Operating Plan   :    2013 Welcome Home Campout
Eldorado National Forest   :   April-May 2013

This operating plan has been developed to mitigate potential resource impacts associated with the 2013 Welcome HOme Campout on the Eldorado NAtional Forest. This plan is designed to follow the standards and guidelines of the Forest Plan and the Code of Federal Regulations applicable to the National Forest System Lands.

The Primary Goals of this operating Plan are:
1.) Public Health and safety
2.) Minimize impacts to the resource and leave site at or near pre-gathering conditions.
3.) Minimize impacts and disruptions to local communities.

The Welcome HOme Campout will maintain a volounteer liaison counsel for administrative agreement matters and resource concerns between the Forest Service and the Welcome HOme Campout.

HEALTH AND SAFETY:
1. Individuals are responcible for thier oun health and safety.

2. CALM ( Center for Alternative Living Medicine )  will identify vehicles to be used for emergencies to the forest service.

3. The Forest Service and CALM will be notified of any contagious outbreaks.

4. Trash will be removed from the site.

5. Biological hazards generated at the CALM tent or elsewhere , will be disposed of at an appropriate medical waste disposal facility. No biological waste will be buried, remain on site, or disposed of with other trash.

6. Drinking water should be filtered, boiled, and/or treated.

7. Participants of the Campout will maintain approximately one functioning latrine per 100 people. The treatment of human waste is dependant upon numerous factors. Therefore, to assure health and safety of visitors to the peaceful assembly, the following actions should be followed :

a.) slit trenches or earth pit privies will be used. They should be sonstructed on upland dry sites. They should be located 200 feet from surface waters, kitchens, and down slope from any drinking water sources unless agreed upon with Forest service representatives . Trenches should be approximately 12-18 inches wide( i.e. Shovel width or better ) and an adequate length for the appropriate number of people. Buckets of lime or wood ash shall be available at all trenches or privy sites. Trenches or pits shall be closed when they fil to aproximately 15 inches of the surface. A hand wasj solution should be provided at each location.

8.) Kitchen washing procedures are recomended to be a three bucket system. A hand washing station is recomended for each kitchen area.

RESOURCE PROTECTION:
- approve D Road for use of the Campout
1. Parking areas will be agreed upon by the Forest Service. Participants of the Campout will provide crews to organize , direct, and provide security for the parking area(s) , and will ensure they follow posted instructions. Site specific needs will be addressed on location to provide for shuttle, supply, route closures, etc. Vehicles parked in areas specifically closed for parking, or parked in a manner that interferes with ingress/egress of emergency vehicles will be towed at the owners expense. Vehicles parked along the side of roads, where parking is allowed, must be pulled off as far as possible, but within one vehicle length of the edge of the road surface. Ata minimum, there must be one and a half car widths ( approximately 10-12 feet ) of clearance in the roadway. If this is not possible then the vehicle must be moved and parked in other designated parking areas.

2. A live - in area ( Bus VIllage ) will be agreed upon by the Forest Service.

3. Administrative parking areas will be identified by the Forest Service. These ares will be signed and marked. If the area markings are removed, anything stored in that area will be confiscated , and any vehicles parked in that area will be towed. It is the responcibilities of the assembled individuals to insure those areas remain accessible to the Forest Service.

4. Sensitive areas ( wetlands, sensitive species, archeological sites, etc. ) will be flagged by the Forest Service. Participants at the Campout are responcible for not camping or congregating within these areas, and for not removing items from these areas ( plants, items over 50 years old like bottles, cans, etc. )

5. There will be no camping within 150 feet of surface waters.

6. Gray Water and Compost from pits from kitchens should be at least 200 feet from surface water ( unless otherwise agreed upon by the Forest Service representative ) and should not be located in areas that contain riparian vegetation. They should be covered when they reach 5 inches from the surface.

7. Participants of the Campout will monitor all activities to ensure that soap, disinfectants, medical waste, or any other foreign material will not be introduced into lakes, streams, or other surface waters.

8. Avoid excavating or digging out around drinking water sources. Use temporary collection techniques ( such as rocks, logs, buckets or tarps ) to collect drinking water at the source.

