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NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY TRAIL CONFERENCE • CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH NATURE SINCE 1920 Stewardship in Action LINDSEY FEINBERG After Sam’s Point Fire LINDSEY FEINBERG AMBER RAY Post-Fire, a Different communications manager Kind of Trail Crew Trip When natural disaster hits our parks and trails, Trail Con- Not all of the good work of our cial that we got to these areas ference volunteers step up to trail crews happens on-trail. quickly after the fire and -in the challenge. Once damaged When Minnewaska manage- stalled erosion control devic- areas are deemed accessi- ment asked for the Trail Con- es,” Polinsky said. “The work is ble, our volunteers clear blow ference’s assistance in install- not over, but we can relax a lit- downs, repair tread, reblaze ing water bars and check dams tle bit knowing that the worst paths, and overall ensure our on fire breaks created during of the potential damage is mit- trails are once again open and fire suppression operations, igated thanks to the quick mo- safe for the public. But some- the Long Distance Trails Crew bilization, hard work, and ex- times, some of our best recov- (LDTC) and Nor’westers Trail pertise of the trail crews, other ery efforts are accomplished Crew sprang into action. organizations, and volunteers.” through stewardship. Drew Polinsky, the ranger at Despite short notice and Such is the case in , A wildfire burned 2,028 acres in Sam’s Point in April. Sev- Sam’s Point, called mitigating heavy work schedules, the where a 2,028-acre wildfire eral trails remain closed for ecological and safety reasons. these breaks a high priority, LDTC and Nor’westers un- consumed the Sam’s Point area since the process of building derstood the importance and of Minnewaska Pre- in the globally rare, ridge-top, better understand this unique them scraped away soil layers time-sensitive nature of this serve. The blaze, sparked April dwarf pitch pine barrens, a environment. and created serious potential project. “We should all be very 23, forced the closure of Min- fire-dependent community. Our No. 1 duty in protecting for gully erosion. “It was cru- proud of the good work our newaska for a full week; Sam’s Not only do environmental these trails is to educate visitors DREW POLINSKY crews are doing in helping Point only partially reopened disturbances such as wildfires and explain why the cooper- with fire mitigation efforts,” May 28, and several trails in greatly increase the risk of cer- ation of everyone is essential. said LDTC Crew Leader Bob the area remain closed indefi- tain invasive species becoming Habitat for plants and wildlife, Fuller. nitely. established, but walking in especially sensitive species, is The crews are set to resume When a park closes or re- burned areas can compact the continually shrinking to give regular trail work in Minne- routes a favorite trail, it’s for soil or crush seedlings. Staying way for human space. Let’s do waska on the Jenny Lane Trail very good reason—typically out of closed areas will help our part in ensuring the parts on July 2, and on the Ver- to protect that particular eco- this rare ecosystem regener- that are protected remain bio- keerder Kill Trail on Sept. 24. system from destruction. The ate, and allow research and diverse and healthy, free of in- Long Distance Trails Crew If you’d like to volunteer, visit majority of this fire occurred monitoring projects to help us trusion. and Nor’westers Trail Crew bit.ly/TC-tco for details.

WHAT’S INSIDE: Earth Day Celebration Opens Trails

People for Trails: Building a Bridge in Stokes, Kiosks for People Interpretive Exhibit AMBER RAY in Harriman, and More The craft of trail building re- page 6-7 ceived the spotlight on Earth Day, April 22, when a new out- Vital Trail Lands door learning and activity area Preserved in Bergen The Best Trails to Beat was unveiled on the Appala- and Orange Counties the Weekend Crowds chian Trail at Bear Mountain page 8 pages 4-5 State Park. Trails for People, a project of the Trail Confer- ence and partners, is the first known interactive, on-trail ex- VOLUME XLIII, NUMBER 3 ISSN 0749-1352 hibit in the United States ded- icated to the art and science of trail building. Trails for People serves as a gateway to the backcountry Thirty-two educationalfor the 2 million people who visit Bear Mountain annually. signs and hands-on displays inform novice and expert trail builders have rerouted the first at how sustainable hiking trails users alike about the Appa- 850 feet of the Appalachian are constructed. Interpretive lachian Trail’s origins at Bear Trail’s ascent of Bear Moun- signs and activity stations in- Mountain, how trails are built, tain, now known as the Trails vite visitors to experience trail and how volunteers are the for People Demonstration features such as bog bridges, lifeblood of our trail systems. Trail. This Trail segment re- turnpike, crib walls, and step Trail Conference volunteers places a steep asphalt driveway construction. Find out more at alongside professional trail and provides a first-hand look bit.ly/tc-tfp16. 2 | Summer 2016 TRAIL WALKER • NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY TRAIL CONFERENCE nynjtc.org A View from the Trail NICK ZUNGOLI Photo Exhibition Opens at Trail Conference HQ

The Trail Conference is pleased the , If You Go to announce the opening of Delaware Water Gap National the photography exhibition Recreation Area, , What: A View from the titled A View from the Trail. and Apshawa Preserve. The Trail photo exhibition The exhibit is open through subjects of the photographs When: Open through Thursday, Aug. 25, in the Main include natural landscapes, Aug. 25 during regular Conference and Training flora and fauna, and depictions Trail Conference hours, Room at Trail Conference of the seasons. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mon- Headquarters at the historic The majority of the artworks day through Saturday Darlington Schoolhouse. are for sale, and 20 percent of Where: Trail Confer- From an array of excellent the proceeds will benefit the ence Headquarters, submissions, 20 local artists Trail Conference. 600 Ramapo Valley Rd., are presenting 34 stunning We invite all to visit Monday Mahwah, N.J. photographs that showcase through Saturday between Details: Open to our scenes and vistas from 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. A closing members and the pub- trails all over the region, reception will be held on Aug. lic. Many photos are for notably from Harriman 25 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. sale with 20 percent of State Park, Minnewaska for all artists, their families the proceeds benefiting State Park Preserve, Ramapo and friends, and patrons of the Trail Conference. Valley County Reservation, the arts. Forest Fern by Nick Zungoli was taken at Stony Brook in Ringwood State Park, Brendan Cunningham Harriman State Park. It’s part of the exhibit now on view.

News in Brief SABINA CARDENAS LETTER TO THANKS TO THE HARDWORKING Call for THE EDITOR VOLUNTEERS IN Volunteer

