Are you willing to help improve and build trails but could use some basic training? The Sunapee Ragged Kearsarge Greenway Coalition (SRKGC), is teaming up with local conservation commissions to offer a series of workshops (funded by the Quabbin-to-Cardigan Partnership) to provide skills and hands-on experience while getting much-needed work done.
Sept. 7th (Sat): New London: Phillips Preserve at Otter Pond (Goose Hole Rd). Help and Learn: Assess Problems on an easy Trail, then some help lopping. Contact: Andy Deegan (526-6555) New London Conservation Commission & SRKGC.
Sept. 14 (Sat): Sutton: William Bean Quarry Trail, from Kings Hill Road. Help and Learn: Rediscover historic spots on an overgrown trail. Use loppers and handsaws to re-open an old trail on newly conserved Town land. Contact: Henry Howell (938-5706). Sutton Conservation Commission & SRK Greenway Coalition.
Sept. 25 (Wed): Andover & Danbury: Ragged Mountain, Ridge Trail (SRK Greenway) Help and Learn: Handsaws & loppers along a rocky forested ridge. (4 mi.) Contact: Lee Carvalho (ph: 735-5719 or email: leecarvalho6@gmail.com
Oct. 12 (Sat): Newbury: Fishersfield Trail above Chalk Pond (SRK Greenway). Help and Learn: How to Move a Large Rock safely on trail.
Contact: Nathan Richer (nricher@ruger.com or gricher@excite.com) Instructors: Appalachian Mountain Club AMC (Joe Dodge Camp staff). Hosts: Newbury Conservation Commission & SRKGC.
Oct. 20 (Sun): Bradford: Beautiful Bradford Bog on East Washington Road. Help and Learn: How to build and maintain a Bog Boardwalk & trail. Contact: Seth Benowitz (ph: 938-5201) Hosts: Bradford Conservation Commission and SRKGC.
Funded by a grant from the Quabbin-to-Cardigan Partnership (www.q2cpartnership.org)