9. If ground water appears while digging any holes ( slit trenches, grey water, compost pits, bliss pits, etc. ) the site shall be immediately refilled , abandoned and moved to a different location, generally uphill.

10. No natural surface ( rocks, trees, etc. ) should be painted with any permanent paint or coloring.

11. Local travel management restrictions will be adhered to and followed at all times ( Motor Vehicle Use Map, Eldorado National Forest, Placerville Ranger District, 2012) ; generally vehicles will not be parked over 1 vehicle length from Forest Service Roads.

12. Fires will be attended to at all times by a bearer of valid California fire permit. All fire pits will be no larger than 5 feet in diameter and flammable material will be cleared for a minimum of 5 feet in all directions. A shovel is required at each campfire location and at least one - five gallon container of water placed at each campfire location.

13.  Only dead and down firewood may be used. no cutting of green trees or standing dead trees will be allowed without prior approval of the Forest Service.

ANIMALS:

1. Animals must be under control at all times.
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2. Animal waste will be cleaned up immediately and disposed of in latrines , privies, or other garbage collection sites.

3. All abandonded animals will be removed by participants of the campout.

SITE REHABILITATION

1. If deemed necesary by the Forest Service, ( working with participants of the campout ) , all parking areas , bus villages, trails, and areas of concentrated use will be scarified to a depth of 2-4 inches and/or mulched with appropriate material ( such as pine straw or weed free straw ) as specified by the Forest Service.

2. Slit trenches and latrines will be filled and covered with the native material origionally removed from the pit and mounded with excess material to allow for settling.

3. All trash will be removed and disposed of at a recognized sanitary landfill.

4. All human made structures not previously existing at the assembly location ( bridges, swings, lean-tos, ovens, "art" ) will be dismantled, removed, or scattered to achieve a natural appearance.

5. Any user created trails will be obliterated and covered with local native materials. Existing trails will be returned to a width specified by the Forest Service, with the appropriate water controls to avoid concentrations of water and prevent erosion and gully formation.

6. All water lines will be removed from the Campout site.

7. All vehicles abandoned by the Campout participants will be removed from the National Forest at no cost to the Forest Service.

8. Fire pits will be filled with native material from the surrounding area or material origionally removed, and mounded with excess material to allow for settling. Rocks will be scattered to give a natural appearance to the landscape.

9. Site specific rehabilitation needs will be identified at a walk through with assembly representatives and the Forest Service after May 5.

10. Campout participants will replace the blocking boulders on 9N45D at the conclusion of the Campout.

GENERAL

1. Copies of the Operating Plan will be available at the Campout information center and at other locations.

2. Participants of the Campout will establish contacts with local agencies, businesses, and organizations to arrange services ( i.e. garbage, recycling, medical ) and supplies needed.

3. Participants of the Campout will be responcible for emergency medical coordination and evacuation with area medical facilities.

4. Nudity on roads 61 ( Grizzly Caldor ) and 10N83 ( North-South Road ) and areas outside the main peaceful assembly site is not allowed.



We support the goals of the Welcome Home Campout Operating Plan :

( 19 sigantures. mostly whimsical names of a familiar and non binding nature )

Forest Service Representatives :

Name Role
Kathy Hardy Forest Supervisor
Duane A. Wilson District Ranger
Frank E. Moleskin (?) Public Affairs Officer
Jeff (?) M. Carl (?) Law Enforcement Officer


( the names of the Forest Represerntatives were all signed in Cursive Script. I may have misaprehended thier spelling here.
I have attempted to accuratley reproduce this document from the mud and coffee stained copy I brought with me from the woods.
- Iris Aroha Mitzvah,
working from the Martin DePores House of Hospitality on Portrero in San Francisco.)

This gathering will be April 29-May 5 on public land, somewhere north of Bakersfield and south of Sacramento.

We, who are brothers & sisters, families of life on earth, friends of nature & of all people, children of humankind calling ourselves Rainbow Family Tribe, humbly invite:

All races, peoples, tribes, communes, men, women, children, individuals -- out of love.

