U.S. Forest Service announces improvements on Uwharrie OHV Trails
Dickey Bell Trail, southern end of Rocky Mount Loop Trail, and parking for Dutch John Trailhead will be closed through July
TROY, N.C., March 29, 2024—The U.S. Forest Service is continuing several maintenance and...
After nearly 35 years of federal service, Terry Savery is retiring on January 26, 2024. We are planning a celebration at America’s Roadhouse in Asheboro. Capacity is limited so please use the link below to RSVP if you’re able to join us.
Retirement Celebration for Terry Savery -...
Hi Everyone – Now that it’s we’re in the cool month of September (well they used to be cooler) we’re back to our in-person OHV Trail Workdays. YEAH!!! This month’s workday is Saturday, the 16th from 9 am to 2 pm. We’ll meet at the Uwharrie Hunt Camp at 9 am and hopefully head out to Sawmill...
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U.S. Forest Service proposes recreation fee changes on Uwharrie National Forest
ASHEVILLE, NC, June 23, 2023 — The U.S. Forest...
Yes, it is CRR weekend but you also have an opportunity to volunteer for the NFS on Saturday morning at 9am. I know we have a lot going on with the club this weekend but if you are in the mood to volunteer, see below. It's our monthly work weekend.
-Kurt
Hi everyone – I hear a lot of you have...
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The 32nd annual Great Smoky Mountain Trail Ride will be held June 15th through 17th 2023 at Windrock OHV park in Oliver Springs Tennessee. Windrock has over 300 miles of trails and covers over 72,000 acres. Whether you’re a beginner or a hard core offroader...
I would like to invite you to join in the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Lakeview OHV Trail on Friday, March 31st at noon. We’ll do the ceremony at Art Lilley. I’ve attached the flyer. CORE purchased a few thousand dollars’ worth of reflective tape that we’ll be putting on the cables and we...
Hi Everyone – Sorry I didn’t get this reminder out last week about the upcoming March 18th Workday. This Saturday we’ll begin installing trail signs along Forest Road 516 (the one that leads to Art Lilley), on Lakeview Trail, at Wolf Den TH, etc. Another project we may work on is the completion...
For those attending this weekends Meet & Greet, we will be hosting an ONSC club trail work day on Sat Mar 4th from 9am - 12pm. We will meet at the entrance to Art Lilley (service rd 516) at 9am sharp. We will all enter at once and close the gate behind us. We will have access to most rails and...
Hi Everyone – Sorry I did not send this out last week. I forgot to do that. Our monthly work day is still on this Saturday, February 25th at 9 am and we’ll meet again at the Uwharrie Hunt Camp. If you’re new and you don’t know where the Uwharrie Hunt Camp is use this address in Google maps and...
Hi Everyone – I meant to email you this reminder last Friday, but time keeps flying by. The January OHV Work Day will be on Saturday, January 28th starting at 9 am at the Uwharrie Hunt Camp. We will be meeting there and heading out to the OHV Trails. The projects for this 1st work day for 2023...
Hi Everyone – I wanted to let you know that this weekend’s OHV work day will not have any FS employees at the work day. Kyle will be patrolling the trails instead. We have been doing a lot of work for the US Capitol Christmas Tree so did not have time to plan projects and get supplies ready for...
Hi Everyone – Some of you have heard already, but some of you have not heard, so I wanted to send out information to the many volunteers and partners that we have worked with over the years to let you know when the US Capitol Christmas Tree is going to be in Troy and Asheboro and other locations...
(Oct. 3, 2022) — Hurricane Ian had minimal impacts on the National Forests in North Carolina. Crews on the Ranger Districts are expected to complete storm assessments today and are clearing downed trees and debris from the roads, trails and campgrounds. Nearly all roads and recreation areas that...
Hi Everyone – Well, fall is finally here!!! Thank goodness. The next OHV work day on the calendar is Saturday, September 17th. We’ll ease back into the work days to get back into the swing of things. The plan for this month’s work day is to finish the installation of the guardrail fencing on the...
Hi Everyone – We hope you’re all doing well. Sorry that I forgot to send this reminder email out last week for this week’s work day. This Saturday, May 21st Kyle & Brock will be working with you all to finish up the installation of guardrail on Daniel Trail and if we have enough posts you’ll...
Hi Everyone – We will be cancelling an organized OHV Work day for this Saturday, April 23rd due to several factors. First, several of us will be working on a prescribed fire on the forest. Second, three of us will be at the Party for the Pine Event at Weymuth Woods. Because of this we won’t have...
Hey Everyone – The Pisgah National Forest – Grandfather Ranger District is hosting a National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council Sustainable Trails workshop on April 6-7. If you’re interested please go to the following link and register: 2022 North Carolina Great Trails Workshop – April...
Hi Everyone – This Saturday, March 19th we’re going to first have a coordination meeting at the Uwharrie Off-Road Training Center from 8 am to 9:15 am and then the OHV Trail Work Day will begin at 9:30 at Uwharrie Hunt Camp. Deb Bare from Lil’ Rampage Off-Road Club reached out to us to have a...
Hi Everyone – Our next planned work day is Saturday, Feb. 26th. We’ll do the projects of replacing rotten/broken timbers at Wolf Den TH, Dutch John TH & on Dickey Bell Trail and then I’ll lead a crew of folks to mark and sign the trails. Kyle & Brock will be doing the chainsaw work with the wood...