Thank you to all our volunteers yesterday who came together to dismantle some structures up American Fork Canyon. It was a great evening up the canyon with pleasant temperatures and fresh air as we made our way up the hiking trail to the first section of structures. Some worked on dismantling the

Had a great time tonight at the Tiny Tim’s Toy Factory tracing patterns and assembling the wheels for the cars. It was humbling to hear Alton share the story of how he got started making these toys, and all the places these cars go to locally and around the world including The Road Home Shelter th

Tonight was the Forest Service volunteer appreciation dinner. Its awesome to attend this event each year, see all the different user groups various projects and achievements, and the large impact everyone working together made during the year. I was honored to accept the certificate of appreciat

Another great night was spent up the canyon with some good friends as we cleaned up the lower campsite area from the Labor Day rush. Surprisingly(and most welcome) there wasn't as much trash as we expected, and the large turnout of volunteers made quick work of the sites. We had a good turnout of

It was great to be a part of the second annual desert cleanup at 5 Mile Pass. Listening to feedback from last year, the food was changed up to bacon, pancakes, and hash browns(once we got them thawed out) and seemed to be well received. After filling up on breakfast and mingling with the various c

One of the main items on the Forest Service radar this year was replacing some fencing around a meadow that had failed causing the area to see heavy use. Our goal today was to repair/replace the old fencing, allowing the meadow to return to its former state. We were able to get the two main sectio

Thank you to everyone who made it out to the snow pole removal project yesterday. With so many people showing up with were able to knock out the project very quickly and saved the State Parks Ranger 2 days of work on his own. Since we finished up sooner than expected, we decided to repair a larg

Thank you everyone who was able to make it out today for our trail ride and cleanup. The amount of trash removed was incredible, and made a huge impact/step forward in helping the environment and the camp going into that area. Huge thanks to Dell and Randy Clement for the use of the dump trailer. W

True to form, it was raining on this years NPLD. Despite the wet conditions, we had a great turnout for the North Fork, FR085, fencing repair project. We were able to replace dozens of broken sections of fencing, reinforce posts, and remove nails/bolts sticking out dangerously. After completing t

During our pre-run through Little Moab a month ago we noticed the area was in need of some attention in the trash department so a cleanup was scheduled on 9/16/2017. The night before the cleanup a few members camped out near chimney rock to prep for the following day. Despite rain earlier in the d

Thank you to all who were able to come out to this years clean up of 5 Mile Pass! We had 78 volunteers sign in, and over 100+ participants coming together to enjoy and give back to our public lands. I want to give a special thanks to Aj Swenson and Northridge4x4 for sponsoring the event, providin

With the government shutdown still ongoing, there were some concerns about the upkeep of facilities in AF canyon. Today a small group of us checked and emptied trash bins in the vault toilets, along with restocked toilet paper. For the most part the lower day use sites in the canyon were in decent s

After completing our NPLD fencing project in September, a couple of us decided it would be a good idea to return to the canyon and extend and install some further fencing to deter additional bypasses from forming in the area. We met up just after noon, headed up to the ranger station to pick up som

This weekend we were able to assist the Salt Lake Ranger District with a new idea for fencing they were testing out up at the Buckland Flats area and go on a fantastic scenic trail ride from the Bountiful B area, to Farmington Canyon. The group met up at the Bountiful B staging area and were trea

More fun was had up AF Canyon last night along our adopted trail as we removed a washing machine that had been pushed off the "narrows" section of the trail down into the ravine below. Using a snatchblock we put together a simple but effective system that allowed us to do a straight pull up the hil

Earlier in the week we were contacted about an abandoned boat up AF canyon that needed removed, and finally got a chance to swing up there today and get it pulled out. Last year it was furniture and seems like this year is going to be recreational toys with a snowmobile and now a boat being removed

During a service project earlier in the week it was noticed that some fencing around the Tibble Fork Reservoir area was in disrepair. Working with the Forest Service we had some rails dropped off on site, and supplies gathered together to repair the damage. Despite giving late notice we had enough

Earlier in the week it was reported to us that there was a couch that had been abandoned up AF Canyon just past mile marker 11. A few of us met up around 2 and headed up the canyon to find and remove it. After spending over an hour trying to find the couch, Colton Davis spotted it in an area we ha

The Forest Service held their NPLD projects a week early due to some scheduling conflicts, but despite the last minute date change the turnout of volunteers was awesome with representatives from many of the different user groups in attendance. Upon arriving at the reservoir it was decided that one

We had the pleasure of working with a great local offroad club, the Dirt Hedz, on building their trail adoption sign for Mineral Basin. On June 24th we picked up the wood from the South Fork Ranger Station on our way back from installing the Holman Flat sign, and delivered it to Joes house where t

We had a great time kicking off our summer season of service up AF Canyon. Our group met up at the horse transfer station and divided with one part tackling repairing and installing new signage on the station kiosk, while the other part installed and repaired fencing. Near the end of last season

It was another great year for the Chilly Willys Charity Drive, with even more donations that the year before and lots of new participants. It is also the first year we have gone to the Midvale location due to the Rio Grande location no longer housing the homeless. We also were able to complete the

Another great NPLD, and another great service project completed this past weekend. On Saturday the bulk of the group met up at Smiths, while Coy and I went up the canyon early to meet with the Forest Service and pick up some last minute supplies. Once our trailers were loaded we started up the tra

Had another successful cleanup run in AF Canyon. As we headed up the FR085 trail we noticed an excess amount of trash at one of the first campsites along the route. Upon investigation we determined it had been abandoned as all the food was over a week past expired, tent was completely torn to shre

Thank you everyone who made it out to the AF Canyon cleanup last night making it possible to clean up a large number of sites in a short time. As always there were some strange items found and vegetation damage from people who i assume dont remember to bring firewood, but this time we saw some rabb

This past weekend we were able to build a new kiosk off the Sunshine Canyon Road in the 5 Mile Pass area. Thanks to the DNR and the County for providing the materials, and to the volunteers who helped make this project a success with their service the day of the project and leading up to the event.

A month ago one of our members spotted an abandoned snowmobile up AF canyon off our adopted trail. Working with the Forest Service we were finally able to get approval to remove it today. A winch made quick work of the task, and some muscle got it loaded up on the trailer and off the lake bed. It

On the 21st BOAR had the opportunity to assist with the install of a HAM radio repeater and antenna. We started the day meeting up down by Silver Lake Flat where we loaded conduit, pipe, fence posts, and cement into the truck. We then headed up the narrow switchback section up to the gate that

For this weeks trash run our group joined Team Up For Tibble Fork, which is a group that does monthly cleanups of the Tibble Fork Reservoir area. Despite heavy rain in the morning, the skies cleared for the cleanup. This time around the most intetesting item was a large section of corrugated pipe,

Despite some worry about being rained out due to dark clouds, we held our weekly trash run up AF canyon. Fortunately it did not rain and the canyon was a very pleasant temperature. After going over some sites we had cleaned earlier in the year, and still managing to remove 3 bags of trash, we star