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Each winter since 1995 I have coordinated a volunteer crew that grooms the trails for <br />cross country skiing. This effort includes making most of our own grooming equipment, <br />and until this year it included snowmobile maintenance. <br /> <br />Because of our proximity to the metro area, and because of the quality of our trails and <br />grooming, our ski trail system is rapidly gaining a reputation/ts being one of the best in <br />the area. A local poll ranked our trail system fourth in the Minnesota/Wisconsin area <br />this past season. This ranking was above all of the metro ski areas, including the <br />Hennepin County Parks. <br /> <br />One of the Eagle projects that I helped with was the preparation of the trail map and trail <br />signage. <br /> <br />In addition, I coordinate the placement of trail maps at most trail intersections each spring <br />and fall and the installation of barricades to reduce non-approved trails uses. <br /> <br />- Elk River Biathlon Range <br /> <br />Starting in 1993, I organized a group of volunteers who worked with Minnesota Biathlon <br />and the USBA to build what at the time was one of only two Biathlon ranges in <br />Minnesota. Since then we have continued to make annual improvements to range. A <br />considerable volunteer effort was put into tree removal, site preparation, designing and <br />construction of environmentally friendly "lead catching" target boxes, target installation, <br />trail building, mowing and landscaping. <br /> <br />I was very proud to see our local athletes competing for spots on the last two Olympic <br />Biathlon Teams. Although only two have made the team, many more were very close <br />and are among the elite biathletes in the nation. <br /> <br /> <br />