This year we were pleased to take over management of Black Mountain and Tahquitz Peak lookout towers, With short notice and appreciable effort, we were able to have everything ready in time for the reconnect and new lookout training sessions. Kudos to the team for adapting so quickly.
This was followed by the annual wilderness ranger recurrent training held at Chip Hurn’s place in Garner Valley. Past Wilderness Coordinator, Rick Wilkerson, was presented an award for his many years of service in that role. Thank you Rick - and thank you Patti Hudson for stepping up last year as the new coordinator!
