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Special Event
Event
National Public Lands Day Volunteer Workday - C&H Industrial Core Landscape Clean-up
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Fee:
Free.Location: LAT/LONG: 47.242300, -88.448200
Keweenaw National Historical Park Headquarters 25970 Red Jacket Road Calumet, MI 49913
Dates & Times
Date:
Saturday, September 28, 2024
Time:
9:00 AM
Duration:
3 hours
Type of Event
Volunteer Event
Registration opens at 8:45am to complete volunteer paperwork. Safety briefing, project instructions, and work begins 9:00am.
Description
Join staff from Keweenaw NHP on Saturday, September 28th, 9 am-12 pm for National Public Lands Day!
In combination with masonry efforts around the industrial core of Calumet, we’re looking to make sure that the Pattern Shop, Drill Shop and others like them are in ship-shape going into the winter. Staff and volunteers will cut brush and pick up trash, to help to preserve these historic structures.
Maintaining a clean and well-preserved cultural landscape is an on-going task that requires continual monitoring and upkeep. With the park’s proximity to the urban environment, every day impacts can quickly accumulate and make for an unsightly landscape. Volunteers will help with park resource management in the Calumet Unit industrial core, working side-by-side with park staff to improve visibility and access to the industrial landscape and to clear brush and vegetation that can lead to damage of historic buildings.
The Industrial Core, located within Keweenaw National Historical Park boundaries and adjacent to the village of Calumet, is a key visitor attraction. Throughout the summer months, visitors routinely tour the area with the aid of established interpretive wayside exhibits and a self-guided brochure. This is also the location for ranger-guided programs.
Primary duties: using hand tools to cut and clear vegetation and plant growth around buildings, rail tracks, and other historic landscapes. Pick-up modern-day trash for disposal. Volunteers will receive appropriate training, guidance, and supervision from park staff work lead.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to: Using hand tools to cut and clear vegetation and plant growth around buildings, rail tracks, and other historic landscapes. Using PPE, pick-up modern-day trash for disposal.
Physical Demands: Standing, walking, bending and may be required. Work happens outdoors on uneven services in a variety of weather conditions. Lifting of moderately heavy objects and using a variety of hand tools (shears, loppers, hand saws, etc) may be necessary.
The Industrial Core, located within Keweenaw National Historical Park boundaries and adjacent to the village of Calumet, is a key visitor attraction. Throughout the summer months, visitors routinely tour the area with the aid of established interpretive wayside exhibits and a self-guided brochure. This is also the location for ranger-guided programs.
Primary duties: using hand tools to cut and clear vegetation and plant growth around buildings, rail tracks, and other historic landscapes. Pick-up modern-day trash for disposal. Volunteers will receive appropriate training, guidance, and supervision from park staff work lead.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to: Using hand tools to cut and clear vegetation and plant growth around buildings, rail tracks, and other historic landscapes. Using PPE, pick-up modern-day trash for disposal.
Physical Demands: Standing, walking, bending and may be required. Work happens outdoors on uneven services in a variety of weather conditions. Lifting of moderately heavy objects and using a variety of hand tools (shears, loppers, hand saws, etc) may be necessary.
Be sure to bring water, close-toed shoes, pants, and gloves! Volunteers should park in the lot outside of the Headquarters building at 25970 Red Jacket Rd.
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