May 10, 2003 Visitor's Center, Sterling Forest
State Park
Once again the Trail Conference will be offering an opportunity to
take a course which will provide training in basic techniques,
maintenance standards, and the types of problems you, may encounter on
the trail and how to solve them. If you are considering adopting a
trail for maintenance or would like to improve your techniques, this
is the workshop for you. The day will be spent in Sterling Forest.
Advance registration is required, and class size will be limited. To attend
the workshop, fill out the coupon below or mail the
information to the office. A confirmation
packet will be sent to all registrants. Sign-up is first come, first served, and
past workshops have been over-subscribed, so send in your registration early!
Reservation deadline is April 15, 2003. Non-members of the Trail
Conference must include a $4 per person registration fee, which will
be credited toward first year membership dues if you join the
Conference at the workshop.
The day will begin with bagels and coffee at 8:30 a.m. The
sessions are slated to begin at 9:00 a.m., and will include classroom lectures
and discussion, as well as field work. Take-home materials are included. At 3:30
p.m., all participants will join together for socializing and the
chance to sign up for volunteering. Sessions will be held rain or
shine. There is public transportation available by arrangement.
Dress for outside work in clothes that you don't mind
getting wet, dirty or both; bring lunch, water and any other snacks. Bring
appropriate tools, if you have them, for the workshop you plan to attend. Basic
maintenance tools are hand clippers, loppers (long-handled branch cutters), and
small bowsaws. For the construction/restoration workshop, tools are grubs and
pick mattocks, pry bars and shovels.
Contact the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference
office during weekdays at 201-512-9348 or send a post card with your
name, address, phone number, email address (if you have one), to:
NY-NJ Trail Conference Courses, 156 Ramapo Valley Road, Mahwah, NJ
07430-1199.
You may register for one of the following courses (others may be
added closer to the actual event):
Maintenance "101"
This training session teaches basic techniques, maintenance
standards and the kind of problems to expect and how to solve them. You should
take this class if you are interested in becoming a maintainer or enhancing your
skills.
Construction and Restoration
Hiking trails are built with switchbacks, sidehilling, steps and waterbars;
erosion repair and stream bridging may also be needed. Workshop participants
will restore a section of a trail by constructing these features. If you have
wanted to help on a trail crew or do some heavy repairs on a trail, this is the
workshop for you.
Registration Form
Trail Maintenance Workshop Submit Form by April 15
Saturday, May 10, 2003
Name
Address 1
Address 2
City
State
Zip
Day Phone Evening Phone
E-mail
I will be arriving by train and will need a pick up from the
station.
I am a Trail Conference Member
($4 non-member fee required)
Check here if you have questions and would like someone
to call you.
