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2004 Calendar of Events

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2004 Calendar of Events

1/7 Lecture: Chip Brown on his book about Guy Waterman Explorers Club, 6:30pm-8:45pm, $15
1/17 Winter Trails High Point NJ, various but not nearby NY
2/12 Delegates Meeting Seafarers and International House, NYC
6pm Social Hour
7pm Meeting - feature Land Acquisition - Rich Benning
2/13-16 Great Backyard Bird Count
2/29-3/3 HIKE THE HILL: TRAILS ADVOCACY WEEK
Learn how to lobby for your trails during American Hiking Society's Trails Advocacy Week. Advocacy Week provides training on trails issues and advocacy skills plus networking opportunities with trail activists from around the nation. Advocacy Week helps secure funding and protection for the hiking trails and trail lands you use and enjoy.
3/3-3/4 Banff Mountain Film Festival - New York
Wednesday, March 3 and Thursday, March 4, 2004 - 7:30 PM
New York Society for Ethical Culture
3/5 Crossroads of the American Revolution
3/9 Banff Mountain Film Festival - Northern New Jersey/Rockland Co.
Tuesday, March 9, 2004 - 7:00 p.m. Lafayette Theatre Suffern, N.Y.
4/17-18 Spring Maintenance Workshop
4/23 Water Treatment 7:00 pm Ramsey Outdoor (demos, literature, door prizes)
4/23-24 EMS Club Day
4/24 1st Annual Wild West Milford Trail Hike/Run
5/1 Great Saunter around Manhattan www.shorewalkers.org or www.greatsaunter.com .
5/22 Catskills Maintenance Workshop
5/16 Monmouth County Adventure Expo
5/19 Earth Day Lobby Day, April 19 in Albany. This annual event brings together hundreds of activists and students from across New York. Hear from government and environmental leaders, learn about current legislation, and lobby on key statewide issues. For more information, visit: www.eany.org/takeaction/earthday.html , or contact Laura DiBetta, EANY, at 518-462-5526 ext. 221 or edld@eany.org for more information.
6/2 Proposed action plan for Storm King Cleanup 7:00pm
6/5 National Trails Day
6/10 Delegates Meeting, 6:30-9:00 pm at Ross Dock (not Fort Lee this year)
6/19 Environmental Monitoring Sterling Forest
8/21 New GPS Users Group, 1st meeting
8/24 Everest: Sea to Summit 7pm
9/3 Go Wild for Wilderness on the Today Show! 6am
9/14 NJN Invites the Public to a Hike in the Highlands and the Premiere of The Highlands Rediscovered at Ringwood State Park
9/14 The Trail Walker, Sue Spring, AT 2003 Thruhiker. 7-9pm Croton Free Library
9/18 National Public Lands Day
9/18-19 Hudson Valley Ramble
9/25-26 Hudson Valley Ramble
10/2 Sterling Forest Conservation Day
10/6 Adventures in Costa Rica by Costlba Expeditions, 7pm at Ramsey Outdoor in Paramus
10/7 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Campmor, 810 Route 17 North, Paramus, NJ
Don't miss the Get Out More! Road Team's trail-tested tips on spending time in the backcountry! Join the BACKPACKER magazine Get Out More! Road Team when the Get Out More! Road Tour hits Campmor, Paramus, NJ. The Team's program is packed with tips on getting organized, planning trips, buying gear, selecting destinations--everything you need to better prepare for your next outdoor adventure. Product literature, samples, and door prizes will round out the day.
10/10-13 National Wilderness Conference
10/11, 10/13, 10/11-17 The Highlands Rediscovered Movie on NJN television
10/13 Authors Christopher and Catherine Brooks of 60 hikes within 60 miles of NYC with book signing following slides, 7pm at Ramsey Outdoor in Paramus
10/22-23 EMS Club Day
10/27 Rock Climbing in Joshua Tree, CA by Lord Sterling Outdoor Education Center, 7pm at Ramsey Outdoor in Paramus
10/31 Torrey Memorial Hike
10/31 Annual Meeting Skylands Manor 10:30am - 5:00pm
11/6 Fall Trail Maintenance Workshop