CHRISTOPHER D. RICKARD Award I was just sitting at my Without these folks, this computer looking out the connection to Rudd would Nominations window and thinking of how have never happened. This great our hiking network is new extension is essential Do you know someone who here at Taconic State Park. to keeping Rudd a viable has done an outstanding Upcoming It is even greater now with park for the community of job as a Trail Conference Celebrations for the essential and wonderful Millerton and the hundreds volunteer? completion of the new South of visitors that use the The Volunteer Committee Members and Taconic Trail extension from Metro North Station and is looking for nominees for Volunteers connecting . our annual awards. With to Rudd Pond. I am writing I am really excited about more than 1,700 people Save the dates: We’ve got to say THANK YOU!! Thank what has been accomplished who donate their time to two exciting events coming you to your wonderful and just wanted to thank the organization, we know up this fall that celebrate organization that really your crew and your superb award-worthy volunteers everything we love about GETS STUFF DONE!! organization for their are in our ranks. Who the outdoors—from hiking, I cannot tell you how amazing work. do you know who has to our volunteers! wonderful it is to have gone above and beyond? Join us Saturday, Oct. 15, Andrew Seirup, Kay Park mascot Mahi enjoys With much appreciation, Members may nominate for the Trail Conference Cynamon, Claudia Farb, and the individuals for the annual Members and Community Chris Leonard as volunteers extension. Christopher D. awards, presented every Day. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., on our trail system. Thank Rickard fall by the Trail Conference we’ll be offering guided hikes, you to ALL the volunteers last year! I can assure you Park Manager Board. The deadline is educational workshops, tours and Boy Scouts that put they are some of the most Taconic State Park Monday, Aug. 15. of our headquarters at the in the time and hard work hardworking volunteers I Copake Falls and Rudd The nomination process historic Darlington School- on hot summer Saturdays know. Pond is easy. Check nynjtc.org/ house, and more. awards to see the award And on Saturday, Nov. 5, categories, qualifications, we’ll be saluting some of our and if the potential wonderful members who TRAIL WALKER (USPS Permit Board of Directors candidate has received an have done exceptional work #970-100)(ISSN 0749-1352) is Edward Saiff Chair published quarterly by the New York- Patricia Wooters Vice Chair award in the past. Then fill at our Volunteer Apprecia- New Jersey Trail Conference as a Daniel Chazin Secretary out the online nomination tion and Annual Meeting. benefit of membership. Subscriptions Rick Levine Treasurer are available to libraries only at Daniel Hoberman Counsel form, or e-mail it with Make sure to sign up for $15 a year. Periodical postage paid supporting statements to our digital newsletter, at Mahwah, N.J., and additional Directors the Volunteer Committee at E-Walker, and check nynjtc. offices. Postmaster: Send address TRAIL WALKER Chris Connolly Gaylord Holmes Walt Daniels Dave Stuhr [email protected]. To get org throughout the summer changes to the address below. Volume XLIII, No. 3 Summer 2016 Opinions expressed by authors do John Magerlein Ned Whitney an idea of what information for updates about these TRAIL WALKER Suzan Gordon Beth Ravit not necessarily represent the policy Amber Ray Editor is needed, see bit.ly/tc-ans. events. or position of the Trail Conference. Stephanie Hinderer Designer Richard Katzive Ken Posner Contributions of typed manuscripts, Andy Garrison Jeff Senterman photos, and drawings are welcome. MISSION STATEMENT Staff Manuscripts may be edited for style The New York-New Jersey Trail Edward Goodell and length. Submission deadlines for Conference is a federation of member Executive Director TRAIL WALKER are Feb. 15 (Spring clubs and individuals dedicated to Joshua Howard issue), May 15 (Summer issue), Aug. providing recreational hiking Deputy Executive Director 15 (Fall issue), Nov. 15 (Winter issue). opportunities in the region and Don Weise Unsolicited contributions cannot be representing the interests and concerns Development Director acknowledged unless accompanied by of the hiking community. The Conference Mary Perro SASE. For information on advertising is a volunteer-directed public service Operations & Finance Manager rates, please write or call. organization committed to: Linda Rohleder Copyright 2016 by: • Developing, building, and maintaining Land Stewardship Director New York-New Jersey hiking trails. Trail Conference, Inc. • Protecting hiking trail lands through For a full list of staff visit 600 Ramapo Valley Road (Rt. 202) support and advocacy. nynjtc.org/content/staff Mahwah, NJ 07430 • Educating the public in the responsible 201.512.9348 use of trails and the natural environment. The New York-New Jersey Trail Conference is a volunteer, non- email: [email protected] profit 501 (c)(3) organization. It is a editorial email: [email protected] Printed on recycled content paper federation of more than 100 outdoor website: www.nynjtc.org PLEASE RECYCLE TRAIL WALKER groups and 10,000 individuals. nynjtc.org TRAIL WALKER • NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY TRAIL CONFERENCE Summer 2016 | 3

FROM THE historic Darlington School- summer. Those that can help Working to Improve Your house as our new headquarters. Whether trail will be given insider updates EXECUTIVE Online Trail Experience And just like the Schoolhouse, user or volunteer, our on the progress we’re making DIRECTOR our website serves as our dig- new website is going toward creating a website that ital headquarters, allowing us to make your time is your go-to source for infor- to help many more people find mation on regional trails. The last time the Trail Confer- very excited out about the wealth of public outdoors even better. Launching our new digital ence overhauled its website in that we are lands in greater metropolitan Goodell headquarters is just one of the 2008, a key goal was to make it working on NYC. Not only do we want to many changes we are making easier for people to quickly get a complete help them get outside, we also to better serve our members the information they needed redesign of use our website to teach people and better support our vol- to plan a great experience out- nynjtc.org. about responsible recreation company. We are all so lucky unteers. Changes at the Trail doors. The result was the com- The key goal (safety, leaving no trace, envi- to have such a competent and Conference are both inspired prehensive Find a Hike and is a clean, ronmental protection, etc.) and dedicated team working on by our members and support- Find a Park pages which, along mobile-friendly design packed how to be a good steward of the a website that has become a ed by them. Many thanks, and with the rest of the website, at- with new features for trail users natural resources we so enjoy. trusted public institution. happy hiking! tracted over 1 million unique and volunteers alike. You can Developing a website of this You can take a peek at visitors in 2015. find a preview of the exciting complexity requires an excel- where we are going with this If you were one of the many things to come on our home- lent team and, fortunately, we new website via a link on our who visited our website last page. have a super Technology Com- homepage, nynjtc.org. This is a year, you may have noticed The most visible change at mittee comprised of volunteers worthy, but expensive, endeav- Edward Goodell the need for another update. the Trail Conference recently and staff working with an in- or, and we are asking our web- Executive Director We’ve noticed, too, and I’m has been the renovation of the novative online technology site users like you for help this [email protected]

Discovering the LINDSAY POST Exhibit, Kickstarter Campaign Aim to Raise Awareness of the Trail STEVE AARON Photographer Steve Aaron and Long Path Race Series cofounder Ken Posner are partnering to create an in- terpretive photo exhibit that Second Dry Stone Wall tells the story of New York’s great long-distance hiking Workshop to Be Held this Fall trail, the 357-mile Long Path. The exhibit, titledDiscovering On April 15, 16, and 17, the Trail Conference and The Stone the Long Path: Images of New Trust partnered to hold the first of two dry stone wall York’s Greatest Trail, will in- workshops. The purpose of this workshop was to begin con- clude a selection of Aaron’s struction of a dry stone wall at the Darlington Schoolhouse, landscape photos together headquarters of the Trail Conference. with maps and notes that ex- Stone for the wall was donated by Ramapo College of New plain the significance of each Jersey and Legacy Stoneworks, Inc. / The Hillburn Granite picture. Their goal is to spread Company, Inc. Over 30 attendees, under the tutelage of the word about this trail and instructors from The Stone Trust, built over 300 square feet encourage more people to ex- of wall in three days. perience it. The remaining portion of the wall will be built during To fund the cost of produc- Aaron’s images in either digital fleece vests. a second workshop to be held this fall, creating a fitting ing the exhibit, Aaron and or framed formats, or arrange The exhibit will open Satur- addition to this historic property. Homeowners, contractors, Posner will conduct a Kick- a personal photo shoot with day, Sept. 10, at Trail Confer- and dry stone wall enthusiasts of all skill levels are invited starter campaign running him on a favorite section of ence Headquarters and run to participate. Dates will be announced soon; for updates, July 5 through July 31. The the Long Path. Other rewards through Friday, Jan. 13, 2017. check nynjtc.org, like us on Facebook, and sign up for our campaign will offer people a in the campaign will be Long Find out more at bit.ly/tc-dlp. e-newsletter at nynjtc.org/subscribe. Kevin Simpson chance to purchase some of Path-blazed T-shirts, hats, and Ken Posner

