July 4, 2008 HOLIDAY WEEKEND HIKER OUTREACH
East Hudson volunteers are holding a two day outreach event at the Breakneck Ridge trailhead and the Bull Hill (Mt. Taurus) trailhead, both on Route 9D North of Cold Spring, NY, on Friday July 4 and Saturday July 5, 2008.
These heavily traveled trails offer a great opportunity to generate awareness about responsible hiking, volunteering and trail stewardship.
We are going to have a station at each trailhead to talk to people, sell East Hudson Maps, and offer NY-NJ Trail Conference membership information.
We need extra hands! If you would like to join us, and are willing to commit to a two or three-hour slot on Friday, July 4th or Saturday, July 5th, between 9 am and 3 pm, please contact:
Josie Gray, Chair of East Hudson Committee, email: jospira72@gmail.com
Appalachian Trail Outreach Projects
The Appalachian Trail Conservancy sponsors an Outreach
Grants program that the local AT management committees have taken
advantage of for several projects.
- Ruta
Apalache - a Spanish language brochure on the AT in Harriman
- Approach It Right (AIR) - Leave No Trace project sponsor by NJ
AT committee
- Harriman Nature Walks at the Tiorati Cicle Picnic Area (see
above)
Service Projects
The Trail Conference has many opportunities available for outside groups
to join with us as partners in trail related service projects. We regularly
work with individual scouts working on their Eagle Award or Gold Award.
Church groups, business and other groups have also worked on specific
projects. Contact us at info@nynjtc.org
with either specific ideas of projects or a desire to fill one of our
opportunities. We also have small grants available to
youth groups to use on projects.
Example projects:
- Telephone Pioneer's Shelter on AT
- Trail relocation on Candlewood Hill
- Tent platforms at Wiley Shelter
- Bridges on AT
- Planting trees
- New privy at RPH lean-to
- Waterbars on Wilkinson Trail
- Photo book of views from trails for monitoring what is visible over
long time periods.
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