Along the Trails.....
If you've been
riding during the few dry days at Shimek, you may have noticed all
the work that Shimek Forster John Byrd has done. He has added many
additional water diversions along the WWT—which we are trying to
be
sure stays a Wet Weather Trail and does not become a ditch. In
addition he has rerouted one short trail section between 12 and
“Potter's Rest” and has added water diversions and done some
mowing along several less traveled trails. We appreciate his work
on behalf of trail riders in trying to reduce the number of boggy
spots along the trails and help keep ditches from forming.
Thanks to Bonnie
and Doug Moothart who painted “Please Clean Your Stall” on the
back board of each stall in the two new shelters. Now all---PLEASE
Clean your stalls! Promptly cleaned stalls are quite a help with
biosecurity, often giving the sun and air a chance to dry out and
destroy organisms and helping reduce breeding of insects.
Grant from LCCF for Horse Shelter #3!!!
Many thanks to
the
Lee County Charitable Fund—they have awarded Friends of Shimek a
grant for $4,200 and FOS has pledged $2000 toward the cost of
constructing a replacement horse shelter for the old run down
stalls
in the upper campground. Forster John Byrd has committed DNR
Campground resources to help expand that planned shelter to a ten
stall shelter and to have the DNR crew to take down the old
shelter. The construction bids must be taken but the anticipated
timeline is
to have the third and final shelter replaced by the end of
October. FOS accepts donations from riders and users of the stalls
to help
build the structure—those donations are how FOS will meet it match
requirement for the grant as FOS has no membership fees. Donations
can be sent to Lee County Bank, c/o Debbie Miller, FOS Treasurer,
2501 Ave. L, Ft. Madison, IA 52627.
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