This Policy Applies to All Dogs, Regardless of Temperament, Training, or Disposition.
Why Should You Leash Your Dog?
Protect and preserve the fragile wildlife diversity that exists on GLCT properties.
Dogs are perceived by wildlife as predators.
Numbers of ground nesting birds are in long-term decline on a regional basis, and they are heavily distressed by dogs and may abandon their nests if disturbed.
Waterfowl found in streams, ponds, marshes, and vernal pools can be frightened away from their nests by a wading dog.
Egg masses, deposited in vernal pools and marshes by wood frogs, spring peepers, and various species of salamanders, can be destroyed by a wading dog.
Pathways that dogs and their owners have created to access wetland areas have destroyed important riparian habitat and caused significant erosion.
It’s Common Sense and Common Courtesy:
Owners must prevent their dogs from charging and/or jumping on other hikers, especially children.
Dogs must be controlled to stay on trails so as not to disturb flora and fauna habitat.
Owners must remove and carry out dog waste. (Leaving a dog waste bag at the trailhead does not count as “carrying out”.)
Hikers and Bikers (including their dogs) must yield to horses.
Biking with off-leash dogs is not permitted.
Violation of these policies may result in a municipal fine; repeat offenders may be barred from GLCT properties.