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This project made possible by the generous support of
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The Home Depot Foundation
 This trail is also for the birds
The Reach 11 Barrier Free Trail is an asphalt, three quarter mile, eight foot wide, level loop that
meanders through both upland and xeroriparian desert habitats that are
supported by intermittent wash flows. Common plants in this habitat include mesquite, palo verde, acacia,
hackberry, desert broom and ironwood. The increased density and variety of plant life in this habitat provides
for additional cover, food, and water for wildlife supporting increased numbers of species and overall
animal numbers. Some common wildlife species associated with this habitat include dove, quail, cottontail
and jackrabbit and coyote.
Numerous locations along the trail provide information signs on the flora and fauna that a visitor
may encounter while walking the trail. The loop also features a small pond and picnic area.
Bicycles and horses are prohibited.
Goals
With support (volunteers and funding) from REI and the Home Depot Foundation, VOAz has conducted long overdue maintenance and rehabilitation work to
stabilize the trail. Our goal is to enable
this trail to continue serving the community for many years. Failure to address existing problems soon will accelerate
deterioration to the point where total reconstruction may be the only option.
Work Plan
This project will be completed through a series of events in 2009 and 2010. Stabilization and edge protection will be the first
task. Surface cracks will be repaired after that. The trail will be monitored after that for additional corrections.
Some of the drainage crossing treatments may need to be adjusted based on the effects of the unusual flooding that occurs because of the
south side built to protect the Arizona Canal.
Project Leader and Technical Advisor: Michael Baker
Upcoming Events
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Completed Work
| Number of Events: 5 | | Total Volunteer Hours: 1193 | | Total Participants: 158 | | Project Outputs | | Feet of existing trail maintained (brushing, crack repair): 4700 | | Feet of rock wall built: 40 | | Feet of degraded trail rehabilitated: 4900 | | Hardened drainage(s) built: 1 | | Feet of degraded trail rehabilitated (includes holes and edging): 70 |
Completed Event Reports
| December 4, 2010 Tread Protection & Drainage | | http://picasaweb.google.com/voazalbums/Reach11BarrierFreeTrailTreadProtectionDrainage#
This event was to complete the work started last year. The whole trail was brushed from new vegetation and reinforced at the edges of the pavement with rock and patch where it had broken down more. One major channel was lined with a rock wall and another drainage, not previously addressed, was armored with rock.
| | Total Volunteer Hours: 199 Total Participants: 26 | | Event Outputs | | | Feet of existing trail maintained (brushing, crack repair): 4700 | | Feet of rock wall built: 40 | | Hardened drainage(s) built: 1 |
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| April 20, 2010 Trail Restoration | | This poorly built trail must eventually be rebuilt from scratch. After several advance visits and tests we settled on repairing the most severely degraded asphalt that are likely to lead to rapid deterioration. A more aggressive approach was deemed not worth the investment of volunteer hours. These tasks were completed. The trail will be monitored and additional repairs done if needed. | | Total Volunteer Hours: 42 Total Participants: 7 | | Event Outputs | | | Feet of degraded trail rehabilitated (includes holes and edging): 70 |
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| December 4, 2009 Rehabilitation | | Several tons of rock was harvested and sort from an on-site cache. Some was transported to work area. | | Total Volunteer Hours: 106 Total Participants: 14 | | Event Outputs | | | Feet of degraded trail rehabilitated: 1000 |
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