Work Days News – Georgia Recreational Trail Riders Association

GARTRA receives $30,000 grant from Yamaha’s Outdoor Access Initiative

PRESS RELEASE Marietta, GA. — GARTRA is pleased to announce that it has received a grant totaling almost $30,000.00 from Yamaha Motor Corp. USA’s Outdoor Access Initiative https://yamahaoai.com. This grant will be used to fund trail maintenance supplies and equipment for our volunteer workforce and will go directly towards supporting ongoing activities at Davenport Mountain, …

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Oakey Mountain Workday April 2023

If ya missed the workday this weekend here are a few pics and the summery of what we accomplished. Oakey Work/Ride ride day for April was a huge success. We had 10 or so folks show up along with Wesley and Barb from the USFS to remove the old kiosk and pay station, install the …

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Town Creek Trail Hardening Project, Day 1

Work Days News / By Bruce Dreher

I left the house at 6:45 am heading for Town Creek to help with the first day of this project. The weather outlook was not promising, and I drove through multiple light rain showers most of the 85 miles to Town Creek. I wasn’t very optimistic about the rain holding off for the workday. I …

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Whissenhunt is Going to One-Way Trails

Latest News, Work Days News / By Bruce Dreher

GARTRA president Bill Shilling has long been in discussions with the USFS to make the trails at Whissenhunt One-Way where possible to reduce the likelihood of head-on collisions and enhance safety on the trails. Recently the USFS approved the plan and gave us the go-ahead to arrow the trails directional. This past workday, Saturday 1/21/2023, …

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Houston Valley Workday Recap, 8-27-2022

Latest News, Work Days News / By Bruce Dreher

The workday at Houston Valley ORV park started out as a mild beautiful day. But before the end of the day it would turn out to be one long, hot, humid, but productive day. I arrived at the park about 8:40 am, found a place to park and began unloading. Shortly after, GARTRA’s Houston Valley …

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Oakey Mountain Workday #3 – Yamaha Outdoor Acess Initiative

Latest News, Work Days News / By Bruce Dreher

Oakey Mountain Workday #3, 5-14-2022 (Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative) Great day at Oakey Mountain. Beautiful weather, and a good turnout which included 3 USFS staff and 9 GARTRA volunteers including GARTRA’s Davenport trail captain Bob Connett. This is the 3rd of 6 planned workdays sponsored by Yamaha Outdoors and https://www.facebook.com/TheGreatOutdoorsFund/. We had two tasks to perform which included rebuilding …

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