EPIC Basecamp
Join EPIC for a weekend full of boots-on-the-ground timber sale and grazing monitoring, map and compass orienteering, know your rights trainings and more! This is an all ages event, but participants must be prepared for hiking in the mountains.
REGISTRATION
Space is limited! All participants must register at: goo.gl/AizU0c
The $25 registration fee includes camping, meals and trainings. Check out the registration page for carpool options, what to bring, meal menu, donation wish list and more. No one turned away for lack of funds. Please contact us if you need to make special arangements. 707-822-7711.
OVERVIEW
Volunteer groundtruthers help monitor logging projects and other destructive activities occurring on public lands. The information gained from groundtruthing is used to understand, and engage in and affect decisions that impact public lands, waters, wildlife and communities. Information from on-the-ground monitoring also helps EPIC challenge bad logging projects, destructive grazing and other Forest Service actions that degrade the environment at the expense of taxpayers.
LOCATION
EPIC's 2017 Basecamp will be located at a public camp ground off Hwy 96 near Seiad Valley in Klamath National Forest, about a 3 hour drive Northeast from the EPIC office in Arcata, CA. Exact location TBA. Our site is located in a shaded area adjacent to the Wild and Scenic Klamath River and can accommodate a maximum of 30 people. The campsite features an area for dispersed tent camping and several picnic tables and campfire rings with grills, toilets and potable water.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Friday, June 9: Set Up and Groundtruthing Training
•12:00 pm: Orientation, ground rules, paperwork signing, and lunch
•1:00-2:00 pm: basic first aid overview
•2:00-3:00 pm map/ compass/ orienteering skills
•3:00-4:00 pm TBA
•4:00-6:00 pm: free time
•6:00-7:00 dinner
•7:00-8:00 after dinner hike
•8:00: campfire and legal rights training
Saturday June 10: Groundtruthing Training and Field Work
•8:00AM: Breakfast/make sack lunches
•9:00AM: Divide into teams, and get field routes prepared. Depart into the forest.
•9:00-4:00 pm: groups will be in the field participating in pertinent field work and groundtruthing.
•4/5:00PM: Teams arrive back at camp no later than 5:00PM to debrief.
•6:00PM: Dinner, activities for everyone, fun, and socializing!
Sunday, June 11: Groundtruthing Training and Field Work
•8:00AM: Breakfast/make sack lunches
•9:00AM-2:00PM: Divide into teams. Groups will be in the field participating in pertinent field work and groundtruthing.
•3:00 pm: Teams arrive back at camp no later than 3:00 pm to debrief.
•4:00PM: Farewell!
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT BASECAMP, but can't make it, please make a donation here: https://org2.salsalabs.com/o/5349/p/salsa/donation/common/public/?donate_page_KEY=15100
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