Friends of Boggs Mountain

PO Box 735 Cobb, 95426

News and Events

News

Events

FOBM Board Meeting

New FOBM President. We held our quarterly board meeting last month and elected a new President, David Thiessen. David lives in Cobb, mountain bikes, hikes and has devoted many hours working on projects, including Interpretive Trail sign construction and installation, trail maintenance, and our summer TALKS program. He has been acting secretary this past year and a board member for more than 3 years. David is one of those rare individuals that you can’t help but like as soon as you meet him.

FOBM Secretary. Re-elected Secretary and stepping back in after a 3 year break is Peg Landini. Peg lives in Cobb, loves hiking and is a founding member and helped lay the groundwork for making FOBM a non-profit 501C3 organization. Always cheerful and precise in her work, we’re very happy to welcome her back.

Our outgoing President, Rick Hamer, has held that position since the very beginning, over 5 years ago. He not only did all the research for our becoming a non-profit, he has always conducted our meetings in a professional, productive manner, keeping us on course and confident in our decisions. The past few years, Rick’s work has taken him to all corners of the country, making it necessary for him to fly back just to be here for our board meetings, arriving right from the airport just in time. We are very grateful for all of Rick’s generosity and help over the years and we will miss having him presiding over our meetings. We wish him the best always.

Outgoing Vice-President, Tom Smythe. Also resigning from the board after 5 years of service is founding member and Vice President Tom Smythe. Tom is an avid mountain biker and he has been designing, building and maintaining trails in Boggs for more than 12 years. He probably knows the forest trails better than anyone, and with that knowledge and his trusty GPS, he has updated, improved and added new trails to our maps every time we‘ve had them reprinted. The hours he has volunteered working in Boggs are off the page. Tom continues to volunteer his free time improving our trails and making Boggs Forest a more enjoyable experience for all users. His many accomplishments are greatly appreciated.

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The State of the Forest

The parking lot has been regraded and a new rock base has been spread to help prevent the muddy mess we have had to deal with in the winter months.  The new information Kiosk that was completed in 2008 and encourage forest users to check out current trail conditions and other useful information posted on its bulletin board.

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Horse camp on BMDSF -DONE

The official horse camping area is finished. It's located at the intersection of Roads 500 and 400 (in between Roads 530 and 400).  This area consists of one campsite with ample area for parking horse trailers and setting tents.  It has one campfire ring, one picnic table, one small kiosk, one sign, a few hitching lines, and a manure pit.

Pursuant to 14CCR 1425, horses are allowed overnight in designated horse camps only.

Horse back riding has grown in popularity over the recent years on the State Forest.  One of the management measures for BMDSF is that the Forest shall maintain a rustic outdoor recreational experience within a working forest environment. This management measure ensures that public use of the State Forest is encouraged so that visitors may experience a variety of outdoor recreational activities as well as educational opportunities.

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Help Wanted: Senior Project

My name is William Phelps and I am currently concluding my senior project for Middletown High School .  I spent 18 hours in Boggs during the last two weekends (11 hours the first weekend and 7 hours the last one...) .  The first 11 hours plus 4 additional hours from last weekend were spent improving the signage throughout Boggs Forest .  It took 15 hours to drive throughout Boggs checking every trail sign, armed with a rake, a shovel, a sign pounder, signs, and a book of numbers and letters.  My tasks included replacing broken signs, clearing path entrances, and adding missing road numbers to the back of signs.  The other 3 hours were spent on Hobergs Loop, with other helpful volunteers, fixing a drainage and water flow issue along with trimming overhanging branches.  The other volunteers, I learned, were all very friendly and conversational.

The reason I chose to volunteer in Boggs Forest was my desire for repayment.  I wanted to give back to the organization, Friends of Boggs Mountain, that has made my mountain biking experiences safe and enjoyable.  My senior project has been fun and very successful mostly do to the guidance of Mr. Boone Lodge and Mr. Joe Mathews. I’d like to thanks them both for their contributions.

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Boggs Forest is made up of 3,493 acres of mountain splendor that we all enjoy and appreciate. Some of us explore the 22 miles of trails on foot, some on mountain bikes and some by horseback. The trails in Boggs allow us the right of way to come more closely in touch with our natural surroundings and to soothe our psyches. They serve our needs extremely well, and by concentrating our use to this thin ribbon of tread, it spares the larger landscape from being trampled. Bringing us close to nature, trails also have the capacity to instill in us a desire to protect the environment and to find ways that we can play a hands on role in repairing and maintaining the areas we have come to know and enjoy. Those of us who help maintain our trails develop a vested interest in using them wisely when the work is done.

We invite you to join us in our ongoing commitment to maintain and protect our trails and the environmental impact they have on the forest. There is something for everyone to do, and the experience is invigorating and rewarding.

If you are not on our Trail Maintenance notification list, please let us know.

 Trail Maintenance schedule:

Saturday, December 12 at 10am.

 We meet in the parking lot and frequently carpool to less accessible trails.

Always be prepared for weather conditions, have work gloves and bring water.

If you have tools you would like to work with or share such as McLeod’s, pulaskis, loppers, clippers, saw, rake or shovel, bring them along. We will have extra tools available also.

For more information, email back or call Boone at (707) 928-5819.

Take a Hike

Burn some calories, get some fresh mountain air and enjoy the workout. Choose a hike or two from our schedule below that work for you, and put the dates on your calendar now. Rain cancels. Are you on our TAKE A HIKE reminder list? Need more information? Email friendsofboggsmountain@earthlink.net or call Boone at 928-5819

Saturday, February 20 at 10 am   Moderate 4 mile hike

Saturday, March 29 at 9 am Spring equinox hike, moderate to difficult 7+ miles. Bring a lunch .