BRT Non-Wilderness Spring Maintenance Trip - McFarland Lake

A spring maintenance trip is planned on the east end of the Border Route Trail Friday, May 16 thru Sunday, May 18. This is hiking and trail maintenance on the Border Route Trail, a segment of the North Country National Trail, on the eastern edge of the BWCA Wilderness area. We will car camp (tents) at McFarland Lake Forestry campsite, MN, at the end of the Arrowhead trail road. This will be our base camp. There are no services on the Arrowhead Trail.
The trip starts Friday morning at the trail head parking lot at 8:00 am and ends Sunday afternoon by 3:00 pm. There are two and three day work options. Be prepared for May conditions near the Canadian Border and capable of hiking/working 5 miles per day on rugged wilderness trail with your daypack with your food, water & appropriate extra clothing and working with tools.
We will use hand tools such as lobbers & saws, chain saws (must be NPS or USFS Sawyer certified), brush cutters and hand work of throwing off brush and logs. Equipment and safety gear is provided by BRTA.
BRTA will provide dinner Friday and Saturday evening, breakfast Saturday & Sunday morning and potable water. Bring food for your own lunches, snacks and special beverages.
More thorough details will be provided when you sign up.

If you are interested in this adventure please contact Gary and Pam at info@borderroutetrail.org
There is a $25 deposit.
The following is a great opportunity/benefit offered by the National Park Service/North Country Trail Association for those that volunteer as trail maintenance volunteers. Highly recommended.

> > > > The Volunteer-In-Parks Program is a resource which the The North Country Trail Association and National Park Service co-manage and can be found here.nps-vip-form The VIP program provides important protection for volunteers. All VIPs are entitled to the same injury considerations that NPS employees receive (provided they are operating within their approved scope of duties and NPS policies). Additionally, VIPs are recognized for their contributions and earn annual recognition items based on hours of service and are eligible to attend certain skills and leadership training.