A continuation of last weekend’s work party where we finish up work on rerouting the White Circle trail around the pond. We’ve gotten the trail cleared, and now we need to haul a bridge to the small stream crossing and use local materials to set the ends off the ground. Once completed, we then need to blaze the trail, move […]
Cancelled because of February snow, this is part of a survey walk planned to critically review all aspects of trail condition and location throughout Westwoods, to capture other property information (like invasive plant siting’s, graffiti, etc.) and unauthorized use of the property. To record this information in the field, we plan to use the Avenza Map app, which is available […]
Kampmeyer Property Steward Cathy Duman reports the Kampmeyer Plankwalk is in need of repair. Dating back almost 30 years, this bridging has been rebuilt several times, but continues to be a maintenance issue. This work party will take a critical look at the bridge structure and plan for both temporary and long term restoration of the structure. Spring clothing and […]
A repeat of the workparty scheduled for the end of December and middle of February, but both cancelled because of snow. This is a combination of Green Rectangle blazing work and ‘trail enhancements’ that’s needed where the trail follows the southern edge of the Great Marsh. Paul will bring the blaze materials and nails. As we’ll probably want to cut […]
We pretty much finished the trail reconstruction work on Loop 9 at the 11th of April workparty, but now need to haul in a few wooden platforms to complete the job. Paul Sanders will be bringing these to the trailhead, but we need help to haul them into the Green Rectangle trail. If you’d like to help, good gloves, boots […]
** Location Change ** We'll be putting in the re-routing of the Green Rectangle trail that we flagged last weekend. Paul will bring blaze materials, 'Trails closed' signs and nails. We’ll need one or two chainsaws, hand tools (loppers, clippers, etc.) and a rake to clear and relocate the trail. We’ll meet at the Upper Moose Hill entrance to Westwoods […]
Following up with work done several years ago, WWTC member Ellsworth Matthias and local botanist Lauren Brown will be identifying and compiling a list of existing species in a select area of the former power line clearing. This is a prelude to removing all plants that are invasive or indicators of future forest growth, and leaving species that are open, […]
We walked this Loop at the end of March and found connecting trails that need blazing (Yellow/Yellow Cross and Yellow Diamond) and an unauthorized trail that needs to be permanently closed, There’s a large (about 20ft) and several smaller muddy section of the Yellow Square that needs corduroy. Paul will bring the blaze materials and nails as well as a […]
Our late April work parties began addressing the northernmost issues we identified with this loop, and now we’ll begin with those in the south. We have a number of unauthorized trails that we need to close (or re-close), and blazing needs to be added to both the Violet and Orange Circle and Red Triangle trails. There’s a bridge on the […]
Today we’ll be hauling platforms down the Blue Rectangle Trail to construct a boardwalk across a perpetually muddy section of the Yellow Circle/Red Triangle Trail, just east of Great Harbor Brook. These are half-sections salvaged from the Clinton Marina last year, modified by WWTC member Paul Sanders, so they’ll be fairly easy to manage. We plan to bring 4 of […]
Eastwoods-South property steward Ryan McEvoy reports a number if trail issues in his property report and we expect to address them all at this work party. He noted muddy sections on both the Yellow and Green trails, and we plan to evaluate these and add corduroy as needed. There is also an unmarked woods road that he recommends blazing and […]