Weeding Crew – September 13th

Candy Mountain Preserve Trailhead 71004 E 669 PR NE, Richland, WA, United States

Board member Dave Beach will be leading a volunteer weeding crew on this day. Duties:  Locating and hand pulling Yellow Starthistle and Diffuse Knapweed Plants.  The Rush Skeletonweed plants are left rooted in the ground, but are clipped of their blooms and buds, and the remaining plant stems individually “painted” with Roundup herbicide (not all of our group […]

Weeding Crew – September 15th

Candy Mountain Preserve Trailhead 71004 E 669 PR NE, Richland, WA, United States

Board member Dave Beach will be leading a volunteer weeding crew on this day. Duties:  Locating and hand pulling Yellow Starthistle and Diffuse Knapweed Plants.  The Rush Skeletonweed plants are left rooted in the ground, but are clipped of their blooms and buds, and the remaining plant stems individually “painted” with Roundup herbicide (not all of our group […]

Hike Through Time (National Park Service hike)

Candy Mountain Preserve Trailhead 71004 E 669 PR NE, Richland, WA, United States

Join Manhattan Project National Historical Park rangers on a free guided, 3.6-mile (5.8 km) round-trip hike up Candy Mountain on Saturday, October 5 from 12:00 to 2:30pm Pacific time. There will be several stops along the trail up to the summit where rangers will share short histories about the events and people that shaped the […]

Tailwork Party – October 24

Candy Mountain Preserve Trailhead 71004 E 669 PR NE, Richland, WA, United States

The work is recovering gravel that has worked its way to the edge of the trail. We will use McLeods (rake/hoe thingy) and rakes. We first pull the gravel back on to the trail and then rake it smooth. The trailmaster will provide all the tools and even some homemade cookies at the mid-morning break. […]

Trailwork Party – October 25

Candy Mountain Preserve Trailhead 71004 E 669 PR NE, Richland, WA, United States

The work is recovering gravel that has worked its way to the edge of the trail. We will use McLeods (rake/hoe thingy) and rakes. We first pull the gravel back on to the trail and then rake it smooth. The trailmaster will provide all the tools and even some homemade cookies at the mid-morning break. […]

Trailwork Party – October 26

Candy Mountain Preserve Trailhead 71004 E 669 PR NE, Richland, WA, United States

The work is recovering gravel that has worked its way to the edge of the trail. We will use McLeods (rake/hoe thingy) and rakes. We first pull the gravel back on to the trail and then rake it smooth. The trailmaster will provide all the tools and even some homemade cookies at the mid-morning break. […]

Trick-Or-Treat On The Trail (YMCA event)

Trailhead Park 525 Queensgate Dr, Richland, WA, United States

Every year, the Saturday before Halloween the YMCA of The Greater Tri-Cities puts on a fun, family Halloween event with their very own YMCA healthy twist. Families who join them for Trick-or-Treat on the Trail will enjoy an exciting family hike up Badger Mountain while dressed up in their favorite costumes! Children of all ages […]

Trailwork Party – October 27

Candy Mountain Preserve Trailhead 71004 E 669 PR NE, Richland, WA, United States

The work is recovering gravel that has worked its way to the edge of the trail. We will use McLeods (rake/hoe thingy) and rakes. We first pull the gravel back on to the trail and then rake it smooth. The trailmaster will provide all the tools and even some homemade cookies at the mid-morning break. […]

Trailwork Party – November 7th

Westgate Parking Lot 5305 East 210 PR NE, Richland, WA, United States

This week the trailmaster will be working on the east Skyline Trail, continuing to remove rocks, widen it out to 5 feet and then adding some new gravel.  A large group from Gesa already cleaned up about 700 feet of the trail this fall.  The actual work will be to remove rocks from the trail […]

Trailwork Party – November 8th

Westgate Parking Lot 5305 East 210 PR NE, Richland, WA, United States

This week the trailmaster will be working on the east Skyline Trail, continuing to remove rocks, widen it out to 5 feet and then adding some new gravel.  A large group from Gesa already cleaned up about 700 feet of the trail this fall.  The actual work will be to remove rocks from the trail […]