September 11, 2007Trail volunteers get some help from a special horse
Hikers, horseback riders and mountain bikers did a lot of the lifting, and plenty of it was pretty heavy. I helped carry two loads of lumber in the half-mile to the site and I'm still sore. While most of the lumber could be managed by us, four huge beams -- 28 feet long, 650 pounds each -- would have required at least 20 people each to move. So organizers brought in Jason Rutledge of the Healing Harvest Forest Foundation and his team of Suffolk logging horses, which were featured in March in The Roanoke Times. Those are some awesome animals, for sure. Unfortunately I couldn't stick around to watch but fortunately Jason sent me a few pictures taken by HHFF's Kate Coates, including the one above. Some other photos of the volunteers are available HERE. |
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While growing up in rural Southern Oregon, Mark Taylor developed a passion for the outdoors while he and his younger brother tagged along with their father on fishing, hunting and camping adventures. Graduating from Northwestern University in 1988, Taylor spent four years as an officer in the U.S. Navy based in Norfolk before moving into journalism. After five years writing about the military for a Norfolk-based publishing company, he became the outdoors editor at The Roanoke Times in 1998. He lives in Roanoke with his wife and twin daughters. .....Advertisement.....
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