All those involved in the Occupy movement, the Cascadia movement, and all ecolutionaries -- out of solidarity

All nations & national leaders -- out of respect

All religions & religious leaders -- out of faith

All politicians -- out of charity

to join with us in gathering from 
April 29-May 5 on public land, somewhere north of Bakersfield and south of Sacramento, 
in the state of California to hold open worship, prayer, chanting or whatever is the want or desire of the people, wherein we, the invited people of the world may consider & give honor & respect to anyone or anything that has aided in the positive evolution of humankind & nature upon this, our most beloved & beautiful world -- asking blessing upon we people of this world & hope that we people can effectively proceed to evolve, expand, & live in harmony & peace. 

(Lightline # for this Gathering

707.520.4727

to get involved 

email imitzvah@facebook.com 
http://mitzvahs-tea-house.blogspot.com

Mitzvah and Mitzvah's tea house are not in any way organizers or leaders - just a doer with a deed to be done. We do be doing deeds. Do! Be! do be do what them bees do!

in the hope to join a circle of caring family and consciously live into loving consensus)

y'alls the onliest family I got! - 

Denzel Washington in Glory

Shanti Sena Workshop Circles -

Sun 28th of April 

(to close Seed Camp)

Sun 5th of May 

(to close the All California Spring Regional)

By holding two such circles we will not only open much space for the family to find self expression, for skill shares to be developed and discussed, but also (and to my fool heart most important) to allow for clear networking within the gathering framework for recognition amongst those who would like to be part of the solution, should a problem arise.

Ignore all rumors of cancellation &/or organization!

Please protect this Beautiful Land

Walk softly.  Harm no living thing.  Harmonize - Blend in.  Use only down, dead wood.  Do not cut living trees.  Preserve the Meadows . . . camp in the Woods.  And remember, We are caretakers of this land.

Everyone sharing makes a strong Human Tribe!

Please Protect the Water Sources by staying out of DELICATE spring areas.  Avoid camping, peeing or washing above spring areas.  Keep ALL soap out of streams, springs or the creek!  Use a bucket to take your bath 300 feet away from the water source.  To be certain drinking water is safe: boil it for ten minutes at a rolling boil!

Use the slit trenches or covered latrines - cover your paper & waste with ashes or lime, wash hands afterwards.  Break the fly/illness connection: shit-fly-food-you!  Dig no shitters near water areas or kitchens.

Protect our Health!

Use your own cup, bowl & spoon!  Wash them after eating and rinse in bleach-water. Go to C.A.L.M. if you feel ill - especially if you have a contagious disease - or are injured.

Camp Together – Establish neighborhoods.  Community Fires only!  Keep a 5 gallon bucket of water and shovel nearby for Fire Protection. If you are the last to leave a fire PUT IT OUT!  Please, NO fireworks!  Keep you camp secure.  “Tempt Not Lest Ye Be Lifted From.”

Pets are discouraged, but if you must bring them, keep them fed, on a leash and out of the kitchens, springs & fights.  Clean up their poop.  Love them.

PACK IT IN  - PACK IT OUT !!!

Cleanup begins when you arrive.  Please bring only what is necessary.  There is no janitor here . . . YOU are the cleanup crew.  Separate Garbage for recycling.  Please DON’T LITTER - Find a collection point.  Compost in pits only.

You are the Gathering!

Participate and Volunteer!  Participate in Shanti Sena (the peace keepers council), work crews, workshops, councils and all activities.  Volunteer wherever and whenever needed: kitchens, welcome home, firewatch, parking lot, shitter digging, supply, front gate, etc.  R-E-S-P-E-C-T your Sisters’ & Brothers’ energies.

Keep the Balance: Earth, Sky, Trees, Water & People!

Alcohol is Discouraged, Guns are Inappropriate, Violence is contrary to the Spirit.  Please do not take pictures or videos of people without asking their permission first.  Discourage Drug Abuse.

Buying and selling endangers our right to be here.  The Magic Hat is our Bank, please donate early to fund our needs.  The Magic Hat goes around at Dinner Circle and with the Magic Hat Band.

Our power together is many times our power separated.

Enjoy the Rainbow with an open heart and you Will see the Vision.