 feet of pipeand t-post fences to deter future inappropriate,off-highway vehicle use in these sceniccanyons.

On March 24, 2001, over 225 off-road racers,families, and friends of BLM Park RangerJack Waldron showed up to help in theInaugural Jack Waldron Memorial Cleanup.They were successful in collecting over 86tons of trash and four abandoned car bodies,leaving the Barstow OHV area a much

Why clean your room when you can help clean thedunes? Youngsters and their parents participated inthe annual cleanup of the Imperial Sand DunesRecreation Area near Glamis, California.

CALIFORNIA PARTNERSAmerican Hiking Society

American Honda Motor Co.

Apple Valley, Victorville, Granite Hills, and

Barstow's Central High Schools

Boy Scouts of America (various troops)

California Off-Road Vehicle Association

(CORVA)

California State University Monterey Bay

Watershed Institute

City of Barstow

Coalition of Off-Road Desert Racers (CORDR)

Desert Chapter of the Sierra Club

Desert Tortoise Preservation Committee

Ducks Unlimited

Friends of El Mirage

Friends of Great Falls Basin

Friends of Jawbone

Home Depot's "Team Depot"

volunteer program

Monterey Bay Bicycle Equestrian Trail

Assistance Group (BETA)

Needles High School

Pacific Crest Trail Association

Public Lands Foundation

Southern California Timing Association

Student Conservation Corps

The Nature Conservancy

US Army National Training Center and

Ft. Irwin


ColoradoPartnerships among BLM, other land man-agement agencies, the scientific community,and members of the public have been criticalto the management of resources in Coloradofor many years. Once again in 2001, theGarden Park Paleontology Society (GPPS)in Cañon City demonstrated the value ofsuch partnerships. More than 40 GPPS volunteers dedicated over 10,000 hours in2001 in the areas of research and education todirectly support BLM’s goals of managingfossil resources. Dedicated and knowledge-able volunteers from this group completed amajor portion of the preparation on a signifi-cant Stegosaurus fossil specimen. They alsoworked with representatives from the BLMNational Science and Technology Center toproduce a photographic and laser scan dataset for the Skyline Dinosaur Trackway. Thisstate-of-the-art data can be used in publicprogramming about the track site and canalso be shared with scientists around theworld. Preliminary images from the projectwere presented at the 61st Annual Meeting ofthe Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.

In the field of education, GPPS volunteershosted over 75 school group presentations atthe Dinosaur Depot and the Garden ParkFossil Area and other outreach programs atsuch locations as the Florissant Fossil Beds,Fort Carson, the Pueblo Zoo, as well ascampgrounds and fairs in the area. Groupmembers also worked with BLM staff onadditional signage in the fossil area.

National Trails Day in June saw 29 volun-teers from the Rocky Mountain BackCountry Horsemen (RMBCH) and thePueblo West Horsemen’s Association joiningforces to help rebuild and repair the historicWilson Crossing pack trail. This is the onlytrail into the Cuchara Valley. Approximatelyone-quarter mile of trail was rebuilt com-plete with five switchbacks. The volunteersalso installed two gates to help monitor off-highway vehicle usage. In addition, membersof the RMBCH continued to promote wiseuse of back country resources by horsemenand “Leave No Trace” ethics to the public.

Friends of Fourmile, a group of about 50people, assisted in development of a CitizensAlternative for the Fourmile Travel



$83,204$2,728,003

$0$1,207,859

$83,204$1,520,144

Colorado

31,1015,3084,022

458609

2,32726,7611,2608,4177,417

7,033

6575,564

68,640-----

395-

-

31,75810,87272,662

458609

2,32726,7611,2608,8127,417

7,033

Total 94,713 75,256 169,969


Hosted WorkerHours

TotalHours


ATV Quad Dusters, one of Colorado’sactive volunteer groups, participated in manyvolunteer projects during the reportingperiod, including National Trails Day,National Public Lands Day, and numerous

local projects. The club’s mis-sion is to improve the publicimage of off-road vehiclesthrough promoting “TreadLightly” ethics and responsibletrail riding. Over the past 7years, during their rides as wellas through scheduled events,the Quad Dusters have cleanedup more than 400 miles ofcounty roads and many acres ofpublic land, which has resultedin the removal of an estimated75,000 pounds (37.5 tons) oftrash!

COLORADO PARTNERSColorado Department of Natural Resources

Colorado Fourteeners Initiative

Colorado Land Cruisers Club

Colorado Motorized Trail Riders Association

Colorado OHV Coalition

Colorado Plateau Mountain Bike Association

Colorado Rockhoppers

Colorado Wild Horse and Burro Coalition

Colorado Wild Horse Inmate Program

Crow Canyon Archaeological Center

Delta Correctional Facility

Four Corners Back-Country Horsemen

Friends of the Mustangs

Garden Park Paleontology Society

Greater Arkansas River Nature Association

Los Caminos Aniquos Scenic and

Historic Byway

McElmo Research Institute and

The Kelly Place

National Railway Historical Society,

Rio Grande Chapter

Public Lands Interpretive Association

Quad Dusters ATV Association

Rocky Mountain Field Institute

Rocky Mountain Trails Association

San Juan Mountain Association

San Luis Valley Archaeological Network

Sierra Club

Southwest Colorado Cultural Site

Stewardship Program

Superior 4x4s

Telluride Institute

Top of the Trail Volunteers

Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado

Kremmling area volunteers created a trail from the PumphouseRecreation Site, east along the Colorado River towards Gore Canyon.

