In 2014 we had good progress on many of our projects and hosted a number of good events. See below for descriptions of our Spring and Fall work parties. A major development was the donation of a large number of historic “searchlight” signals from Union Pacific to the BBCRC. See our Searchlights page for details. On the less positive side, we lost a couple of key volunteer/site caretakers who moved out of the area. Then in September our local community of Weed suffered a major disaster when a fire swept through town destroying a large number of houses and local institutions. While our land was not directly impacted, many local friends were. The BBCRC responded by channeling financial donations to the rebuilding of our local food bank and library and by donating 29 cords of firewood to a local heating assistance program.