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Buckeye Trail CrewThe Buckeye Trail Crew is the Buckeye Trail Association’s highly skilled volunteer trail building crew that travels around the 1,444 miles of the Buckeye Trail throughout the year. The Buckeye Trail Crew’s main purpose is to build new sustainable BT to replace existing on-road routes of the BT. Buckeye Trail Work Parties try to emphasize both words - Work and Party. Volunteers spend up to five continuous days at work, building and improving sections of trail, while the evenings are spent gathered together in camp, enjoying lively conversation. The Buckeye Trail Crew has been organized since 1990, and over the past ten years has donated 37,651 hours of volunteer service towards moving the BT off road. The Crew enjoys traditional trail building relying mainly on the use of hand tools and good old fashioned hard work to create the level tread and primitive trail structures necessary for a positive hiking experience. How do you become a member of the Buckeye Trail Crew? It's simple! Just show up at any of the scheduled work parties posted below and in detail on the Buckeye Trail Events Web page. No prior trail building experience is required, the Buckeye Trail Crew is an excellent way to learn the skill from those with years of experience. You do NOT need any tools; the crew comes equipped with all the tools necessary for the project. Motivation is the only requirement. People of all ages have been a part of a work party, doing as much as they feel they can. Working with the Crew is a unique way to discover hidden gems of Ohio, meet like-minded volunteers, and give back to Ohio’s outdoor community. The Buckeye Trail Crew generally works from March until mid-June, then resumes in September through early November. Each year’s schedule is set in the previous fall. The Crew is sometimes served by the Buckeye Chuckwagon, a full service camp kitchen that fuels the volunteer. Check the events page to see if the work party is a “Chuckwagon Event”. In 2011, the trail crew plans a variety of both new trail construction and trail maintenance. The construction work parties will last usually 5 days. The maintenance work parties will be for just the weekend and may take place in several locations around the state on the same weekend. Save the Dates! The 2012 work parties have been scheduled, so save the dates and come on out and help. For more information, please contact the BTA’s State Trail Coordinator: Rick Adamson 419-853-4332 or rickbta@gmail.com
2011 Work Parties
2012 Work Parties
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Get the Patch! For five hours of service on any BTA sanctioned volunteer project, the BTA provides a BTA Volunteer Patch. Get yours in one day with the Buckeye Trail Crew!
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