Trail Crew
Trail Crew meets every Wednesday from 9 am to 11 am, except during bad weather and around holidays. Details on upcoming Trail Crew sessions will be posted here. Our work focuses on RRCT’s many public access properties, sometimes spending several weeks in a row at the same site. RRCT is also happy to help out at partner properties when Trail Crew is available.
There is a job for everyone, no matter your shape, skills, or strength. Join us the one week you have time or interest, or put Trail Crew on your calendar as your regular Wednesday morning ritual. It's a great way to experience a new preserve, get to know someone new, and learn new trail work techniques. Trail Crew tackles a variety of trail projects including clearing trail corridors, invasive plant removal, route finding and trail alignment, trail marking, constructing bog bridging and bridges, and improving signage. RRCT brings specific tools that will be helpful. We encourage volunteers to bring personal tools as well. Hand saws, pole saws, and loppers are favorites. Crew members should bring a water bottle, and wear sturdy shoes, work gloves, and the right clothes for the day.
Trail Crew is led by RRCT's Stewardship Director Hanae Garrison. If you have any questions or concerns, you can reach me at (973) 255-7513 or Hanae@RRCT.org
There is a job for everyone, no matter your shape, skills, or strength. Join us the one week you have time or interest, or put Trail Crew on your calendar as your regular Wednesday morning ritual. It's a great way to experience a new preserve, get to know someone new, and learn new trail work techniques. Trail Crew tackles a variety of trail projects including clearing trail corridors, invasive plant removal, route finding and trail alignment, trail marking, constructing bog bridging and bridges, and improving signage. RRCT brings specific tools that will be helpful. We encourage volunteers to bring personal tools as well. Hand saws, pole saws, and loppers are favorites. Crew members should bring a water bottle, and wear sturdy shoes, work gloves, and the right clothes for the day.
Trail Crew is led by RRCT's Stewardship Director Hanae Garrison. If you have any questions or concerns, you can reach me at (973) 255-7513 or Hanae@RRCT.org
Upcoming Trail Crew Sessions:
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Wednesday, September 2nd, 9:00 am to 11:00 am - Today we will continue clearing the trail corridor for a new Village Path from the New Gloucester Town Hall to the Church parking area. The ~400-foot path has been roughly cut and is walkable, but there is still more work to be done. We will continue to remove brush and invasive plants from around the trail, cutting back overhanging limbs and then raking the trail tread to further define the route.
The trail goes over a stone wall near the Town Hall and past a collection of broken ceramic electrical insulators. We will move rocks around to create a path and haul out the insulators outside of the woods. Long pants and long sleeves are recommended to avoid getting scraped up as some of the invasive plants (Japanese barberry) are prickly.
RRCT will bring hand saws, loppers, a pole saw, a chainsaw if needed, safety glasses and gloves. Feel free to bring personal tools that may be helpful. Bring plenty of water, sunscreen, and work gloves.
Meet at the back of the parking lot behind the church at 19 Gloucester Hill Road, close to the swings and playground.
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Wednesday, September 9th, 9:00 am to 11:00 am - TBD
Wednesday, September 16th, 9:00 am to 11:00 am - TBD
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*Photography and Filming Note: Your attendance at Trail Crew may be photographed or filmed and your attendance indicates consent to have any images or footage featuring you at the event to be used for RRCT-related materials and outreach. Should images or footage appear in marketing materials that you don’t wish to be featured in, email Hanae@RRCT.org, and RRCT will cease to further use your image or footage for any new materials going forward.
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Wednesday, September 2nd, 9:00 am to 11:00 am - Today we will continue clearing the trail corridor for a new Village Path from the New Gloucester Town Hall to the Church parking area. The ~400-foot path has been roughly cut and is walkable, but there is still more work to be done. We will continue to remove brush and invasive plants from around the trail, cutting back overhanging limbs and then raking the trail tread to further define the route.
The trail goes over a stone wall near the Town Hall and past a collection of broken ceramic electrical insulators. We will move rocks around to create a path and haul out the insulators outside of the woods. Long pants and long sleeves are recommended to avoid getting scraped up as some of the invasive plants (Japanese barberry) are prickly.
RRCT will bring hand saws, loppers, a pole saw, a chainsaw if needed, safety glasses and gloves. Feel free to bring personal tools that may be helpful. Bring plenty of water, sunscreen, and work gloves.
Meet at the back of the parking lot behind the church at 19 Gloucester Hill Road, close to the swings and playground.
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Wednesday, September 9th, 9:00 am to 11:00 am - TBD
Wednesday, September 16th, 9:00 am to 11:00 am - TBD
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*Photography and Filming Note: Your attendance at Trail Crew may be photographed or filmed and your attendance indicates consent to have any images or footage featuring you at the event to be used for RRCT-related materials and outreach. Should images or footage appear in marketing materials that you don’t wish to be featured in, email Hanae@RRCT.org, and RRCT will cease to further use your image or footage for any new materials going forward.
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Trail Crew at Mèmak Preserve, April 2026