((PKG)) HELLS CANYON VOLUNTEERS
((VOA Russian))
((Banner: Away From it All))
((Reporter: Lesia Bakalets))
((Camera: Sergey Sokolov))
((Adapted by: Martin Secrest))
((Map: Hells Canyon, Idaho))
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((Pop-Up Banner: The US Forest Service allows volunteers to be temporary caretakers at Kirkwood Historic Ranch))
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((Charley MacCrum, Volunteer, Kirkwood Historic Ranch))
I think everybody should have the opportunity just to unplug from the rest of the world for a while. From cell phones, Netflix streaming, computers, all of it, because there's none of that available here at all. Our only contact to the outside world is there is the radio with the Forest Service office and a satellite phone in case of emergency. And almost to a person when we've seen people coming in visiting, they are just so completely relaxed and glad to be away from everything else out there for a little while.
((Jane MacCrum, Volunteer, Kirkwood Historic Ranch))
Wherever you look, it is just, you know, phenomenal.
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((Charley MacCrum, Volunteer, Kirkwood Historic Ranch))
The Forest Service brings us in by jet boat with all of our supplies that we have procured and then essentially they drop you off and say, we'll see you in four weeks.
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((Charley MacCrum, Volunteer, Kirkwood Historic Ranch))
((Jane MacCrum, Volunteer, Kirkwood Historic Ranch))
What are you hoping to do this afternoon?
I think I'll read a little bit.
I want to do another round of irrigation here when everyone leaves.
((Charley MacCrum, Volunteer, Kirkwood Historic Ranch))
There are daily chores. I mean there's almost constant irrigation, because you can see we have a wide expanse of green lawn. So, there's an irrigation pipe that runs all the way across the upper end of the property. And at five different positions, we've got valves and hoses and sprinklers that I set out.
((NATS))
((Charley MacCrum, Volunteer, Kirkwood Historic Ranch))
The whole water system is sort of homestead-like. So, it requires a lot of flushing and maintenance to keep it operational. We've got the public restrooms to clean out. We open the museum, try to keep it tidy, you know. Each morning, we open and each evening, we lock it. But that's about it, and then general maintenance.
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((Charley MacCrum, Volunteer, Kirkwood Historic Ranch))
Watch out! Yellow Jackets. Theyre wasps.
((NATS))
((Charley MacCrum, Volunteer, Kirkwood Historic Ranch))
I think it's good for all of us to remember where we came from. I think in daily life, for most of us, we're just so far removed from the natural world that we forget. We forget about Mother Earth. We forget about, you know, our real genuine connection to the whole ecosphere.
((NATS))
((VOA Russian))
((Banner: Away From it All))
((Reporter: Lesia Bakalets))
((Camera: Sergey Sokolov))
((Adapted by: Martin Secrest))
((Map: Hells Canyon, Idaho))
((NATS))
((Pop-Up Banner: The US Forest Service allows volunteers to be temporary caretakers at Kirkwood Historic Ranch))
((NATS))
((Charley MacCrum, Volunteer, Kirkwood Historic Ranch))
I think everybody should have the opportunity just to unplug from the rest of the world for a while. From cell phones, Netflix streaming, computers, all of it, because there's none of that available here at all. Our only contact to the outside world is there is the radio with the Forest Service office and a satellite phone in case of emergency. And almost to a person when we've seen people coming in visiting, they are just so completely relaxed and glad to be away from everything else out there for a little while.
((Jane MacCrum, Volunteer, Kirkwood Historic Ranch))
Wherever you look, it is just, you know, phenomenal.
((NATS))
((Charley MacCrum, Volunteer, Kirkwood Historic Ranch))
The Forest Service brings us in by jet boat with all of our supplies that we have procured and then essentially they drop you off and say, we'll see you in four weeks.
((NATS))
((Charley MacCrum, Volunteer, Kirkwood Historic Ranch))
((Jane MacCrum, Volunteer, Kirkwood Historic Ranch))
What are you hoping to do this afternoon?
I think I'll read a little bit.
I want to do another round of irrigation here when everyone leaves.
((Charley MacCrum, Volunteer, Kirkwood Historic Ranch))
There are daily chores. I mean there's almost constant irrigation, because you can see we have a wide expanse of green lawn. So, there's an irrigation pipe that runs all the way across the upper end of the property. And at five different positions, we've got valves and hoses and sprinklers that I set out.
((NATS))
((Charley MacCrum, Volunteer, Kirkwood Historic Ranch))
The whole water system is sort of homestead-like. So, it requires a lot of flushing and maintenance to keep it operational. We've got the public restrooms to clean out. We open the museum, try to keep it tidy, you know. Each morning, we open and each evening, we lock it. But that's about it, and then general maintenance.
((NATS))
((Charley MacCrum, Volunteer, Kirkwood Historic Ranch))
Watch out! Yellow Jackets. Theyre wasps.
((NATS))
((Charley MacCrum, Volunteer, Kirkwood Historic Ranch))
I think it's good for all of us to remember where we came from. I think in daily life, for most of us, we're just so far removed from the natural world that we forget. We forget about Mother Earth. We forget about, you know, our real genuine connection to the whole ecosphere.
((NATS))
