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Grand Canyon Trust Volunteers, a program to help restore ecological and archeological resources on eh Colorado Plateau
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General Info

Accommodations

Backpacking and base camping.

Camping will be provided at Mather Campground the day before the trip starts and the last night of the trip, September 7th and 15th, respectively.

Gear

You provide An adventurous attitude and all backpacking gear

We provide All food, field gear, field training, and transportation to and from the South Rim.

Comments

This trip will involve backpacking in very remote areas. Previous Grand Canyon backpacking experience and a brief interview required.

Average temperatures in the canyon in September can be very hot with highs around 97 and lows around 69. Come prepared for very hot, dry weather.

There may be a very limited amount of backpacking gear including tents and sleeping bags available from the park. If you need gear please call ahead to confirm availability.

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North Rim Tamarisk Control Volunteer Trip: September 8-15, 2010

Overview

The Grand Canyon Backcountry Vegetation Crew has been completing tamarisk and other invasives control work as part of the Tamarisk Management and Tributary Restoration Project. As we enter the cyclic maintenance phase of tamarisk control in Grand Canyon 's tributaries, we have fewer trees to kill yet lots of ground to cover. Tamarisk is an exotic tree that aggressively invades native riparian habitat and undermines the integrity and function of ecosystems. Preventing the spread of exotic plant species is now considered to be one of the most important issues facing natural resource managers across the nation.

Help Grand Canyon protect its natural resources and fight tamarisk invasion within inner canyon tributaries! Come along on a hardy backpack trip into a remote area of Grand Canyon off of the North Rim. We will likely go down the Nankoweap, North Kaibab , or another North Rim trail to reach remote side canyons. Handsaws and a dose of grit will be used to rid these invaders from Grand Canyon 's remote side canyons.

Click here for more information.Apply to volunteer on the Colorado Plateau

Itinerary

Day 1 Meet at South Rim Backcountry Office at 8:30 am, distribute food/group gear, drive out to trailhead and hike trail (10-14 miles, ~ 5,500 ft elevation loss).
Day 2 Tamarisk control
Day 3 Tamarisk control
Day 4 Tamarisk control
Day 5 Tamarisk control (possible travel day, 3 - 8 miles).
Day 6 Tamarisk control
Day 7 Tamarisk control
Day 8 Hike out and drive back to South Rim.

 

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