Management Plan in 2001. They inventoriedroads and trails and met as a planning teamto make recommendations. They also spon-sored a clean-up day in the Fourmile area inconjunction with National Public Lands Day.


Denver CentersA retired BLM soil scientist contributed 800hours to the California Desert Predictive SoilModeling Project. Al Amen served on theteam developing protocols for the applicationof remote sensing and geographic informationsystems to soil inventory in the CaliforniaDesert District. This 2-year project was initi-ated in cooperation with BLM’s CaliforniaDesert District, the University of California,and the Natural Resources ConservationService. This pilot effort will develop andrefine the use of remote sensing data and GIStechniques and spatial statistics analysis topredict the occurrence of soils across a land-scape. The effort will also develop protocolsfor the use of remote sensing data in progres-sive soil surveys and soil survey updates, anddevelop technology transfer tools to ensureexpanded use of this technology.

Eastern StatesIn 2001, volunteers came out in force toassist Eastern States in finding good homesfor wild horses and burros. Contributingthousands of hours of service, some 1,000volunteers were critical to the success of theEastern States Adoption Program. Thesemen and women promoted adoption events,put on education seminars, hung flyers,talked to the media and potential adopters,helped with paperwork, monitored traffic,and more.

In fact, two such individuals receivedBLM’s National Volunteer Award this yearfor their dedication to the AdoptionProgram. Ron and Carol Pownall from



$10,000$260,764

$0$0

$10,000$260,764

Eastern States

538360

12,968235

--

100-

2001,846

-

----------

-

538360

12,968235

--

100-

2001,846

-

Total 16,247 - 16,247


Hosted WorkerHours

TotalHours



$0$12,840

$0$0

$0$12,840

Denver Centers

----------

800

----------

-

----------

800

Total 800 - 800


Hosted WorkerHours

TotalHours


Vicksburg, Mississippi, in addition to beinggreat volunteers, were featured on AnimalPlanet’s, “A Pet Story.” The 30-minuteepisode began airing nationally in April andcontinues as a rerun once or twice permonth. It has been a very popular show anda tremendous promotional tool for theBLM’s Adoption Program.

Young people were the focus of manyvolunteer activities in Eastern States in 2001.The Jackson Field Office, for instance,

“reeled” in over 100 young fishermen andwomen to participate in Pathways to Fishing.At several different stations, the youthslearned how to tie knots, cast, and reel in thebig catch. Local Girl Scouts were even ableto earn the new “Pathways” badge for com-pleting the event. Once they learned thebasics, participants got to test their knowledgeand spent some time doing some “reeling”in of their own. This event would not havebeen such a success without the assistanceof many volunteers who came from localpartners, including the Jackson Bass Club,the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science,and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife,Fisheries, and Parks.

National Public Lands Day for the JacksonField Office was a busy day. Events wereheld in Rapides Parish, Louisiana; ChiltonCounty, Alabama; and Jupiter, Florida.Overall, more than 120 local volunteers par-ticipated in these events. The largest eventwas held at the Jupiter Inlet Natural Area,where volunteers contributed over 300 hours.Completed projects included potting man-grove seeds, removing truckloads of exoticplants, general tract cleanup, and monitoringof gopher tortoise burrows. Once the bulk ofthe work was completed, juniors and seniorsfrom the Jupiter Environmental Researchand Field Studies Academy met with visitingregional BLM managers to discuss federalcareer and internship opportunities.

In Milwaukee, the America’s Outdoors Officeentered into a Memorandum of Understandingwith the Betty Brinn Children’s Museum

Take me to the river....Paddles ready and life vestson, campers at the Crow’s Neck EnvironmentalEducation Camp in north Mississippi learned canoeingdo’s and don’ts from one of the camp’s volunteerstaffers.


(BBCM) in the city. The agreement estab-lished the general framework of cooperationfor the two partners to work on issues ofcommon interest in the area of environmentaleducation.

The Milwaukee Field Office also continuedto implement the Lake Vermilion PublicIslands Coordinated Resource ManagementPlan. Partnerships with local residents of theLake Vermilion area, the MinnesotaDepartment of Natural Resources, and theSoudan Underground Mine State Park arecritical to the success of the plan. While BLMprovided funding for monitoring publicislands at the east end of Lake Vermilion,volunteers from the Raps Road and ElbowLake Associations monitored public islandsin the western portion of the lake.

EASTERN STATES PARTNERSBetty Brinn Children’s Museum

Cabelas

Central Louisiana Pride

Coleman

Fishing Has No Boundaries

Florida A&M University

Free Spirit Mustang & Burro Club

Gerber Knives

Heart of Florida Girl Scout Council

Humane Society

Jackson Bass Club

Jackson State University

Kentucky Horse Park

Louisiana Department of Fisheries

and Wildlife

Mason Neck Civic Association

Milwaukee River Basin Partnership

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Mississippi Science Olympiad

Mississippi Department of Wildlife,

Fisheries, and Parks

MPI Outdoors

Mustang Pride

National Park Service-Midwest Region

Natural Resources Conservation Service

New York City Police Department,

Mounted Police

Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority

Palm Beach County (FL) Department of

Environmental Resources Management

Piney Woods Country Life School


Realtree

REI

Salvation Army

Soudan Underground Mine State Park

Southern State Livestock &

Rural Enforcement Association


Town of Jupiter, Florida

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

U.S. Forest Service Region 9

University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse’s

Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center

Village of Tequesta, Florida

A quick learner! Morethan 100 youngsterstook part in Pathwaysto Fishing, an eventheld by the Jackson,Mississippi, FieldOffice. After workingtheir way throughseveral stations wherethey learned the finearts of knot tying,casting, and reeling,young anglers puttheir knowledge tothe test.


