STERLING FOREST STATE PARK: The NY–NJ Trail Conference has agreed with New York State Parks to develop a volunteer-based Back Country Trails Restoration Program in the Sterling Forest State Park.…

In the first half of the 20th century, observers stationed in fire towers across the Catskill Mountains scanned the region looking for signs of forest fires.   Today, more remote…

Eighteen volunteers from the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference made quick work of building a new trail bridge over Platte Kill Creek in the Platte Clove Preserve on the last…

KINGSTON, NY: On Monday, June 17th, the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference released a study entitled Catskill Mountain Rail Trail: Economic & Fiscal Impact Analysis. The study, conducted by Camoin Associates,…

HAINES FALLS — The Mountain Top Historical Society celebrated National Trails Day Saturday by opening the historic and long-awaited Kaaterskill Rail Trail in Haines Falls. The walking trail was officially…

MAHWAH, NJ: Outdoor equipment retailer REI has announced a $10,000 grant to the Catskills Lean-to Repair, Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction Program operated by the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference.  This grant…

Bolger Foundation Challenges the New York–New Jersey Trail Conference to Complete Funding to Restore the Historic Darlington Schoolhouse Mahwah, NJ: The Trail Conference welcomes a challenge from The Bolger Foundation…

Mahwah — With approval from the township zoning board to renovate and expand the Darlington Schoolhouse, the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference hopes to secure the last $1 million needed to…

Mahwah — With approval from the township zoning board to renovate and expand the Darlington Schoolhouse, the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference hopes to secure the last $1 million needed to…

Women’s Clubs’ members who support Protect the Palisades (www.protectthepalisades.org) will gather to recommit to protecting the Palisades and urge redesign of the proposed LG high-rise headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, NJ.…

The New York New Jersey Trail Conference is now officially set to start restoring and renovating the interior of the Darlington Schoolhouse, a historic building at the end of Darlington Avenue, originally…

MAHWAH – The efforts to resurrect an abandoned 1890s schoolhouse are entering their final phase – more than six years after the historic building was jointly purchased by the township…

Mahwah Council has endorsed a new site plan that will provide a sidewalk in front of the Darlington Schoolhouse on Ramapo Valley Road. Article found on page 4 of Villadom…