Tarbell Trail — Friday, May. 30, 2025

I only hiked the first quarter mile to scout out conditions for an upcoming WTA trail work party. As I’ve seen in the past, the Thimbleberry is growing up, and the other son loving plants are starting to crowd out the trail in places.

We try to hit the timing just right to allow plants to bloom, feed the pollinators and grow out to their max extent before cutting back that which is crowding into the trail. Timing can be tricky because you want to avoid scheduling too early because they grow back but if you wait too long, you start to run into wildfire restrictions on running power tools.

Over the years we’ve built up our tool cash to include several power brushes that greatly increase our productivity. Our ability to stock the tool cache and coordinate the logistics of these events is possible in large part due to WTA members and donors. Thank you!