The Trail Conference is conducting a trail maintenance workshop
on Saturday, May 15 or 22 at the North Lake Campground in the Catskills
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
day, you can select either or both workshops. Simply fill
out the coupon and send it to the Conference Office by May 7
along with a $4 registration fee for non-members. An information
packet will be sent to all registrants by May 7. 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.
Maintenance "101" Saturday
May 22
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.
Registration Form
Trail Maintenance Workshop Submit Form by May 7. One form
per person.
Name
Address 1
Address 2
City
State
Zip
Day Phone Evening Phone
E-mail
I am a Trail Conference Member
($4 non-member fee required)
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