IdahoHistory buffs, bird lovers, and Boy Scoutsmade up just a small fraction of the manyvolunteers who contributed to the BLM inIdaho in 2001. Jim and Patti McGill conduct-ed historical research related to the StoddardCabin and the Champagne Creek StagecoachStation. Jim and Patti discovered ChampagneStation’s remains and spent over 400 hoursresearching and writing its history. Jimused his own funds to publish Champagne

Station’s history and the stories of the peopleassociated with the station.

Approximately 80 hours of volunteer timewere donated to the BLM’s ninth annualEagle Watch Week held between Christmasand New Years Day. Some 2,000 people vis-ited the two Eagle Watch displays BLM hadset up at Lake Coeur d’Alene. Volunteerswere responsible for answering questions,spotting eagles in the spotting scopes, andhanding out brochures.

Boy Scouts were also busy in Idaho in 2001.Troop 105 rehabilitated 1.5 miles of CloverCreek associated with the 2001 Doe Flat firein the southern part of the state. The GamlinLake Special Management Area was thebeneficiary of approximately 300 hours ofvolunteer labor, much of it completed byseveral Boy Scouts working on Eagle Scout

Idaho volunteers had their work cut out forthem as they rehabilitated 1.5 miles of CloverCreek that had burned in the Doe Flat fire.



$34,813$277,569

$0$25,680

$34,813$251,889

Idaho

11,9861,829

-2544048

46316

-390

668

1,600---------

-

13,5861,829

-2544048

46316

-390

668

Total 15,694 1,600 17,294


Hosted WorkerHours

TotalHours


projects. The Boy Scouts, with the help ofparents, constructed two bridges on thenature trail and installed benches as well.National Public Lands Day was also held atthe Gamlin Lake Special Management Area.Approximately 15 people spent the day buildingnature trails and planting trees and shrubs.

The Burley Field Office hosted a NationalPublic Lands Day event at the MilnerHistoric/Recreation Area in September. Theevent consisted of cleaning up a dump sitethat was partially on public land and partiallyon private land. Eight trucks–ranging from

pickups to 5-ton trucks–were used to hauloff appliances, fencing material, furniture,and other garbage that had accumulated atthis site over the years.

National Public Lands Day at the SnakeRiver Birds of Prey National ConservationArea included two projects: construction andmaintenance of trails and construction of aretaining wall adjacent to an outdoor envi-ronmental education center at DedicationPoint; and trail construction and maintenancewithin an area closed to motorized vehiclesalong the Snake River.



$32,678$518,977

$0$883

$32,678$518,094

Montana/Dakotas

22,818804

20-

1,210-

6,11984

81124

390

--------

55-

-

22,818804

20-

1,210-

6,11984

86624

390

Total 32,280 55 32,335


Hosted WorkerHours

TotalHours

IDAHO PARTNERSBoise State University

Boy Scouts of America (Boise, Twin Falls,

and Coeur d'Alene)

Brigham Young University - Idaho

Ducks Unlimited

Nampa Juvenile Corrections Center

Snake River Raptor Volunteers


Trout Unlimited

Montana/DakotasVolunteers in Montana and the Dakotas havea wide variety of interests–from wild horsesto wildlife to weeds and more. Over the last3 years, two “Citizens Watch” groups haveproven their worth for the Billings FieldOffice. The Pryor Mountain Citizens WatchGroup conducted patrols on the PryorMountain Wild Horse Range, greeting pub-lic land users and monitoring public land use.Their efforts supported the wild horses andserved the public as well. The Public LandsCitizens Watch Group provided a watchfuleye on BLM land within a 30-mile radius ofthe Billings metropolitan area. Groupmembers reported violations of public land


laws, kept the area free of litter, and gavehelpful information to public land users.

Volunteers from the Foundation for NorthAmerican Wild Sheep contributed 12-hourdays to install a pit liner on a wildlife/wildhorse catchment in the Pryor Mountains.This accomplishment ensures a reliable watersource for the wild sheep at the top of thisrugged mountain range. Not only did theFoundation volunteers contribute their hardlabor, but they also furnished their ownvehicles, gas, and food during this project.

Partner groups and individual volunteershave been enlisted by the Dillon FieldOffice to help with control and containmentof noxious weeds in the Bear Trap CanyonWilderness Area. With the support of theYellowstone Raft Company (YRC) and

Kids Fishing Day in Miles City, Montana, found manyeager anglers lining up to learn the fine points aboutfishing. Many partners played a big role in making theevent a success, providing everything from instructorsto prizes.

hard-working volunteer crews, BLM wasable to dedicate six river patrols to weed control. YRC provided a raft, boatmen, andexpertise to safely transport volunteer hand-pulling crews and spray crews down theClass IV stretch of river. Other projectsinvolving noxious weed control took placethroughout the state. For instance, a group of29 senior citizens with the Retired and SeniorVolunteer Program (RSVP) conducted aneducational campaign against noxious weedsin the Great Falls area. And a weed-pullingproject in the historical Virginia City areainvolved volunteers from the Virginia CitySnowmobile group, the U.S. Forest ServiceMadison Ranger District, and the MadisonCounty Weed Board.

