Wednesday, June 22, 2011
June 13, 2011- June 16, 2011 Blog!
Our week at Crew #14 was fun and intense work at the Holy Cross Hospital. At the job site, we have three major projects. We started with courtyard number three and we mounded 2 1/2 tons of dirt! Then Damian and Estrella flatten the dirt to level it out. After we leveled it out, we plan to put crusher fines and sand to the next layer after the dirt. Finally, we will add the bricks that match the courtyard's bricks inside the hospital. Courtyard three will then be a patio and seating area for the hospital staff to sit and eat lunch. Also the barbque can be rolled out onto the courtyard for cookouts. We started working on courtyard two. We took out the red donor bricks and placed them in the dumpster. While we were digging at courtyard three, Cory, our supervisor, found a mole! The first mole was nice but the second mole bit Cory five times! Luckily there was no bleeding. Throughout the weekend it was exciting and fun.
Crew 1 blog by Jared Hazard
This week Crew 1 is on spike in Santa Fe. It is our crew's first back country spike. Packing light and hiking long distances was very challenging for our crew. It was rough losing Angi and Josh during the spike but even being two people short our crew finished three out of five properties! We also got lots of help from Lynn and Miles from the Forestry Service. We also did three crew trainings. First public speaking, second conflict resolution with Rosie, and last internal and external perception. We played an awesome game of football, which helped us with teamwork. The awesome spike was challenging and rewarding.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Wilderness is...
Wilderness is the land all around us. undiscovered. untamed. unnamed. - Alyssa Sampson
Wilderness is a place that is hardly touched by roads, earth moving vehicles, and technology. A place that people, animals, plants, and insects can be free and have peace. - Cody Allrunner
Wilderness to me is a place where anyone can go where the modern world doesn't impose. Where nature is able to be wild and undamaged by humans. Wilderness is a place where the environment can flourish. - Callie Miller
Wilderness is places that are untouched or as minimally exposed to man as possible. A place to reflect, work, build character and become completely subject to all the elements you can't control. - Karen Mirabal
Wilderness is a place that is hardly touched by roads, earth moving vehicles, and technology. A place that people, animals, plants, and insects can be free and have peace. - Cody Allrunner
Wilderness to me is a place where anyone can go where the modern world doesn't impose. Where nature is able to be wild and undamaged by humans. Wilderness is a place where the environment can flourish. - Callie Miller
Wilderness is places that are untouched or as minimally exposed to man as possible. A place to reflect, work, build character and become completely subject to all the elements you can't control. - Karen Mirabal
Friday, May 13, 2011
La Jara Canyon
by Joshua Mondragon
These two weeks went by really quickly! My birthday was on the third. My crew was really nice and made my day go by great. I am really appreciative of them. This is one of the first weeks we had good weather. We were all able to cut with each other and be swampers with everyone on the crew. We learned a lot about "leave no trace" which I think is really important. I think everyone in the world should start doing the leave no trace. The environment would be way better. We got to go for wood to bring down for Ancianos. I used to think it was hard going for wood when I would go just with a friend, so now that we do it with the crew it makes it a whole new experience. Jamie came up to jive us training on Wilderness First Aid and that was awesome and is something we had to learn because we are out in the backcountry. Thanks Jamie!
These two weeks went by really quickly! My birthday was on the third. My crew was really nice and made my day go by great. I am really appreciative of them. This is one of the first weeks we had good weather. We were all able to cut with each other and be swampers with everyone on the crew. We learned a lot about "leave no trace" which I think is really important. I think everyone in the world should start doing the leave no trace. The environment would be way better. We got to go for wood to bring down for Ancianos. I used to think it was hard going for wood when I would go just with a friend, so now that we do it with the crew it makes it a whole new experience. Jamie came up to jive us training on Wilderness First Aid and that was awesome and is something we had to learn because we are out in the backcountry. Thanks Jamie!
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Crew 3, Spike 1
First we established out village in the foothills. Soon we realized we were under attack. We responded to the call to slay the dragons. The southwest white pine and aspen dragons were calling for our help. The white fur dragons where attacking from their base. We knew not the dangers that lie in our path; rain, snow, wind, and the hike of death. One of our comrades almost fell, but we saved him, and slew the white fur dragons HAHAA!!!! The knight training continued. As we got more comfortable with our weapons of destruction and death, we realized that by bathing in their sap and drinking their tears we became invincible. We thus stand victorious, with the dragon heads and wings at our feet.
