Our inspection of Trail Loop 2 on the 25th showed just a couple of small water crossing problems that we expect to address today. What we plan is to shift some stepping stones that are a little wobbly, and perhaps move/roll some additional stones from the trail edges to make the crossing easier. If you’d like to help, bring along […]
Join GLCT member and ecologist with the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Scott Williams, for a wintertime exploration of this ecologically and geologically unique property in North Guilford. Meet at the Bluff Head parking area on Rt. 77, north of the Great Hill Rd. intersection. Be prepared for a few steep climbs and wet areas. Heavy snow or rain cancels. Contact: […]
Property Steward Doug Clark reports seven dead and downed trees/limbs on the dark blue and white trails. This is all chainsaw work, and we’d welcome any additional sawyers who’d care to help. Bring your saw, 2-cycle mix and bar oil, and maintenance tools. A helmet & screen, chaps and steel tipped boots are recommended for safe operation, and meet us […]
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 sitings, 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 on both the Apple and Android handhelds […]
At the turn of the year, Wesley Beeman from the Branford Land Trust proposed rerouting the Green Rectangle trail just before it crosses the town line. The original woods road is wet and deeply eroded and hikers have long charted their own paths around this section. As proposed, our work today will open a path to the south that will […]
This month's Westwoods Trails Committee meeting will be held Monday, February 24 at 7:30 PM at the Guilford Community Center (32 Church St) in the Leete Room. We will have a Zoom set up so those who want to attend virtually can do so. The link to join is below. If you have any problems connecting, Paul can be reached […]
Our inspection of Loop 3 on the 15th uncovered a number of issues we plan to address on the first two work parties of this month. Today, we’ll be (1) relocating three sections of trails (two on hiker created by-passes, and a third where we’ll clear a dryer path nearby), (2) Try to drain a wet area on the Blue […]
The second of Loop 3 work parties. Today we plan to pull two 12 ft bridges out of the dirt and mud they’re sunk into, and place them on cedar or locust sleepers. We also plan to haul in a third 12ft bridge, which will span another wet area that’s formed immediately to the south. We’ll have ironed out the […]
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 sitings, 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 on both the Apple and Android handhelds […]
Our inspection of Loop 4 on the 15th uncovered a number of issues we plan to address on two of this month’s work parties. Today, we’ll be (1) reestablishing four sections of trails (mostly places where the original trail wasn’t well marked and hikers have created multiple paths) and (2) relocating a wet section to a dryer ground nearby. We’ll […]
Reports of poor blazing direct our work party to Big Maple this week. We’ve not been there for some time and expect that trail clearing will be needed too. So, beyond the hammer, nails and blazes, this will be a mix of chainsaw and hand work, so bring what equipment you’re comfortable using. If you’d like to help blaze, you […]
This will be our first organized invasives work party of the year and we will be learning from it as we go, but it would great to have WWTC volunteers to help in this effort. GLCT director Jim Ballentine and Westwoods Property Steward Karen Klugman plan to cut, treat with herbicide and pull (primarily) Multiflora Rose seedlings along the blue […]