Trail News

Our appreciation goes to the following partners and foundations for supporting the work of the Trail Conference in 2019. Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley Community Grants Fund of Putnam…

American Trails hosts the 24th International Trails Symposium and Training Institute in Syracuse, N.Y., April 28 through May 1, and the Trail Conference will be well-represented at this biennial gathering of trail leaders.…

The Trail Conference welcomes Brent Boscarino to our trail family. Brent Boscarino joined the Trail Conference in January as our invasive species citizen science program coordinator. He spent the previous…

Cheers to 3,000 volunteers, 1,300 steps, and 14 years of the Bear Mountain Trails Project! The completion of the Bear Mountain Trails Project was momentous for the Trail Conference and all our…

Volunteers are our superheroes. Every day, we celebrate their passion, dedication, and leadership that make the trails we all love possible. Trail Conference volunteers make incredible commitments to the trails and lands…

Another mile of the Long Path has been permanently preserved, thanks to the efforts of Trail Conference volunteers and staff. This mostly forested, 149-acre parcel is located in the Town of Blenheim,…

Trail Conference volunteer father-daughter team Otto + Olivia are blazing the way for adventure! Together, they cut sheets of aluminum into 290 blazes for trails across North Jersey, including Ringwood State Park, Norvin…

The Trail Conference has been awarded a $250 grant from ExtremeTerrain’s Clean Trail Grant Program. The program provides a grant for organizations for their next trail improvement projects. The Trail Conference will…

When the lumber required to build this bridge needed to be quickly hauled to the worksite, the trail community responded to get the job done. Many years ago, a wonderful…

In spring 2018, the New Jersey Appalachian Trail Committee applied for and received a grant to replace the puncheon planking on the Appalachian Trail in the two fields immediately “trail south” of…

The Trail Conference Conservation Corps has been recognized for efforts to complete the most ambitious rehabilitation ever conducted on the A.T. The New York-New Jersey Trail Conference’s Bear Mountain Trails Project received a 2019…

The Long Distance Trails Crew had another successful season making the Appalachian Trail safe and sustainable. The Long Distance Trails Crew (LDTC) had another exciting and very productive year putting forth a lot…

In the Town of Yorktown’s version of Monopoly, everyone gets to own Boardwalk! Well, at least the boardwalk on the Mohansic Trailway in Westchester County. It is valuable because it…

The Munsee-Eagle Trail was built and the Hutchinson Trail was improved this season to complete the new multi-use loop in Sterling Forest. The Trail Conference and New York State Parks…

The Ramapo Trail Crew completed the construction of a stone staircase near a popular waterfall on the Vista Loop Trail in Ramapo Valley County Reservation. The backbone of the crew was Conservation Corps members Shane…