This was our last week of S212 training; where we started felling trees with our chain saws. We worked on CFRP (collaborative forestry restoration program) in LaJara canyon in Taos, NM. Our main objective was to thin out the forest so that the Aspen’s growth would not be hindered by the White fur, Blue spruce, and Engelmann spruce, among other high latter fuel producing tree types. In doing so we were able to provide much needed fire wood to the elderly. We worked in weather conditions varied from very nice in the day to 5 in. of snow on the ground. We had challenging times and times for great team building. Most important we made it through as a crew together stronger and closer.
This was our last week of S212 training; where we started felling trees with our chain saws. We worked on CFRP (collaborative forestry restoration program) in LaJara canyon in Taos, NM. Our main objective was to thin out the forest so that the Aspen’s growth would not be hindered by the White fur, Blue spruce, and Engelmann spruce, among other high latter fuel producing tree types. In doing so we were able to provide much needed fire wood to the elderly. We worked in weather conditions varied from very nice in the day to 5 in. of snow on the ground. We had challenging times and times for great team building. Most important we made it through as a crew together stronger and closer.
Blue Crew Blog Two
Kids with saws
we control the fire
safety laws.
As we move higher
up the trees
making a difference
as we please.
Thinning for safety
with the breeze
we make our entry,
cautious ease.
We will eat and sleep
with the trees
safely removing,
sizing them up,
always improving
as we cut.
we control the fire
safety laws.
As we move higher
up the trees
making a difference
as we please.
Thinning for safety
with the breeze
we make our entry,
cautious ease.
We will eat and sleep
with the trees
safely removing,
sizing them up,
always improving
as we cut.
Week Two at R.M.Y.C
4/4/11 - 4/8/11
This week we started the Forest Worker Safety Certification Program. The first day was a little rough. A lot of sitting down, but we got through it. Everybody from the crew learned something new. We went over Dynamics of Southwest Forests, Safety Requirements, and Job Hazard Analysis (J.H.A).
On Tuesday we went over Chainsaw Maintenance and Operations, Chainsaw Tasks and Techniques, Hazardous Materials, and Logging Equipment and Transportation Safety. We played games for break to get the blood flowing from all that sitting. This was a lot of information for two days. We finished the handbook for the test on Wednesday.
Test time! I think everybody was a little anxious to start the test. We reviewed before the test, and then got going. I am proud to announce that everybody in our crew passed with a 90% and over. After that we went to the Red River Fish Hatchery to see five guys get Re-certified. Before the day was over we went around to the wild rivers. That pretty much finished our day.
Today was the best day so far. The beginning of S-212 training. We got to assemble our saws today. It was all hands on. We were with crew 3 and it was awesome to see both crews working as one. We got all our P.P.E. to run a saw and then had a race to put them on. We learned how to carry a saw properly that way we won’t over work ourselves. The best part is when we got to start our saws for the first time. Everybody did great on this part and now we’re all ready for next week!
To finish this week we got in house training with our crew. We’re going to be covering our first Spike Training Packet. Stages of Group Development and Crew Code of Ethics will be taught by our crew supervisor. Then Jamie and Rosie will be going over our I.D.P’s. That should take us to the end of our day. Finally the weekend!
-by Andrew Segura
4/4/11 - 4/8/11
This week we started the Forest Worker Safety Certification Program. The first day was a little rough. A lot of sitting down, but we got through it. Everybody from the crew learned something new. We went over Dynamics of Southwest Forests, Safety Requirements, and Job Hazard Analysis (J.H.A).
On Tuesday we went over Chainsaw Maintenance and Operations, Chainsaw Tasks and Techniques, Hazardous Materials, and Logging Equipment and Transportation Safety. We played games for break to get the blood flowing from all that sitting. This was a lot of information for two days. We finished the handbook for the test on Wednesday.
Test time! I think everybody was a little anxious to start the test. We reviewed before the test, and then got going. I am proud to announce that everybody in our crew passed with a 90% and over. After that we went to the Red River Fish Hatchery to see five guys get Re-certified. Before the day was over we went around to the wild rivers. That pretty much finished our day.
Today was the best day so far. The beginning of S-212 training. We got to assemble our saws today. It was all hands on. We were with crew 3 and it was awesome to see both crews working as one. We got all our P.P.E. to run a saw and then had a race to put them on. We learned how to carry a saw properly that way we won’t over work ourselves. The best part is when we got to start our saws for the first time. Everybody did great on this part and now we’re all ready for next week!
To finish this week we got in house training with our crew. We’re going to be covering our first Spike Training Packet. Stages of Group Development and Crew Code of Ethics will be taught by our crew supervisor. Then Jamie and Rosie will be going over our I.D.P’s. That should take us to the end of our day. Finally the weekend!
-by Andrew Segura
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