Trail Crew
Trail Crew meets every Wednesday from 9 am to 11 am, 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, November 19th, 9:00 am to 11:00 am – Join us at Little Meadow Preserve in New Gloucester, a 67-acre property RRCT acquired in 2023. This preserve does not yet contain trails and is mainly used by hunters. There is a small two-car parking area for Little Meadow Preserve located between 247 and 269 Peacock Hill Road. The preserve is accessed via a 60-foot-wide corridor between two residences, one of which sits close to the property boundary.
Today we will clear a short, primitive 0.10-mile trail from Peacock Hill Road to the top of the meadow. This trail will help guide visitors and hunters away from nearby homes and provide clear access to the main preserve area.
To clear a primitive trail corridor, around 6’ wide x 8’ tall with a 24” wide trail tread, we’ll cut back overhanging and encroaching branches, remove brush and rake the trail tread. If time allows, we can remove encroaching vegetation and invasive plants from the meadow area.
RRCT will bring loppers, hand saws, a pole saw, chainsaw, and rakes to share. Feel free to bring personal tools that may be helpful. Don't forget a water bottle, work gloves, and wear blaze orange (it’s hunting season).
Parking: After the 2-car parking area between 247 and 269 Peacock Hill Rd is full, park along the road shoulder of Peacock Hill Rd.
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Wednesday, November 26th - No Trail Crew for Thanksgiving
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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, November 19th, 9:00 am to 11:00 am – Join us at Little Meadow Preserve in New Gloucester, a 67-acre property RRCT acquired in 2023. This preserve does not yet contain trails and is mainly used by hunters. There is a small two-car parking area for Little Meadow Preserve located between 247 and 269 Peacock Hill Road. The preserve is accessed via a 60-foot-wide corridor between two residences, one of which sits close to the property boundary.
Today we will clear a short, primitive 0.10-mile trail from Peacock Hill Road to the top of the meadow. This trail will help guide visitors and hunters away from nearby homes and provide clear access to the main preserve area.
To clear a primitive trail corridor, around 6’ wide x 8’ tall with a 24” wide trail tread, we’ll cut back overhanging and encroaching branches, remove brush and rake the trail tread. If time allows, we can remove encroaching vegetation and invasive plants from the meadow area.
RRCT will bring loppers, hand saws, a pole saw, chainsaw, and rakes to share. Feel free to bring personal tools that may be helpful. Don't forget a water bottle, work gloves, and wear blaze orange (it’s hunting season).
Parking: After the 2-car parking area between 247 and 269 Peacock Hill Rd is full, park along the road shoulder of Peacock Hill Rd.
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Wednesday, November 26th - No Trail Crew for Thanksgiving
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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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