News in Brief Trail Conference Receives Grants ters! Our Trail Store is now from Patagonia and L.L. Bean open every Saturday through November from 9 a.m. to 5 Thanks to the generosity of challenging trail improve- p.m. Stop by on your way to our corporate sponsors for ment projects throughout Ramapo Reservation to pick helping to further the Trail northern New Jersey. up a trail map, guidebook, or Conference mission. even bug spray. Or just stop L.L. Bean by to say hello and check out Patagonia The Trail Conference will our beautifully renovated With help from Ramsey work on three projects on new offices! Outdoor, the Trail Confer- the in ence has received an envi- New York: replacing deteri- In Memoriam ronmental grant of $2,645 orated puncheon in Garri- Help Us from Patagonia, Inc. to fund son, repairing and replacing Improve Your Robert A. Duffy, age 56 of its trail stewardship work rotted puncheon in Kloi- Mahwah, N.J., passed away and leadership of the Rama- ber Field in Monroe, and Trail Conference Trail Experience peacefully on Saturday, April po Earth Crew. The Ramapo rebuilding the roof of the Headquarters Calling all trail users! The 9. Born in Ridgewood, N.J., Earth Crew—a partnership Ralph’s Peak Hikers’ Cabin Trail Conference wants to he lived in Waldwick before between the Trail Con- in Hopewell Junction. These Open Saturdays know what you think are moving to Mahwah in 1989. ference and the Mahwah projects have been made Through the most important issues Robert, a Trail Conference Environmental Volunteers possible by grants of $980, and projects we should be member, was a regional Organization (MEVO)—is $2,872, and $1,000, respec- November working on. Please visit brokerage consultant for a high-energy group of tively, from the Appalachian www.nynjtrailsurvey.com by Fidelity Investments, where trained volunteers and Trail Conservancy through We’ve extended our hours at July 15 to take a short survey he worked for the last 17 volunteer interns who tackle funding from L.L.Bean. Trail Conference Headquar- and share your opinion. years. 4 | Summer 2016

TRAIL STEWARDSHIP Protecting Our Trails Through Stewardship

The Trail Conference has built volves caring for the biodiver- teract with and educate more its reputation on the hard sity of our natural areas; ISF park visitors. We’re upgrading work and passion of volun- aims to better understand the our website to provide easi- teers developing, building, spread of invasive species— er-to-find info on preparing and maintaining trails. But such as the southern pine for your next trail adven- as more people seek outdoor beetle—in forested parklands ture—including encouraging recreation, it’s important to (see below right). As the lead people to seek out alternatives remember that creating and organization of the Lower to the most popular hikes in clearing trails isn’t enough. Hudson Partnership for Re- our region to help mitigate The Trail Conference mis- gional Invasive Species Man- overuse. And we’re striving sion includes “protecting agement (PRISM), the Trail to keep our members and hiking trail lands through Conference is at the forefront friends informed about all support and advocacy” and in the battle against invasives. issues threatening your trail “educating the public in the We’re also leaders in pro- experience. responsible use of trails and viding information on trail We’re working hard to en- the natural environment.” In activities. As a trusted source sure that every person who other words, it is part of our of trail info, we are in a unique engages with the Trail Con- mandate to preserve public position to educate people ference—on- and off-trail—is lands through conservation, about the safe and respectful inspired to become a respon- activism, and stewardship. use of our beloved open space. sible and informed protector On-the-ground steward- In the stories below and to the of the outdoors. We’re get- ship can be seen in the work right, find out how we’re ex- ting there, thanks to the good The Invasives Strike Force protects our parks of our Invasives Strike Force panding our Trail and Sum- deeds of those who are stew- by monitoring and removing invasive species. (ISF). Protecting our trails in- mit Steward Program to in- ards of the trails. AMBER RAY KAATERSKILL FALLS Kaaterskill Falls is one The Best Trails to Beat of the most popular destinations in the Catskills. It’s also one of the most dangerous, due to visitors the Weekend Crowds ignoring posted warnings to hike only on marked trails. It’s understandably tempting If you’re more into seeking solitude than dodging selfie sticks while to get a closer look at this magnificent, two-tiered hiking, we’ve got you covered. The most popular trails and outdoor waterfall. But the unmarked destinations in our region all have alternatives that are equally footpath that weaves to its top isn’t just hazardously spectacular—and we’re sharing the details on these gems. steep and eroded—it’s deadly. In 2014, two women Bonus: When you opt for an alternative hike, you’re part lost their lives in separate of the solution to help alleviate the overuse of popular trails. incidents when they slipped and fell from areas of the falls in which they never RAMAPO VALLEY COUNTY should have been. Memorial Day Weekend RESERVATION These accidents prompted Breakneck Ridge, just north into November. They assist This lovely—and very heavily the DEC, which oversees of Cold Spring, N.Y., is of- visitors with maps, water, used—park is the go-to spot public lands for recreation ten called the most popular trail condition updates, and for Bergen County residents in the Catskills, to take day hike in the country, other tips—like alternative to walk, hike, and run. Isn’t it action to prevent further and for good reason—the hikes. time to claim a new favorite incidents, including the con- much-used trailhead is Here are a few of our trail? struction of a new trail and easily accessible via rail Stewards’ favorite hikes to Norvin Green State Forest: other safety improvements. from , allow- avoid the hustle and bustle With more than 5,000 acres, The new trail leading to Plattekill Falls is a ing millions access to an at Breakneck: Norvin Green has one of the observation platform at beautiful, 70-foot outdoor adventure in just Fishkill Ridge Conser- the largest concentrations Laurel House Road is open cascade in Platte over an hour. Sometimes, vation Area from Pocket of trails in New Jersey. The to the public but the rest of Clove Preserve, particularly on good- Road: A pleasant, yet some- northern end of the park is the area remains closed until roughly a 25-minute weather weekends, the times steep trail along a your best bet to avoid crowds; drive from further notice. Find updates crowded trains, jam-packed pretty creek to multi-tiered park off Crescent Drive or Kaaterskill Falls. at bit.ly/tc-kfa. parking lots, and lines of waterfalls leads to Fishkill Burnt Meadow Road for a If you prefer your wa- people waiting to access the Ridge as it offers multi- beautiful walk. (Note: Burnt terfall views sans the huge on Steenburgh Road. There’s trail actually make it feel ple dramatic views of the Meadow Road is impassable crowds, we like this impres- a brief road walk and then like half the population of and beyond. in the middle, so approach sive alternative: a short, easy hike down to a the city has descended on Details: bit.ly/tc-frca from West Brook Road to the Platte Clove Preserve Plattekill Falls, a beautiful, the mountain. Catfish Loop Trail: This south.) Details: bit.ly/tc-ngsf Located at the head of Platte 70-foot waterfall. Details: To help provide a safe and loop hike traverses a remote Sterling Forest State Park: Clove, there is plenty of bit.ly/tc-pc-om enjoyable experience for all area of the park, reaching Instead of Scarlet Oak Pond parking at the parking lot Amber Ray visitors, the Trail Confer- an interesting rock forma- in the Reservation, go north ence’s Trail Stewards are sta- tion with broad, west-facing and try the Sterling Lake Loop tioned at Breakneck Ridge views, and passing many Trail (4.2 miles, blue) circling Some of the best experiences take place off the beaten path— every Saturday, Sunday, old stone walls. Details: Sterling Lake. It follows woods including less-traveled trails. Let us know if you love these hike and holiday Monday from bit.ly/tc-clt roads for most of its route. suggestions. Or, find your own adventure at hikes.nynjtc.org. Details: bit.ly/tc-sfsp nynjtc.org TRAIL WALKER • NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY TRAIL CONFERENCE Summer 2016 | 5

