Good news for the sandbar - May 19th cleanup?

shredjim · Since 07 Jun 2006 188 Posts Stoked

Today at a sandbar committee meeting at the Port, I was told we have preliminary approval for our CGKA driven clean up of the wood on the sandbar Exclamation

Saturday May 19th looks like the best day so we avoid the chance the Hood River dumps more wood after we clean it up, but before Memorial weekend season kickoff. Every participant will need to sign a release of liability sheet we will coordinate. We now have permission to use chainsaws, and I am working on a one-time use of 4X4 vehicles (not tractors or backhoes, etc.) to pull logs to make a big pile to ignite. It seemed to work great last year when we moved about 10 ton of rocks. Last year our rock moving cleanup effort greatly improved the ease of kite line launching and landing. This year the guy on the project from the Corp of Engineers is also working on a deal with SDS lumber to use their barge and then he can re-locate the wood in the river so it forms fish habitat, instead of us burning it - which everyone now agrees has to happen at least a little. At our CGKA meeting last Sat night Forrest who you all know from this forum has greatfully agreed to help me with organizing the clean up project! Any other volunteers would be greatly appreciated! We will need a LARGE croud to do this successfully in one effort, so I hope we can count on a large number of the people who read this to rally all their kiteboard friends to join up on the effort! Last year kicked .........

Garret · Since 07 Sep 2006 254 Posts Portland Obsessed

Nice work on all of that. I am in to help with the clean up. I have a 4wd and can help pull stuff around. Need any help getting things together?

pkh · Since 27 Feb 2005 6549 Posts Couve / Hood Honored Founder

Count me in! Maybe I can procure an old chainsaw off of craigslist between then and now. You know if you were at the Sauvies cleanup last year, they really do make the work go 100 times faster.

Someone suggested at the CGKA meeting that maybe we just cleave the jutting branches off of a few of the logs and leave the rest in the ground. This might be a good idea for the bigger logs that are 75% buried. Also it could help ensure that the sandbar remains intact and doesn't erode on us.

kitezilla · Since 22 Jun 2006 453 Posts gorge Obsessed

Bettyboarder · Fri Apr 13, 07 7:28 am

Thanks Jim for setting this up. I'll be there

forrest · Fri Apr 13, 07 8:02 am

Awesome, approval rocks.

I have a 4x4 vehicle as well. For the really large logs I was thinking we don't necessarily have to use the vehicles to pull the logs as much as they'd make excellent counter weight for a come-along.

We should use any of the really nice logs:
-Building a sandbox for kids just at the bottom of the pathway from the parking lot.
-Making a few more benches in the parking lot.
-Split one and make a natural slider!!! Smile

-Maybe a little dock for shooting pictures?

Bunch of ideas, anyone else? Obviously, I think the only decent idea above is the sand box for the kids, and benches, the rest of them are just random ideas.

Mark · Fri Apr 13, 07 8:59 am

Those are great ideas.

A chainsaw or three will make fast work of the logs. Then we wont need 4x4 rigs. Unless we want to make benches.

Speaking of which I have both a 4x4 and a chainsaw.
(hope the agro fisherman ala sauvies wont be there) Laughing

Tony · Since 28 Aug 2006 940 Posts Portland Opinionated

Sounds great...

- A chain saw
- logs, sticks and stumps
- a bunch of guys
- some lighter fuel and matches

awesome, now all we need is someone to bring a couple of packs of hot-dogs and some PBR's and were set.... Very Happy

endoshred · Since 22 May 2006 232 Posts HR Stoked

I will be good for donation of time and PBRs. although my time is limited, for the needs of the work crew the PBRs will be unlimited.

Tony · Since 28 Aug 2006 940 Posts Portland Opinionated

Well, I don't have a chainsaw...But I'll be happy to help...

"Hats off to Mark and the rest of the crew...They did a fantastic Job @ Sauvies last year...."

tinyE · Since 21 Jan 2006 2004 Posts not really an XTreme Poster

lance_k · Since 04 May 2005 565 Posts Hood River Photographer

could use some dynamite. worked pretty good for that whale in florence...

http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=160661&fr=

forrest · Fri Apr 13, 07 1:14 pm

HAhHAHAha, When I was first moving to Oregon, I saw the whale video. My type of people is all I could think!

magicmaker · Since 29 Oct 2006 895 Posts da Hood Opinionated

i can't wait to get some of that gnarly ass mess cleaned up off the sandbar. I'll be there, thanks for all the hard work jim.

I think elvis brings up a good point about inviting the windsurfers? anybody else have any thoughts on this? i was thinking they might not like us bending the rules for the cleanup, but other than that, any extra help can and will be appreciated.

wylieflyote · Fri Apr 13, 07 2:00 pm

I can bring a good chain saw. I also have lots of chain hoists and come-a-longs.
Question: How big is this stuff? Is there any heavy stumps embedded into the sand? Will we need any heavy rigging, or is it all hand carry once it's sawed up?

I will leave my stopper balls at home.

Portland Pete · Since 08 Mar 2005 145 Posts HR Stoked

Nice Work on getting a cleanup going

That weekend is the Windance Swap Meet and Victoria Day weekend too.

Lot's of out of towners will be in town and might pitch in too.

Great time for a cleanup/party.

Pete

forrest · Fri Apr 13, 07 2:29 pm

Wylie,

There are some big logs, I don't know that we're going to be able to do anything about logs that are submersed, just seems a little dangerous and we'll have to evaluate those on a case by case bases. Anything we can't move, we can mark with a buoy.

We will need chains, ropes, straps, whatever. I figure some of the logs we can tie a big rope to and get 20 or so guys to pull it.