2012 Kennesaw Mountain Trail Club Contacts
President Scott Mackay president@kennesawmountaintrailclub.org
Vice President Jay Dement vp@kennesawmountaintrailclub.org
Membership Director/
Secretary 		Anne Strand membership@kennesawmountaintrailclub.org
Treasurer Tom Okerberg treasurer@kennesawmountaintrailclub.org
Historian Jay Haney historian@kennesawmountaintrailclub.org
Trails Supervisor Randy Whiten trails@kennesawmountaintrailclub.org
Outreach Directors Doug & Pat Tasse outreach@kennesawmountaintrailclub.org
Youth Service Projects Donald Olds youth@kennesawmountaintrailclub.org
Communications Director Fred Feltmann comdirector@kennesawmountaintrailclub.com
IT Director Jim Moylan webmaster@kennesawmountaintrailclub.org
Webmaster Jerry Givan webmaster@kennesawmountaintrailclub.org






Club Activities 2011 Year to Date

    KMTC 2011 Accomplishments
  • Added 6 new Crew Leaders (26 on active list)
  • Added a Crew Leader Orientation Class
  • Trained 7 Crew Leaders on Ditch Witch operation (11 on active list)
  • Trained 4 Trail Ambassadors & 9 Crew Leaders in CPR/First Aid
  • Trained 3 Crew Leaders in Rock Work (8 on Active List)
  • Conducted Rock Work training for 8 CHATT crew leaders (2 separate sessions)
  • Rebuilt area around Illinois Monument in a sustainable way (a multiday project)
  • Oversaw 5 Eagle Scout Projects to completion
  • Started eradication of bamboo, privet, and leatherleaf mahonia (a multiyear project)
  • Planted 15 American chestnut trees
  • In joint venture with Keep Cobb Beautiful, planted 500 saplings to repopulate a field with hardwoods
  • In joint venture with Atlanta Audubon Society, helped replant around the visitor’s center
  • In Joint venture with Aesthetics Landscape Design, replanted area around visitor’s center
  • GPS mapped all official trails in the park
  • Assisted with procurement and installation of the new amphitheater
  • Applied for and won a grant for $10K from REI
  • Added Earth Day as a regular event
  • Added National Public Lands Day as a regular event
  • Assisted with storm clean up on trails many times
  • Built a new website
  • Continued relationships with Lockheed, Bank of America, Pebblebrook NHS, Kennesaw State University, Walker School, Omega Academy
    Significant Trail & Plant Work Completed
  • Added grade dips going up Pigeon Hill Trail
  • Added grade dips and built several rock stairs going up saddle to Little Kennesaw
  • Added more rock stairs and crib walls on east slope of Little Kennesaw
  • Built crib wall and raised trail to meet concrete stairs on the trail to Little Kennesaw
  • Closed 2 social trails
  • Added material over roots and widened Cease Fire Trail
  • Removed two big stumps from Cease Fire trail
  • Regraded and added erosion control to Illinois Monument trail
  • Added significant materials and grade dips to Unknown Soldier trail
  • Added grade dips to Kolb Farm Connector and Kolb Farm Loop
  • Removed bamboo from trail corridor of Kolb Farm Loop
  • Opened up privet in blind area of Old John Ward trail
  • Removed large amount of Leather Leaf Mahonia
  • Continued to control Garlic Mustard
  • Started big crib wall on lower end of Big K trail

Let us know if there are any events or updates you would like to share with fellow members.