Recent content by billski

Indeed I did. It just became too much of a time commitment, a long stretch which took more and more time to get into and out of and back home.

Hi All, While I've been a member here for sometime, I've not been an active poster recently. I'm retired and still spend a good deal of time volunteering for the U.S. Forest Service, White Mountain National Forest. I was greatly involved in the early years of the Trailhead Steward program, and...

Retired. Moving to VT in March 2023. Still volunteering in the WMNF. Much of my recent work has been surrounding wildlife management. In particular, my autumn work crews which maintain secluded apple orchards. Usually post those invitations in meetup.com, over-50 group, or contact me to be...

Monday March 25, 2019 Rochester Public Library, 65 South Main St, Rochester NH 6:30pm Tuesday March 26, 2019 Littleton Public Library 92 Main Street, Littleton, New Hampshire 5:30pm Thursday March 28, 2019 Nashua Public Library 2 Court St, Nashua, New Hampshire 6;30pm Volunteer in the White...

Looking a few good passionate hikers willing to devote a few hours each week to prevent unnecessary search and rescue missions. Trailhead hiker intervention has proven to increase hiker preparedness. It is reducing Search and Rescue missions and won a regional US Forest Service award as an...

Smart choice. Best choice. Nice to see some common sense for safety's sake. Just sayin' that there are too many people who don't turn back and end up calling 911. Thank you!

When I took on the trail, it was as lost as Hubbard Brook Tr It had no maintenance for seven years. We began from the east. Mostly tackling thousands of puckerbush. The heavy crew came in and cleared the large storm damage. Washouts and river erosion was logged for future work. Last fall and...

Ok, I'll bite. I'm the maintainer for the entire length of the HNT, for the past 2.5 years. I can't argue with your trail characterizations. What i can offer is some background color. - While it does not matter to you, the HNT is split down the in half by the divison of Pemi ranger district...

Please join us for our annual trailhead and backcountry steward training session on April 7th. Registration will take place from 8 - 8:30 a.m. where we will handle check-in and paper work The morning (Trailhead Steward) session will focus on the background and structure of our programs as well...

Did you know that the White Mountain National Forest has a volunteer program to reduce the 100 Search and Rescue annual missions that occur in the 800,000-acre forest? Did you know the majority of National Forest trail maintenance and sign production is performed by volunteers? Are you...

Dear Partner, Volunteer, or Trail Enthusiast: You’re receiving this email because you are a trail partner, volunteer, or trail enthusiast on the White Mountain National Forest, and the Forest needs your help! Have you been on or intend to be on any White Mountain trails this weekend? If so, we...

We still are looking for a leader for our Wildlife Clearing maintenance work. We're basically just clearing moderate sized new growth from mowed areas in the forests. There is one area on the Kanc and one just north of Jackson NH. This is simple stuff that needs loppers. The area is flat. I...

We still are looking for a leader for our Wildlife Clearing maintenance work. We're basically just clearing moderate sized new growth from mowed areas in the forests. There is one area on the Kanc and one just north of Jackson NH. This is simple stuff that needs loppers. The area is flat. I...

I've noticed that black flies will not get in my eyes if Ihave glasses on. Apparently they come in on a straight trajectory. BTW, I swear by the two-sided deer fly sticky tape. I have harvested more than 60 in a single hike. Kinda gross, but not a single bite. You just gotta put up with...

It didn't work for me. Just goes to show that how a body's chemistry interacts with various subtances can make a repellant more or less effective. Much like perfume, that may have a different fragrance on different people.