LAKE COUNTY— Calpine Corporation awarded a $20,000 check to the Friends of Boggs Mountain (FOBM) for the purchase of a mini excavator (Bobcat E10) to assist in the building of trails in Boggs Mountain Demonstration State Forest (BMDSF). Calpine presented the check to the FOBM Board of Directors at Mountain High Coffee in Cobb on Jan. 16, 2019. The trail building excavator will be an incredible asset when building the trails destroyed in BMDSF during the Valley Fire in 2015. FOBM and CAL FIRE partnered by signing a memorandum of understanding allowing FOBM to lead the trail rebuild project. FOBM, under the guidance of CAL FIRE, will work with nonprofits representing all user groups.
Trail work is scheduled to begin in early 2019. Please visit the Friends of Boggs Mountain Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/FOBMCA/ for information on future volunteer trail work days. You can also email Friends of Boggs Mountain at fobmtn@gmail.com with specific questions. We look forward to working with community volunteers to rebuild the trails over the next few years. We’ve all missed our trails, and it will be delightful to return to the outdoors and the trails in BMSDF again.
Community members thanked Calpine for supporting their efforts in bringing back outdoor recreation to Boggs Mountain State Forest.
