A team of ForestWatch volunteers assembled on the old Gold Hill guard station site this past Thursday, January 30 to clean-up a long-time shooting area.
The crew of four hauled over 600 lbs. of debris off the site in blustery weather. Most of the trash consisted of the usual suspects — shotgun shells, spent brass, beer cans, and glass bottles — but among the items removed were also three televisions, fire extinguishers, a DVD player, Christmas ornaments, propane tanks, a surfboard, and computer monitors.
Gold Hill has long been the site of unchecked target shooting, and will be revisited by ForestWatch field volunteers again this Spring. ForestWatch looks forward to working with the USFS to see such unregulated shooting areas permanently closed in favor of a few dedicated and well-managed sites, as other Southern California forests have been doing for years.
Since 2007, ForestWatch volunteers have removed over 10,000 pounds of microtrash and other trash from the Los Padres National Forest. For more information about ForestWatch’s volunteer projects or to get involved, visit LPFW.org/volunteer.
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