After a first, modest appearance under the title “Opportunities for Volunteers” in the 1976 issue, a second call for participants was issued in an equally unassuming piece titled “Able-Bodied Diggers Sought” in the spring of 1977. By 1979, BAR had grown into the bi-monthly publication schedule familiar to our readers today, and the annual Dig Issue was born that year in the March/April issue. The following year, the Dig Issue was published as the January/February issue, and it has been an integral part of our New Year’s ritual ever since. Today, our Dig Issue has grown from a few […]
