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September/October 2008 www.nynjtc.org Connecting People with Nature since 1920 September/October 2008 New York-New Jersey Trail Conference — Maintaining 1,683 Miles of Foot Trails In this issue: Community Trails Program in East Hudson...pg 3 • New Map, Book Editions...pg 10 • Shawangunk Ridge Trail Map...pg 11 * TRAIL REFLECTIONS * n the July 4th holiday weekend, droves of hikers, many of Attention All Trail Stewards: Maintainers, Crew Members, Monitors, etc: Othem novices, encountered Trail Have you enjoyed a good day on the trail while volunteering? Share Conference outreach volunteers at two of your experience with words or a photo. Send your contributions to the region’s busiest trailheads: Breakneck Trail News Trail Walker editor Georgette Weir at [email protected]. Ridge and Washburn Trail (Bull Hill) in Hudson Highlands State Park. That weekend, a dozen volunteers talked with “What exactly is a blaze?” hundreds of people about the Trail Conference, sold East Hudson maps and Answers at the Breakneck Ridge Trailhead Trail Conference memberships, collected NORVIN GREEN STATE FOREST names of potential new volunteers, and New Trail Leads to Lake Sonoma, shared basic tips for enjoyable, safe Overlook Rock hiking. The outreach event was the The 1.9-mile Lake Sonoma Trail, one of brainchild of new East Hudson Trails two new trails planned in the west central Chair (and Trail Conference board area of Norvin Green State Forest, has member) Josie Gray. After the event, Josie recently been completed. The trailhead is reflected on its goals and lessons. on Burnt Meadow Road just under 3 miles south of the intersection of Burnt Meadow Helping Hands Lead Hikers to TC Road and Greenwood Lake Turnpike. by Josie Gray I initiated this idea after spending a day clearing blow-downs with Donna Fichter during Memorial Day weekend. I usually avoid these trails on the weekends because they are like Grand Central station, but the supervisor (Donna) and maintainers have often reported how many novice hikers, and completely unprepared hikers, they N encounter here. That weekend, I saw this O S U G first hand! R E F Our goals were: 1. to be there to support E I T S I and inform unprepared hikers, provide trail R H C maps and directions (“No, the Breakneck Trailhead volunteers Aaron Bailenson, Stephen Stuart, Dave Dvorsky, Josie Gray, and Sheryl Lynch continued on page 7 Setting the Course for ATV Legislation Victory in New Jersey With ATV legislation yet to be enacted in Senator Gordon and is scheduled to be Jersey Regional Representative, via email New Jersey, we can expect riders to contin - heard in the Senate Transportation Com - ([email protected]) or cellphone (973- ue to hit the state’s publicly protected lands mittee in the fall. 303-3538). Volunteers open new trail in Norvin Green and trails. The Trail Conference has advocated for Visit the Trail Conference website State Forest in New Jersey. Unless, however, legislation to regulate ATV legislation in New Jersey for many (www.nynjtc.org/issues/NJATV.html) to From the trailhead, the orange-blazed ATVs can be passed before then, and there years and is extremely excited about the learn more about ATV legislation in New trail enters the Lake Sonoma area of Norvin is real hope that it can be. The Trail Con - possibility for its passage this year. The TC Jersey and find out how to enter the ATV Green State Forest and heads west over two ference needs its members to support a is working closely with Pinelands Preserva - trail damage photo contest. The deadline is foothills of West Brook Mountain, offering grassroots campaign to be launched this fall tion Alliance, New Jersey Conservation September 15th to make the next issue of views to the west, especially after the leaves to win this legislative battle! Foundation, New Jersey Audubon and Trail Walker , so send in your photos today! fall. The trail then follows along the west In June, the Assembly Transportation many others to ensure that the legislation shore of Lake Sonoma with some nice water Committee unanimously voted in favor of has strong statewide support among the views, swings west up the ridgeline, and Assembly Bill 823, which regulates the public, as well as with the Governor and ends at Overlook Rock with an outstanding operation of all-terrain and other off-road Legislature. In order to achieve this goal, 180-degree easterly view. vehicles through mandatory registration the TC and its partners will launch a fall Another new trail segment, the first half- and provides significant penalties for viola - grassroots campaign spotlighting ATV mile of the planned Overlook Rock Trail, tions. This legislation, sponsored by damage to conserved lands and hiking has also been completed and links the Lake R E Assemblymen Reed Gusciora, Paul Moriar - trails throughout northern New Jersey. G