Trails Advocacy

AMBER RAY Updates on WHERE YOU’LL FIND TRAIL CONFERENCE Trail and Summit STEWARDS THIS SEASON Current Issues Affecting Trails CATSKILLS Steward Program Since 2015, Trail Conference Summit Stewards have PILGRIM patrolled the summit areas of /Panther PIPELINE Expands with Mountain, Slide, Wittenberg, and Cornell mountains. Thanks to REI, the Trail Conference will add a Steward at The Pilgrim Pipeline would Platte Clove Preserve. Additional support for the Steward directly and negatively impact program in the Catskills has been provided by the Catskill several trails. That is why the Support from REI 3500 Club, Catskill Center, Catskill Mountain Club, Hunter Trail Conference is proud Foundation, Deer Mountain Inn, The Roxbury Motel, Rock to be a founding member Visitors to Breakneck Ridge, and Snow, Adirondack Mountain Club, and Kenco Work of the Coalition Against JOSH HOWARD deputy executive director the Catskills, and for the first and Play Outfitters. Pilgrim Pipeline. In Bergen time, Bear Mountain State and Passaic counties in Park, will encounter Trail New Jersey, the pipeline and BREAKNECK RIDGE As the allure of unplugging Conference Stewards pro- access roads would intersect from technology and recon- viding helpful outreach and The Trail Conference Trail Steward program originated 12 trails maintained by the necting with nature draws information about park regu- on Breakneck Ridge in 2013. With the support of REI, Trail Conference, with the more people outdoors, the lations, hiker safety, prepared- Trail Conference Stewards will be available for an clear-cutting of forest and need to protect our natural ness, and other best practices. additional 500 hours to help hikers at Breakneck. construction of the pipeline places has become paramount. In addition to readying hikers The Stewards will be able to stay longer during the permanently altering these With a generous $30,000 grant for their journeys, stewards weekends, and the program will be extended into footpaths. In New York, from REI, the Trail Confer- also help discourage and mit- November. Additional support for the Steward program three popular long-distance ence’s Trail and Summit Stew- igate misuse of trails and the on Breakneck has been provided by Mountain Tops, trails would be impacted: the ard program is expanding in surrounding lands through Putnam County Tourism, and Dutchess County Tourism. Appalachian Trail, the Long 2016 to educate and assist the their education and public Path, and the Highlands Trail. public in the safe, enjoyable, relations work. For more BEAR MOUNTAIN Opposition to the Pilgrim and responsible use of hiking information on our Steward Pipeline is strong. Numerous The pilot Trail Steward season at Bear Mountain, set trails. program, visit bit.ly/tc-tss. municipalities and governing to launch in August, will target novice hikers. Trail bodies in New York and New Conference Stewards will be stationed at the historic Jersey have passed resolutions Spider Hill House adjacent to Bear Mountain Inn. This against it. However, this gateway to the backcountry is where most visitors begin battle is far from over. Pilgrim their hikes, especially the popular yet strenuous 4-mile has filed for permits in New ascent to Perkins Memorial Tower. Bilingual stewards York State and is set to file for will hand out maps, info on alternative hike options, and permits in New Jersey. Ruta Apalacha, a Spanish-language brochure that gives You can help stop this an overview of the A.T. and Bear Mountain, to engage Trail Conference Summit Stewards will patrol five unnecessary and dangerous visitors and promote the safe, responsible use of trails. areas in the Catskills this season. project by signing petitions, contacting your elected officials, and signing up to

MATT SIMONELLI receive action alerts. Visit www.stoppilgrimpipeline.com BLUE HOLE found at on.ny.gov/24RzhnS.) Our in-the- for more details. Google “Blue Hole” and you’ll find seeming- know volunteers suggest these spots instead. ly endless websites deeming this Catskills North Lake Beach: Located in the North hotspot one of the top swimming holes in the and South Lake State Campground, the PRESERVE country. In reality, this “pristine” swimming North Lake Beach offers a swimming area area located on Rondout Creek in the Sun- surrounded by mountains. Details: on.ny. NJ ACT down Wild Forest has suffered from misuse gov/1UA4Pt3 Rob Cole of the DEC Dismissing the will of New by an ever-increasing number of visitors. Colgate Lake: Enjoy swimming and pic- displays a southern Jersey voters, Gov. Chris It’s gotten so bad, in fact, that on May 25 the nicking areas, along with paddling oppor- pine beetle trap. Christie issued a conditional DEC issued emergency regulations to protect tunities if you bring a boat. Details: on.ny. veto of the Preserve NJ Act, the Blue Hole. (The new regulations can be gov/1UA3UJ8 Southern Pine legislation critical to open space protection in the state, Beetle a Threat in May. REEVES MEADOW, POCHUCK BOARDWALK to Local Trees Voters overwhelmingly HARRIMAN STATE PARK Hiking this 1.5-mile boardwalk approved a ballot measure to The allure is obvious—from the section of the Appalachian Trail In May and June, Lower provide sustainable funding Reeves Meadow Visitor Center, feels more like a community park Hudson Partnership for for open space preservation you can access some of the most experience than one you’d find Regional Invasive Species efforts in November 2014, popular trails in the park. But on a rugged trail—dog walkers, Management (PRISM) but a plan to implement on nice days, particularly on joggers, and families enjoying a volunteers partnered these funds for open space, the weekend, you won’t find a stroll are all out in force on the with the New York State farmland, and historic legal parking spot here after weekends. Parking at the Pochuck Department of Environ- preservation programs is 9 a.m. Despite all of those other Boardwalk is very limited and fills mental Conservation required. The State Legislature cars you see on Seven Lakes up early; police will ticket vehicles (DEC) Division of Forest has acted twice to approve Drive, parking along the road parked illegally. Health to monitor the implementing legislation is illegal. Avoid the hassle and try these southern pine beetle to get preservation efforts If you’d rather spend more time trails instead: throughout Orange and moving, but Christie put a on the trails than figuring out Duck Pond Multi-Use Trail: This Ulster counties. This inva- halt to this progress with his where you’re going to park the 0.6-mile, paved path provides a sive bark beetle was most conditional veto. His changes car, head a little farther north and level surface for walking, biking, likely blown north by allow for the diversion of explore these options: roller blading, and skateboard- Hurricane Sandy in 2014 these important funds, Silvermine Lake Loop: From ing, and is accessible for persons and has been attacking leaving less land—and trails— Silvermine Lake to the William with disabilities. This trail in local conifers ever since. protected for our children and Brien Memorial Shelter, this Swartswood State Park meanders The beetles were caught in grandchildren. hike originating from the lesser- through a forested area along traps in Minnewaska State Tell your legislators to stand used Silvermine Picnic Area is Duck Pond. Wayside exhibits Park Preserve and Bear up and support open space by a great way to explore more of along the trail provide information Mountain State Park last voting to override the veto! what Harriman State Park offers. on the unique natural features in year, but no infested trees Please use this link, provided Details: bit.ly/tc-sll the area. Details: bit.ly/tc-ssp were found in those areas. by our friends at New Jersey Doris Duke Trail Loop: The Laurel Pond and Wawayanda Volunteers recruited by Audubon, to send a letter to new, 4-mile Doris Duke Trail Furnace from Cherry Ridge Road: the Trail Conference your elected officials today: Loop at Sterling Forest State The Laurel Pond/Wawayanda Fur- received training from bit.ly/tc-pnja. Park encompasses flats and hills, nace hike is much longer than a the DEC on May 6 and ridgetop views, enormous erratics walk along Pochuck—this route is proceeded to check traps Learn more about and plentiful wildlife viewing a 6.7-mile circuit—but it includes throughout several parks. opportunities through the Doris a nice hike over an 800-foot-long the issues affecting our trails at Doris Duke Duke Wildlife Sanctuary. It’s boardwalk that crosses Cedar see BEETLE, page 11 Trail Loop perfect for a scenic hike or run. Swamp. It’s well worth the exer- bit.ly/TC-advocacy. Details: bit.ly/tc-ddtl cise. Details: bit.ly/tc-lp-wf 6 | Summer 2016

PEOPLE FOR TRAILS A quarterly look at some of what we have been doing to improve public access to nature.

