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Restoring the Crags Rd Trail near the M*A*S*H site in Malibu Creek State Park on November 11, 2017

This was a joint project between CORBA and the Santa Monica Mountains Trails Council.
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This is the start of the work area as we walked from the MASH site towards the main part of the park. There were a lot of sections like this that were very narrow and overgrown.
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My group spent most of the time fixing up this section of the trail.
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This is the same section from the other side. Narrow and rocky.
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The first thing was to remove the grass and brush from the hillside so we could move the trail closer to the hill (and further from the stream).
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It already looks a lot better after just removing the dead growth!
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The next step was to take out the big rocks on the inside of the trail.
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The rock bar got a lot of use!
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The group next to us also had a lot of rocks to deal with, but much more overgrowth.
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Working on cutting the tree back and away from the trail.
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There's so much growth here that you can't even see the trail.
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Eventually the big rocks will be gone from the trail. This is the BEFORE shot.
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This is the AFTER shot - all the rocks have been dug out and used further up the trail.
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Laying a foundation to widen the trail. These are all rocks we dug out of the trail!
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After laying the foundation, fill in with smaller rocks, then diirt on top.
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One of the Santa Monica Mountain Trails Council trail crew leaders.
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These planes flew overhead while we were at work.
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Another group happily at work clearing brush.
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We couldn't do anything about this pipe sticking up except make it more obvious.
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A section of trail we widened and smoothed.
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Another section of trail we widened and smoothed.
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This used to be really rocky.
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After we widened the trail. The before picture is next.
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What the trail looked like before we started.
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The brush was cut back here, making the trail much more visible.
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This is where we started, much wider now than it had been.
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This is the AFTER picture of the start of our work area.
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The BEFORE picture of the start of our work area.
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Loading the tools into the trucks at eh MASH site.
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You can see some MASH remnants off to the left.
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Lunch at the Urbane Cafe afterwards to thank all the volunteers who did such a great job!
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A turkey club sandwich and salad.