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Trail Workdays & Crew Leaders
If you’d like to help build and maintain trail, we have a workday going on somewhere in the state almost every weekend of the year and on some weekdays too. Below is a list of volunteer trail crew leaders in different areas. Please contact them for more information about upcoming workdays and how you can get involved. To find a date that works for you, search the calendar or find a location near you.
Asheville area
Les Love – lesrlove55@gmail.com
Pisgah National Forest
Doug Veazey – doug.veazey@gmail.com
Tanawha Trail through Cone Park
Randy Johnson – ranjohns@aol.com
Watauga County
John Lanman – jelanman@charter.net
South Ashe County
Jim Hallsey – jhallsey@skybest.com
North Ashe County
Wilbur Gurganus – wgurganus@ec.rr.com
Alleghany County
Steven Joines – sjj1@skybest.com
Pilot Mountain and Hanging Rock State Parks
Jay Young – jayyoung@triad.rr.com
Sauratown Trails
Steven Mierisch – mierischs@juno.com
Guilford County
Alex Ashton – rashton@co.guilford.nc.us
Alamance County
Megan Squire – megansquire@gmail.com
Orange County
Jim Suiter – jsuiter@mindspring.com
Shawn Williams – spw6404@gmail.com
Hillsborough
John Willis – jhw445@hotmail.com
Eno River
Fred Dietrich – fred.dietrich@duke.edu
Falls Lake
Jeff Brewer – jdbrewer104@gmail.com
Neusiok Trail
Terry Smith – fishido@ec.rr.com
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Workdays are sometimes new trail construction and sometimes maintenance of existing trail. Work may include using a rake and mattox (similar to a pickaxe) to dig new trail and remove small roots, brush clearing, moving logs, and picking up debris.
FMST will supply most of the tools for workdays, but extra loppers and mattox are welcome.
Please wear work clothes and a bag lunch, plenty of water, work gloves, hiking boots, and sunscreen. Sorry no dogs allowed at our workdays for safety reasons. If you are under the age of 18, please consult us before attending workdays.