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Cox Branch bridge washed

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Historic Rugby Visitor Centre
1331 Rugby Parkway
Rugby, TN 37733 United States
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4236282441

Kellogg’s Loop Trail Work CANCELLED

Kellogg’s Loop Trail Work CANCELLED

February 15 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm EST

Rugby State Natural Area friends and trail volunteers: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED ON ACCOUNT OF WEATHER CONDITIONS. Watch for a rescheduling for a later date. Thanks for your interest.
 
Travis Bow, our stewardship ecologist for the newly created Upper Cumberland District of State Natural Areas, has been rerouting sections of Kellogg’s Loop in preparation for rebuilding Little Creek Bridge. There are opportunities for volunteer work in trail clearing, invasive plant removal, applying paint blazes to mark the trail, and clearing the way to the bridge construction site. Hours of volunteer labor will count as in-kind matching for the Little Creek Bridge reconstruction grant. 
Travis is scheduling winter trail work days with this,  Saturday February 15, being the last.  NO NEED to Register for it. We’ll meet 10 a.m. Eastern at the Rugby Visitor Centre and proceed from there to the project site. Watch for more information on the websites, and plan to help if you can.  Travis has a trail-clearing machine, so volunteer efforts would likely include a bit of raking and light clearing after the machine has done its cuts. Bring gloves & work clothes & pack a light lunch. Tools will be provided.
The bridge grant still requires a match of at least $30,000 in real dollars. We’ve raised just about $23,000 to this point, so please consider making a year-end monetary contribution to Historic Rugby designated for Bridge Replacement. That would be a great memorial tribute to Eric Wilson and Bob Hemminger, who first showed Beacon Hill newcomers the Crack and aspired to make it more accessible via Cox Branch Trail and the old wooden bridge. 
Thanks very much,  Benita Howell
(Photo is the old bridge after it washed downstream in 2021 flooding)

Details

Date:
February 15
Time:
10:00 am - 3:00 pm EST