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TRAIL WALKER (USPS Permit #970-100) Manuals Has Been Essential to the Growth of Worker in and Around New York City Closed Trails and Bridges New Trail at Teatown Numerous trails and trail bridges Enjoy an easy-moderate hike washed out by storms will likely on a new trail at Teatown be closed for some time. Lake Reservation. READ MORE ON PAGE 5 READ MORE ON PAGE 8 November/December 2011 New York-New Jersey Trail Conference — Connecting People with Nature since 1920 www.nynjtc.org nator, worked directly with New York State Trail Conference Dept. of Environmental Conservation In the Wake (DEC) staff and other organizations to to Help Girl Scouts provide real time updates about road and trail conditions on our website, main Face - Celebrate 100 Years book account, and on our Catskill Region’s Facebook page and Twitter accounts. Our Appalachian Trail Hikes a Focus; of the Storms Volunteers Needed information was shared throughout the region and around the world as people The year 2012 will mark the 100th rail Conference volunteers were As the extent of the damage to Catskill tried to find out about their loved ones, anniversary of the Girl Scouts of the USA, quick to respond to storm damage communities became evident, Trail Con - roads, and trails throughout the region, as and they are holding a variety of events and Tboth on and off trail in the after - ference volunteer and Catskill Lean-to well as by DEC as they tried to assess and activities to celebrate the occasion. One math of late summer’s tropical storms Supervisor Doug Senterman, along with communicate trail conditions. such program will involve Girl Scout Irene and Lee. Even as flood waters from other employees at Hunter Mountain, When the remnants of tropical storm troops from the entire eastern seaboard of Irene abated, volunteers were sending in organized a network to collect and distrib - Lee came into the Catskills a week and a the US (and elsewhere) participating in reports and photos of washed out trail ute relief supplies. Trail Conference staff half later, the new rains caused the rivers to hikes on the Appalachian Trail (AT). bridges, heavy blow-downs, and flooded and volunteers donated more than two go back into flood stage, though thankful - The project was conceived by the Vir - trails. They were also heading out and fix - ginia Skyline Council of the Girl Scouts, ing problems. based in Roanoke, VA; the plan is for Girl On August 30 Richard Sumner sent a Scouts of every age to participate in hikes full report on access to Harriman State or backpacks along the AT sometime dur - Park: “The east end of Route 106 is closed ing the period from March 12, 2012 (the and badly damaged. The road has obvious - 100th anniversary of the very first Girl ly been used as a riverbed recently!” he Scout meeting) to October 31, 2012 (the began his documentation of trailheads 152nd birthday of the founder of the Girl closed and open. Scouts of the USA, Juliette Low). Activities On August 31, Roland Breault sent in a might range from Daisy Girl Scouts report on the bridges in the Pine Meadow (kindergarten and first grade girls) taking a area of Harriman State Park, an area of the half-hour walk on the trail to high-school park that was especially hard hit: “K akiat age girls taking overnight backpacks. Trail over Stony Brook – completely gone. Also planned are camporees at Girl Scout Stony Brook and Kakiat over Pine Meadow campgrounds near the AT that will include Brook – Damaged – not safe to use. HTS T hikes from the camp onto the AT. There will T E Trail over Pine Meadow Brook – complete - G even be an organized group, primarily Girl G A H ly gone. Pine Meadow, 7 Hills and Kakiat Scout alumni, doing a full thru-hike of the S E M Trails over Pine Meadow Brook – com - A AT; local groups are invited to hike along J pletely gone.” Frank Dogil, Bob Haas and Steve Klauck (not shown) reset the Swamp River AT bridge in Pawling, NY. with them as the come through the area. On September 2, volunteers with the The organizers of “The Great Girl Scout Dutchess-Putnam AT Committee went Hike,” as it has been dubbed, are coordi - chest-deep in water to float the dislodged “It could be worse.” That was the general assessment nating with the Girl Scout councils along Swamp River bridge back into place. By the trail and the hiking community, espe - September 3, Andrew Seirup and his crew of storm related trail damage throughout our region. cially AT maintaining clubs, to help with at Wonder Lake State Park in Putnam Many foot bridges are out, and it may be years training and assisting Girl Scout leaders so County had cleared major blow-downs. that they will be comfortable leading hikes Trail crews in all regions changed work before some are replaced. Damage to