In 2001, a group Volunteer Agreement wassigned between the BLM Dillon FieldOffice and the Montana Youth Challenge, aprogram geared toward juveniles at risk

Reeling in a big fish is a serious proposition, as eventhe youngest anglers know. The Miles City, Montana,Field Office held its 10th annual Fishing Week event in2001, with help from many sponsors and communitypartners.


(ages 16-20). The group’s first projectinvolved the replacement of a cedar shakeroof on the historic Ney Ranch log houselocated on a BLM 2,300-acre acquisitionalong the Beaverhead River. Each volunteer,including eight students and one supervisor,worked 40 hours during the week-longproject, which resulted in a top-notch, A-1roofing job.

Five National Public Lands Day (NPLD)events were also held in 2001. One of theNPLD projects offered a tribute to ahistorical event relating to the CivilianConservation Corps (CCC) Camps of the1930s era. Camp Fechner, a 15-acre site nowunder BLM management, hosted approxi-mately 15 of the 1930s CCC alumni in a dayfilled with ambitious volunteer efforts toclear the area of brush and begin restorationof the original camp. The volunteers alsoerected a replica of the original CampFechner location sign. The day was verysuccessful from the standpoint of workaccomplished and memories relived.

The original CCC movement underPresident Roosevelt recruited approximately2 million Americans from 1933 to 1942 toconserve natural resources across the nation.The recruits, mostly young men between theages of 17-21, planted more than 3 billiontrees, surveyed and mapped lands, dug wells,built dams, and completed soil erosioncontrol projects. The CCCers were paidapproximately $30 a month for their efforts.

MONTANA/DAKOTAS PARTNERSAudubon Society

Cascade County RSVP

Dow AgroScience Corporation

Foundation for North American Wild Sheep

International Federation of Fly Fishers

Madison County Weed Board

Montana Youth Challenge Group

Sierra Club/Native Forest Network


Turner Youth Development Initiative

Virginia City Snowmobile Association

World Wildlife Fund

Yellowstone Raft Company

Many BLM volunteers love the wide-open spaces ofthe West. Just ask the Moores, campground hosts atRed Mountain campground near Dillon, Montana.


National FireCenterLoyal volunteers once again contributedtheir time and talent to the Office of Fire andAviation in 2001. John Kalisek, for instance,spent 1,650 hours in the Finance Sectionwhere he was responsible for processingemergency firefighter payrolls for 78 officesthroughout the United States.

In addition, volunteers spent 122 hours onmaintenance of the wildland firefighter mon-ument site, and several volunteers assistedwith fire prevention education at the BoiseRiver Festival.

National TrainingCenterNational Public Lands Day brought outmore than 70 volunteers to participate in anNTC-sponsored cleanup at Badger Springs.One of the gateways to the new Agua FriaNational Monument, this site is locatedadjacent to Interstate Highway 17, about40 miles north of Phoenix.

During the event, Phoenix Field Office vol-unteer Bruce Olson, a wild horse adopter,gave an educational presentation on the WildHorse and Burro Program, including bring-ing out his horse for viewing and rides. Andanother Phoenix Field Office volunteer, Dr.Connie Stone, provided information on the



$0$30,688

$0$1,605

$0$29,083

National Fire Center

-22

------

1,70090

-

-100

--------

-

-122

------

1,70090

-

Total 1,812 100 1,912


Hosted WorkerHours

TotalHours



$0$68,902

$0$56,640

$0$12,262

National Training Center

16------

100--

648

---------

3,529

-

16------

100-

3,529

648

Total 764 3,529 4,293


Hosted WorkerHours

TotalHours


historical Indian artifacts that can be foundin the Badger Springs/Agua Fria NationalMonument area.

Another hard-working volunteer at theTraining Center was an instructor for the

During the summer of 2001, StudentConservation Association interns assisted ruralhomeowners in developing techniques forprotecting their homes from wildland fires.Seven interns completed over 350 individualhome assessments.

NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER PARTNERSBoy Scouts of America

Bureau of Reclamation

Peoria High School - ROTC program

U.S. Forest Service (San Bernardino NF)

Land Tenure course, who prepared thetraining material, helped students in casestudies, and assisted in the design and cadremeetings.



$66,590$2,617,322

$15,000$890,310

$51,590$1,727,012

Nevada

41,27111,8315,857

792,0441,271

17,58176

13,4022,056

12,134

20,7202,240

560--

5601,4001,926

18,3485,288

4,429

61,99114,0716,417

792,0441,831

18,9812,00231,7507,344

16,563

Total 107,602 55,471 163,073


Hosted WorkerHours

TotalHours

NevadaFriends groups and other partner organiza-tions continued to play a major role inNevada in 2001.

