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Military, civilian DOD workers help out Refuge
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| HM1(SW/FMF/NAC) Rudy Arocha, of NAVSTA Ingleside's Branch Medical Clinic, and his son, Patrick, dump gravel onto a wooded area trail. |
Eighteen personnel from area military installations lent a hand to the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge staff, Jan. 30.
Volunteers put in the center support joist for a 350-foot boardwalk. After the support joists were completed, they laid out the decking for the boardwalk. They also screwed down the decking for the entire 20 by 20 foot observation platform. The boardwalk project will be completed by Refuge employees.
The boardwalk is adjacent to the Refuge's 40-foot observation tower on the public tour loop. The tower and the boardwalk are the most heavily visited public use areas on the Refuge. The boardwalk also allows visitors to walk close to the water's edge and observe up close the many birds which forage on the shoreline.
Volunteers also helped lay gravel on a walking path which winds through The Big Tree Trail. It is a popular trail which allows visitors to see coastal woodlands and offers many viewing opportunities which are not available on other trails. This project has been in progress for several years and, because of the volunteers' efforts, only 125 feet of the walking path is left to complete.
The Navy volunteers showed up ready to work and dove into the project with great enthusiasm. A great bunch, they worked hard and helped to nearly complete two projects. Thanks to the Navy, both projects will be finished by the end of February. Without them, these projects most likely would not have been completed before summer.
taglines: HM1(SW/FMF/NAC) Rudy Arocha, of NAVSTA Ingleside's Branch Medical Clinic, and his son, Patrick, dump gravel onto a wooded area trail.
Lee Harbison, of NAVSTA Facilities Department, concentrates on his work.
Volunteers put in the center support joist for a 350-foot boardwalk. After the support joists were completed, they laid out the decking for the boardwalk. They also screwed down the decking for the entire 20 by 20 foot observation platform. The boardwalk project will be completed by Refuge employees.
The boardwalk is adjacent to the Refuge's 40-foot observation tower on the public tour loop. The tower and the boardwalk are the most heavily visited public use areas on the Refuge. The boardwalk also allows visitors to walk close to the water's edge and observe up close the many birds which forage on the shoreline.
Volunteers also helped lay gravel on a walking path which winds through The Big Tree Trail. It is a popular trail which allows visitors to see coastal woodlands and offers many viewing opportunities which are not available on other trails. This project has been in progress for several years and, because of the volunteers' efforts, only 125 feet of the walking path is left to complete.
The Navy volunteers showed up ready to work and dove into the project with great enthusiasm. A great bunch, they worked hard and helped to nearly complete two projects. Thanks to the Navy, both projects will be finished by the end of February. Without them, these projects most likely would not have been completed before summer.
taglines: HM1(SW/FMF/NAC) Rudy Arocha, of NAVSTA Ingleside's Branch Medical Clinic, and his son, Patrick, dump gravel onto a wooded area trail.
Lee Harbison, of NAVSTA Facilities Department, concentrates on his work.
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