American Tobacco Trail Workday Saturday September 30 9 am

[Bill Bussey]

Hi Volunteers for the American Tobacco Trail,

This message is to remind you of our American Tobacco Trail workday, 
*Saturday, September 30*, on the American Tobacco Trail at the 
Wake/Chatham border at 9 a.m.

NOTE: This is a change in the plans from earlier schedule!

We had originally planned a usual 5th Saturday off day. However, we have 
a group of Duke students who were anxious to work on the American 
Tobacco Trail. We are always happy to have good help, so we are 
delighted to accommodate them! :-)

Directions to our workday this ** *Saturday, September 30 at 9 a.m. *are 
below. However, you can follow directions to the White Oak Church Road 
Acess <http://www.triangletrails.org/DIRECTIONS.HTM> and be pretty close!

*Directions: *

 From I-40 Exit 276, Southpoint Mall-Fayetteville Road, go south - away 
from Durham - toward Jordan Lake.

Go past the mall on your right and 2.4 miles all the way to the end of 
Fayetteville Road. Here, Fayetteville Road intersects NC 751 at a light.

Turn left at the light. Go 6.6 miles, passing O'Kelly Chapel Road at .75 
miles and New Hope Church Road (see Exxon convenience store on left) at 
4.2 miles. At or near 6.6 miles is Lewter Shop Road on the left. See the 
sign for the *Pumpkin Patch* on the left.  This used to be Jean's Berry 
Patch. Turn left onto Lewter Shop Road.

Go approximately 2.5 miles or so. See a place with small auto/truck size 
trailers on the right. Immediately beyond his place is the Chatham/Wake 
County line. The road changes texture at the county line. About a 1/4 
mile beyond the county line, you'll see White Oak Church Road on your 
right. Continue beyond to the first left past White Oak Church Road.This 
is Farrell Road. If you cross the new construction of the trail 
crossing, you've gone too far.

Turn left onto Farrell Road. Go about 1/3 to 1/2 mile. The trail will be 
on your right. Park on the side of the road. I'm sure our cars will be 
parked there so you'll see them. We'll be working on the trail just 
north of there. We don't want to park in or near the driveway where 
we'll be working, so we'll walk a few hundred feet in.

Our plan is to remove some brush and logs which we cut and piled on the 
trail a little over a year ago. Some will be in piles, others will be 
scattered about. We'll do a "bucket brigade" line up the side slopes of 
the trail in order to spread it out into the woods. We'll do some other 
general clearing work in this area as time and person power permits.
 
Bring *work gloves*, *full shoes or boots*, *long pants*, and other 
clothing appropriate for the weather, *water and a snack* if you like.* 
*Though ticks are down at this time, be prepared for mosquitoes and 
poison ivy. Ticks, and now chiggers are especially bad this year. We've 
had success using Permethrin (available at most drugstores and outdoor 
retailers) sprayed on cuffs and waistbands on clothing.

We suggest long pants and even light long sleeves. You will need to sign 
a waiver and participation list.

We'll be picking up and hauling decomposing wood, be pulling vines and 
briars. We'll probably be doing some limited shoveling and mattock work 
to clean out some drainage ditches. You WILL get messy!

While you don't have to bring any tools because we'll mainly need 
"haulers and toters", we do have a *wish list *of tools if you'd like to 
bring them.

Feel free to bring a small hand pruning saw if you like. Loppers are 
always needed as well. Also, a wheelbarrow is always handy if you can 
haul it to the site.

We have a need to do some chainsaw work in this area. For the safety of 
all, we separate the chainsawyers and their small assistance crews from 
everyone else. If you have a chainsaw, are trained or know how to use 
it, and have full protective gear including helmet, eye protection, 
hearing protection, chaps and appropriate boots, feel free to bring it.

We can use a string trimmer and/or a small push mower if you have one as 
well.

We'll work till about noon or so.   

If it is rainy or worse on Saturday, we will have a limited workday that 
would end before noon. Or we may have none at all. Please use your best 
judgment to determine if you want to be working outside in rainy 
conditions. 

However, I plan on working at least a little if it is anything short of 
a widespread hard rain. Feel free to call Bill Bussey at 919 545-9104 or 
Frank Bennett  919 851-3992 as late as 8 a.m., to verify a go or no go. 
However, if you aren't comfortable with the forecast, use your best 
judgment and join us or not as you prefer. 

Thanks to all who made it out last weekend to the Fayetteville Road 
Trail Access workday. We repaired some serious erosion damage to the 
access path, as well as installed an erosion control device. We also 
cleaned and cleared the parking area. A great job was had and done by 
all who participated. Thank you!
If you or your group would like to work days or early evenings other 
than Saturdays, please let Bill Bussey <mailto:billbus at gte.net> know.

Please contact Bill Bussey <mailto:billbus at gte.net> 919 545-9104 or 
Frank Bennett <mailto:FJB675 at hotmail.com>  919-851-3992 if you have any 
questions.

For more information on ATT workdays, please see our Volunteering page 
at: http://triangletrails.org/VOLUNTEERS.HTM

For directions to workday meeting places and ATT Trailheads go to our 
directions page at: http://www.triangletrails.org/DIRECTIONS.HTM*

*Future workdays are still being planned. Here is the tentative schedule 
for upcoming workdays.*

Upcoming American Tobacco Trail Workdays * (Saturday workdays start at 9 
a.m., Sunday 1 p.m.
*
Saturday, October 7* Durham Workday Fayetteville Road Trail Access 
<http://www.triangletrails.org/DIRECTIONS.HTM> 9 a.m.

*Saturday, October 14* Chatham County Workday  New Hope Road Trailhead 
<http://www.triangletrails.org/DIRECTIONS.HTM> 9 a.m.

*Saturday, October 21* Chatham County Workday at Wake/Chatham line with 
National Charity League 9 a.m. See directions in this message. All are 
welcome.

*Saturday October 28 *TBD

Also if you haven't already, please go sign our petition 
<http://www.petitiononline.com/att2/petition.html>asking Durham to stop 
stalling on designing and building the American Tobacco Trail.  We'll be 
presenting this to Durham City Council at their Work Session on October 
5. Please ask your friends and colleagues to sign the petition as well.
 
One more bit of news. The final phase of the ATT in Wake County, from 
the White Oak Church Road Parking area north to the Chatham County line, 
is *NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.* This is really* great news!* Many of you on 
this list have helped clear and clean this section. *Thank YOU! *

Heavy grading equipment is now being used on the entire mile plus length 
of this section of trail. For your safety, Wake Parks Staff, as do we, 
ask that you do not access this section of trail while construction is 
in progress. The contractor, Carolina Asphalt Paving Inc., an 
experienced greenway and trail builder, says they should be open towards 
the middle of October, weather permitting.

Thanks for your help and support in building the American Tobacco Trail.

Happy Trails,

Bill Bussey
President
Triangle Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
americantobaccotrail at earthlink.net
www.triangletrails.org
919 545-9104
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