With over one million visitors each year,Red Rock Canyon National ConservationArea (NCA), located just outside of LasVegas, is one of the top visitor sites inNevada. Much of this is made possible by the

“Friends of Red Rock,” a 500-member vol-unteer group that donated over 14,000 hoursin 2001. They ran the Red Rock Visitor’sCenter, developed school science kits andenvironmental programs for children at thecenter, and awarded scholarships to schoolsfor buses to bring at-risk school children tothe NCA. In 2001, the Friends of Red Rockdonated over $100,000 for projects such as


On National Public Lands Day 2001, BLM and two partner groups—the Friends of Red RockCanyon and the Red Rock Canyon Interpretive Association—dedicated a memorial to the victims ofSeptember 11. The 300-pound memorial stones are made of metaquartzite, which was excavatedfrom a quarry near Goodsprings, NV.

new interpretive signs for the DesertTortoise habitat. They also helped plan,fund, and install the Lost Creek Children’sDiscovery Trail Rehabilitation Project. TheFriends of Red Rock have been so successfulthat they are serving as a model for otherfriends groups in Nevada and elsewhere.

The Carson City Field Office and theStudent Conservation Association (SCA)established the Nevada Fire Education Corpsin 2001 for service to communities along theSierra Front. The primary mission was toassist local fire departments in implementingfire education programs to help citizensdevelop “defensible space” around theirhomes, especially in areas where privateproperty borders public lands. A volunteer

team of seven SCA interns served during thesummer of 2001, working closely with thefire staffs of BLM and Douglas and StoreyCounties and completing over 350 individualhome assessments. The group receivedextensive media exposure, including articlesin the Los Angeles Times, Outdoor On-Linemagazine, Reno Gazette-Journal, NevadaAppeal, The Record-Courier, ComstockChronicle, and all three Reno TV affiliates.

“Living with Wild Horses” is a programdesigned to help BLM manage wild horsesthat drift out of the Pine Nut Mountain HerdManagement Area (HMA) onto private landsin Carson City and Douglas Counties. TheBLM, Carson City Field Office, and the PineNut Wild Horse Posse, a private group of


local volunteers, started the program in 2001.Considerable progress was made in the FishSprings area of Douglas County in herdingwild horses out of the urban interface area,which helped protect private property anddelayed costly BLM horse gathers. The Posseconducted workshops for local residents andexplored ways to involve interested citizensin the management of wild horses in the PineNut HMA.

Two cultural resource field schools wereheld by the Elko Field Office. TheUniversity of Nevada, Reno, in cooperationwith the Desert Research Institute and withGreat Basin College, Elko, held the schools,which contributed 4,800 hours of volunteerresearch work.

National Public Lands Day (NPLD) fea-tured a special event at Red Rock CanyonNCA: the dedication of memorial stonesencircling the Desert Tortoise enclosure tohonor victims of the September 11 terroristattacks. The Friends of Red Rock CanyonNCA, the Red Rock Canyon InterpretiveAssociation, and the BLM split the costs ofinstalling the memorial stones.

Nevada held several other NPLD events aswell. The Carson City Field Office, theNatural Resources Conservation Service,and the Carson City Kiwanis Club jointlyran the Carson River Cleanup at BLM’sSilver Saddle Ranch in Carson City. Twohundred twenty-five volunteers spent a totalof 815 hours cleaning up the river, plantingand wrapping trees, painting, and picking uplitter. In addition, the Carson City Kiwanisdonated 1,200 willow trees and $1,500 inboulders to be placed as riparian protection.At the Ely Field Office, local citizens, busi-nesses, and state and federal agencies joinedforces at the Nevada Northern RailwayStation and the White Pine County Museumto construct a picnic area, restore an oldfreight barn, and replace the walkway for theold Cherry Creek Depot. Local schools wereinvolved well in advance of the September 29activity day. More than 200 students submittedposters with the theme “Depot to Depot,” topromote the Ely area projects. In the firstpublic lands day event for the Tonopah FieldStation, BLM and 18 Beatty residents joinedtogether to remove tamarisk from theAmargosa River corridor to improve habitatfor the Amargosa toad.

NEVADA PARTNERSCarson City Kiwanis Club

Friends of Black Rock

Friends of Red Rock Canyon NCA

Friends of Silver Saddle Ranch

Mount Wheeler Power

National Wild Horse Association

Natural Resources Conservation Service

Nevada Division of Wildlife

Pine Nut Wild Horse Posse

Red Rock Canyon Interpretive Association

Student Conservation Association (SCA)

The Oregon-California Trails Association-

California Chapter

U.S. Forest Service, Humboldt/

Toiyabe National Forest

(Austin and Tonopah Ranger Districts)




$75,703$1,339,999

$0$78,950

$75,703$1,261,049

New Mexico

48,0812,170

466606

4,2404,037

11,0251,1582,706

808

3,273

3,259-----

1,500---

160

51,3402,170

466606

4,2404,037

12,5251,1582,706

808

3,433

Total 78,570 4,919 83,489


Hosted WorkerHours

TotalHours

As they have for many years, New Mexico caverscontributed hours and expertise to the BLM in2001, discovering new caves, mapping others, andperforming countless other important tasks. TheSouthwest Region of the National SpeleologicalSociety, a few of whose members are seen above,was honored for its efforts at the “Making aDifference” Awards ceremony for 2001.

