The goal of the SCA/USFWS Trails Inventory program is to provide the Fish and Wildlife Service with a comprehensive and accurate inventory of all trails on USFWS sites across the country. This is certainly an ambitious project as there are over 600 USFWS sites nationwide. This project will take us to every corner of the country, to high mountains and low deserts through bayous and fjords. We are all extremely excited for this opportunity as it provides the chance to perform an important service to the USFWS, expand our own knowledge and expertise, and experience many different parts of the country for the first time.
Hitch 3- Mid Atlantic
The Delta team, consisting of Letha Pease and Toji Sakamoto, started off their adventure working down the Delmarva peninsula working in refuges around the Chesapeake bay and the Atlantic coast. As we worked our way south to the outer banks of North Carolina we inventoried trails, saw many exciting species of birds, including bald eagles, ospreys, great blue herons, we also saw a momma black bear and her cub and even some wild ponies. While working in Eastern North Carolina we unfortunately had to camp on the beach in the Outer Banks with spectacular weather and incredible sunsets. Although it was difficult to motivate us to continue onward, we finished up our hitch heading north through Virginia to the Great Dismal Swamp, and ended our last work day on a beach in Cape May New Jersey. Overall it was a good hitch that conveniently afforded time for relaxing on a beach.
