Come join GLCT President Janet Ainsworth for her annual New Year’s Day hike to the Lost Lake overlook via the White Circle and Orange Circle trails. This hike is moderate, with some ups and downs. Meet at the Sam Hill Rd. trailhead. Heavy rain or snow cancels. Contact phone 203-530-7826
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Our inspection of Trail Loop 1 on the 14th resulted in a nice list of projects which will make the trail more pleasant to use, and help with our long term maintenance. This includes rerouting some sections of the trail, moving some obstacles, and posting signs to close off some areas. We’ll be beginning this work today, and since the […] |
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Join us for a presentation by Forest Ecologist Elisabeth Ward from the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. Elisabeth will delve into the impacts of Beech Leaf Disease and the Emerald Ash Borer invasion on Connecticut’s forests. Learn about the current changes in our woodlands, ongoing research, and potential future trends. Please register at the library events web page. |
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A continuation of our Loop 1 work on the 4th, but now dealing with projects closer to the Sam Hill Entrance. Not too much chainsaw work this weekend, but pretty much the same game plan and materials. Please meet us at the Sam Hill Entrance to Westwoods. Rain or significant snow will usually cancel any of these work parties, so […] |
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WWTC member Kevin Mabon has generously donated weather resistant materials from a deck he’s deconstructing, and we’ve scheduled this work party to remove stubborn hardware, cut away unusable sections and then haul the materials to the GLCT storage area at Spencer’s Creek. We’ll need people to: pull nails from framing hardware, rip or crosscut the rotten sections and load prepped […] |
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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 […] |
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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 […] |