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    Re: [RC] Trail Marking using paint - Linda


    I can't get past the image of someone combining the "marking trail with
    paint" and the recent "carrying a gun" issue and coming up with "Marking
    your trails with a paint ball gun".  At a fast trot you could also consider
    it a training ride.
    
    Linda
    
    
    > At 12:09 PM -0400 9/4/02, Deanna German wrote:
    > >
    > >I've seen a few references to using paint to mark trail -- biodegradeable
    > >and/or chalk-based. I'm REALLY interested in this and need more info.
    Brand
    > >names? Where to buy?
    >
    > I bought mine from a surveyor supply company over the net, last year.
    > Got my ride ribbon from Gemplers this year and they may have the
    > paint too, their catalog is huge.  It's meant to be sprayed upside
    > down, doesn't get on your hands.  I have a sprayer for these big cans
    > with a trigger so it can be sprayed from horseback, but didn't really
    > use it.
    >
    > >
    > >I need to contact the park offices soon and find out what they will or
    won't
    > >let us use and want to have all of my ducks in a row before I call. This
    is
    > >the same park office that objects to volunteers doing anything other than
    > >basic trail maintenance with clippers or pruners, but then goes in with a
    > >bulldozer, indiscriminantly tearing down trees and backfilling over
    culverts
    > >with clay soil. (doh!) Good thing our volunteers put in three new
    bridges,
    > >brush-hogged around bogs and boggy trail and fixed another bridge before
    > >they were told not to drive their equipment into the park.... yes, it is
    > >easier to ask forgiveness than permission.
    >
    > We buy (expensive) boxes of diatomaceous earth--the stuff used in
    > swimming pool filters.  This stuff has some weight to it and doesn't
    > blow around much.  We have a daily breeze that is a factor, every
    > afternoon.  The DE is not offensive to the environment except it can
    > do a number on ants.  We use it to do arrows and Jim's infamous "12
    > dots".
    >
    > >
    > >So I need some time to convince them that our intentions are pure and
    that
    > >we are not trying to add permanant markings.
    > >
    > >(And, yes, we are working with the park to try and convince them that the
    > >same trail maintenance techniques that work for snowmobile, hiking and
    > >cross-country skiing trails don't necessarily work for horse trails!)
    > >
    > >Deanna (lacking both a really tall horse or a horse that will allow me to
    > >stand in the stirrups long enough to tie or clip something to a tree)
    >
    > We have bought the heavy duty senior citizens jar/etc. grabbers, with
    > rubber tips--the heavy duty ones hold up well, and can be used either
    > to place clothespins or to grab branches.
    >
    > With the Arundo, pulling a branch down isn't always a good idea.
    > Remind the riders to look up if you mark above.  We tie our ribbons
    > on, ever since the first (or second?) year when the clothespins were
    > stolen and the ribbons dropped on the ground.  We didn't begrudge
    > them the clothespins, but wanted our ribbons to stay in place.  There
    > are homeless living in the riverbed in certain places.
    >
    > We also have an Arundo eradification project going on, with state
    > money.  Our 50 milers couldn't have helped but notice the large
    > patches where it has been removed.  Cottonwood and other natural
    > riverine species will fill in, if they keep after it.  It grows back
    > really quickly, which is why trails that we trimmed 3 weeks before
    > the ride may not be ideal by ride time.
    >
    > Lynne
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    [RC] Trail Marking using paint, Deanna German
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