Let me first note that this post is about a week over due but some free time has finally been found at the office so here goes:The June 13th and 14th 2009 Peak Steward Training was a great success. 35 individuals attended including 8 returning Peak Stewards. Saturday's training took place at Alma's town hall and included an introduction to the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative (Brian Wallace, CFI), a lecture on the history of modern outdoor recreation and a discussion on the condition of Colorado's fourteen thousand foot mountains (Brian Wallace, CFI), a lecture on the history and hazards of Colorado mining (Craig Bissonnette, Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety), and a presentation on Leave-No-Trace principles and practices (Steve Bonowski, LNT).
Sunday's training took place at the base of Mts. Lincoln and Democrat and included a presentation and exercises on alpine ecology and botony (Anya Byers, Colorado Mountain Club), a presentation on the United States Forest Service and their relationship with CFI (Loretta McEllhiney, USFS) and a very intuitive lesson on "Wisdom", using the "Authority of the Resource", and interacting with the general public while on the peaks (Loretta McEllhiney, USFS). Around noon some storms started to move as we were eating lunch. We decided to go back to Alma town hall for the remainder of the training and proceeded to role play and practice interacting with and educating hikers.
Every Peak Steward is asked to volunteer at least 4 days per year, with one (or more) of them being on Mts. Lincoln, Democrat, and Bross (the summit of Bross is still closed however). If every Peak Steward stays committed (and maybe we can recruit some more along the way) we will more then triple the amount of Peak Steward days from any previous year!!!!
We are off to a great start...stay tuned for more updates!!!
-Brian Wallace
Education and Outreach Coordinator
Colorado Fourteeners Initiative
No comments:
Post a Comment