July's Meeting
We will be meeting at the Transfer Station to further explore the site of the proposed staging area. Please come with your ideas for what you'd like to see at this site.

August's Meeting
Tahoe National Forest archeologist Nolan Smith of the Foresthill Ranger District will be our guest speaker at our August 22nd meeting. Nolan will tell us of his experiences through color slides exploring Picayune Valley near the Granite Chief Wilderness on the Foresthill Divide. Many of the slides show petroglyphs made by Native Americans who inhabited the area as well as evidence of early settlers and sheep herders in Picayune Valley. This will be a meeting you won't want to miss, so mark your calendar. We are planning a hike in this area for September.

Thank you Western States Run Volunteers!!!
Fifteen volunteers from the Foresthill Trails Alliance helped handle traffic control for the Western States 100-mile Endurance Run on Saturday, June 24th. Three FTA teams staffed three-hour shifts between 11:00 am and 8:00 pm at the Michigan Bluff Rd/Chickenhawk Rd junction to direct traffic and parking for visitors and crew members who wanted to watch the runners come through Michigan Bluff. A shuttle bus was available to carry the visitors down into Michigan Bluff. Another team of FTA volunteers handled the traffic control the the Foresthill Rd/ Deadwood Rd. junction to keep crew members from driving down Deadwood Rd to Devil's Thumb which could have resulted in race officials disqualifying their particular runner. Our thanks to Stephanie Williams, Keith Collins, Joyce Williams, Bruce Littlefield, Sue Crum, Lori Lunsford, Patty Tomashefsky, Diana Roussea, Jeanne Hennessy, Sherri Osborn, Andrea Rigel, Carol Mobley, Larry Mobley, Kathy Cunningham and Larry Clarke for their efforts in assisting with the run this year.

Flowers out on the trail in June

Look for Leopard Lillies (Lilium pardalinum) in slightly shady to sunny areas in wet meadows and along streams. Under favorable conditions it can reach a height of 10 ft. These spectacular orange flowers are wonderful jewels and can be planted in your own garden. Leopard Lillies and other native plants can be purchased at native plant sales that are held every spring and fall. These plant sales are great places to find native plants not easily found at our local garden centers. Sales are organized by local chapters of the California Native Plant Society and there is lots of information available on using native plants in your landscape. Look for sale announcements in Sacramento Bee's Life section and in the Auburn Journal usually in March and April and then again in October or November.

Trails and Ponies on the 4th
The Foresthill Trails Alliance will participate in the big annual Forth of July community celebration in Foresthill's Memorial Park on Tuesday, July 4th, 10am - 4pm. We will be sponsoring pony rides and have arranged for John and Marian Bost of Penn Valley to bring their stable of thre P.O.A. (Pony of America) and three Shetland ponies with a twenty-foot diameter riding ring as a children's riding attraction. Our plan is that the pony rides will attract the children who will bring their parents to our FTA booth so we can interest them in joining our trail preservation, maintenance and acquisition efforts on the Foresthill Divide. We will need volunteers to staff our booth which will be set up next to the pony rides. If you can help, please call Larry Mobley at 367-2325.

Upcoming Events
July 15 - Tevis Cup
July 25 - July FTA Meeting
August 22 - August FTA Meeting

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