Update # 96
Loyal Trash Dogs
Rainbow Rock, Henderson Road and Palmer Butte
May 12, 2012 Sunny and Warm

Fear not. Loyal Dogs did not let the absence of the Cookie Lady hold them back on the first sunny and warm Saturday of the year. Fortunately the Cookie Lady (visiting her mother) did send a few choice morsels along for those in need of a fix.

Ray cutting culvert with Harve holding steady.

Paul, James, Shaaron, Els and Rusty checking the cookie recipe.

First, the Dogs welcome new Trash Dogs Rusty Garrison and Jane Stebbins (aka Rusty Dog and Jane Dog). Then it was off to the races, actually Rainbow Rock Road where the Dogs were alerted about a prize dump site at the upper end of that road. For the Dogs there was no holding them back once they zeroed in on the enormous pile of mattresses, couches, beds, and other assorted once-upon-a-time valuables sent to their would be grave by some shy Brookings residents. One can only wonder; what with Curry Transfer and Recycling only a mile away why they didn’t dump their trash at CTR. Wonders never cease.

Dog Discussion - Harve, Ron and Jane	Dog Discussion - Harve, Ron and Jane
Harve Dog installing new sign with JerryW Dog and Alan Dog bagging trash.	Dogs Els, Jane, John and Ed bagging trash in the gut

Next up was good old messy Henderson Road, the target for Division A Dogs where they loaded Jerry Sweeney’s truck with some choice and very odoriferous trash and went directly to the Ridge Creek CTR dump site. The Dogs could not stomach the odor. Dog Division B took off for Palmer Butte where they tackled a shooting range with it scattered trash and promptly filled the Big Blue Trailer …..This was a very trashy and heavy day, however give the Dogs a couple cookie breaks and they will hold up all day.

All Loyal Dogs loading the big trailer

In addition to the new Dogs Jane and Rusty, Loyal Dogs Alan Middleton, Harve Timeus, Shaaron Hauer, Ed Gross, Tony Speegle, Jerry Wulkowicz, Jerry Sweeney, John Thompson, Els Stolk, James Fournier, Del Hodges and Ray Sundblad were in full force and way above average.

April 28, 2012

Loyal Trash Dogs

Upper Chetco River Road, FS 1376

On Saturday morning 4/28/12 the Dogs found that trash along Forest Road 1376 in the upper Chetco River corridor just doesn’t end. Highlights of Event 95 featured an abundance of rubber gloves and other garbage left by the mushroom pickers. It seems the mushroom pickers wear thin latex gloves when cleaning and sorting their daily find…..And when they are finished the gloves are simply discarded on the spot. In just a mile there were a couple hundred gloves scattered along the road. Gloves are just the tip of the mess that mushroom pickers leave. Plastic bags, buckets, old clothes, cans and bottles, folding chairs, coolers, tents and anything the pickers don’t need after use is trashed. Fortunately the mushroom picker’s large camps of the 1990s are a thing of the past and now we see only day trips to the forest with less trash dumped.

Dogs Ed Gross, Cookie lady Bobbie gross, John Thompson, Del Hodges, and Alan Middleton. Ray Sundblad too shy for photo.

Culvert Surgery by Harve Timeus and Ray Sundblad (Chief of Surgery)

We complain about the mushroomer’s mess but the real heavy-weight trash found on Saturday was a 16-foot steel guardrail, about 75 feet of large and small logging cable, a couple abandoned tents, a large mattress, a vacuum cleaner, a water storage tank, a six-foot steel culvert, and about 25 bags of assorted garbage. It does seem there is no end in sight to the garbage left in the forest. Photos enclosed.

Culvert Surgery by John Thompson, Ray Sundblad (Sawbones Surgeon), and Harve Timeus.

Dogs John Thompson, Harve Timeus, Ed Gross, Del Hodges and Alan Middleton. Ray Sundblad too shy for photo.

On Thursday April 26th four Dogs recovered and recycled a large aluminum culvert from Forest Road 1107-270. Photos enclosed.

Trash Events 93 and 94

April 5 and 14, 2012

Forest Road 1376, Chetco Gorge Vicinity

Event 93 was to be an inventory event, that is a “find the trash” trip, to Forest Road near the Gorge of the Chetco. Although we found a lot of trash for our next event, we never caught a glimpse of the Chetco River’s spectacular red and green chert gorge. The beautiful gorge, deep in its canyon far below the road, can be seen only by intrepid rafters during winter high flows and tubers during summer low flows. Even then passage can be a hazardous and dangerous trip. That’s too bad because if accessible it would be a scenic attraction for every one to see and experience.

Bobbie and Ron ready to pull trash up to road. Harve, Tony and Paul down the bank

Swimmers in Chetco Gorge

Event 94, the followup to 93 turned into a real winner, for trash that is……After searching around on the north end of the Steel bridge (1/2 mile upstream from the gorge) and about ready to leave big Tony let out a yell that nhe found a bonanza pile of carpet all rolled into neat bundles. After filling Have’s trailer we had to go get Big Blue and darned near filled it too. And besides carpet there was padding, enough of both to do an entire house. We always wonder why someone would drive 25 miles to dump their waste when equally steep and nasty road sides are abundant just a mile from town. Trash wonders never cease. Working only 2.5 miles of road we filled both trailers to capacity, topping off with old loggers cable, 50 bags of unknown substance garbage, an auto battery and numerous tires, some w/rim and some w/o rim. Our garbage tip fees for the loads was $103.48. You can’t do better than that!

The Hazardous Chetco River Gorge	James, Tony, Paul, Harve, ShaaronRon and Bobbie with piles of carpet
The Cookie Lady, Tony and Paul	Cookie Monsters Paul, Shaaron and James

Hats off to Dogs - Bobbie Gross, Shaaron Hauer, Ron Lewis, Paul Davis, Harve Timeus, Tony Speegle, and James Fournier.

Cookie Monsters James, Ron and Harve

Ed Gross for the Dogs

Saturday, March 17, 2012
South Bank Chetco Rd and FS 1205/1983

Eight Loyal Dogs full of machismo and bravado and not intimidated one iota by the threat of rain hit the forest roads Saturday. What a group of eight. And to everyone’s surprise Saturday’s weather was clear sky and cool…a perfect day for finding trash in the forest….

The Brookings Dog Herder Lady with her pack.	Dogs Paul and Bill pull Tony up hill out of ze brush
	Ze loads of trash w/ Paul, Del, Tony, Bill, Shaaron, Harve, and Bobbie out at Mt Emily road.

Traveling up the South Bank Chetco road the Dogs ran into a lode of trash before mile two…..tires, cooler, bags of garbage, and construction waste. Continuing up river looking for reported couch and TV they did not find them. On up the Mt Emily road they hit a couple real jack pots of trash.. the mother lode. At the national forest boundary they found four truck tire, clothes, a shot-up TV and it went from there..A couch and cushions, more coolers, an unusual bamboo chair, a dog kennel, 3 more tires, a high chair, a swing set, a commode/toilet, lawn mower, and sleeping bag….and more. After Harve got oriented he rediscover the couch and an accompanying TV just where the map said it was. As per usual there seems to no end to what our local resident will use to trash the forest. We usually don’t weigh the loads of trash but today the loads totaled an even ton (2000 pounds).

Harve and Del at CTR w/Load 2

Del, Bill and Bobbie at CTR w/Load 1

Loyal Dog Volunteers today are Tony Speegle, Bobbie Gross, Shaaron Hauer, Harve Timeus, Paul Davis, Del Hodges,  Ed Gross, and Bill Hauer.