Sonoma Trail southward to the Hewitt- N I Z ty, and John Wisniewski, is set to hit the Volunteers are needed. If you would like L Butler Trail. These new trails create O H full Assembly for a vote as soon as the leg - to be a volunteer TC advocate and help A opportunities for circuit treks using all or D N islature returns after its summer hiatus. A fight for ATV legislation in New Jersey, E parts of the Lake Sonoma, Overlook Rock, R B : companion bill has been introduced by please contact Brenda Holzinger, New S Hewitt-Butler, Burnt Meadow, and Stone - O T O H town Circular trails. The Lake Sonoma P trailhead on Burnt Meadow Road inter - sects with the Stonetown Circular, allowing other connecting hikes now. The North Jersey Weekday Crew mem - Join Our bers who helped with this project were Danielle Bouchard, Chris Connolly, Cliff Hike -a-thon! Connerth, Vin Dryer, Craig Nunn, Larry Saturday, October 4 May, John Moran, Terri Russo, Karen Schoof, Frank Schoof, Brian Sniatkowski, at Bear Mountain Natalie Nass, and Michael Williams. In addition, the nearby Shiloh Bible Camp in State Park Photos show ATV impact on Highlands Trail continued on page 6 Kick off the fall in style and let in New Jersey. your feet do the talking at the VOLUME XXXV, N UMBER 5 ISSN 0749-1352 Non-Profit first People-for-Trails hike-a-thon US Postage Paid Permit No. 1239 at Bear Mountain State Park on Bellmawr, N.J. October 4, 2008. See details on page 3. Page 2 September/October 2008 From the Chair VOLUME XXXV, NO.5 SEPTEMBER /O CTOBER 2008 Proposed: That There Be Fewer Delegates Meetings GEORGETTE WEIR EDITOR LOUIS LEONARDIS GRAPHIC DESIGNER The Trail Conference (Publications, Administration, Develop - running of the organization. So the signifi - The TRAIL WALKER (USPS Permit #1239) is organized in a way ment, Membership, Darlington cant amount of effort expended by staff and (ISSN 0749-1352) is published bi-monthly by the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference as a that guarantees the Schoolhouse, Nominating, Conservation, volunteers in setting up and conducting benefit of membership. Subscriptions are voicing of a wide vari - etc.) and with overall financial and legal these meetings seems to add little overall available to libraries only at $15.00 a year. ety of opinions. We management of the Trail Conference. value to the Trail Conference. Periodical postage paid at Mahwah, N.J., and have our own “separa - The Nominating Committee of the The BOD has taken two actions to additional offices. Postmaster: Send address tion of powers.” BOD nominates new BOD members and attempt to address this issue. changes to the address below. Opinions expressed by authors do not necessarily represent the policy There are three Delegates at Large for final appointment by A. The February 2009 Delegates Meet - or position of the Conference. Contributions of major volunteer groups that have broad the Delegates (see below). ing will be held in conjunction with the typed manuscripts, photos, and drawings are powers for managing the organization. I 3. The DELEGATES appoint the mem - February BOD meeting. A one-hour dele - welcome. Manuscripts may be edited for style sometimes wonder at the creative inspira - bers of the board of directors. Any changes gates business meeting (the usual duration) and length. Send SASE for writers’ guidelines. tion of the folks who invented this in our bylaws require a 2/3rds majority of followed by a two-hour BOD meeting will Submission deadlines for the TRAIL WALKER are January 15 (Mar./Apr. issue), March 15 organization. the delegates present. Each affiliated hiking be held in the Mahwah area. We will there - (May/June issue), May 15 (July/Aug. issue), 1. The TRAILS COUNCIL is a relative - club has the right to appoint one delegate. by improve chances of attaining a quorum July 15 (Sept./Oct. issue), September 15 ly informal group of trails chairs and In addition, one Delegate at Large for every of delegates and we will provide opportuni - (Nov./Dec. issue), November 15 (Jan./Feb. supervisors that does oversight manage - 400 individual members is appointed by ty for the delegates to become more issue). Unsolicited contributions cannot be acknowledged unless accompanied by SASE. ment of our core function—maintaining the delegates. Each committee chair and “engaged” with the Trail Conference via For information on advertising rates, please write and building trails. Trails policies, new each BOD member is also a delegate. So attendance at a board meeting. or call. trails, and changes in existing trails are the the total number of delegates is about 160 B. We have proposed that the required Copyright 2008 by: most common concerns of this group. Jane people. But only 1/6th of the total dele - number of delegate meetings per year be New York-New Jersey Trail Conference, Inc.
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