New MexicoMany program areas benefitted from thework of volunteers in 2001, enabling BLM tobetter manage New Mexico’s public landsresources. Ten members of the TaosArchaeological Society participated in a 2-day project recording an Archaic Periodcampsite near Tres Piedras. Volunteershelped BLM archaeologists locate artifactsassociated with Archaic hunters and gatherersdating back over 7,000 years. In the process,volunteers learned how to describe andanalyze lithic (stone) artifacts, and BLM wasable to record a very important and complexprehistoric archaeological site.

In the Roswell Field Office area, biologicalresources were the beneficiary as ConservationGood Turn took place at Fort Stanton inMarch. Nearly 300 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts,and leaders from the Conquistador Council

removed noxious weeds, built soil erosionstructures, planted trees, cleaned up anapple orchard, and stacked wood. On twoother occasions, 50 Girl Scouts accomplishedthe same work.

At-risk juveniles from Camp Sierra Blanca,Fort Stanton, worked with the BLM FireProgram in fuels reduction to improve theecological condition of Fort Stanton Area ofCritical Environmental Concern (ACEC)and other public lands in Lincoln County.Participants received training in conservationtechniques and work ethics.

In the Roswell Field Office, individualcavers and partner organizations, such asthe Southwest Region of the NationalSpeleological Society and the Cave ResearchFoundation, have been consistent and reliable volunteers for over 25 years. Their


involvement with cave management projectsand resource protection has enabled BLM tokeep up with the demands of managing thecave program. These cavers have discoveredand surveyed over 200 caves on the publiclands in east-central and southeast NewMexico. The locating, cataloging, and inven-torying of these caves has been a tremendoushelp to the BLM and its resource management

programs. Much of this work has been con-ducted in areas of developing oil and gas fields,which has allowed BLM to identify specificareas for the inclusion of special protectivemeasures for drilling in cave and karst terrains.

In 2001, as in previous years, the cavers alsohelped BLM educate public lands visitors onthe importance of caves. This group wasparticularly active in resource managementactivities such as cave mapping and inventory,photo monitoring, gate building andinstallation, recreational trail developmentand monitoring, special recreation permitmonitoring, GPS mapping of cave locations,potential impact analysis, and visitor usedata collection.

Volunteer John J. Corcoran III exemplifiesthe dedication of the cave workforce. Since1965, he has worked on the documentationof Fort Stanton Cave National NaturalLandmark, managed by the Roswell FieldOffice. Over 50 percent of what we knowabout this cave is the result of John’s work,which also led in late 2001 to the discovery ofa brand new cave passage called SnowyRiver, named for a long, beautiful whitecalcite formation on the passage floor. John’sreports to BLM are detailed and highly pro-fessional and reflect his dedication to thepreservation and understanding of the FortStanton Cave National Natural Landmark.

In observance of National Public Lands Day, theSocorro, New Mexico, Field Office sponsored acleanup of the Teypama Pueblo Ruin. The ruin islisted on the National Register of Historic Places.

NEW MEXICO PARTNERSBoy Scouts and Girl Scouts

Cave Research Foundation

Retired Senior Volunteer Program

Southwest Region, National Speleological

Society

Taos Archaeological Society

National Public Lands Day volunteers in the Eugene(OR) District worked to construct a footbridge at theMcGowan Creek Environmental Education Area,northeast of Springfield.




$222,849$3,067,300

$20,971$536,696

$201,878$2,530,604

Oregon/Washington

93,69937,949

854-

2,7634,8341,194

2442,025

13,396

712

16,3156,520

---

1,800--

4,2804,524

-

110,01444,469

854-

2,7636,6341,194

2446,30517,920

712

Total 157,670 33,439 191,109


Hosted WorkerHours

TotalHours

Oregon/WashingtonGroups of all sizes, partner organizations,and other volunteers contributed thousandsof hours to BLM in Oregon in 2001. As inprevious years, volunteers played a majorrole in many different program areas. TheUmpqua Training and Employment Programand Experience International provided hostedworkers to the Roseburg District for thewildlife, fisheries, and hydrology programs.In the Eugene District, six members of the

Student Conservation Association (SCA)volunteered with the fisheries program, andseveral long-term volunteers assisted in thehydrology, wetlands, and wildlife programs.Several large projects were undertaken bygroups such as the Boy Scouts and GirlScouts, off-highway vehicle clubs, andstudents from the Churchill High School–Rachel Carson Center.

Young people also made valuable contribu-tions in the Medford District. The Grants PassResource Area (GPRA) had six volunteersfrom Southern Oregon University (SOU)working as part of a one-credit practicumclass in geology. SOU students found summeremployment in the GPRA as a stream surveycrew for 3-1/2 months, allowing the BLM toget some necessary training completed whilethe student volunteers earned upper divisioncredit and gained field skills. Combining


River Ranch. Caretakers Gordon and MiriamStanley volunteered 7 days a week, 24 hoursa day from the beginning of May to the endof October. Because the Ranch is located inan isolated area, Gordon and Miriam learnedemergency first aid. They also learned tooperate a complex communications systemand a uniquely designed electrical system. Aswith many campground hosts who servedthroughout Oregon in 2001, the Stanleysalso performed routine maintenance dutiesand served as BLM representatives to thousands of visitors.

