[pct-l] powerhouse fire

[Diane Soini]

We have a saying here in Santa Barbara about trail work: If everyone  
does a little trail work every time they go back, eventually it'll  
all grow back.

On Jun 5, 2013, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> From: Charles Williams <charlesnolie at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] powerhouse fire
>
> Weathercarrot's post has caused me to think about our own work in  
> the Hat Creek District and other areas.??Log out work?is, by it's  
> nature, a temporary fix.? We can, and do, log out an area  
> completely to the highest standard.? But the next winter there will  
> be storms.? Trees will fall and again block the trail.? And they  
> will have to be logged out.? It is an annual cycle.
> ?
> Similarly, though at a slower pace, the brush can be cut, but it  
> will grow back.? At best, some of our work will effect a few year's  
> worth of hikers, only to be needed again?some other?year.?
> ?
> Your thought that we should take pride in the process of doing  
> trail work makes the most sense, since it is never a truly  
> permanent fix and, therefore, is never truly finished.
> ?
> QuincyRider