[pct-l] Bird Springs Cache needs help

[metam01 at earthlink.net (Monty Tam)]

The roads are washed out and the cache will not be stocked next year.

Mary Barcik, 70, who has stocked the cache for six years, asks hikers(and others) write to:

The Bureau of Land Management
300 South Richmond Road
Ridgecrest, CA 93555

And request they fix the roads to Bird Springs Pass and the PCT.

Bird Springs Cache is a VERY important cache. (Breaks up a 28 mile waterless stretch) If they fix the road, Mary will keep us supplied next year.

Warner Springs Monty


Mary's son is going to 4-wheel up 15 gallons on the 14th.  That will be the last of it.

She will still maintain Kelso Valley Road.  There is presently 30 gallons there.

Warner Springs Monty


CUT AND PASTE BELOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN LETTER TO BLM

LETTER:

The Bureau of Land Management
300 South Richmond Road
Ridgecrest, CA 93555
 
Dear Sirs
 
Every year hundreds of hikers attempt to hike from Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail.  They depend on the help of hundreds of people off the trail.  One of the greatest helps in Southern California are those who put water out on the trail for the hikers.
 
One of the most if not THE most crucial spots on the trail is near Weldon, CA where the Pacific Crest Trail comes to Bird Springs Pass.  Up until the present, the water here has been supplied by an incredible seventy-year-old volunteer named Mary Barcik. 
 
Mary claims the roads have been washed out and she will not be able to help the hikers any longer without the roads.  She says the Bureau of Land Management maintains (can fix) the roads.
 
If the BLM fixes the roads, Mary will continue to supply the hikers with water.
 
Thank you for your help.
 
Sincerely



Or I can email you a letter to send----just ask

Warner Springs Monty