West Jersey Crew 2006 Projects

The place:  the Appalachian Trail at Rt. 94, north of Vernon New Jersey
The project:  replace 800 feet of puncheon in three very wet fields
The materials:  16’ long by 8” wide by 3” thick oak planks; 3’ x 6” x 8” Polywood (synthetic wood, made from recycled tires) support pieces (sleepers); and 6-inch long lag bolts to fasten them together

The work was accomplished over 5 weekend days in June by the West Jersey Crew, with invaluable logistics support from the NJDEP Division of Parks and Forestry and the New Jersey Forest Fire Service.  Two earlier trips were spent pre-cutting the sleepers and bundling the planks for delivery.

See the photo essay.

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