Cascade Volunteers

Cascade Volunteers Cascade Volunteers is the nonprofit partner of the Willamette National Forest.

Winter trail volunteers Rich, Jan, John and Lyndell added diamonds to trails around Fuji Shelter then headed to Waldo Ro...
08/21/2026

Winter trail volunteers Rich, Jan, John and Lyndell added diamonds to trails around Fuji Shelter then headed to Waldo Road to back off the sign bolts within a half-mile of the road. Volunteers are busy assessing their trails in preparation for the snow. Volunteers pick up pieces of fallen blue diamonds but the diamonds can be on the ground awhile before the volunteers make a trip. So, please help out by picking up any pieces you see on the ground. Occasionally we find remnants of old shelters that also need to be removed.

The Willamette National Forest lakes are getting a lot of attention by Love Your Lake volunteers like Bettie Mollette who has adopted Temple, Turpentine and Cleo Lakes.



U.S. Forest Service - Willamette National Forest

New winter trail volunteer Matt Miller joined the team of Lyndell Wilken, Mike Smith and John Hegg in working on the dia...
08/16/2026

New winter trail volunteer Matt Miller joined the team of Lyndell Wilken, Mike Smith and John Hegg in working on the diamonds on the Rosary Lakes trail. He learned what there is to know about maintaining the blue winter trail diamonds. The Doug Orwick family has adopted the Fuji Shelter, Adam Steele the Bechtel shelter and James Sayre the Gold Lake shelter. Veteran winter trail stewards Jan and Rich Anselmo, John Hegg and Lyndell scouted 11 miles of diamonds in the Waldo area. It is gratifying to see the next generation of volunteers stepping forward to join the long-time volunteers.


U.S. Forest Service - Willamette National Forest

08/11/2026

This crew has the dirtiest job of all! Thank you, Friends of Fall Creek Watershed, for cleaning up old vehicles from our public lands.


U.S. Forest Service - Willamette National Forest

While trail season is still in full swing, we're already looking forward to celebrating our incredible volunteers at our...
08/06/2026

While trail season is still in full swing, we're already looking forward to celebrating our incredible volunteers at our annual appreciation dinner! Save the date, November 7, 2026 in Springfield.



U.S. Forest Service - Willamette National Forest

Maxwell Butte Trail is clear from TH to summit. July 28, 2026.Salamander Trail CrewScorpions Trail CrewU.S. Forest Serv...
08/01/2026

Maxwell Butte Trail is clear from TH to summit. July 28, 2026.

Salamander Trail Crew
Scorpions Trail Crew
U.S. Forest Service - Willamette National Forest

07/27/2026

A massive 51-inch log vs. Scorpions Trail Crew. (Spoiler: The crew won! 🏆)

It took double-bucking with a 7-ft crosscut saw, a whole lot of wedges, and pure sawyer-power, but two full cuts later over the course of an entire day, this giant log is out of the way and the trail is clear!

We estimated the log segment was at least 3-4 tons. After lunch we cut some good sized rails and placed them under the log and cleared a downhill exit path. We hoped this would convince it to roll easily off the trail when the second cut was completed. Sure enough, we completed the cut and with just a little persuasion from our pry bar it log rolled nicely off the trail.


SScorpions Trail CrewUU.S. Forest Service - Willamette National Forest

Work smarter, not harder! Here’s an update on the big log on the Hunts Creek trail near the PCT. A few weeks ago we spen...
07/21/2026

Work smarter, not harder!

Here’s an update on the big log on the Hunts Creek trail near the PCT. A few weeks ago we spent a day on this 48” behemoth and made three nice cuts but the log shifted ever so slightly and we were not able to pop out a round. It looked like we were going to spend a long day chunking out some very solid wood but Gary had a great idea: We returned yesterday with a 4-ton bottle jack, which was placed to separate the two ends of the log. It worked like a charm. Within minutes the small round popped out and then it was just a matter of pushing out the big round and cleaning things up. We were done at the site by noon and spent the rest of the day brushing the trail up to the PCT junction. Gary was rewarded with a huckleberry ice cream cone for his contribution!


U.S. Forest Service - Willamette National Forest
Salamander Trail Crew

New Love Your Lake volunteers Rebecca Rose and Erika Everson were trained by Heidi Anderson and Lyndell Wilken at Rosary...
07/16/2026

New Love Your Lake volunteers Rebecca Rose and Erika Everson were trained by Heidi Anderson and Lyndell Wilken at Rosary Lakes. Their adopted lakes, Otter and Scout Lakes, will receive a lot of TLC.


U.S. Forest Service - Willamette National Forest

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3106 Pierce Parkway
Springfield, OR
97477

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Monday 8am - 4pm
Tuesday 8am - 4pm
Wednesday 8am - 4pm
Thursday 8am - 4pm
Friday 8am - 4pm

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