Crew 1/Long Hair Don't Care, Greys River District, Bridger-Teton National Forest, July 25 - August 3 - Crew 1 was in one of the most beautiful parts of Wyoming near the Greys River outside of Alpine. Most of the work involved buck and rail fencing enclosures to keep the cattle away from the water and … Continue reading Hitch 5, 2016
Hitch 4, 2016
Crew 1/Long Hair Don't Care, Lake DeSmet Conservation District - Buffalo, WY, July 11-20 - Chainsawing. This crew spent long, 10 hour work days buzzing through invasive Russian Olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) around Buffalo High School. The overarching plan with the multi-year project is to build a nature trail near the school with interpretive signs focusing … Continue reading Hitch 4, 2016
Hitch 3, 2016
Crew 1/Long Hair Don't Care - Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area, Wyoming and Montana, June 27-July 6 - This crew quickly became experts in constructing buck and rail fence while continuing Crew 2's project from last hitch. Overall, both crews accomplished 2.5 miles of buck and rail. Why buck and rail rather than wire? The … Continue reading Hitch 3, 2016
Hitch 2, 2016
Crew 1/Longhair Don't Care - Sinks Canyon State Park, Wyoming, June 13-22 - This crew had a tough hitch of digging a ditch for 6 days! The ditch is to hide electric lines for the new yurts installed in the Popo Aggie Campground. The big picture for these lines means more people are able to … Continue reading Hitch 2, 2016
Hitch 1, 2016
Crew 1 (A.K.A. "Longhair Don't Care") and Crew 2 (A.K.A. "Thad/Mad") Glendo State Park, Glendo Wyoming, May 30-June 8 - Every once in a while, our crews head out on a mutual project to combine forces and complete a big project. Preparing Glendo State Park for Glendo Trails Festival became these two crews full-time hitch. … Continue reading Hitch 1, 2016
Orientation 2016
This year's orientation could have been one of the best since the WCC's creation in 2006. The picture above shows the happy family of 2016 recently trained in chainsawing, trail construction and maintenance to USAF and International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA) standards, wood and wire fencing, Leave No Trace, camp cooking, and all the other … Continue reading Orientation 2016
Hitch 9, 2015
Casper Biathlon Club, Casper Mountain, Wyoming Sept 21-30 - This last hitch of the 2015 season, our Fall Crew headed to Casper Mountain working with the Casper Biathlon Club. Here they busted out some serious work for the club spending long days chainsawing and harvesting lodge pole pines, building buck-and-rail fences, and some trail work. … Continue reading Hitch 9, 2015
Hitch 8, 2015
Alpine-Etna, Wyoming, September 8-17: Our Fall Crew headed to the beautiful Alpine/Etna area to continue saw projects and fencing maintenance. Working with Wyoming Game and Fish out of Pinedale and Jackson, our crew found dozens of trees laying next to or on the fence properties for public lands. The major chunk of the hitch was … Continue reading Hitch 8, 2015
Hitch 7, 2015
New Fork Lake, Wyoming August 24-September 2: For the first time in WCC's history, we are sending a crew out in September. This Fall season, the crew consists of three crew leaders and one crew member in a truck driving to different projects around the state. This season's fall crew members are: Taylor Miller, Amanda … Continue reading Hitch 7, 2015
Hitch 6, 2015
Crew 1- Fort Bridger State Historic Site/ Bear River State Park, Wyoming, August 10th-19th: This crew started off their last Hitch at the Fort Bridger State Historic Site. They did various tasks around the site to get ready for the Rendezvous festival that is held every year at the historic site. These tasks include building a Tyvek/composite boardwalk … Continue reading Hitch 6, 2015
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