Two Service Projects - The First Is Mesa Verde National Park

*** RSVP ON MEETUP ALONE DOES NOT RESERVE A SPOT ON THE TRIP***

The next week (September 21-28) we will be doing a Service Project at Chiricahua National Monument, AZ. YOU MUST REGISTER FOR BOTH SERVICE PROJECTS IF YOU WISH TO GO TO BOTH.
(Link to Chiricahua Service Project:
https://www.meetup.com/austin-sierra-club-outings/events/299723904/ )

Wikipedia:

• "With more than 5,000 sites, including 600 cliff dwellings, it is the largest archaeological preserve in the United States......
• The Pueblo people survived using a combination of hunting, gathering, and subsistence farming of crops such as corn, beans, and squash (the "Three Sisters"). They built the mesa's first pueblos sometime after 650, and by the end of the 12th century, they began to construct the massive cliff dwellings for which the park is best known. By 1285, following a period of social and environmental instability driven by a series of severe and prolonged droughts, they migrated south to locations in Arizona and New Mexico."

And here is what we will be doing:
"Sierra Club Service members will be assisting with the construction of Low-Tech Process Based Restoration structures on the Mancos River in Mesa Verde National Park.

The team will primarily be moving and preparing wood materials, wading in the river and operating a hydraulic post pounder. Wooden posts will be pounded into the channel and woody debris placed supported amongst the posts.

PALS, Post Assisted Log Structures, will be built to mimic naturally occurring wood jams, which support aquatic and riparian habitats. The team will be working alongside the Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps, NPS staff, and Mancos River Watershed partners for portions of their time at MVNP."

We will have a day off for hiking.

Mesa Verde will provide tent camping spaces in the employee loop of their campground for the week you are present. Driving would be required between the campground and the site of your volunteer work.

Participants are responsible for their own transportation, camping equipment, and breakfasts and lunches. You and partners will also be responsible for feeding the entire group one evening. This includes bringing and preparing the food, Dish Patrol and washing said pots and pans.

The National Park Service is providing free park admission, campsite, and work tool usage.

To sign up:

1. RSVP on Meetup: The Meetup may show as full, but if you want to come, please sign up! There is usually plenty of turnover.
2. Send Stan the answer to the two screening questions by email:
   What is the most difficult hike you've done in the past year? What are the parameters of hikes do you want to do at Mesa Verde? stanpeyton@gmail.com
3. Contact information: Send your name, cell number, email address to stanpeyton@gmail.com.
4. Complete the Medical Form: https://tinyurl.com/SCMedicalForm2021 . Scan and email the form also to ASCtripCenter@gmail.com (preferred) , or to Stan Peyton's mailing address below.
5. Wait for approval from Trip Leaders, who might reach out for more details. Hiking and camping in rugged wilderness areas takes extraordinary preparation, so we strive to make sure that this trip is right for you.
6. Read the Participation Agreement and fill out Page 1: https://tinyurl.com/SCSignUpSheet2020 .
7. Write a check for $100 payable to "Austin Sierra Club":
   When you show up at our campsite, we will return your $100 check.
8. Mail the forms in + your check for $100 to our leader -
   Stan Peyton
   8408 Hanbridge Lane
   Austin TX 78736

VERY IMPORTANT: IF WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR DEPOSIT AND THE ABOVE PAPERWORK WITHIN TEN DAYS OF YOUR SIGNING UP, YOU WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE TRIP.

Don't sign up unless you are serious!

| YOU WILL NEED TO BRING: |
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•Containers for leftovers

•Kneeling pad

•Geologist's Hammer (we are not kidding)

•Tent and implements of sleeping

•Covid mask

•Dishtowel

•Earplugs

•Evening meal for Saturday, September 14

•Flashlight

•Food and drinks for all your breakfasts, snacks and lunches

•Hat

•Long pants

•Mug

•Personal prescriptions and first aid kit

•Plate/bowl

•Silverware

•Sunscreen

•Tweezers

•Water bottle

•Work gloves