TRAILS FOR PEOPLE Before West Jersey Crew Bridge Improves MONICA AND DAVID DAY Loop After

he West Jersey Trail ering this park.) Everything rocks needed to fill them. A Crew completed the was delivered to the nearest number of larger rocks were replacement of a large road access and transported also gathered to “armor” the Tbridge on the newly devel- into the site by the crew. As footings of the piers so they oped Blue Mountain Loop always, we were very well would not be undercut in the Trail in Stokes State Forest supported by the park per- event of a major flood. on April 16, 23, and 30. sonnel, notably Steve Mari- The main beams were The bridge crosses the no, Stokes’ Maintenance Su- then assembled and lami- stream flowing from Lake pervisor, and his staff. nated together and fastened Wapalanne at the New Jer- The bridge’s piers were on the tops of the piers. The sey State School of Conser- constructed as timber cribs uprights for the railings were pentry was the installation of The West Jersey Crew and filled with a couple tons attached, and the ramps at the hand rails and curbing. vation, replacing a 36-foot- welcomes everyone long, flat-topped log that was of smaller rocks. While two each end were set in place At the north end of the who is interested in narrow and tilted. The new, teams began building the onto rock footings. The bridge the trail continues trail work. We work 56-foot crossing includes a matching piers, the rest of decking was then cut and steeply up a dirt embank- Saturdays throughout 28-foot open span that is well the crew began to collect the screwed down. The final car- ment, necessitating stone the spring and fall above the highest water ever steps for the tread to survive. known to be in the channel. So while the railings and seasons; you’ll find The additional length in- curbs were being added to our schedule on the cludes continuations of the the bridge, Co-Chief Mon- Trail Conference deck transitioning to ground ica Day led a team in stair website at bit.ly/tc- wjtc. Newcomers are

level. LIEBMANN HOWIE construction. Several large All materials for the boulders were split into steps welcome on almost bridge were supplied by the and flown to the worksite us- all trips; we provide park as part of their grant to ing the . Set in place, training and tools. complete the Blue Mountain they completed the climb out You’ll get dirty, tired, Loop Trail project. (See page of the stream’s valley. and sweaty, but you’ll 12 for more on the creation After 2 1/2 days of work, have a great time, with of this trail, and page 11 for the crew stood on the fin- some really great folks, information on the new Kit- ished bridge for the victory making a difference on tatinny Trails map set cov- picture! Monica & David Day our trails.

ATC Mid-Atlantic Congratulations to Long unteer, technical trail crew. As Volunteer of the Year: Distance Trails Crew Chief LDTC Crew Chief, Chris su- Chris Reyling, who was pervises the crew and actively Chris named Appalachian Trail participates, from inception Conservancy Mid-Atlantic to completion, in every work Volunteer of the Year! project on the A.T. in Orange Reyling Long Distance Trails Crew and Rockland counties. (LDTC) members submitted From March to Decem- the nomination of their crew ber, on biweekly work trips, chief to the ATC in January. the crew relocates and re- Chris, along with Potomac habilitates trails, including Kiosks in the Works in

ANDREA MINOFF Appalachian Trail Club vol- constructing rock steps, crib unteer John Hendrick, was of- walls, bridges and other el- Harriman Trail Towns ficially recognized by the ATC ements, as required, with Mid-Atlantic region as Vol- a focus on designing and New kiosks are in the Trace information, as well unteer of the Year on March building a sustainable and works for Suffern and as a map of Suffern town 12. The following morning, aesthetically pleasing trail. In Tuxedo, linking these center highlighting dining Crew Leader Bob Fuller made addition to the A.T., the crew towns on the western and shopping opportu- the happy announcement also works on the Long Path border of Harriman State nities. Another kiosk is to core LDTC members and and the Highlands Trail. In Park more directly with planned for the Suffern friends of the crew during a the words of a crew member, the trailheads at their train station. Wilderness First Aid training “Chris is a patient and sup- doorstep. The Better Tuxedo session at Trail Conference portive educator, providing In Suffern, one kiosk group is currently fund- Headquarters. on-the-job training from ba- will be installed along raising for a similar kiosk Over the past 13 years, sic safety to technical work Route 59 at the southern- positioned at the Tuxedo Chris has given more than and all that is in-between. I most trailhead of the 23.5- railway station. The kiosk 2,300 hours to work on the have learned that planning mile Suffern-Bear Moun- will highlight the route to Appalachian Trail. His initial and building a trail is much tain Trail. Michael Simon the Ramapo-Dunderberg involvement began in 2002, more than just creating a path of Boy Scout Troop 21 will and Kakiat trailhead, plus Long Distance Trails as maintainer of the “first” for hikers.” be constructing the kiosk maps and hiker info. As Crew Chief Chris Reyling A.T. section from Route 17 to Read more about the work as part of his Eagle Scout with the Suffern kiosk, has been honored by the the Lemon Squeezer. In 2011, of this inspiring leader on our project. The kiosk will amenities will be high- Appalachian Trail Con- Chris organized, recruited, blog: bit.ly/tc-cr-atc. feature a map of southern lighted to benefit both servancy as Mid-Atlantic and trained the first Long Dis- Members of the Long Harriman trails, hiker tourists and local busi- Volunteer of the Year. tance Trails Crew, an all-vol- Distance Trails Crew safety tips, and Leave No nesses. Sona Mason nynjtc.org TRAIL WALKER • NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY TRAIL CONFERENCE Summer 2016 | 7 BOB JONAS Help Build (weather permitting) Sawyers throughout the summer. Lean-tos in Once the structures are Boost completed, they will be the Catskills disassembled and packaged Their Skills Ever wonder what it takes into bundles for delivery to build a lean-to? The via helicopter to their final A sawyer training and re- Trail Conference, with the sites. Site one will be in the certification course, ar- cooperation of the New vicinity of the old Ger- ranged by the Trail Con- York State Department of man Hollow Lean-to near ference’s Sawyer Commit- Environmental Conserva- Arkville. This lean-to was tee, was held May 7-8. This tion (DEC), is building two crushed by three large ash two-day training, featuring lean-tos on the grounds of trees several years ago. The classroom and outdoor in- the Maurice D. Hinchey new lean-to will be close to struction at the New Jersey Catskill Interpretive Center the Dry Brook Trail. School of Conservation at Sawyers Tom Amisson, Steve Weissman, and in Mt. Tremper, N.Y., and The second lean-to will Stokes State Forest, was in- instructor Peter Jensen, from left, attended a everyone is invited to par- replace the failing Batavia tended to help build and so- two-day chainsaw workshop. ticipate. Kill Lean-to, located just off lidify the organization’s cad- Construction commences the Escarpment Trail be- re of certified sawyers who lowed to work when ac- the skills already learned, June 18, and will contin- tween Mountain clear blow downs through- companied by a helper or as well as to learn the latest ue almost every Saturday and Acra High Point. The out the region. swamper. A swamper is techniques in operating and current lean-to was built in Training was provided a sawyer assistant who is maintaining chainsaws that the 1960s in a wet location; for eight new recruits, three trained in safe operating are used in the process of the bottom logs have rotted, Class A apprentice sawyers, procedures, and is advised to trail clearing. the structure is leaning, and and three Class B intermedi- be trained in administering Peter Jensen and Jack the floor has been destroyed

ate sawyers receiving recer- first aid. We encourage all of Shuart were the US Forest PETER SENTERMAN by porcupines. tification. Candidates who our B sawyers to bring one Service and Appalachian We’re looking for volun- are successful in meeting the or two A sawyers to the job- Trail Conservancy Class C teers to assist with the build requirements are awarded site with them, enabling the certified instructors for the phase and to help clear the Class A status; they are then apprentices to increase their course, ably assisted by the sites, gather stones for a qualified to remove blow skills and safety procedures. Trail Conference’s Class B foundation, and reassemble downs only when accompa- The recertification process sawyer assistants, David Day the structures. Check nied by a Class B sawyer. is required every three years and Joel Pinsker. bit.ly/tc-cltb for details. Class B sawyers are al- to both improve and hone Bob Jonas Peter Senterman

Giving Back to Trails MONIQUE QUIGLEY

1 2 Highlands Trail Supervi- along the Appalachian 1 sor Adam Rosenberg and Trail. In addition, 2,570 coworkers from EMC Cor- invasive plants were pulled CONTRIBUTED poration assisted North- or treated over a 2.7-acre east Jersey Trail Chair area. Chris Connolly and Trail Supervisor Karl Soehnlein A new, 0.5-mile nature with clearing the Carpen- 5trail at the Maurice ter’s and Dyckman Hill D. Hinchey Catskill Inter- trails in the N.J. Palisades. pretive Center opened on They removed more than National Trails Day, June a decade of accumulated 4. The trail began taking leaf litter and soil. shape more than three years ago, with the Trail The Jolly Rovers Trail Conference, Catskill Center, 2Crew awarded the and NYS DEC staff help- Trail Conference a Rover ing to lay out and design Service Award, providing the trail over what could

