Poll: Memaloose Rd Helion Pit Clean-Up - April 26th

[skydiver]

Need an update if any snow on the road this morning. My 2-wheel drive Nissan pickup won't make it if there is. Not sure of the elevation there. Got below freezing last night.

 

[team_bacon]

Need an update if any snow on the road this morning. My 2-wheel drive Nissan pickup won't make it if there is. Not sure of the elevation there. Got below freezing last night.

I emailed the lady in charge of the event, she said roads were fine for 2WD.

 

[skydiver]

I emailed the lady in charge of the event, she said roads were fine for 2WD.

Great. Thanks!

 

[billyinfinity]

see you shortly.

 

[team_bacon]

see you shortly.

Making some food, will leave in about 20.

 

[skydiver]

Weather report just said NO RAIN today until late in the day!

 

[billyinfinity]

Got there just after 9 but I had to leave early around 1 to go to work this afternoon. There was a good turnout and a lot of work done. There was a good amount of forest service folk out there too. Even the FS LEO's were cleaning up garbage and shotgun shells. Here's a pic of the first pit after it was cleaned to compare with the pics posted earlier of it filthy.

 

[skydiver]

Just finished. All went well and made some new friends. Also cleaned up another pit just beyond the main one.

 

[ripcity]

Was up there also. I am curious to see how long it will stay this clean. Hopefully a month or 2.

 

[skydiver]

Counted 11 of us there from NWF. Maybe a couple more if I missed anyone.

 

[PDX]

Good work to all that went! We definitely made a difference today and impressed the FS with our support!

 

[marty8587]

Many thanks to all who did this!

 

[GunRightsCoalition]

Many thanks. This is our backyard and we need to take care of it. Great to see people doing so. Wish I could have made it up there myself as it literally was my backyard growing up.

 

[Cogs]

Way to go! Great job! You're my kind of people!

Was there any other groups there? Many individual volunteers? Did you get to do any shooting?

I'll be awaiting the pics!

Bill

 

[skydiver]

Way to go! Great job! You're my kind of people!

Was there any other groups there? Many individual volunteers? Did you get to do any shooting?

I'll be awaiting the pics!

Bill

No shooting due to clean up in adjacent pits after the main one was finished. Not appropriate today.
A large number of employees from the forest service, including the LEO's.
A number of Solve volunteers.
About 11 from NWF.
Clackamas County illegal dump organization. I'm sorry, but I can't remember their offical name.

 

[nastybynature]

Thanks to the 11 that gave their time and made the drive out there! Really wish I could have been there... Pictures looked like it made a huge difference.

 

[ZigZagZeke]

I got there about 11 am. Found a great deal on a rototiller up in Amboy on Craig's list last night and had to go get it first thing this morning before someone else did. It was a really good thing to be working along side of the FS people on this project. I'm sure they see us a little differently now. We need to do this on a regular basis. A few of us did a little shooting later on after the event was over. A good time as had by all.

Here are a couple pics of the results:

 

[skydiver]

The lower picture was of the second site just beyond the main site. What a mess!

 

[PotshotJim]

It was a great day. We got a lot of work done, Thanks to everyone who made it.
Compared to many other volunteer work parties I've done, to get 11 show up of 13 that signed up is as good as it gets. It was good to meet some of the members here that I didn't know and do some plinking afterwards.
There are going to be more volunteer opportunities coming up for this area and a few others. I'll get the details up after I get them worked out.

 

[rangerlars]

It was a great day. We got a lot of work done, Thanks to everyone who made it.
Compared to many other volunteer work parties I've done, to get 11 show up of 13 that signed up is as good as it gets. It was good to meet some of the members here that I didn't know and do some plinking afterwards.
There are going to be more volunteer opportunities coming up for this area and a few others. I'll get the details up after I get them worked out.

12 out of 13

I received this message from the Forest Service

Hello,
Saturday's Earth Day clean-up was a huge success thanks to the support from all of you and our dedicated partners. We had 50 individual volunteers and 17 Forest Service employees participate and we cleaned up 13,800lbs. of trash. Molly informed me this was the single largest haul Dump Stoppers has ever picked up in one days' time! Thank you all for helping to make this event such a positive and worthwhile experience for everyone involved.