Posted June 25, 2015 8:39 pm by Comments

By Justin Stakes

38 Volunteers at Lake Thunderbird State Park
Thirty-eight union volunteers came together through the USA’s Work Boots on the Ground program to dress up and add security to Oklahoma’s Lake Thunderbird State Park.
Union Sportsmen's Alliance
Union Sportsmen’s Alliance

Franklin, TN -(AmmoLand.com)- Thirty-eight volunteers from six different union locals came together through the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance’s (USA) Work Boots on the Ground conservation program to dress up and add security to Oklahoma’s Lake Thunderbird State Park, located 30 minutes from Oklahoma City, in early June.

The volunteers, representing the Oklahoma AFL-CIO, Oklahoma Building & Construction Trades Council (BCTC), Insulators Local 94, Ironworkers Local 48, Operating Engineers Local 627, Pipeliners Local 798 and Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 344, installed a 300 ft. split rail fence, metal gate and security spikes at the park’s entrance, using funds raised at the USA’s Oklahoma AFL-CIO and Building & Construction Trades Conservation Dinner.

“The fence, gate and traffic spikes will help keep this area safer and more secure for the public, and we will be able to control the area better,” said Sherman Johnson, Assistant Park Manager at Lake Thunderbird. “Having volunteers like the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance helps us greatly in getting projects done quickly to keep our down time to …read more

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