Above: 2014 Trail Stewards Karen Melanson, Brian Tragno, Malachy Labrie-Cleary, Matt Decker, and Kali Bird with Trail Conference volunteer Fred Stern, our Trail Supervisor for Hudson Highlands State Park. If you are planning to hike at Breakneck Ridge this summer, stop and say Hi! to Trail Stewards from the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference. Starting this holiday
Trails at the Dover Stone Church Nature Preserve in Dover Plains, NY, were the focus of an Introduction to Trail Maintenance workshop conducted by the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference in March. Led by Trail Conference staff member Hank Osborn, the workshop was the first on-the-ground benefit of the new collaboration between the Preserve’s partners
New Section Opens in the Catskills This summer, the Trail Conference completed a new nine-mile section of the Long Path that creates a backcountry hiking trail connection between the Village of Phoenicia and the Burroughs Range Trail in the Slide Mountain Wilderness. Trail work began on this project in 2012, and volunteers have already spent
New second edition covers more parks, more trails Authors: Jane and Walt Daniels The best guide to the Westchester outdoors just got even better. Walkable Westchester, the indispensable handbook to hiking, walking, and exploring in Westchester County, is now available in a new second edition. Including more than 600 miles of trails in over 200 parks, preserves, and
Construction is under way on the final phase of renovations at the Darlington Schoolhouse. The 1890s building, which sat vacant for roughly two decades, was purchased jointly by the township and the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference in 2007 using state and county open space grants.
February 4, 2014: The Mamakating Town Board voted unanimously to endorse a casino at the former Shawanga Lodge site. January 21, 2014: At a workshop session of the Mamakating Town Board in Orange County, NY, developer David Flaum discussed plans to build a casino on his 345-acre parcel (location of the former Shawanga Lodge) atop the
Trail Conference Annual Awards are determined by the Board of Directors upon recommendation by the Volunteer Committee. The following awards were made in 2013. William Hoeferlin Award: This award recognizes Trail Conference volunteers who have demonstrated exemplary service to trail maintenance, management and/or trail land protection. Mark Liss, Fair Lawn, NJ Mark was first chainsaw certified in
Bear Mountain State Park’s Perkins Memorial Drive closed for the season on December 2, 2013. Harriman Section: Tiorati Brook Road, Arden Valley Road, Exit 16 on the Palisades Interstate Parkway to Lake Welch Drive are closed December 1, 2013, to April 1, 2014. The only portion of Lake Welch Drive that remains open is from
Wielding plastic spoons, about 100 people ceremoniously broke ground Thursday on the final phase of restoring the Darlington Schoolhouse. The historic building is being renovated, modernized and expanded so that the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference can use it as its office and visitor center
The interior renovation of the Darlington Schoolhouse, which will complete its transformation into the New York/New Jersey Trail Conference headquarters, is expected to begin later this month and be completed by October.
The New York-New Jersey Trail Conference is excited to announce the publication of Hike of the Week: A Year of Hikes in the New York Metro Area. This new book contains a selection of 52 hikes in the New York metropolitan area — one for each week of the year. The hikes are taken from Daniel
Longtime supporters of the New York/New Jersey Trail Conference gathered Sunday at Sun Valley Farm on Ramapo Valley Road to help raise the $100,000 the organization needs to secure a $500,000 donation. The group was challenged by The Bolger Foundation in March to raise $1 million by Nov. 1. If it meets that goal, the
