The Trail Conference is conducting a trail maintenance workshop
on Saturday, April 17 and a trail building and a construction workshop
Sunday, April 18, at the Hubbard Lodge on Route 9 near Cold Spring,
New York to Conference members, members of Conference clubs, and
people from nearby communities. The Trail Conference needs trail
volunteers, so attending a class is a good way of determining if
you would to like to be a maintainer, monitor, or member of a trail
crew.
Each day will begin with bagels and coffee at 9:00. The sessions
are slated to begin at 9:30 and will include classroom lecture and
discussion, field work and material to take home. At 3:30 all participants
will regroup for socializing and sharing their experiences. Sessions
will be held rain or shine.
Registration is required. Since the workshops are given on different
days, you can select one workshop each day. Simply fill
out the coupon and send it to the Conference Office by April
10 along with a $4 registration fee for non-members. An information
packet will be sent to all registrants by April 10. Sign up is first
come, first served. Past workshops have been oversubscribed, so send
in your registration early!
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 course each day (others
may be added closer to the actual event):
Maintenance "101",
April 17
Ever wonder what makes the one hiking trail more pleasant
to walk on than another? The answer is in how well the trail is clipped and
blazed. This training session teaches techniques, maintenance standards and
what 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.
Monitoring Trail Lands, April 18
Monitors are the "eyes and ears" to ensure that
no one misuses or encroaches on trail lands. This workshop draws heavily on
the experience the Trail Conference has had in managing the Appalachian Trail
on National Park Service property. Participants will learn how to check the
boundaries and what problems to look for. Take this course if you are interested
in helping trails in a different way. You need to feel comfortable in off-trail
situations.
Construction and Restoration, April 18
Hiking trails are built with side hills, steps, and waterbars. These elements
are also used to restore an eroded trail. Workshop participants will restore
a section of a trail by constucting steps, waterbars and side hills. 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 10. One
form per person. I want to attend:
Maintenance 101, Saturday, April 17
Monitor Trail Lands, April 18
Construction & Restoration, Sunday, April 18
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
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