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, March 11th, 9:00 am to 11:00 am - Today we’ll be at Intervale Preserve’s Lower Village, to do some trail trimming and install new wooden trail signs on the Interurban Multi-Use Trail, the Foxcroft Multi-Use Trail, and the Stevens Brook Trail loop through the woods. Click here for a trail map.
We’ll hike the Lower Village trails, trimming back overhanging branches heavy with snow 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. Some branches on the opposite side of the tree should be removed to avoid creating a tunnel-like appearance.
RRCT will have loppers, hand saws, a pole saw, and a chainsaw if needed. To install the trail signs, we'll use impact drivers and screws. Bring boots, work gloves, water, and personal tools that may be helpful. RRCT will have hand/toe warmers and 2 pairs of snowshoes if needed.
Parking: The primary legal point of access is a trail that heads downhill from the intersection of Church Rd and Gloucester Hill Road. 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, March 18th, 9:00 am to 11:00 am - River Elf conservation easement - Japanese knotweed knockdown day with Erik Lema from Basswood Environmental, LLC and USFWS. More details to come.
Wednesday, March 25th - No Trail Crew. Hanae will be attending a land trust stewardship gathering and workshop in Augusta.
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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, March 11th, 9:00 am to 11:00 am - Today we’ll be at Intervale Preserve’s Lower Village, to do some trail trimming and install new wooden trail signs on the Interurban Multi-Use Trail, the Foxcroft Multi-Use Trail, and the Stevens Brook Trail loop through the woods. Click here for a trail map.
We’ll hike the Lower Village trails, trimming back overhanging branches heavy with snow 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. Some branches on the opposite side of the tree should be removed to avoid creating a tunnel-like appearance.
RRCT will have loppers, hand saws, a pole saw, and a chainsaw if needed. To install the trail signs, we'll use impact drivers and screws. Bring boots, work gloves, water, and personal tools that may be helpful. RRCT will have hand/toe warmers and 2 pairs of snowshoes if needed.
Parking: The primary legal point of access is a trail that heads downhill from the intersection of Church Rd and Gloucester Hill Road. 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, March 18th, 9:00 am to 11:00 am - River Elf conservation easement - Japanese knotweed knockdown day with Erik Lema from Basswood Environmental, LLC and USFWS. More details to come.
Wednesday, March 25th - No Trail Crew. Hanae will be attending a land trust stewardship gathering and workshop in Augusta.
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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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