 

Regularly scheduled meetings/events/deadlines (may vary)

1st Thursdays even months Trails Council 6:45 PM - at Trail Conference Office and occasionally elsewhere. Open meeting - trail supervisors, club trails chairs, etc. automatically get invited to meetings.
2nd Thursdays odd months Publications Committee 7:00 PM - TC office
Last weekend in April Trail Maintenance Workshop
1st Sunday in May Litter Day
1st Saturday in June National Trails Day
last Sunday of Oct. Torrey Memorial Hike
1st of even months Trail Walker submission deadline (Firm)
May 31 & November 30 Trail maintenance reports due to Trail Supervisors
Feb., June, Oct. Delegates meetings - Feb. & June second Thursday, Oct. usually Saturday after Columbus day
3rd Tuesday monthly Board Meeting 7:00 PM - TC office

Directions

Fort Lee Historic Park

Public Transportation: Fort Lee Historic Park is immediately south of the George Washington Bridge (GWB) on the east side of Hudson Terrace, on the New Jersey Palisades. Frequent bus service from the GWB terminal in Manhattan is available, or enjoy the lovely and free one-mile walk across the bridge. Ample free parking is available.

From the Palisades Interstate Parkway: Get off the last exit before the bridge toll (right fork after the gas station - be sure to exit!). Follow Hudson Terrace south under the bridge and take the first left into the park.

From New York City: Take the upper level of the GWB and use the second exit, which is Fort Lee. Make a sharp right and another right onto Hudson Terrace south under the bridge and take the first left into the park.

From the New Jersey Turnpike: Take the Fort Lee exit, and continue straight on the service road, paralleling the bridge toll plaza, until the service road ends at Hudson Terrace. Turn right onto Hudson Terrace, and then make the first, almost immediate, left turn into the park.

Seafarers and International House

123 East 15th Street, Manhattan (corner of 15th and Irving Place). Public transportation: subway lines 4, 5, 6, N, R, and L to 14th St./Union Square; bus lines 6 and 7 (Broadway), lines 1, 2, and 3 (Park Ave.), lines 102 and 103 (Third Ave.)

Ross Dock, Fort Lee , N.J. Palisades Interstate Park

A newly renovated, large scenic riverfront picnic area with access to Hazzard's Launching Ramp, and with access to their trail system and Henry Hudson Drive , car-top boat launching, fishing, restrooms, and public phones. Dress warmly - covered pavillion.

Directions:

From Routes 4, 46, I-80, I-95:  Take the exit for Fort Lee / Palisades Interstate Parkway . Continue straight on Bridge Plaza South past several traffic lights. At the last light ("T" intersection), turn right onto Bigler St . At the stop sign, turn left (east) onto Main St. , then keep in the right lane to bear right (south) at River Road . The southern park entrance will be on the left. Follow Henry Hudson Drive about one mile to the Ross Dock circle and follow signs.

From the Palisades Interstate Parkway (southbound): Take the last exit before the George Washington Bridge (Hudson Terrace). Turn left onto Hudson Terrace. Go south and at the second traffic light keep in the left lane to bear right onto Bigler St . At the stop sign, turn left (east) on Main St. , then keep in the right lane to bear right (south) at River Road . The southern park entrance ( Henry Hudson Drive ) will be on the left. Follow Henry Hudson Drive about one mile to the Ross Dock circle and follow signs.

From New York City : Take the upper level of the George Washington Bridge to the first Fort Lee exit. Bear right and proceed down the ramp to the traffic light. Proceed south (right turn) to the second traffic light, then keep in the left lane to bear right onto Bigler St. At the stop sign, turn left (east) on Main St. , then keep in the right lane to bear right (south) at River Road . The southern park entrance ( Henry Hudson Drive ) will be on the left. Follow Henry Hudson Drive about one mile to the Ross Dock circle and follow signs.


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