- Date
- 2017-08-26
- Kind
- Trail maintenance
- Where
- 7 Bridges Trail
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- recreationconservationvolunteeringtrails
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
On August 26, 2017, volunteers worked to reopen the 7 Bridges Trail under the Beaver Island Archipelago Trails Association. The follow-up called the first work session successful but said additional work remained on the western part of the trail.
Evidence limits
The forum provides organizer and participant reports, not a work log, completed route survey, or official trail-condition inspection.
Open questions
- Was the additional work on the western part of the 7 Bridges Trail, mentioned as remaining after this session, ever completed in a later, undocumented work session?
- Are the wet conditions and lost markers reported around the same time on the Johnny Martin Trail connected to the same event, or are they independent observations, as the source treats them?
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Sources
- The Association recruited volunteers for an August 26 trail-clearing session and later thanked the volunteers, calling the first work session a success while saying more work remained on the west portion. A participant separately reported wet conditions and lost markers on the Johnny Martin Trail; that observation is not merged with the 7 Bridges work.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 12 · t012153
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Archipelago Trails Association volunteers clear the 7 Bridges Trail, 2017”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-archipelago-trails-seven-bridges-cleanup-2017/, accessed [date], citing Louis and PhilBecker, “Come help to clear the 7 Bridges Trail,” Beaver Island Forum, August 19–27, 2017..
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