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Events that have already occurred, kept for reference purposes.

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Project: Quarry Park Half Moon Bay

Quarry Park

Activities: Our next work day celebrates National Trails Day, also Saturday June 2, and we will be working in a new place for Trail Center: Quarry Park in El Granada. We will be re-routing the Quarry North Ridge use trail. Tasks will include a lot of brushing to open the trail corridor and initial tread construction. Details of the location and parking for the day will be sent to volunteers who sign up in time.

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Project: San Mateo Memorial Park - Mt. Ellen Trails

Mt. Ellen Trails

Activities: We will continue the work we started on the Mt. Ellen trails, with the goal of finishing the Mt. Ellen Summit Trail. If time permits, we would also do brushing and tread maintenance on the Mt. Ellen Nature Trail, repairing tread damage from large downed trees, and replacing some retaining structures on the Mt. Ellen Nature Trail.

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Project (click for directions): Hidden Villa - Los Altos Hills

Long Bunny Loop Trail

Activities: on the inaugural work day in our partnership with Hidden Villa's staff and volunteers, we will work to restore tread width on a portion of the Long Bunny Loop Trail near a fork of Adobe Creek. This will require removing slough and/or cutting the inside edge of the trail, installation or replacement of small retaining walls, and some gentle brushing (vegetation trimming).

In the event that significant rain is expected, the event will be postponed to a future work day. Volunteers should expect an email with such an announcement or can check the Trail Center website for updates.

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Project (click for directions): Tool Party and Annual Meeting

Tool Maintenance and Trailer Cleanup

Activities: Work will start around 10:30 or 11:00 a.m. and continue until done. The Annual Meeting is planned to start at 4:00 pm. Pizza's on at 5:00 pm. Snacks are provided and there will be a special presentation at the end of the day.

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Project: Coyote Point Recreation Area

Coyote Point Bay Trail

Activities: We will wrap up work on a reroute of a trail to make the "run-down-the-hill" use trail safer at San Mateo County's Coyote Point Recreation Area, behind CuriOdyssey. This work day will have a small volunteer limit, as we'll be focussed on constructing a retaining wall above a portion of the staircase we built in the summer of 2017. There may be some tread touch-up work as well.

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Bay Area Ridge Trail - REI Service Day

Activities: Due to the Trail Center's persistent efforts in the last several years maintaining the portions of the Bay Area Ridge Ridge Trail in the Skyline Boulevard region, we found there was not a contiguous area which would provide sufficient work for a large group this year. Therefore, we are recommending that volunteers who wish to work on the Ridge Trail this year sign up for an event at the various sites being organized by other agencies and groups. Trail Center will provide a few crew leaders to help out Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District at its project in Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve in Los Altos, if you wish to join some fellow Trail Center folks there.

Visit the BARTC's EventBrite page to review available projects and sign up. (Use the "Tickets" button to register, but be assured the work day projects themselves are free.)