National Public Lands Day (NPLD) andother events brought out scores of volunteers.The Eugene District hosted three NPLDevents, with over 100 volunteers participating.The Roseburg District sponsored a “BackyardArchaeology” project as well as projects atthe Susan Creek and Island Creek recreationsites. And a partnership with the UmpquaRiver Cleanup Committee resulted in thecleanup of various stream segments in thearea. Volunteers engaged in projects such astrail reconstruction, painting, resealingbenches that overlook the river, littercleanup, and noxious weed eradication. TheBackyard Archaeology project involvedvolunteers screening soil removed from anarchaeological site near Colliding Rivers inGlide. Their objectives were to recoverartifacts, including bone and charcoal fragments.

NPLD in the Medford District consisted oftwo events. Jenny Creek NPLD was the14th annual celebration of this workday.

The volunteer spirit of the next generation was evident during National Public Lands Day at theGerber Recreation Site near Klamath Falls, Oregon.Young volunteers planted trees and helped withother tasks.

education with service was also the focus ofan organization called Oregon Stewardship.In 2001, the program linked trail work, habi-tat studies, fish watch projects, tree planting,data collection, sketching, creative writing,and mapping with classes in a variety ofwildlife and environmental topics.

Operation Rust Bucket, an Oregon NationalGuard (ONG)/BLM partnership, began in1988. Several weekends a year in 2001, anONG crew and one or two volunteerBLMers winched abandoned cars into ONGtrucks and hauled them off public lands inthe Medford District.

Roadside eyesores received volunteerattention in 2001, and so did specific BLMsites, such as the National Historic Rogue


Volunteers of all ages turned out for National PublicLands Day at Schwartz Park in the Eugene (OR)District. In addition to building bird boxes, volunteersalso helped improve trails and repair signs.

Volunteers completed several maintenanceprojects on a picnic area, bluebird and goosenesting boxes, and three pole fences. In addi-tion, a cross-country ski trail was completedand an illegal dump site was cleaned up.Food, as usual, was another highlight. Theday started with a huge breakfast and safetytalk. A firefighter-size sack lunch was pro-vided and the day finished with a barbecuedsteak dinner. Wolf Creek Elementary wasthe scene of Medford’s second NPLD event.Nearly 150 young people spent 6 hoursattending an outdoor educational fair. Theschool was also the site of an Arbor Dayevent during which volunteers planted treesin a riparian area near the school.

And last but not least, the annual RogueRiver Cleanup saw more than 250 peopletaking to the water via drift boat or raft toscour the river and banks of the Rogue,walking the adjacent BLM road, or visitingthe many popular BLM day-use and camping

areas along the Rogue River corridor. Thetotal garbage intake for the cleanup effortwas 50 cubic yards of trash (about 5 dumptruck loads) and 300 tires. The event wascapped off by a free barbecue and musicalentertainment near the Rand Recreation Site.River cleanup partners, including local riverrecreation companies, donated 50 doorprizes, which ranged from small, river gearbags to overnight stays at lodges along theRogue.

OREGON/WASHINGTONPARTNERSBoy Scouts of America

Campfire Boys and Girls

Civil Air Patrol, Riddle Wing

Community Trail Volunteers

Douglas County Inmate Crew

Douglas County Public Works

Douglas High School Career Connections

Girls Scouts U.S.A.

Gordon’s Commonwealth Garden

International Mountain Bicycle Assn. (IMBA)

KTBR Radio

Leave No Trace

Milo Adventist Academy

Milo Fire Department

Northwest Rafters Association

Phoenix School


Roseburg High School

Ruff Country 4-Wheelers

SOLV

Sutherlin/Oakland River Cleanup Crew

Telequa Community Center

The Roseburg News-Review

Tiller Ranger District Fire Crew

Umpqua River Appreciation Day Committee

Umpqua Valley Audubon Society

Upper Cow Creek Cleanup Crew

Venturing Crew 436

Wintergreen Nursery and Landscaping

Wolf Creek Job Corps

X-Treme Offroaders

YMCA/Fremont Earth Service Corps




$127,158$1,447,839

$0$7,672

$127,158$1,440,167

Utah

65,1605,4061,905

1901,7411,6643,914

9933,0811,090

4,586

375-------

103-

-

65,5355,4061,905

1901,7411,6643,914

9933,1841,090

4,586

Total 89,730 478 90,208


Hosted WorkerHours

TotalHours

UtahUtah’s cultural resources were the focus ofmuch volunteer activity during 2001. TheSt. George Field Office initiated a site stew-ardship program, modeled after the verysuccessful Arizona Site Stewards Program.Organizational efforts began at mid-year,with the establishment of an interim coordi-nation team composed of volunteers, BLMcultural resources staff, law enforcementrangers, and managers. An initial group of25 prospective site stewards were screenedand formally trained in stewardship protocolsin September 2001. New stewards, whoworked in two-person teams, were thenassigned several archaeological or historicperiod sites to monitor in the St. GeorgeField Office administrative area. They alsoassisted BLM cultural resources staff with

Rich McClure, BLM Natural Resource Specialist inthe Moab Field Office, showed students how totransplant blackbrush during Take Pride in UtahDay in April 2001. The fifth graders from the HMKIntermediate School helped to restore an off-highwayvehicle closure area.

other historic preservation activities, includ-ing site identification and documentation,condition assessments, and restoration.Although the “Color Country Site StewardsProgram” was not formally under way untillate September 2001, the new stewardsdonated almost 400 volunteer hours, helpingBLM to better protect and manage culturalresources on public lands in southern Utah.

