The Union Sportsmen's Alliance (USA) Adopt-a-Park initiative is making sure hikers in Montgomery Bell State Park near Nashville, Tenn., have a safe new bridge to cross a 30-foot-wide creek.

Volunteers from the Nashville Building and Construction Trades Council (BCTC) are spending weekends in May building a sturdy, permanent bridge to replace a small, temporary structure further down the creek after a 2010 flood washed away the original bridge.

The Adopt-a-Park program announced earlier this year calls on the 60,000 USA members to volunteer their time and unique skills to renew, rebuild and restore America’s state parks that are continually faced with budget cuts and have a backlog of repair and restoration projects.

Nashville BCTC President Anthony Nicholson says:

Growing up near the park, I felt a personal obligation to be a part of this project. Thankfully, the Nashville BCTC shared my passion for it. It really is a great show of local support, all around, for the community and conservation. 

USA Executive Director Fred Myers says the unions of the BCTC “didn’t hesitate in volunteering their skills and time and donating supplies for the rebuild:

Their support is a tremendous help to the Middle Tennessee community.

Take a look at this photo gallery from the project.