Fall 2015

In 2015 we started to see sporadic unit oil trains coming from North Dakota and headed down to a refinery near Bakersfield.

Fall Work Party Flyer by Brynn.

Our garden coordinator, and some of the produce harvested at the Fall Work Party.

Macks sprucing up the semaphore blades.

Firewood Processing.

Pizza Night at the Fall Work Party.

Powers from Santa Cruz rocking the boxcar.

Planning retreat in the BBCRC board room.

Dog pile.

In November we had our first small controlled burn on the land, burning off a thick layer of pine needles and debris.

Thinning out the pines.

After being closed for seven years, the Siskiyou Line between Black Butte and Medford, Oregon resumed through operations in early November.

Our final event of the season — BBCRC was a stop on the Joe Hill Road Show national tour.

Old time labor/folk music during the Joe Hill Road Show.

BBCRC's Lauren Oakes with David Rovics at the Joe Hill Road Show in the boxcar.

Outdoor kitchen upgrade includes this pot rack, forged by Logan in our shop, and a newly donated antique gas oven.

Maxx enjoying an early season snowfall.

After two winters with almost no snow at all, the El Nino winter of 2015-16 is upon us!