At Grand Staircase-Escalante NationalMonument (GSENM), the stage was set, butthe scene was still not ready. The scene wasthe Paria Movie Set, which served for almost40 years as a backdrop for western movies,television series, and commercials. In 1998,flash floods undermined the buildings andcreated a safety hazard. But local residentswere not about to let the memories die. Thefollowing year, reconstruction on twobuildings at the movie set began. In 2001, the


GSENM needed “action” to complete thepicture. Twenty BLM employees and 50 vol-unteers from the surrounding communitiesprovided the “action” on Saturday, April 28,2001. Workers built fences, rock retainingwalls, and trails stabilizing the earth aroundthe Paria Movie Set site. Reconstruction ofthe Paria Movie Set was a real communityaffair, attracting local residents and volunteergroups from Utah and Arizona who wantedto keep movie magic and memories alive insouthern Utah.

Utah’s natural resources received volunteerattention at several special events during theyear. In the Moab Field Office, Take Pride inUtah was held in April. The HMKIntermediate School’s fifth grade classeswere involved in restoring an off-highwayvehicle closure area. And in the MonticelloField Office, 18 volunteers from 5 westernstates, representing 3 rafting organizations,spent 8 days on the San Juan River cleaningup trash. Approximately 1,440 volunteerhours were donated and 2 tons of trash wereremoved from the river.

UTAH PARTNERSAdobe Whitewater Club

American Hiking Society

Americorps/Washington County

Backcountry Horsemen

Boy Scouts of America (Orangeville Troop)

Colorado Outward Bound School

Colorado White Water Association

Dixie Desert/Color Country Patrol

Dixie Desert Club

Emery County Youth City Council

Grand Canyon Private Boaters Association

Holiday River Expeditions

MECCA Cycling Club

Millcreek Partnership

Mountain Bike Patrol

Oregon Episcopal School

Prescott College

Rocky Mountain Field Institute

Rocky Mountain Jamboree - ATV Rider

Groups

Sierra Club

Southeastern Utah Off-Highway Vehicle Club

Southwest Museum Association

SUWA

Utah State University/Red Mountain Spa

Utah Dedicated Hunter Program

Volunteers from Americorps workedwith the St. George, Utah, Field Office onfence-building, kiosk construction, andother projects.




$21,592$280,008

$0$44,699

$21,592$235,309

Wyoming

6,3944,191

22056

170323180274

1,520677

656

-----

512117

1,1001,056

-

-

6,3944,191

22056

170835297

1,3742,576

677

656

Total 14,661 2,785 17,446


Hosted WorkerHours

TotalHours

In celebration of National Public Lands Day,the Cody, Wyoming, Field Office hosted theShoshone River public lands cleanup. Wintrywinds were already blowing, but volunteersmanaged to complete several projects, includinglitter pickup, sign and nest box installation, andtrail maintenance.

WyomingVolunteers in groups and as individualsmade major contributions to BLM inWyoming in 2001. The BLM Cody FieldOffice hosted five Student ConservationAssociation (SCA) interns to implement apilot project for community education andoutreach about invasive plants and noxiousweeds. The student interns worked in con-junction with the BLM, community groups,and other state and federal agencies tospread the word about noxious weeds. Afew of the notable accomplishments includedparticipating in the Park County Fair, teach-ing community education classes, developinga display explaining the potential effects ofweeds on wildlife for the Buffalo Bill DamVisitor’s Center, developing and presentingyouth education in classrooms, and writingnumerous articles for local newspapers.

The Self Help Center of Casper worked withthe BLM Casper Field Office as part of theConservation Outdoor Recreation Education(CORE) program, which provides localyouths with educational volunteer opportu-nities. The volunteer group performedrecreation site maintenance at sites along thePlatte River, on Muddy Mountain, and atOutlaw Cave. These projects provided bothvaluable environmental education, as well ason-site accomplishments at several BLMrecreation sites.

BLM Buffalo Field Office volunteer GlenKrieter worked last summer at several recre-ation areas in northeastern Wyoming. Glenwas responsible for the collection of over 500pounds of trash, made about 200 visitorscontacts, and performed repair work on


fences and gates. Additionally, Glen droveand checked approximately 600 miles oftrails and roads for the Buffalo Field Office.In his spare time, Glen installed signs, usedthe Global Positioning System on trails, andassisted with the ordering of supplies andsigns. Glen’s work helped to improve thevisitor experience at BLM recreation sites inthe area.

Norma and John Ragsdale also providedservice to the public and to the BLM

Pinedale Field Office during their tenure asthe Warren Bridge campground hosts. TheRagsdales continued their tradition of assist-ing area visitors, including many wet andweary river floaters on the Green River.They represented the BLM in a positive andinformative manner and performed numeroustasks in support of the recreation program.Many visitors reported that they looked for-ward to their annual visits with Norma andJohn on the Green River.

WYOMING PARTNERSBighorn Canyon National Recreation Area

Boy Scouts of America

City of Cody

National Interagency Fire Center

National Park Service

Student Conservation Association


University of Arizona

Documents

Volunteer Program Reports by State and Center · PDF fileMAKING A DIFFERENCE 15 BLM’s 2001 Volunteer Annual Report awareness training program. ... Alaska rivers during the summer