AMBER RAY; CIRCLE: ROSALIND DICKINSON manpower, expertise, and graciously be described as 3 4 resources to complete difficult terrain. Read more work on the Undercliff Trail about the new trail at bit. in Hudson Highlands State ly/tc-cic-to. Park May 20-22. The crew,

BRYAN CONNELLY BRYAN plus the Trail Conference’s On May 1, volunteers East Hudson Trail Chair 6from the South Moun- Andrew Seirup and Field tain Conservancy in Essex Manager Erik Mickelson, County, N.J., worked to installed 18 steps and continue construction on contributed approximately a vital connector of the 5 600 hours to the project. Lenape Trail, linking the trail segment in South Three teams of ARC of Mountain to the larger 3Rockland volunteers portion running through

ALISON MANGES regularly visit Trail Confer- the county. Despite the 6 ence Headquarters to help wet weather, the group 7 with cleaning, light gar- continued to clear corridor, dening, mailings, and map establish tread, and con- assembly. A number of our struct timber bog bridging

DENNIS PERCHER ARC friends stopped by across muddy spots. the Trails for People grand opening at Bear Mountain The volunteer main- on Earth Day to show their 7tainers of Sterling support. Forest State Park gather- ed April 30 at the visitor At our National Trails center for updates from 4Day event with REI at Supervisor Rich Jobsky, Bear Mountain on June 4, a lecture on invasive we welcomed 48 volun- species from Director of teers who planted 1,000 Land Stewardship Linda herbaceous native plants Rohleder, and camaraderie. 8 | Summer 2016 TRAIL WALKER • NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY TRAIL CONFERENCE nynjtc.org Vital Lands SONA MASON Preserved in Bergen and Orange Counties

The Trail Conference was in- Conservancy to develop a strumental in the recent pur- parking area and hiking trail chase and protection of two that will provide visitors the separate parcels of crucial, pri- opportunity to connect to a vately owned land adjacent to vast network of trails in New The two new trails that connect Hudson Highlands Nature Museum parks and trails in Bergen and Jersey and may one day con- to Consortium lands offer spectacular views. Orange counties. nect over the border to Harri- man State Park in New York. BERGEN COUNTY Read more at bit.ly/tc-rmp16. One of the largest remaining parcels of privately owned land ORANGE COUNTY New Trails Connect Hudson in Bergen County will now be An 11-acre tract of forest in the owned and managed by The Town of Monroe has been pre- Land Conservancy of New Jer- served as a result of a purchase Highlands Nature Museum sey as the new Ramapo Moun- by the Trail Conference and tain Preserve. This 46-acre, Orange County Land Trust. forested property is adjacent The acquisition protecting vital to the Ramapo County Reser- lands within the Appalachian with Black Rock Forest vation and is part of a mosa- Trail buffer area was finalized ic of 12,000 acres of publicly on May 3. SONA MASON In total, two trails were owned wild lands in Mahwah, The property borders west hudson constructed. The 1.05-mile Black Rock, Oakland, Ringwood, Pompton Sterling Forest State Park and is program coordinator McKeon Loop Trail (blazed Schunnemunk Lakes, and Wanaque. The new located in the Greater Sterling white) begins on HHNM Forests Recently Preserve provides habitat for Forest Area. According to the Three years in the making, a property and travels up and Named Important rare and endangered species Orange County Open Space new trail connecting the Hud- then down the northern flank Bird Area and features beautiful views of Plan 2004, the land is situated son Highlands Nature Mu- of Sackett Ridge, offering three the skyline. in a Regionally Important seum (HHNM) in Cornwall, views of the On June 4, Black Rock The Trail Conference will Forest Area known for N.Y., and adjacent Black Rock Valley out to the Shawangunks Forest Consortium and work closely with The Land biodiversity. Forest Consortium (BRFC) and the Catskills. The H. Audubon New York Volunteers JoAnn and Paul lands opened on April 30. Peter Stern Trail (blazed red) announced the designa- Dolan assisted with the ac- The Trail Conference was continues along the Sackett tion of Black Rock and quisition and offered special consulted about possible Ridge another 0.8 miles. It Schunnemunk forests thanks to the Dykstra fami- routes, staged a Trail Univer- features two more viewpoints as part of an expanded, SONA MASON SONA ly for their cooperation. The sity workshop on trail lay- and joins the Sackett Trail existing Audubon Im- Dykstra family was also the out and design, and flagged a on Mine Hill. The trails are portant Bird Area (IBA). owner of an adjacent tract sold route, mostly on Black Rock accessible from Black Rock Audubon’s Important to the National Parks Service Forest land. Forest’s Mine Hill Road Bird Area program is for the A.T. in 1979. JoAnn is Following a Trail U work- trailhead via the Sackett Trail, an international bird a former executive director of shop on sidehilling, volun- and from the main parking conservation initiative the Trail Conference and was teers Bob McCormick, George lot of the Hudson Highlands with the goal of identify- deeply involved in the success- Muser, and Andrew Jacobs Nature Museum’s Outdoor ing the most important Appalachian Trail ful partnership that preserved built the trail over two years. Discovery Center off of Angola places for birds and in Orange County Sterling Forest. Read more at They were assisted by many Road in Cornwall. The views conserving them. bit.ly/tc-boclp. enthusiastic volunteers. alone are worth the climb.

CONSERVATION CORPS SEASON PREVIEW ski racer, and downhill ski PEOPLE FOR TRAILS instructor. Originally from Duxbury, Mass., he is an The Trail Conference Trail known as the Upper artist both on and off the Conservation Corps trains, East Face. ERIK GARNJOST trail. His interest in painting enables, and empowers watercolors, custom wood- future conservation leaders The Invasive Strike Force West Nyack, N.Y. working, and trail work by teaching sustainable trail serves throughout the re- arises from his experiences building and stewardship gion, mapping and eradicat- As a crew leader on the CHRIS REYLING in the beautiful places he has techniques. Our Corps ing invasive species. Long Distance Trails Crew lived and worked, includ- members engage and teach (LDTC), Erik Garnjost ing Colorado, Arizona, and community volunteers on The Palisades Crew is involved in the entire Utah. the responsible use and care serves in Sterling Forest, trail-building process—from Life in Colorado includ- of open space and address building and rehabilitating the initial scouting of a site ed raising a daughter on the needs of land managers. trails to meet sustainable to guiding the crew through his own until she was 11; This season, 19 Ameri- trail standards. This season, project completion. “The Britton, now in her 30s, is Corps members are leading the crew is focusing on con- crew looks to Erik for both an art teacher in New Jersey. five crews throughout the structing the Redback/Eagle technical and aesthetic guid- When Erik moved back region. Everyone with an multi-use trail loop. ance on everything from to the East Coast 17 years interest in trail building and cribwall to bridges,” says Bob ago with his wife Risa and stewardship is welcome to The Taconic Crew serves Fuller, his fellow crew leader. son Sam, he found himself join these crews for a few in the Fahnestock, Hudson Erik credits his Rottwei- looking in new places for hours or a full day—our Highlands State Park, and ler Dillon—now officially landscapes that want to be Corps members will teach Breakneck Ridge areas, in known as the “crew dog”— he says. Erik adopted two painted: “I’ve had to look you everything you need to order to restore existing with getting him involved side trails off the Long Path at the scenery with a more know about their projects. trails to meet sustainable with the Trail Conference and accepted an invitation scrutinizing eye to see the They’re in the field Thurs- trail standards. This season, in 2012; Erik began his trail to join the Long Distance amazing in it. It’s like living days through Mondays the crew is focusing on the career as a maintainer in Trails Crew. “The LDTC here. In order to enjoy it, you through early fall; visit bit. Undercliff and Wilkinson Blauvelt State Park. “I walked is an eclectic group with have to get past the density ly/tc-tco for details. trails. Dillon a lot and was con- great opinions and passions, of development to see the cerned about the condition which makes working with beauty that surrounds you.” The Megalithic Trail The Highlands Crew of the trails, so I contacted them an extremely positive Getting out in the woods Crew is serving on a major assesses and addresses sus- the park manager, who experience,” Erik says. with the Long Distance relocation and restoration tainability issues along the put me in touch with Long Erik is an avid hiker, Trails Crew helps Erik find effort on the Bear Mountain 100-mile Highlands Trail in Path Chair Jakob Franke,” outdoorsman, cross-country that beauty. Andrea Minoff section of the Appalachian New Jersey. Ama Koenigshof nynjtc.org TRAIL WALKER • NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY TRAIL CONFERENCE Summer 2016 | 9

