REPORTING
TRAIL/TRAILHEAD INCIDENTS OR CONDITIONS:
Click
here to
complete an email that goes to BCHCAZ and is also
reported to the appropriate Forest Service or Agency.
Some examples of situations to report include, downed
trees, washed out trails, cattle in a recreation area,
user conflicts involving bikes, atv’s hikers,
equestrians or camp hosts, agency volunteers or
employees. Please provide as much information as
possible including location, date, time, names of other
witnesses, etc. Be sure to
include your name and phone number.
REPORTING YOUR
VOLUNTEER TIME:
BCHCAZ reports volunteer
time for all projects and activities to our state and
national organizations, so recording your time is very
important.
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Click
here
to use the Electronic Form
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Download Group Project PDF Form by clicking
here.
Print, complete and
mail to BCHCAZ President.
VOLUNTEER HOURS
ADD UP!!
In 2009, BCHCAZ Chapter
reported over 2,723 volunteer service hours to the
National Back Country Horsemen organization. The
equivalent value of those hours combined with stock
hauling, power equipment usage, etc., is $177,408.
Here’s the breakdown:
Trail Recon
Trail Work
Skilled Work
Admin & Public Meetings
Personal Vehicle
Stock Hauling Miles
Heavy Equipment Rental
Total Stock Used
Total Stock Days |
190 hours
428.5 hours
2,047 Hours
27 hours
667.5 hours
7,545 miles
$3,000
186
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Please consider
these instructions when completing the form.
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Start your time when you begin preparing or
loading equipment and stock to leave.
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If you are loading equipment for 2 hours the day
before you leave count the 2 hours.
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If you use your saddle horse or pack animal for
any part of a day it
counts as a days use for each.
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Report your travel time and report miles
traveled to and from destination.
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Report any equipment used such as power
equipment, backhoes or materials donated by you
or used from another source. If you are using a
trailer to haul a piece of equipment or
materials use the $1.10 per mile when
reporting.
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If you are packing in and camping to facilitate
multiple days of volunteerism report only your
WORK time including caring for your
stock.
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If your purpose for going on a ride is for
pleasure you are not working. If you are out
there to do Recon claim your time and
report the conditions. Recon should have a
purpose
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The FS regulations on overnight projects; the
standard work day is 8 hours not including a
half hour lunch with a maximum claimed of
11.5 hours. If you do work more than 11.5
hours as a volunteer working for a public lands
agency then you should
claim your time.
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Trail Miles (cleared or worked) falls into
two classifications for reporting.
Trails cleared and trails cleared in
designated wilderness areas. If you have a
GPS use it or use the “best guess system”. In
reporting miles cleared, remember if you have a
work crew of 5 people and clear 5 miles of
trail, it is still 5 miles not 25 miles. If a
trail requires work in the same area more than
once, claim it. You
are figuring the distance from the trailhead to
the completed area cleared.
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Experience has
shown, if you don’t write it down the day you
work it won’t get done.
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