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July 5, 2010 DAVD ANDRENYAK'S GOBBLER'S KNOB BY WAY OF BUTLER FORK HIKE Photo by Knick Knickerbocker Dave Andrenyak, Cassie Badowsky, Carol Masheter, Elliot Mott and Jennifer Edgar having a relaxing lunch break on top of Gobblers Knob. 801-424-2724 38
Front three: Cindy Crass, Chris Chambreau and Laurie Chambreau. Middle four: Bob Cady, Candy Cady, Kelly Kager and NPS Ranger, Chris Robinson. Back row: Connie Blaine, Anya Byers, Dave Rumbello, Tamara Nauman, NPS Ranger, Gerrish Willis, Brian Benecivengo, Steve Peterson and James Ashby. 6/27-7/3/2010 The Weed Warriors win another battle and pose for their picture in the hole before filling it in. YAMPA/GREEN WEED WARRIOR TRIP After the previous evening’s welcome and swag fest with Tamara and Kelly, we put in at Deerlodge saying goodbye to the mosquitoes with no regret. (Gerrish did provide early warning.) Our first and continuing Weed Warrior task was searching for the invasive and elusive leafy spurge. Bad news—it was pretty difficult to find except for one big patch up the draw from Anderson Hole. Good news—it was pretty difficult to find because so much of it had been eradicated. We had beautiful camps at Mathers Hole and Laddie Park. At Mathers Hole we camped within safe distance from a hawk nest with little ones and very protective parents. Laddie served up box elder bugs. Other wildlife treats were many geese families, a merganser family, a rare snake, and especially the mountain goats riverside and at Jones Hole right next to where we were working. The work was hard but productive. The leafy spurge hunts were a test of patience and good eyesight. Our two long days of tammie pulling tested the equipment and the strength of the arms, shoulders and back. The deepest hole was 5 feet and the biggest stem-root was a good 6 feet across. We named the most troublesome stems. The biggest was Rush Limbaugh with his buddy Glenn Beck. The ones named after the worst boyfriends were also buggers. We exhausted one come-a-long until Steve Anderson fixed it. The floats, the side trips--Mantle Cave and at Mathers Hole and Jones Hole, the rapids-- Warm Springs and Moonshine, the rainbows and the people were all memorable and well photographed. The food was amazing and tasted so good after so much work. Steve Peterson serenaded us with his guitar. We got leis for our Hawaiian dinner. We left behind big piles of brush, roots and stems. Now there are areas that now see the sun and in the future will hopefully be fish spawning grounds. Accordingly to Dudley, co-organizer, our efforts were appreciated. Tamara emailed him that we did a great job and she looked forward to next year’s trip. If you haven’t done it, please do. It’s definitely worth it. SUBMITTED BY CYNTHIA CRASS 39
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