Kelly Spring Maintenance
Hunter Canyon, Huachuca Mountains ~ Cochise County, Arizona
July 3rd, 2017
Activity Description:
On July 3rd, 2017 volunteers from the Huachuca Gould’s Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation got water flowing again into the wildlife drinker at Kelly Spring in the Huachuca Mountains. After re-connecting the collection tube at the spring and flushing the line, the storage tank down slope began quickly filling up. Shortly thereafter, water was available for wildlife at the drinker. The very evident sign of deer and javelina around the drinker meant that the water would soon be used.
Located in the north fork of Hunter Canyon, this habitat development taps into water from an abandoned mine. A several hundred foot pipe line carries the water to a storage tank. The tank in turn feeds water to a nearby metal drinker box.
The Chapter did extensive repairs (essentially re-building) to the development after damage from the Monument Fire of 2011 and subsequent erosion following several storms.
Tom Fuller, Wayne Kaiser, and Tom Deecken completed the necessary repairs on a hot, somewhat muggy morning. The work required packing in supplies and materials about .6 of a mile from the trailhead. Ugh!
A future work session will be planned to make more permanent repairs. Monitoring will continue until these modifications are made.
On July 3rd, 2017 volunteers from the Huachuca Gould’s Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation got water flowing again into the wildlife drinker at Kelly Spring in the Huachuca Mountains. After re-connecting the collection tube at the spring and flushing the line, the storage tank down slope began quickly filling up. Shortly thereafter, water was available for wildlife at the drinker. The very evident sign of deer and javelina around the drinker meant that the water would soon be used.
Located in the north fork of Hunter Canyon, this habitat development taps into water from an abandoned mine. A several hundred foot pipe line carries the water to a storage tank. The tank in turn feeds water to a nearby metal drinker box.
The Chapter did extensive repairs (essentially re-building) to the development after damage from the Monument Fire of 2011 and subsequent erosion following several storms.
Tom Fuller, Wayne Kaiser, and Tom Deecken completed the necessary repairs on a hot, somewhat muggy morning. The work required packing in supplies and materials about .6 of a mile from the trailhead. Ugh!
A future work session will be planned to make more permanent repairs. Monitoring will continue until these modifications are made.
Them boys look as proud as peacocks,
but a bigger thanks again goes to Tom Deecken for capturing the event and logging it into the archives. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Projects are a big part of our conservation efforts, you can call and volunteer for "a" project or as many as you feel like you want to be involved in. Come join us, as a volunteer and enjoy the country side as much as we do. Hope to see you soon! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |