Spring Workshops for Basic Trail Maintenance, Construction, GPS/GIS for Trail Management as well as a Course for Trail Layout and Design
For two weekends at the end of April and the first of May we will be presenting workshops for beginner level trail maintenance, introductory trail construction, Layout and Design of new trails as well as a fourth day devoted to the basics in using Global Positioning Sytem (GPS) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for trail building and management. These workshops will be held at the Newark Watershed Visitors Center in West Milford, New Jersey, easily accessed via route 23 in the north-central part of the State. All courses will be taught by experienced Trail Conference trail managers, builders, maintainers and designers.
Registration will be required for all workshops. Simply fill out the coupon below and send it to the Conference office by April 16, along with an $8 registration fee for non-members or a $5 fee for Trail Conference members. Additional information will be provided to all applicants about one week prior to the scheduled workshop. Sign up is first come, first served. Past workshops have been oversubscribed so send in your registration early.
All workshops will be held at the Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corporation's, (Pequannock Watershed), Visitors Center off Echo Lake Road in West Milford, New Jersey and are open to Conference members, members of Conference clubs, and people from nearby communities. Attending a class is a good way to determine whether you would like to be a maintainer, trail crew member or a trail designer.
Each day will begin with bagels and coffee at 9 am. Workshops will begin promptly at 9:30 and will include classroom lecture, discussion, field work, and material to take home. At 3:30 all participants will regroup for course review, socializing and sharing their experiences. These workshops will involve field time on nearby trails and will be held rain or shine.
Workshop details are:
April 23 - Trail Maintenance 101 - This training session teaches maintenance techniques, standards, and what problems to expect on the trails and how to solve them. You should take this class if you are interested in becoming a maintainer or enhancing your skills.
April 24 - Trail Construction and Restoration Techniques - If you have wanted to help on a trail crew or do some heavy repairs on a trail, this is the workshop for you. Workshop participants will restore a section of a trail by constucting steps, waterbars, and side hilling, basic elements of many hiking trails and techniques often used to restore eroded trails.
April 30 - Trail Layout and Design - This course will be devoted to establishing guidelines for laying out a safe, exciting and ecologically sound trail with special attention paid to digital route making, dealing with sensitive environmental and archeological conditions, designing for single and multiple user groups and designing for a fullfilling hiking experience. Registrants for this course will be given priority for the GPS/GIS For Trail Manangement on May 1. Registration will be limited to 20 students. If you can bring your own GPS unit please indicate this on your registration form.
May 1 - Globol Position Systems (GPS) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) For Trail Management - This day of training will provide a basic level of skills for using these technologies to aid in trail layout, design and inventory keeping. Those registered for the Trail Layout and Design on April 30 will be given priority for this course. Registration will be limited to 20 students. If you can bring your own GPS unit please indicate this on your registration form.
Registration Form
All workshops are full. You can submit the form with just your contact information and if things open up we will contact you.
Trail Maintenance Workshop Submit Form by April 16. One
form per person. I want to attend:
(FULL) Maintenance 101, Saturday, April 23
(FULL) Trail Construction and Restoration Techniques, April 24
(FULL) Trail Layout and Design, April 30
(FULL) Globol Position Systems (GPS) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) For Trail Management, May 1
(FULL) I will bring my own GPS unit
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