ADBSS Picacho Mountain work project summary

[Lv2hnt]

After receiving a lot of help glassing on my sheep hunt in December, I decided to give back by helping out on some Az. Desert Bighorn Sheep Society work projects. The latest one was this past weekend at the base of the mountains across the highway from Picacho Peak, improving/replacing the original water retention tank built in 1966.

 

Key aspects to the project:

- Reseal and paint the existing cement apron.
- Muck out and reseal the existing cement tank.

- Replace the existing barbed wire fence with an improved pipe-rail fence.

- Replace the deteriorated fiberglass trough with a state-of-the-art composite drinking trough.

- Remove PVC plumbing that connected the tanks and replace with overflow plumbing.

- Remove the metal ring tank and line and replace with a new fiberglass ring tank (5,700+ gallons).
- Remove the wood frame and corrugated tin apron and replace with a metal frame and R-panel apron.

(Note: the tank should be good for approx. 40-50 years; the walk-in drinker should be good for approx. 25 years)

It was good to see the work project garner some press for public awareness:

www.wafb9.com/story/24797000/volunteers-redevelop-water-source-in-picacho-mountains (copy and paste to view)

The really neat thing was seeing a dozen teens from Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa travel out to our state to help work on the project. They put their muscle to good use for two days of hard work. Most had never been to Arizona and stated they found it hard to believe animals could survive the harsh desert conditions (s-o different from the woods "back home").

Check out the video:

www.dropbox.com/s/pbf9ordoka900q9/2014%2C Pichaco Project%2C Feb.mp4 (copy and paste to view)

[NRS]

Thanks for posting. It was good to talk to you in person around the campfire Saturday night.

[Jcubed]

Pretty cool! Thanks for sharing.

[Couestracker]

That's really cool, and great that you volunteered. Thanks for recaping the project for all to see. Hopefully it'll help spark up some interest for others to get involved.

[cosninocanines]

Thanks for jumping in and helping put sheep on the mountain. I've worked on several sheep projects where the Wisconsin sheep folks have come down to help us. These have all been in 13B which allowed them to fly into Vegas and rent vans to our project.Those kids are a tremendous asset for us grey beards and are a lot of fun to visit with around the campfire. Thanks for joining us (I was not at this project but work all north of the Colorado river). Here is a list of our upcoming projects

 

http://www.adbss.org/project_schedule.html