Trail News

MEVO (Mahwah Environmental Volunteers Organization), in partnership with the Trail Conference, recruits college students to serve on a seasonal trail crew working in Northern New Jersey. This season’s MEVO Crew, emerging from…

Thanks to a recent land acquisition, the Trail Conference has now preserved more than 1,000 acres in total in this area of the Catskills. A forested, 50.4-acre parcel in the…

Through last year’s Subaru Share the Love Program, Liberty Subaru was able to direct over $41,000 to the Trail Conference! Your participation in the program this year can help raise…

As we enter our second century of service, we are in many ways entering a new era. This has been a year of unprecedented challenges, but when thinking about our Centennial,…

Celebrating the Trail Conference at 100. On Oct. 19, the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference turns 100 years old—a special occasion for any organization. Yet there will be no cake,…

ent loop hikes, these improvements have also included strategic new trail connections that opened up expanded hiking possibilities. In areas seeing spiking visitation and persistent issues with lost hikers, these changes have…

Spotted lanternfly (SLF) has been found in New York and New Jersey—and you need to be aware of the threat it poses to our region. First discovered in Berks County,…

Several trail improvements, which aim to make the trails easier to follow, have been completed throughout Abram S. Hewitt State Forest. The improvements include changing blaze colors and creating new trails. This “Completed…

Several trail improvements, which aim to make the trails easier to follow, have been completed throughout Ramapo Mountain State Forest. The improvements include changing blaze colors and creating new trails. This “Completed…

The New York State Recreation and Park Society recognized the Trail Conference and the Town of Yorktown on August 25 for work maintaining and protecting trails in the community.  On behalf of the Trail…

As the invasive insect spotted lanternfly (SLF) encroaches closer and closer to New York State forests and agriculture, New York state agencies have made finding and intercepting SLF before it can…

Over 100 years after the National Parks Service was founded, federal public lands will receive reviving funding focused on the care these outdoor spaces require. On Wednesday, July 22, the…

The local outdoor community has shown its incredible perseverance and resiliency throughout the COVID-19 crisis. We checked in with a few of our favorite trailside businesses to see how they have been weathering the quarantine…

2020 has reinforced how essential the outdoors are and how we are stronger and more resilient when we work together. Many things have changed over the past five months. It started with…