Spring 2025 - On the CBT between the trailhead and Jackson Hill road, a board walk at one of the stream crossings was broken. A section of an old storm damaged bridge at the same stream was relocated to replace the broken boardwalk.
Additional supports were added and a cable attached to prevent the bridge from washing away. Wire mesh netting was also added to the bridge walking surface to prevent slips. All old wire mesh and old nails removed from discarded lumber was hauled out for proper disposal.
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Fall 2024 - Friends of the Forest volunteers repaired this bridge on the Chickasaw Bluff Trail.
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November 2021 - This new 24-foot bridge on the Woodland Trail was built by Russell Wolfe for his Eagle Scout Project.
Russell was assisted by members of Boy Scout Troop 13.
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November 2018 - For his Eagle Scout project, Robert Harrison (center) built 2 fire pits as part of improvements being made to the rental cabins at Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park. Members of Boy Scout Troop 341 assisted with the building.
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March 2018 - Students from Ohio State University spent their Spring Break at Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park. One of their many projects was to build this foot bridge on the Pioneer Springs Trail.
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March 2017 - Students from Ohio State University keep coming back to spend their Spring Break volunteering at Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park and we are happy to have them here. Here they are with tools for some trail building.
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March 2016 - Once again, students from Ohio State University traveled to Tennessee to spend their Spring Break
volunteering at Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park. Part of their work included building 3 small bridges
on the Woodland and Pioneer Springs trails.
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December 2015 - Scout Ian Webb and his Boy Scout Troop built this bridge on the Woodland Trail as his Eagle Scout project. Construction was completed after dark using light from cell phones. We did not get a group photo. The bridge is 20-feet long.
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May 2015 - Students from Ohio State University traveled to Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park once again to volunteer their time. They experienced extreme swarms of mosquitoes while installing a small bridge on the Woodland Trail.
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March 2014 - Once again, Students from Ohio State University traveled to Millington during their Spring Break to volunteer their time at Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park. This project was to dismantle an old Woodland Trail bridge that had been damaged by flood waters.
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November 2013 - Scouts and adults from Boy Scout Troop 331 came back to the Forest to put a new walking surface on this bridge on the Pioneer Springs Trail. They also repaired a bridge on the Chickasaw Bluff Trail.
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September 2013 - Scout Hunter McCarver and members of his Boy Scout Troop re-built the Pioneer Spring Shelter as part of his Eagle Scout Project. The old Pioneer Springs Shelter was crushed by a falling tree a couple years ago during a storm.
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March 2013 - Students from Ohio State University traveled to Millington during their Spring Break and volunteered their time at Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park. One of their projects was to install a new walking surface on this bridge on the Pioneer Springs Trail.
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August 2012 - Scout Derrian Foster coordinated construction of this new bridge for his Eagle Scout Project. The old Pioneer Springs Trail bridge was crushed by a falling tree last year during storms.
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August 2011 - Members of the local US Naval Sea Cadet Corps met to build a bridge on the Red Trail and to replace a bridge that was washed down stream during spring storms.
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October 2010 - We moved three bridges and fixed another with the help of Boy Scout Troop 331,
Wayne Simpson from TTA and Mike Samuelson from the Swampstompers.
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