teer Handbook or contact c. Know how to describe your work trip, whether they ASK A TRAIL BUILDER Volunteer Coordinator John where you are working to are environmental, flora/ Leigh: volunteers@nynjtc. emergency services. fauna-related, task-related, or org; 201.512.9348 x822. d. Know who to call if there even social. What safety preparations do I need to is an incident (usually the b. Consider the mitigation to make before a work trip on the trail? 2. Create an Emergency park manager and Trail Con- each hazard—for example, Response Plan ference Volunteer Coordina- applying sunblock, having policies and park rules, all a. Know where the nearest tor John Leigh). enough water, or wearing the Trail Conference volunteers medical facility is and how to proper personal protective are covered by one or more get there. 3. Hold a Tailgate Safety equipment. insurance programs. (Exactly b. Know where you have the Meeting c. Everyone in your group which programs depends on best cell phone service at and a. Consider the hazards you should know the location of the region and park in which on the way to your worksite. may possibly encounter on the first aid kit.

you are working.) Proper ERIK MICKELSON d. Make sure everyone knows AMA KOENIGSHOF policies and rules include the Emergency Response Trail Builder and Educator filing your trip reports and Plan. rosters and submitting them to your supervisors or chairs. 4. Bring a First Aid Kit Whether you are an indi- All of the insurance pro- a. Carry a well-stocked first vidual maintainer or part of grams require that you report aid kit applicable to the a trail crew, avoid the worst an incident within 24 hours. number of people in your and put safety first. Here b. Some of the insurance group and the tasks you are are four easy steps to share policies require volunteers to completing. with everyone in your group fill out paperwork. The forms b. Inventory your first aid kit before you go out on the trail. can be found on our website before your work trip—old, under Volunteer Resources. water-damaged materials or 1. Know Your Insurance c. To find out which insur- a kit full of bandage wrappers a. As long as you are fol- ance policy you are covered Holding a tailgate safety meeting is an important step can make an emergency even lowing Trail Conference under, check your Volun- in ensuring a successful work trip. more stressful.

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The au- These muscles are significantly from ankle sprains. thors are building on research smaller than the leg muscles, The short foot exercise rou- published in the British Jour- whose tendons control foot tine takes some time to learn. nal of Sports Medicine in 2015, motion. In contrast, the small, (Watch this Janda Short Foot which encouraged health care intrinsic foot muscles cannot Exercises video for a tutorial: providers to teach patients move the foot around, but do bit.ly/tc-fs.) To perform, sit how to strengthen the muscles stabilize the many joints in with your feet flat on the floor HOWARD E. FRIEDMAN DPM in their feet as a means to pro- the foot, especially the toes and bring the fore foot toward Suffern, N.Y., podiatrist vide increased stability for the during walking and running. the heel, without curling the treating hikers and non-hikers rest of the body. They help maintain the foot's toes. Work on moving the The idea of focusing on domed or arch shape, even forefoot toward the heel until strengthening specificallyduring high-impact activities. the arch of the foot increases in While you are preparing for the small muscles in the foot The latest recommenda- height. Hold this position for your summer hikes, trail runs, to help resist injury is a rela- tion from physical therapists about 5-10 seconds, then re- or backpacking trips, take tively novel application of the is to strengthen the feet by lax and repeat about 10 times. some time to strengthen your core stability concept—that is, performing the “short foot Eventually, this exercise can be feet. In a recent report in the thinking of the foot muscles as exercise” routine. Four weeks performed while standing. journal Swiss Sports & Exercise the foot’s “core,” much like ab- of performing these exercis- It’s important to realize that Medicine, physical therapists dominal muscles are the “core” es has shown to reduce the healthy feet are only one ingre- suggest that foot strengthening for the trunk of the body. The collapsing of arch height, im- dient in overall sound biome- may help prevent lower limb foot includes more than a doz- prove balance, increase foot chanics. Regardless, making injuries in runners, in addition en small muscles completely muscle strength, and improve your feet stronger is a worth- to improving the recovery of contained within the foot itself. function in people recovering while goal for everyone.

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NYC Outward Bound Center Rip Van Winkle Hikers New Haven Hiking Club Byram Township Environmental www.nycoutwardbound.org/ http://newyorkheritage.com/rvw www.NHHC.info Commission www.byramtwp.org ADK Mid-Hudson Chapter Rock Lodge Club East Hampton Trails Preservation www.midhudsonadk.org www.rocklodge.com Society Mahwah Environmental Volunteers www.ehtps.org Organization Hunterdon Hiking Club Nelsonville Greenway Committee www.mahwahevo.org www.hunterdonhikingclub.org VillageofNelsonville.org Hudson Highlands Gateway Task Force www.TownofCortlandt.com New York City Audubon Society, Inc. Long Island Greenbelt Trail Long Path North Hiking Club www.nycaudubon.org Conference www.schoharie-conservation.org Protect Our Wetlands, Water & Woods www.ligreenbelt.org (POWWW) SAJ - Society for the Advancement Sierra Club Mid-Hudson Group box292.bluehost.com/~powwworg of Judaism Thendara Mountain Club www.newyork.sierraclub.org/ http://www.thesaj.org/ www.thendaramountainclub.org midhudson/ Boy Scout Troop 50 Mahwah MAHWAHtroop50.scoutlander.com Closter Nature Center Association Flat Rock Brook Nature Association The Outdoor Club, Inc. www.closternaturecenter.org www.flatrockbrook.org www.outdoorsclub.info The Highlands Natural Pool www.highlandsnaturalpool.org Little Stony Point Citizens Association ADK Long Island Shorewalkers Inc. www.littlestonypoint.org www.adkli.org www.shorewalkers.org Bellvale School www.bruderhof.com/en/international- Salt Shakers Trail Running Club AMC New York North Jersey Chapter TriState Ramblers directory/united-states/bellvale www.saltshakersrun.com www.amc-ny.org http://TSR.nynjtc.org/ Schedules.html Catskill Mountain Club Friends of the Hackensack River Interstate Hiking Club www.catskillmountainclub.org Greenway in Teaneck www.interstatehikingclub.org Chinese Mountain Club of New York http://www.teaneckgreenway.org/ www.cmcny.org Tenafly Nature Center Association New Jersey Search and Rescue Inc. www.tenaflynaturecenter.org Town of Lewisboro www.njsar.org Adventures for Women www.lewisborogov.com/parksrec www.AdventuresforWomen.org SUNY Oneonta Outdoor University Outing Club Adventure Club The Nature Place Day Camp www.universityoutingclub.org AMC Mohawk Hudson Chapter www.oneonta.edu/outdoors http://thenatureplace.com/ http://www.amcmohawkhudson.org/ ADK Mohican Chapter Hudson River Valley Greenway Friends of Van Cortlandt Park www.adkmohican.org Morris County Park Commission www.hudsonrivervalley.com http://vancortlandt.org/ www.morrisparks.net German-American Hiking Club Friends of Pelham Bay Park Alley Pond Environmental Center http://gah.nynjtc.org/ Catskill 3500 Club http://www.pelhambaypark.org/ http://www.alleypond.com/ www.catskill-3500-club.org New York Alpine Club Boy Scout Troop 121-Hudson Valley Jolly Rovers www.nyalpine.com Boy Scout Troop 8, Brooklyn Council http://jollyrovers.org/