roads may on the Appalachian Trail. Since the Trail plans to take on post-storm projects. be bigger obstacles to trail access in some areas. Conference is the AT maintaining club for These and other reports relating to trails the states of New York and New Jersey, we were immediately added to a Post-Irene have taken the lead in fostering this coop - Trails Updates page created by the Trail full-size van loads worth of relief goods that ly below the flood levels of Irene. However eration among the Girl Scout councils, the Conference on its website to catalog dam - were distributed to shelters and resource this caused many of the weakened roads, NY and NJ AT management committees, age. News from the beloved Catskill region centers throughout the region. bridges and homes to fail even more. Fol - the Trail Conference’s professional staff, the quickly dominated the page and public The Trail Conference also put its com - lowing this round of damage, DEC closed AT Conservancy (ATC), and the hiking attention: homes, businesses, entire com - munications tools behind relief efforts. Jeff all trails in the Catskills throughout Greene clubs and hikers in the region. munities washed away or severely damaged. Senterman, our Catskill Program Coordi - continued on page 2 continued on page 7 Protection of Land The Trail Conference worked with other groups to add more than 400 acres to the Around Arrow Lake park. The hike was part of a commemora - tive event organized by Paul and JoAnn in Orange County Dolan, long-time Trail Conference mem - Celebrated bers (JoAnn served as executive director), who brought together many of the organi - More than 30 Trail Conference members zations that helped protect the land. The and friends met at the privately owned event also celebrated the site as a healing Arrow Park in Monroe, NY, on September place where relatives and friends of those 30 to explore the lay of the recently protect - who died in 9-11 have gone annually for ed land that has been added to Sterling Forest memorial retreats and ceremonies at a heal - State Park. Rain swollen streams kept our ing totem created and donated by Lummi hike short, but the scenery was inspiring. continued on page 3 VOLUME XXXVIII, N UMBER 6 ISSN 0749-1352 The area in blue indicates two parcels around Arrow Lake in Orange County, NY, that have been added to Sterling Forest State Park. Page 2 November/December 2011 Our Books they became popular in society at large. The disappearance of some of these ideas in Next Generation at a Crossroads our later books may also be a kind of cul - Publishing VOLUME XXXVIII, NO.6NOVEMBER /D ECEMBER 2011 tural commentary. By George Petty Do you have expertise in GEORGETTE WEIR EDITOR The first edition of the NYWB was LOUIS LEONARDIS GRAPHIC DESIGNER The publication of hiking guides and trails aimed at a specific audience, the urban producing books for TRAIL WALKER (USPS Permit #970-100) manuals has been essential to the growth of worker in and around New York City. It (ISSN 0749-1352) is published bi-monthly by electronic publication? the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference as a the Trail Conference since 1923, when the was intended to help “the city dweller... The Publications benefit of membership. Subscriptions are first edition of the New York Walk Book make the best use of the precious hours–all available to libraries only at $15.00 a year. (NYWB ) appeared. too few–when he escapes the thralldom of Committee, responsible for Periodical postage paid at Mahwah, N.J., and publishing Trail Conference additional offices. Postmaster: Send address Most everyone has heard that the printed office, shop, or factory.” The authors changes to the address below. Opinions expressed book industry is in trouble. Across the described trails and scenery accessible by books and maps, seeks by authors do not necessarily represent the policy country paper book sales are down at least public transportation, almost always either volunteers with expertise or position of the Conference. Contributions of 15%, and probably more. Your local book - subway or train, and they included the cost typed manuscripts, photos, and drawings are in the area of e-publication welcome. Manuscripts may be edited for style store is struggling or has closed already. of the fare. Country dirt roads often and length. Send SASE for writers’ guidelines. Borders is going out of business. formed part of a “tramp,” and “motor to help migrate our catalog Submission deadlines for the TRAIL WALKER In this economic environment, the Trail roads,” better graded and sometimes paved, to the most popular are January 15 (Mar./Apr. issue), March 15 Conference publication program has come were thought of as threats to the wilderness.
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