Trail Crew
Trail Crew meets every Wednesday from 10am to noon, except during bad weather and around holidays. Details on upcoming Trail Crew sessions will be posted here. Our work focuses on RRCT’s many public access properties, sometimes spending several weeks in a row at the same site. RRCT is also happy to help out at partner properties when Trail Crew is available.
There is a job for everyone, no matter your shape, skills, or strength. Join us the one week you have time or interest, or put Trail Crew on your calendar as your regular Wednesday morning ritual. It's a great way to experience a new preserve, get to know someone new, and learn new trail work techniques. Trail Crew tackles a variety of trail projects including clearing trail corridors, invasive plant removal, route finding and trail alignment, trail marking, constructing bog bridging and bridges, and improving signage. RRCT brings specific tools that will be helpful. We encourage volunteers to bring personal tools as well. Hand saws, pole saws, and loppers are favorites. Crew members should bring a water bottle, and wear sturdy shoes, work gloves, and the right clothes for the day.
Trail Crew is led by RRCT's Stewardship Director Hanae Garrison. If you have any questions or concerns, you can reach me at (973) 255-7513 or Hanae@RRCT.org
There is a job for everyone, no matter your shape, skills, or strength. Join us the one week you have time or interest, or put Trail Crew on your calendar as your regular Wednesday morning ritual. It's a great way to experience a new preserve, get to know someone new, and learn new trail work techniques. Trail Crew tackles a variety of trail projects including clearing trail corridors, invasive plant removal, route finding and trail alignment, trail marking, constructing bog bridging and bridges, and improving signage. RRCT brings specific tools that will be helpful. We encourage volunteers to bring personal tools as well. Hand saws, pole saws, and loppers are favorites. Crew members should bring a water bottle, and wear sturdy shoes, work gloves, and the right clothes for the day.
Trail Crew is led by RRCT's Stewardship Director Hanae Garrison. If you have any questions or concerns, you can reach me at (973) 255-7513 or Hanae@RRCT.org
Upcoming Trail Crew Sessions:
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Wednesday August 20th, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm - Today we’re back once more at River Elf Trail in New Gloucester to build another bridge (16 feet long)! This trail crew session will start at 9 am and last 2-3 hours. No pressure to stay the whole time.
The 16’ sleepers and decking boards will be delivered closer to the bridge site. We’ll still need to hike a mile from the parking lot and carry in the lumber at least 500 ft. Once we have the materials on-site, we’ll construct the bridge! This will be our last chance to work on this trail before we open it to the public on Saturday, August 23rd. Register for the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony & Guided Hike at 10 am here! The remaining brush piles around the parking lot have been chipped up on the trail. We’ll rake the woodchips, level out the trail tread and install some wooden trail signs.
RRCT will bring all the necessary bridge building tools, as well as rakes, loppers, hand saws and a weedwhacker. We could use extra drivers for the bridge if you have on! Come prepared with water, sunscreen, bug spray, and work gloves.
Parking: The 4-car trailhead parking lot is at 400 Cobbs Bridge Rd, New Gloucester. The rest of us can park along the road shoulder, on the same side as the parking lot.
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Wednesday, August 27th and September 3rd, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm - Join us at Thayer Brook Preserve in Gray to help fine tune and clear two new bypass trails! More details to come.
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*Photography and Filming Note: Your attendance at Trail Crew may be photographed or filmed and your attendance indicates consent to have any images or footage featuring you at the event to be used for RRCT-related materials and outreach. Should images or footage appear in marketing materials that you don’t wish to be featured in, email Hanae@RRCT.org, and RRCT will cease to further use your image or footage for any new materials going forward.
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Wednesday August 20th, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm - Today we’re back once more at River Elf Trail in New Gloucester to build another bridge (16 feet long)! This trail crew session will start at 9 am and last 2-3 hours. No pressure to stay the whole time.
The 16’ sleepers and decking boards will be delivered closer to the bridge site. We’ll still need to hike a mile from the parking lot and carry in the lumber at least 500 ft. Once we have the materials on-site, we’ll construct the bridge! This will be our last chance to work on this trail before we open it to the public on Saturday, August 23rd. Register for the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony & Guided Hike at 10 am here! The remaining brush piles around the parking lot have been chipped up on the trail. We’ll rake the woodchips, level out the trail tread and install some wooden trail signs.
RRCT will bring all the necessary bridge building tools, as well as rakes, loppers, hand saws and a weedwhacker. We could use extra drivers for the bridge if you have on! Come prepared with water, sunscreen, bug spray, and work gloves.
Parking: The 4-car trailhead parking lot is at 400 Cobbs Bridge Rd, New Gloucester. The rest of us can park along the road shoulder, on the same side as the parking lot.
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Wednesday, August 27th and September 3rd, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm - Join us at Thayer Brook Preserve in Gray to help fine tune and clear two new bypass trails! More details to come.
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*Photography and Filming Note: Your attendance at Trail Crew may be photographed or filmed and your attendance indicates consent to have any images or footage featuring you at the event to be used for RRCT-related materials and outreach. Should images or footage appear in marketing materials that you don’t wish to be featured in, email Hanae@RRCT.org, and RRCT will cease to further use your image or footage for any new materials going forward.
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