Brown-Lowery Provincial Park volunteers
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300 Group Trail Maintenance Association
Maintenance of Brown-Lowery Provincial Park started in 1992 when it was created. Peter and Barbara Spear discovered the park, which was then a Provincial Recreation Area, with logs across many of the trails. Within a week, they signed up as volunteers, and equipped with a Swede saw, axe and Pulaski, they started the trail clearance program. With the help in the early days of their friend Bob Meyers and others, trail clearance was the main focus. Bob had a chainsaw which was used for the biggest challenges. In April, 2010, a wet snow storm felled more than 500 trees across the trails. Richard Mowry and his wife Diana had joined the Group by then and Peter and Richard with their own chainsaws cleared the park in 9 days with friends as “wood chuckers”. In addition to trail clearance, the Group now cuts grass (Old Mill Meadow), removes brush beside trails, maintains and builds bridges, replaces posts and signs, paints benches, clears boundary fence lines and spreads mulch. All of this is done under a written agreement with Alberta Environment and Parks. In 2020, the Group was formalized as the 300 Group Trail Maintenance Association, a not-for-profit Alberta society, that is financed by public donations. This small group of a dozen volunteers continues to keep this “Foothills Gem” in top shape. For more information, please see: www.brownloweryprovincialpark.ca .
Sincerely,
Peter and Barbara, Richard and Diana, Hugh, Marielle, Trevor, Russ,
Fraser, John, Rich and Liz.
Maintenance of Brown-Lowery Provincial Park started in 1992 when it was created. Peter and Barbara Spear discovered the park, which was then a Provincial Recreation Area, with logs across many of the trails. Within a week, they signed up as volunteers, and equipped with a Swede saw, axe and Pulaski, they started the trail clearance program. With the help in the early days of their friend Bob Meyers and others, trail clearance was the main focus. Bob had a chainsaw which was used for the biggest challenges. In April, 2010, a wet snow storm felled more than 500 trees across the trails. Richard Mowry and his wife Diana had joined the Group by then and Peter and Richard with their own chainsaws cleared the park in 9 days with friends as “wood chuckers”. In addition to trail clearance, the Group now cuts grass (Old Mill Meadow), removes brush beside trails, maintains and builds bridges, replaces posts and signs, paints benches, clears boundary fence lines and spreads mulch. All of this is done under a written agreement with Alberta Environment and Parks. In 2020, the Group was formalized as the 300 Group Trail Maintenance Association, a not-for-profit Alberta society, that is financed by public donations. This small group of a dozen volunteers continues to keep this “Foothills Gem” in top shape. For more information, please see: www.brownloweryprovincialpark.ca .
Sincerely,
Peter and Barbara, Richard and Diana, Hugh, Marielle, Trevor, Russ,
Fraser, John, Rich and Liz.
Fundraising team: 300 Group Trail Maintenance Association (2)
300 Group Trail Maintenance Association
Organizer
Priddis, AB
Peter Spear
Beneficiary
Richard Mowry
Team member