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Summer 2015 Trail Walker The Harriman Corridor Stop the Spread It’s not so far-fetched to imagine The fight against invasive towns on the park’s west side species starts with you as a tourist destination. and a boot brush. READ MORE ON PAGE 9 READ MORE ON PAGE 11 Summer 2015 New York-New Jersey Trail Conference — Connecting People with Nature since 1920 www.nynjtc.org Volunteers Break Trail Conference Trail Conference Wins Two Awards Record for Service Hours Donated for Historic Preservation rail Conference volunteers gener - ously give their time to build, Tprotect, and promote access to nature. Whether it’s a few hours welcoming visitors at our new headquarters or entire weekends creating a new hiking path, their efforts make accomplishing the Trail Con - ference mission possible. Our volunteers always answer the call, but something unprecedented happened last year: In 2014, these selfless people gave a whopping 93,214 hours of their time. That’s a Trail Conference record! The restoration of the Darlington Volunteers from Columbia Business Schoolhouse as the New York-New School and Buffalo State University joined Jersey Trail Conference’s new head - our efforts in relocating and rebuilding quarters wasn’t just an incredible the Appalachian Trail on Bear Mountain. achievement for the organization—it Students from Ramapo College and was a huge historic preservation win employees from UPS made trails more sus - for the local community of Mahwah, tainable in the Ramapo Valley County for Bergen County, and for the state of Reservation and other parks in New Jersey. New Jersey. In recognition of this AmeriCorps member Joe Knight taught volunteers from the Groundwork Hudson Green And our 909 volunteer maintainers from accomplishment, the Trail Conference Team about cribwall techniques last summer. across the region continue to keep more received two awards in 2015 acknowl - than 2,000 miles of trails open and safe. butions to improving these popular recre - Luddington-Cantor and others spent edging the outstanding restoration and ation areas. And then there’s the West countless hours ensuring that our dreams repurposing of the 124-year-old land - Hudson South Crew, which continues to of moving into the Darlington School - mark: the Bergen County Historic We feel like climbing Bald be a mainstay in Harriman State Park, house became a reality this spring. Preservation Award for adaptive use rehabbing some of the most popular trails Our volunteers really go above and and one of 10 prestigious New Jersey Mountain next to our new in New York State. beyond. That’s why we feel like climbing Historic Preservation awards. HQ here in Mahwah and Award-winning volunteers like Kay Bald Mountain next to our new HQ here Key to winning the awards was the Cynamon from the Publications Commit - in Mahwah and shouting “thank you” for Trail Conference meeting its three shouting, “Thank you!” tee donated their expertise to GPS-ing and hikers everywhere to hear. Those two main objectives in the restoration proj - researching trails for the first digitally pro - words can’t be said enough. ect: to preserve and return to active use duced edition of the South Taconic Trails Congratulations for accomplishing so the Darlington Schoolhouse; to mini - Newer crews, like the Long Distance map. Members of our Conservation Com - much in 2014 and THANK YOU for all mize the environmental cost of the Trails Crew, relocated the Long Path on mittee helped score big wins for green the work already completed in 2015! headquarters in construction and oper - Romer Mountain in the Catskills, while space protection, including aiding in ation; and to create a convenient our Backcountry Trails Conservation the preservation of a tract of land in workplace that is enjoyable for employ - Corps working in Fahnestock and Sterling Chester, N.Y., that improves the Highlands ees, volunteers, and visitors. Volunteer Forest State Parks made significant contri - Trail experience. And volunteer Alice Alice Luddington-Cantor, who helps manage the grants given to the Trail Conference for work on the school - house, nominated the organization for 93,214 total service hours in 2014 the state award. performed by 1,740 volunteers The Trail Conference won an award from Bergen County and another from Summit Steward Program the state of New Jersey. Both awards were presented to the M O C Launches in Catskill Park . Trail Conference in May as part of R K C I National Preservation Month. Board L F / The New York-New Jersey Trail Confer - The Summit Stewards, hired and man - R Chair Chris Connolly, Membership U H ence and New York State Department of aged by the Trail Conference and T and Development Director Don Weise, R A Environmental Conservation (DEC) in supported by a generous gift from the Y Membership and Development Man - D N collaboration with the Catskill 3500 Club Catskill 3500 Club, spend weekends from A ager Jennifer Easterbrook, and launched a seasonal Summit Steward