Trail Talk
OUR WANDERING FEET – by Clayton Gillette
Trail Talk – March 2024
SPRING IS IN THE AIR and winter’s wandering thoughts of last year’s memorable hikes will soon to be replaced by the new stories our wandering feet will create along nearby trails. […]
OUR WOODLAND LANDSCAPES – by Clayton Gillette
Trail Talk – February 2024
THERE’S BEEN SOME CHANGES to our woodland landscapes near Jacksonville. A couple of major fuels reduction projects have rendered our nearby hillsides more open, and hopefully, less prone to catastrophic wildland […]
Respect Trail Closures – by Clayton Gillette
Trail Talk – Dec 2023/Jan 2024
As this is written, our Grayback Forestry crews continue the fuels reduction work in Forest Park. The contracted work will continue well into the winter, and visitors to the park […]
Fall 2023 Fuels Treatment Update: Woodlands and Forest Park – by Chris Johnson
Jacksonville Review – Dec 2023/Jan 2024
A lot has been happening in the past year in regard to hazardous fuels management in the Jacksonville Woodlands, Forest Park, and within and surrounding the City of Jacksonville. The […]
Forest Park Trail Closures for Controlled Burning
Forest Park Fuels Reduction Updates
December 6, 2023—Greyback crews are continuing with cutting, handpiling, and burning in Forest Park. We are currently able to open Rail, Siskiyou, Pipsissewa, and Eastern Halls of Manzanita Trails. The Siskiyou […]
Burning to Save Woodlands – by Clayton Gillette
Trail Talk – November 2023
The Douglas firs are dying. Numerous articles in a variety of publications have covered this phenomenon and, sadly, our local woodlands are no exception. Forecasts of 80% mortality of large firs […]
Trail Downsizing – by Clayton Gillette
Trail Talk – October 2023
Onion Springs Trail. Wickiup Trail. Hemlock Lake. The Oregon Skyline Trail from Devil’s Peak Saddle to Sky Lakes. Puck Lakes Trail. Solace Cow Camp. Gopher Ridge to Lake Ivern to Ranger […]
Subtle Seasonal Shift – by Clayton Gillette
Trail Talk – September 2023
The cooler weather that’s promised to us every summer should be somewhere below the horizon. We can only hope. Maybe it shows the age of your correspondent, but our summers seem […]
Forest Park Fire Hazard Reduction – by Bob Budesa and Chris Johnson, Forest Park Volunteers
Through a State Fire Marshall grant secured by Fire Chief, Wayne Painter, the City of Jacksonville was able to hire Civil West Engineering Services to oversee a contract with Grayback Forestry, Inc. to perform fuel […]
Enjoy the View – by Clayton Gillette
Trail Talk – August 2023
“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing views.” ~ E. Abbey
Our general impression of views is that they are for looking far and wide. Vistas […]