Don Osborne, John Walton and others have been working hard to put together a Christmas tree planting program for Quarry Lakes and Lake Chabot. Here is the email I recieved from John about the "planting day". It's a ways off but mark your calendars for January 11th so you can be there to help out our barren lake bass:

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COVER PROGRAM FOR CHABOT AND QUARRY LAKES. WE NEED 120 VOLUNTEERS TO HELP FOR THE COVER PROGRAM JANURARY 11, 8:AM FOR BREAKFAST PUT ON BY (BBAC)BLACK BASS ACTION COMMITTEE. WE ARE TO ASSEMBLE FOR BREAKFAST AT QUARRY LAKES THEN WE WILL SPLIT UP AND SOME WILL GO TO CHABOT AND THE REST WILL STAY AT QUARRY. ANYONE THAT HAS CONNECTIONS FOR ANY CHRISTMAS TREES NEEDS TO CALL JON WALTON 352-3932 FOR FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS. THERE WILL BE A CATERED LUNCH AT QUARRY LAKES AT 2 PM WITH TRI TIP STEAK AND THE WORKS PUT ON BY THE PARKS DEPT. PLEASE GET THE WORD OUT. EVERYONE IS WELCOME THE MORE THE BETTER. FOR MORE INFO CALL WALTONS POND AT THE NUMBER ABOVE. JON WILL BE IN CHARGE OF CHABOT AND I WILL BE AT QUARRY. WE ARE LOOKING AT SINKING 1000 CHRISTMAS TREES BETWEEN THE 2 LAKES. THE MORE VOLUNTERS WE HAVE THE FASTER THE WORK WILL GET DONE. REMEMBER THIS IS NOT A 1 TIME DEAL THIS IS OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS SO WE CAN BRING THESE LAKES BACK TO A HIGH QUALITY RESORCE FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY. jANURARY 11 RAIN OR SHINE 8:00

DONALD C. OSBORNE