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Cfpanews Notes Information, and the Latest Events At: VOLUME 2 ISSUE 3 NEWSLETTERCONNECTICUT OF THE CONNECTICUT FOREST PARKFOREST ASSOCIATION PARK ASSOCIATION CFPA News Notes Conserving the land, trails, and natural resources of Connecticut since 1895 Fall 2009 Volume 2 Issue 3 BBHT’s Turn 80 WalkCT Volunteers Soar National Scenic Trail The Survey Says Our hiking system has Learn more about our Update The results are in from Give to the experienced phenomenal volunteer WalkCT The Trail Stewardship our membership survey. growth since 1929. Join Family Guides and their Council and subcommit- Take a look at what our in the celebration. recent introduction to tees have convened. Stay members had to say. Annual Fund birds of prey. Page 2 tuned! Page 6 keep the trails you love Page 3 Page 4 open and safe! Page 3 tor Laurie Giannotti, and DEP CFPA Helps to Operations Manager Scott Dawley. We are pleased to re- Create Jobs and late that with very little notice, several CFPA employees and Lifelong Skills representatives rose to the oc- casion and played critical roles When Governor Rell unveiled her pro- in getting this initial pilot off posed FY2010 budget, she announced her the ground smoothly. Trails desire to create a “Connecticut Conserva- Committee Chairman Rob tion Corps (CCC).” Modeled after the Butterworth gave the crew depression-era Civilian Conservation its initial tool safety training Corps, the program would provide need- and led a training session on ed work and job skill training for young, trail layout. Steve Broderick, unemployed adults. At the same time, a Goodwin Center Forester and backlog of necessary maintenance, trail Program Director, assisted work, and other jobs at Connecticut State DEP staff in the day-to-day Parks and Forests would be completed. direction of the crews. George In June, the decision was made to cre- Arthur, Eastern Roving Trail ate a CCC pilot program, and we were Crew Chief, longtime Trail delighted to learn that the Goodwin Volunteer Bob Schoff, and lo- State Forest and Conservation Education Blazed Natchaug Trail. In the weeks that followed, the crew completed a wide cal Trails Managers Fran Zumpano and Center was selected as the location for Al Kausch did yeoman’s duty identifying the initial pilot (CFPA directs programs variety of backlogged jobs, including building boardwalks on the Natchaug needed work sites using GPS, developing and co-manages the Goodwin Center materials lists, and teaching the crews under a cooperative agreement with the Trail and the loop trail around Pine Acres 3RQGŻ[LQJGUDLQDJHSUREOHPVRQWKH how to build boardwalks and do other '(3 2Q-XO\WKHŻUVWJURXSRI trail work. Initiatives like these could not young men between the ages of 18 and Airline Trail Linear State Park; helping with work in Goodwin’s Native Plant be accomplished without partner col- 24 appeared at the Goodwin Center to laboration, the help of dedicated CFPA begin the 10-week pilot program. After Wildlife Gardens; and replacing bridges on the Airline and Goodwin hiking trails. volunteers and staff, and your generous an initial orientation, they began their contributions to the Annual Fund (see The program operates under the ŻUVWDVVLJQPHQWOD\LQJRXWDQGFXW- page 3). CFPA members can be proud of direction of DEP Assistant Director of ting in a new educational trail, which our role in making this important pilot Parks Diane Joy, Greenways Coordina- is now a loop option off of the Blue- program a rousing success. CFPACFPA News News Notes Notes 1 1 CONNECTICUT FOREST PARK ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS President: David Platt, Higganum From the Executive Director’s Desk Vice-Presidents: CFPA Hiking Trails Turn 80 to be free to all users, it does not come Eric Lukingbeal, Granby without significant ongoing expenses Starr Sayres, East Haddam On October 5, 1929, CFPA’s Board of Di- borne by CFPA. Milne observed that David Sullivan, Higganum rectors met in New Haven and voted to “from the outset, the trails have been an Treasurer: establish a Trails Committee. By Decem- Gordon L. Anderson, Glaston- endangered species” due to development bury ber of that year, the Trails Committee had and subdivision in Connecticut over the Asst. Treasurer: James W. Dombrauskas, established four sections: New Haven, New Hartford Waterbury, Litchfield, and Hartford. By past half-century, and therefore CFPA has Secretary: Eric Hammerling, West Hartford 1932, the Trails committee added sections “continued to work for measures to pro- At Large: for Bristol, Meriden, the Housatonic Val- tect both the trails and the landowners Mark Ashton, New Haven ley, Middletown, and Storrs, and held its and to promote greenbelts, which would Richard Bauerfeld, Branford first Annual Trails Meeting. By 1937, the provide more permanent routes for William D. Breck, Killingworth first edition