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. There is no registration or prior experience needed, just show up! 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. There is no registration or prior experience needed, just show up! 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 16th, 9:00 am to 11:00 am - Today we will help the North Yarmouth Parks Committee improve the trails at Old Town House Park, in preparation for a Vigorous Tenderness fall equinox concert at the park on Tuesday, September 22nd, 5:30-7:00 pm.
We'll go on a walk along the trails, trimming back encroaching vegetation and removing invasive plants along the way. We'll construct some bog bridges by the parking lot entrance. There are also some bittersweet vines climbing the trees along the Upper Field Loop that I want to spend some time on. There's a pile of leftover gravel by the infiltration steps we built leading to the Riverbank Trail that we can spread along the trail. Click here for a trail map.
RRCT and the North Yarmouth Parks Committee will bring loppers, hand saws, a pole saw, a shovel or two, metal rakes for spreading gravel, and the bog bridge materials. Bring work gloves, water, sunscreen, and good walking shoes.
Parking: Meet at the parking lot at 470 Memorial Highway (Rt. 9), North Yarmouth.
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Wednesday, September 23rd, 9:00 am to 11:00 am - Intervale Preserve's Warbler Trail, New Gloucester. More details to come.
Wednesday, September 30th, 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 16th, 9:00 am to 11:00 am - Today we will help the North Yarmouth Parks Committee improve the trails at Old Town House Park, in preparation for a Vigorous Tenderness fall equinox concert at the park on Tuesday, September 22nd, 5:30-7:00 pm.
We'll go on a walk along the trails, trimming back encroaching vegetation and removing invasive plants along the way. We'll construct some bog bridges by the parking lot entrance. There are also some bittersweet vines climbing the trees along the Upper Field Loop that I want to spend some time on. There's a pile of leftover gravel by the infiltration steps we built leading to the Riverbank Trail that we can spread along the trail. Click here for a trail map.
RRCT and the North Yarmouth Parks Committee will bring loppers, hand saws, a pole saw, a shovel or two, metal rakes for spreading gravel, and the bog bridge materials. Bring work gloves, water, sunscreen, and good walking shoes.
Parking: Meet at the parking lot at 470 Memorial Highway (Rt. 9), North Yarmouth.
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Wednesday, September 23rd, 9:00 am to 11:00 am - Intervale Preserve's Warbler Trail, New Gloucester. More details to come.
Wednesday, September 30th, 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