Trail News

MAHWAH, NJ, June 23, 2015 – Today, LG Electronics USA announced a redesign of its proposed new headquarters overlooking the Palisades in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., reducing the height of the…

Seasonal Summit Steward Pilot Launching in June at Slide Mountain in the Catskills The New York-New Jersey Trail Conference (Trail Conference) and the Catskill 3500 Club, in collaboration with the…

May 12th, 2015 – ARKVILLE, New York—The Catskill Park Advisory Committee announced today the approval of its first organizational charter, establishing guidelines for its voting members and advisory groups. The organization,…

Trail Conference’s Trail University develops hands-on support for the park system MAHWAH, NJ: The New York-New Jersey Trail Conference was named winner of the 2014 New Jersey Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award…

Sixty-seven acres in the Shawangunk Ridge towns of Greenville and Deerpark in Orange County, NY, adjacent to the 1,500-acre Huckleberry Ridge State Forest, have been preserved as a result of…

Trail Conference Annual Awards are determined by the Board of Directors upon recommendation by the Volunteer Committee. The following awards were made in 2014. Honorary Life Member: Conveys life member status…

When: Saturday, August 9; 9:30am-3pm Where: Mountain Top Historical Society, Rt. 23, Haines Falls, NY The newly formed Catskill Conservation Corps, a partnership between the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference…

PHOENCIA, NY: The public is invited to join the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference and our partners as we celebrate the culmination of 3 years of hard work with the…

Thanks to some recent trail work, walkers in Brookdale Park in Montclair, NJ, may learn that they are, and have been, trail walking. On Tuesday, May 13, Trail Conference volunteers…

Action Item: The Trail Conference asks for your support of our efforts to protect a natural trail corridor on the Shawangunk Ridge. You can do this by conveying your concerns about…

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…

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…

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…