1. On Saturday, the Packanack and Weatherowcast Geocachers did a massive cleanup at High Mountain -- their 10th annual at High Mountain. That's dedication.

Several of us Fyke/BCASers were winded by the time we reached the summit on Saturday's hike, only to find the geocachers combing everywhere for litter of all types and sizes.

They brought all the debris down the steep summit in a wheelbarrow.

Other Geocachers cleaned up other portions of the 1,260-acre reserve.

2. Bob Simpson, Chris Connolly and Pete Zuroff (left), of The NY-NJ Trail Conference, recently removed all of the fallen trees that were littering Buttermilk Falls near the Scioto Drive entrance to High Mountain.

The trio at left showed up one afternoon with a chainsaw in tow, and spent two hours cutting and removing some heavy tree limbs and trunks.

The Celery Farm Natural Area and other local preserves would be in sad shape if it weren't for the elbow grease of so many terrific folks.

(Thanks, Geocachers and Trail Conference volunteers!)