Mohonk Preserve Boy Scouts of America- Hilltop Conservancy, Inc. Boy Scouts of America, Troop 21 www.mohonkpreserve.org Northern NJ Council www.hilltopconservancy.org www.nnjbsa.org The Storm King School Valley Stream Hiking Club Storm King Adventure Tours http://www.sks.org www.meetup.com/vshclub New York Ramblers www.stormkingadventures.com www.nyramblers.org Palisades MTB Friends Of The Shawangunks Friends Of Garret Mountain facebook.com/groups/palisadesmtb http://shawangunks.org/ Sundance Outdoor Adventure Society friendsofgarretmountain.blogspot.com http://www.meetup.com/Sundance- Frost Valley YMCA WWW Outdoor-Adventure-Society/ Friends of the Old , Inc. www.frostvalley.org http://www.weishike.com/ http://aqueduct.org/ Westchester Trails Association HDR Mahwah Green Team The Catskill Center for Conservation http://www.westhike.org Alliance http://www.hdrinc.com/ & Development www.greenwaynj.org http://www.catskillcenter.org Urban Trail Conference, Inc. Queens Parks Trails Club www.urbantrail.org RPH Cabin Volunteers Southampton Trails Preservation rphcabin.org The Highlands Nature Friends, Inc. Society Musconetcong Mountain Conservancy www.highlandsnaturefriends.org http://southamptontrails.org/ http://mmc.nynjtc.org Wappingers Greenway Trail Committee Lake Hopatcong Foundation ADK New York Chapter Black Rock Forest Consortium Inc. ADK North Jersey Ramapo Chapter www.adkny.org http://www.blackrockforest.org/ www.hudsonhikers.org Canal Society of New Jersey nynjtc.org TRAIL WALKER • NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY TRAIL CONFERENCE Summer 2016 | 11

New Harriman- The improved eleva- Updated Kittatinny Map tion contour lines utilize Bear Mountain higher-resolution data than Map Set was previously available, Set Includes Trail Mileage Features and make it much easier to identify features like cliffs More Detailed and steep trail areas. This Thank You! revised edition also con- JEREMY APGAR Contours cartographer tains several trail reloca- Special thanks to all Available this summer, tions, including portions the volunteers and park the 17th edition of our of the Appalachian Trail Featuring trail mileage num- partners who helped best-selling map set, and the Long Path, and bers on the face of the map with both of these map Harriman-Bear Moun- an extension of the Fawn and a major change to the trail revisions! tain Trails, now includes a Trail near West Mountain. system in Stokes State Forest, significant improvement to Additional corrections and the revised seventh edition of the topographic elevation adjustments to the trails the Kittatinny Trails map set contour lines. The two-map and map features make this is a significant update over the How to Get set, featuring more than 17th edition even more ac- previous edition. This four- 230 miles of marked trails curate than before. Pick up map set, available this summer, Your New throughout Harriman and this essential resource for includes more than 275 miles Bear Mountain State Parks exploring the rich network of marked trails within the Map Sets and surrounding parklands, of trails in Harriman and Delaware Water Gap National includes trail mileage num- Bear Mountain State Parks Recreation Area, High Point Both new map sets will bers and a detailed inset of for only $9.95 ($7.46 for State Park, Stokes State Forest, be available in print the Bear Mountain area. Trail Conference members). Worthington State Forest, and format in vibrant color other nearby parklands. on waterproof, tear- The trail mileage numbers resistant Tyvek; shop provide distances between online at nynjtc.org trail junctions and significant or pick up your copy trail features to make it easier at Trail Conference to plan trips and navigate the along the Delaware River, have Headquarters. In trails safely. In Stokes State also been made to make this addition, they will Forest, the new 17-mile Blue edition of the Kittatinny Trails be available in digital Mountain Loop Trail, as well map set the most accurate we format as map set as other changes affecting this have ever published. At only bundles or individual trail system, are shown. (Read $13.95 ($10.46 for Trail Con- maps for Apple and more about the Blue Mountain ference members), this com- Android devices Loop Trail on pages 6-7 and prehensive map set is a must- through the PDF Maps 12.) Many additional correc- have for exploring the vast app. Learn more about tions and changes, including parklands along the Kittatinny our GPS-enhanced maps relocations of the Appalachian Ridge and adjacent section of at nynjtc.org/pdfmaps. Trail and changes to features the Delaware River. New Shawangunk Trails Maps Now Available

Our 10th edition of the print format is available in parklands, parking areas, Shawangunk Trails map our online store (nynjtc.org) viewpoints, and other points set arrived in late spring, or through the PDF Maps of interest. They include bringing substantial app (learn more at nynjtc.org/ recent trail additions and improvements—including a pdfmaps). changes in places including new map showing the Long A third edition of our State Path and Shawangunk Ridge free, downloadable map set Forest and Huckleberry Ridge Trail (SRT) along the ridge covering all of the SRT has State Forest. Downloads are between Wurtsboro and also been fully updated. These available at bit.ly/tc-srt-dl or Route 52. The map set in 8.5-inch x 11-inch PDFs show through the PDF Maps app.

BEETLE, from page 5 are just 2 to 4 millimeters in southern pine beetles will the DEC of the areas where length, but will overwhelm have small pitch tubes or this invasive beetle is present a tree with 20,000 to 30,000 rusty red “popcorns” of resin and will help to support The adult southern pine resident beetles. Southern as the tree tries to push out eradication efforts. You beetle will bore into a tree’s pine beetles prefer pitch, the beetles’ attempts to bore can report suspect trees to bark and lay eggs in the scotch, and red pine. Pitch into the bark. Infested trees’ [email protected]; cambium tissue, cutting pines communities are rare needles will turn cooper, please include photos with off the tree’s nutrient flow in New York, so protecting then brown and fall off. an object to show scale, if and killing it in about 1 to 4 these habitats is critical. Monitoring of the south- possible. Read more at on.ny. months. These small beetles Conifers infested with ern pine beetle will inform gov/1S2Mlzx. Heather Darley

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trail include scenic and serene JEREMY APGAR cartographer sections along the Big Flat Brook, remote sections away from busy areas of the park, Although Stokes State For- FEATURED and broad vistas overlooking est features nearly 50 miles of Sussex County. marked trails, including more Creation of this trail was a than 10 miles of the Appa- HIKE coordinated effort among the lachian Trail, many of these park staff and Trail Conference paths are lightly used. With volunteers and staff. Key vol- The Blue Mountain Loop Trail is a great way to explore the creation of the new Blue unteers that deserve thanks for Stokes State Forest. Mountain Loop Trail last sum- Details their outstanding work include mer, visitors are encouraged Howie Liebmann, Northwest to explore more of what the Trail: Blue Mountain New Jersey Trail Chair, and HIKERS’ MARKETPLACE park has to offer. This new Loop Trail David and Monica Day and trail, which incorporates both Park: Stokes State the West Jersey Trail Crew. GO PLACES WITH TRAIL MAPS AND preexisting and newly built (Read about some of the great Forest, Sussex County, BOOKS FROM THE TRAIL CONFERENCE trails, is a grand, 17-mile loop work the West Jersey Crew has through the northern section N.J. recently completed on the Blue of Stokes. It also provides at Difficulty: Easy to Mountain Loop Trail on page least five new loop hike options moderate 6.) Other volunteers helped to that range from 6 to 12 miles. Length: 17 miles GPS the new trail and worked Featured in the Trail Con- Route Type: Circuit with Trail Conference Cartog- ference’s revised Kittatinny Dogs: Allowed on leash rapher Jeremy Apgar to pro- Trails map set due to arrive Features: Views duce updated maps of this new this summer, the Blue Moun- trail system. tain Loop Trail is blazed with A 10.5-mile loop hike de- a blue dot on white. (Read a transition period, and a few scription that combines this more about the new Kittatinny short sections of connecting new trail with the Tinsley Trail Get the complete set of trail maps on page 11.) Old blazes trails have been blazed as Blue is available at bit.ly/tc-bmlt. from previous trail alignments Mountain Loop Trail spurs. Add it to your summer bucket maps at one great, low price! remain in many areas during Interesting features of the new list of adventures! Our map combo offers JEREMY APGAR all of our high-quality Trail Conference maps at a 5% discount (members get an additional 25% discount). Save big on shipping charges! Find it on our online store under Combos.

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