of the Connecticut Walk Book the trails.” CFPA invests in staff, tools, Russell Brenneman, Westport was published, which included around materials, and other necessary support to Rob Butterworth, Haddam 250 miles of established trails. provide trail volunteers with what they George M. Camp, Middletown need to do their incredibly important Today, the hard-earned legacy of Starling W. Childs, Norfolk work, and we intend to continue these visionary trail leaders such as Edgar L. Ruth Cutler, Ashford efforts forever with your support and Heermance (who developed the signa- Laurence Diamond, Coventry involvement. Caroline Driscoll, New London ture “blue blaze”) lives on through 825 Astrid T. Hanzalek, Suffi eld miles of Blue-Blazed Hiking Trails; Jean Crum Jones, Shelton an amazing Trails Committee working CFPA Welcomes New Trails and David Leff, Collinsville with 500+ trail volunteers annually to Membership Staff Scott Livingston, Bolton keep the trails in outstanding condition; Clare Cain joined our staff in September Geoffrey Meissner, Southington new, well-used Connecticut Walk Book as CFPA’s Director of Trail Steward- Karen Mignone, Fairfi eld editions (the most recent of which won ship. Clare has replaced Ann Colson, Jeffrey O’Donnell, Bristol a 2007 National Outdoor Book Award); who served the trails with dedication James Ritchie, Sandy Hook and the Blue-Blazed Metacomet and and distinction for over 10 years. Clare Donald L. Snook, Westport Mattabesett Trails achieved national brings outstanding National Scenic Trail Deborah C. Spalding, Madison recognition when designated as the New experience from having worked for the Richard Whitehouse, Glastonbury England National Scenic Trail in 2009. North Country Trail Association (an Dan Donahue, Volunteer Forester As the great documenter of CFPA’s rich organization overseeing management STAFF history, Rev. George Milne noted in refer- of the North Country Trail that spans Jennifer Benner, WalkCT Communications Coordinator ence to the trails, “Few volunteer organi- 4,600 miles and seven states from North Lori Paradis Brant, Education Director zations can claim such a record of com- Dakota to upstate New York). Clare is Clare Cain, Director of Trail Stewardship mitment, spanning over three quarters of also an expert in trail maintenance who Steve Broderick, Forest & Program a century, with one generation of work- has trained and led trail crews on back- Director, Goodwin Forest Center ers passing on the torch to the next.” country projects in Maine and Montana. Linda Cunningham, Financial The sheer length of the Blue-Blazed In addition, we have been joined by Management Assistant Eric Hammerling, Executive Director Hiking Trail System is enormous, so we Marty Gosselin who has volunteered James W. Little, Director of Development have tried to put 825 miles of trails into to help CFPA build membership. Marty Leslie Lewis, WalkCT Director some context that people can grasp eas- brings extensive professional experience Teresa Peters, Office Manager ily. Think of it this way: if you drove in marketing and communications from Marty Gosselin, Volunteer Membership 825 miles by car to the west, you could his former work with Cuno, a division of Coordinator drive to Indianapolis, or if you drove the 3-M Corporation. Of equal impor- 825 miles to the south, you would pass tance, Marty brings an outstanding dedi- Connecticut Forest & Park Association Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Connect- cation to trails from being both a diehard 16 Meriden Road Rockfall, Connecticut 06481 icut itself only stretches 100 miles from hiker (Marty thru-hiked the entire MMM T 860-346-2372 east to west and 50 miles from north Trail from Connecticut to New Hamp- F 860-347-7463 to south, yet somehow we continue to shire well before its national scenic trail www.ctwoodlands.org maintain an enormous amount of trails designation) and an ongoing trail main- www.walkct.org here for everyone to enjoy for no charge. tainer along a section of the Long Trail in Office Hours: M-F 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Although access to the trails continues Vermont. 2 CFPA News Notes CONNECTICUT FOREST PARK ASSOCIATION Happy Birthday Blue-Blazed Hiking Trails! Celebrate with a gift to the 2009 Annual Fund We all like gifts. Whether for the holidays, a birthday, or just for fun, we give gifts to those we love. Every hour of every day, CFPA and its volunteers give the gift of the Blue-Blazed Hiking Trails to all of Connecticut. The trails live because of volunteers, CFPA members, and friends who give their financial support. They contribute via membership and, equally important, they give through the Annual Fund. The Blue-Blazed Hiking Trails are celebrating their 80th birthday and CFPA is highlighting this milestone in our 2009 Annual Fund. With a gift,
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