Over the summer the caretakers of the National Scenic Trail, CT Forest & Parks, built a 250 foot elevated plank walk across a wide wetland on the boundary between GLCT’s Eastwoods and Nutplains Wood properties. And in August, the Town’s Land Stewards cleared and blazed the new trail across the Balestracci property; providing a really pleasant cross trail between Eastwoods […]
With Cooper Woods finishing up his Eagle Project on the west side of the Red Triangle Trail this past spring, we’re finally getting around to posting blazes along the entire Red Triangle trail. Today we’ll be starting on the eastern terminus of that trail and working north to the old power line crossing. If you’d like to help blaze, you […]
The Bimblers Bluff 50k is an off road foot race that starts at Guilford Lakes School, 40 Maupas Rd, Guilford and passes through several inter-connected woodland preserves in southern Connecticut. Consisting entirely of rolling forest roads or single track that can be extremely rocky, the course will provide a true test of the runner’s fitness and mental stamina. The course […]
Join GLCT President Janet Ainsworth and Conservation Commission Chair Doug Clark for a hike on the New England National Scenic Trail in the ERP and GLCT’s Nut Plains Woods. This hike is considered moderate, with some ups and downs. Meet at the ERP Sullivan Dr. trailhead. Heavy rain cancels. Contact phone 203-530-7826
When the new Bog Bridge was built by CF&P during the summer the lumber from the original bridge was saved so it could be recycled into future projects. Unfortunately, it was left at a trail deep in Eastwoods, and we need to now pull it out and move it to its new location. To do this we’ll be meeting at […]
Join GLCT Directors Bernadette Bober and Jodie Lang for a three-mile trail run through the East River Preserve. This will be a beginner-pace run, and we won’t leave anyone behind! If folks want to continue farther, we will do a second loop. Teens and adults only. Sneakers with treads are encouraged. Meet at the East River Preserve parking lot on […]
Reports of confusing and ‘difficult to follow’ blazing along the Hoadley Creek trails, just south of Solstice, have us walking these trails to assess their condition and repair where necessary. If you’d like to help, you should bring along a small tool belt with places for nails, a hammer and a stockpile of blaze ... we’ll have both the blaze […]
Not exactly a work party, we’re holding a field meeting for our Property Stewards to talk about property oversight, and the sort of things they should be on the look-out for when they walk their property. We’ll be focusing primarily on boundary monitoring, reviewing the marking the Land Trust uses to identify the land, as well as the sort of […]
With the removal of the Eversource distribution lines several years ago, the utility is no longer clearing their right-of-way, and some of the trails crossing the low areas have become very overgrown. The Yellow Square is a particularly good example of this, and we’re using this opportunity to move it to higher ground where it will be both easier to […]
Eversource clear-cut a large section of this small property last autumn, and our Property Steward has decided to assist nature by seeding this former forest floor with native grasses before foreign invasive plants advance into the area. The Land Trust has provided both seed and hand seed spreaders. and we’re looking for help in broadcasting the seed and lightly raking […]
This month's Westwoods Trails Committee meeting will be held Monday, November 18 at the Guilford Community Center (32 Church St) in the Alexander Lounge. We will have a Zoom set up so those who want to attend virtually can do so. The Zoom connection will be hosted by John Goldin. The link to join is below. The agenda for this […]
Last spring, Cooper Woods and Jackson Howard earned their BSA Eagle awards relocating very wet portions of the Red Triangle Trail, just east of Moose Hill Road. This work party will complete that work, extending the trail along a dry and less steep path, and permanently closing the old trail sections. The relocation has been flagged with survey tape, so […]