Pro - the start of summer through Columbus the history and importance of the Catskill volunteers Pasquale Marcotullio and gram in the Catskill Park in June. The Day at the top of Slide Mountain. The Park and Forest Preserve. They greet, Pete Heckler represented the Trail 2015 pilot program focuses on Slide Stewards are trained in Leave No Trace inform, and assist the public, as well as help Conference at the Bergen County cere - Mountain, the Catskills’ highest summit backcountry ethics and educated about DEC Forest Rangers respond to emergen - mony, hosted by the Bergen County and one of its most popular destinations. fragile summit elevation environment and cies in the area. Division of Cultural and Historic “We take our role as a hiking group Affairs and Historic Preservation Advi - VOLUME XLII, N UMBER 3 ISSN 0749-1352 devoted not only to visiting, but also pro - sory Board, on May 7 at the Varick tecting the Catskills summits very Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church of seriously,” said Jim Bouton, Chair of the Hackensack. Trail Conference Execu - Catskill 3500 Club’s Summit Stewardship tive Director Edward Goodell accepted Committee. “We hope that this program the state award, presented by the N.J. not only succeeds but is replicated at other State Historic Preservation Office in Catskills peaks in the future.” the Department of Environmental Pro - continued on page 10 Page 2 Summer 2015 Long-Awaited Catskill Interpretive Board, Delegate Center Set to Open in July Nominations for 2015 VOLUME XLII, NO.3 SUMMER 2015 The Nominations Committee of the Trail AMBER RAY EDITOR LOU LEONARDIS GRAPHIC DESIGNER Conference presents the following candi - dates for the Board of Directors for TRAIL WALKER (USPS Permit #970-100) three-year terms and Delegates-at-Large for (ISSN 0749-1352) is published quarterly by the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference as a one-year terms. These nominations will be benefit of membership. Subscriptions are voted on at the Annual Meeting to be held available to libraries only at $15.00 a year. on October 22, 2015, at the Trail Confer - Periodical postage paid at Mahwah, N.J., and additional offices. Postmaster: Send address ence Headquarters (600 Ramapo Valley changes to the address below. Opinions Rd., Mahwah, N.J.). expressed by authors do not necessarily represent the policy or position of the Conference. For Board of Directors Contributions of typed manuscripts, photos, Christopher Connolly and drawings are welcome. Manuscripts may be edited for style and length. Send SASE for Chris, of Tenafly, N.J., joined the board in writers’ guidelines. Submission deadlines for the 2005. A Trail Conference Life Member, TRAIL WALKER are January 15 (Spring issue), R I Chris is completing five years as board May 15 (Summer issue), August 15 (Fall issue), E W November 15 (Winter issue). Unsolicited E chair and is leading implementation of the T T contributions cannot be acknowledged unless E restructuring of the trail committees. He is G R accompanied by SASE. For information on O E trail supervisor, N.J. Palisades; conservation advertising rates, please write or call. G Copyright 2015 by: Elected officials attended the groundbreaking of the chair for the North Jersey-Ramapo chapter New York-New Jersey Trail Conference, Inc. Catskill Interpretive Center in September 2014. of the Adirondack Mountain Club; mem - 600 Ramapo Valley Road (Rt. 202) ber, New Hampshire 4000 Footer Club; a Mahwah, NJ 07430 After decades of planning, the Trail Conference and other regional Long Trail end-to-ender; and on the 201-512-9348 partners are eagerly preparing for the grand opening of the Maurice D. administrative council of the Palisades email: [email protected] editorial email: [email protected] Hinchey Catskill Interpretive Center (CIC) this July. Retired Congressman Nature Association. World Wide Web: www.nynjtc.org Maurice D. Hinchey championed the center from his time as the region’s Gaylord Holmes representative in the New York State Assembly. The CIC will provide Gaylord, of Irvington, N.Y., joined the information to visitors about the 700,000-acre Catskill Park, New York board in 2009. He chairs the Strategic City’s one million-acre Catskill/Delaware drinking watershed, and ways to Planning Committee and co-led the steer - recreate and enjoy these treasured natural resources. ing committee on the restructuring of the The CIC will be managed by the Catskill Center and will be staffed through trail committees. Gaylord is a trail main - a partnership including the Trail Conference, Catskill Mountain Club, Ulster tainer and is a member of the board of Mission Statement directors of the Greater Irvington Land County Tourism, and Catskill Mountainkeeper. The Trail Conference has The New York-New Jersey Trail Conference is a Trust. A graduate of the University of federation of member clubs and individuals committed to providing staff at the CIC at least two days a week.
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