The newly-acquired Joyce Park in Pioneer has seen a lot of activity as of late. Tracey Towner-Yep, Director of the Amador County Recreation Agency, or ACRA, provided the ACRA Board with an update at their meeting Wednesday.  Meeks Lumber donated lumber and materials, which were used to rebuild the snack shack and bleachers.  The park needs another set of bleachers, and Towner-Yep is looking for a donation of 60 linear feet of angle iron for that project. Other upgrades include the transformation of the existing house into a darkroom, which is almost complete. The agency also walked the 80-acre property with a naturalist, who found a wide variety of natural plants, including wild ginger and heritage roses and apple trees. The agency plans to construct about 3 to 4 miles of trails on the property, which extends from Woodfern Drive south, across Highway 88. ACRA will be holding public hearings on June 2nd and June 29th, where they will invite the public to provide comments and suggestions for other improvements.  Towner-Yep also indicated that she would welcome suggestions at the ACRA-sponsored Kennedy Mine BBQ on May 29th.  For more information on the improvements to Joyce Park or the May 29th BBQ, contact ACRA staff at 223-6349.