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Earn a Catskill Fire Towers Badge
Read more: Earn a Catskill Fire Towers BadgeTo hike them, it helps to have a map. Lucky for you, the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference just released a line of maps of the hikes to each of the five fire towers.…
Sterling Forest Trails Project Underway
Read more: Sterling Forest Trails Project UnderwaySTERLING 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.…
Five Restored Fire Towers in Catskill Park Are Focus of Hike Brochures and Maps from Trail Conference
Read more: Five Restored Fire Towers in Catskill Park Are Focus of Hike Brochures and Maps from Trail ConferenceIn 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…
Morris Plains Woman Plans 22-mile Trail Walk to Support Trail Conference HQ Project
Read more: Morris Plains Woman Plans 22-mile Trail Walk to Support Trail Conference HQ ProjectGo Mellonie! On Saturday, July 20, Mellonie Sanborn of Morris Plains, NJ, plans to put her feet on 22 miles of ground for the benefit of the New York-New Jersey…
New Trail Bridge Goes Up in Platte Clove
Read more: New Trail Bridge Goes Up in Platte CloveEighteen 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…
New York-New Jersey Trail Conference Announces Economic Impact Analysis of Proposed Catskill Mountain Rail Trail
Read more: New York-New Jersey Trail Conference Announces Economic Impact Analysis of Proposed Catskill Mountain Rail TrailKINGSTON, 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,…
All aboard: Historic rail trail opens to public
Read more: All aboard: Historic rail trail opens to publicHAINES 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…
REI Supports New York-New Jersey Trail Conference Catskills Lean-to Program
Read more: REI Supports New York-New Jersey Trail Conference Catskills Lean-to ProgramMAHWAH, 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 Supports Darlington Schoolhouse Project with $500,000 Challenge Grant
Read more: Bolger Foundation Supports Darlington Schoolhouse Project with $500,000 Challenge GrantBolger 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 approves expansion of Darlington Schoolhouse
Read more: Mahwah approves expansion of Darlington SchoolhouseMahwah — 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 approves expansion of Darlington Schoolhouse
Read more: Mahwah approves expansion of Darlington SchoolhouseMahwah — 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 to rally for continued preservation of the Palisades
Read more: Women’s Clubs’ members to rally for continued preservation of the PalisadesWomen’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.…
Jane Daniels gets trail worker award
Read more: Jane Daniels gets trail worker awardJane Daniels of Mohegan Lake, a leader for the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference in the Yorktown Community Trails Project, has been honored as State Trail Worker of the Year…
Trail Conference Gets OK To Restore Historic Schoolhouse
Read more: Trail Conference Gets OK To Restore Historic SchoolhouseThe 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…
Fundraising deadline looms for Mahwah’s historic Darlington Schoolhouse
Read more: Fundraising deadline looms for Mahwah’s historic Darlington SchoolhouseMAHWAH – 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…
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