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, May 27th, 9:00 am to 11:00 am - Join us at Intervale Preserve's Lower Village in New Gloucester.
Our tasks will include:
· Update the kiosk with new signage
· Install a post in the field area at the intersection of the Stevens Brook Trail and Foxcroft Multi-Use Trail. Put up a trail map and attach directional trail signs to the post.
· Clearly define the path of the Stevens Brook Trail that runs through the field by installing blue plastic blazes on stakes and install 2-3 bog bridges over wet areas.
· Brush back the trails - trim overhanging branches and lateral branches extending into the trail. Limbs on trees should be cut at the branch’s bark collar so the tree can compartmentalize and heal over correctly. Hanae will have weed whacked the trail on Tuesday, May 26th.
· Loosen preserve boundary placards that are nailed tootight to the trees.
RRCT will have loppers, handsaws, pole saws and safety glasses. To install the sign and map posts, we’ll use shovels, post hole diggers, impact drivers and screws. Bring boots, work gloves, water, and personal tools that may be helpful.
Parking: Park at the church parking lot at 19 Gloucester Hill Road, New Gloucester, where we will meet and walk to the preserve together.
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Wednesday, June 3rd, 9:00 am to 11:00 am - River Elf Trail in New Gloucester. More details to come.
Wednesday, June 10th, 9:00 am to 11:00 am - Thayer Brook Preserve in Gray. More details to come.
Wednesday, June 17th, 9:00 am to 11:00 am - Elmwood Trails in Pownal. More details to come.
Wednesday, June 24th, 9:00 am to 11:00 am - Invasive Japanese knotweed cutting at River Elf property in New Gloucester. More details to come.
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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, May 27th, 9:00 am to 11:00 am - Join us at Intervale Preserve's Lower Village in New Gloucester.
Our tasks will include:
· Update the kiosk with new signage
· Install a post in the field area at the intersection of the Stevens Brook Trail and Foxcroft Multi-Use Trail. Put up a trail map and attach directional trail signs to the post.
· Clearly define the path of the Stevens Brook Trail that runs through the field by installing blue plastic blazes on stakes and install 2-3 bog bridges over wet areas.
· Brush back the trails - trim overhanging branches and lateral branches extending into the trail. Limbs on trees should be cut at the branch’s bark collar so the tree can compartmentalize and heal over correctly. Hanae will have weed whacked the trail on Tuesday, May 26th.
· Loosen preserve boundary placards that are nailed tootight to the trees.
RRCT will have loppers, handsaws, pole saws and safety glasses. To install the sign and map posts, we’ll use shovels, post hole diggers, impact drivers and screws. Bring boots, work gloves, water, and personal tools that may be helpful.
Parking: Park at the church parking lot at 19 Gloucester Hill Road, New Gloucester, where we will meet and walk to the preserve together.
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Wednesday, June 3rd, 9:00 am to 11:00 am - River Elf Trail in New Gloucester. More details to come.
Wednesday, June 10th, 9:00 am to 11:00 am - Thayer Brook Preserve in Gray. More details to come.
Wednesday, June 17th, 9:00 am to 11:00 am - Elmwood Trails in Pownal. More details to come.
Wednesday, June 24th, 9:00 am to 11:00 am - Invasive Japanese knotweed cutting at River Elf property in New Gloucester. More details to come.
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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