[pct-l] so much for redoing section Q this year

[Barry Teschlog]

 Statement:"Despite valiant efforts, the trail seems to be losing the battle with the
elements in Q.    15 years ago I thought it was overgrown and underlogged -"
Reply:FYI, not that it'll matter if it burns but.....
About 12 miles of the PCT in Section Q was brushed out these last 2 years, near Seiad Valley.
Last year, a PCTA volunteer crew from the North 350 Blades Chapter cleared about 2.5 miles of brush centered at a point about 8 trail miles from the beginning of the road walk, so south of Seiad.  We'd also chainsawed out about 1.5 miles of blowdown.
In May of 2022, that same volunteer PCTA North 350 Blades crew returned and cleared ~3.6 miles going north, starting from the road.  This cleared out the brush and the worst of the poison oak.  1/3 of the crew suffered badly from poison oak in the process.  The local volunteers had already cleared the logs in this direction.
Starting before the PCTA crew arrived and worked north, a California Conservation Corps crew worked south, clearing brush.  In total over about 3 weeks, they cleared about 6 trail miles, starting from the beginning of the road walk working south.   That leaves about a mile of brush to clear to join up with the 2021 work.  
The PCTA crew is considering heading back for a 3rd year and doing more.
If the PCTA crew had more people, they could do a lot more - In 2021 is was only 5 and this year was only 6.  Power saws make the work go quickly.  The Washington based volunteers are looking to go back again in 2023.  Not sure if we'll work the north or south sides, there's plenty of work to go around.  But if they worked the south side, we'd likely go back to where we were in 2021, brush to "tie in" with what the CCC's did, then push south toward the Wilderness boundary with the brush and chain saws.