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Trail Walker , Page 1) Taking Our Bearings Saving Land & Trails Your responses to 13 Adding up the successes of questions can help keep our Land Acquisition and the Trail Conference on track. Stewardship Fund READ MORE ON PAGE 3 READ MORE ON PAGE 2 May/June 2011 New York-New Jersey Trail Conference — Connecting People with Nature since 1920 www.nynjtc.org Trail Conference West Jersey Crew Nears Completion Adds Catskill Region Program of New 7-Mile Jenny Jump Trail Coordinator he West Jersey Trail Crew is into its construction. The trail was laid out by Bob Anyone interested in learning about sixth year of work building a new, Boysen, author of Kittatinny Trails and a adopting a section of this new trail as a Tnearly 7-mile-long trail within the Trail Conference board member. Work maintainer should contact West Jersey Jeff Senterman, 1990 4,200-acre Jenny Jump State Forest in began on the trail in spring 2005. The Trails Chair Don Tripp at westjersey - recipient of the Trail Warren County. The Jenny Jump Trail (for - crew, led by Monica and David Day, aims [email protected]. An orientation for Conference’s Next Gen - merly called the Warren Trail) will add to for a trail opening this year and the Trail prospective maintainers is going to be held eration Award, has the forest’s existing network of hiking-only Conference hopes to mark the occasion in June, date TBD as of the deadline for joined the Trail Confer - trails. (Some trails in the forest are open for and celebrate the crew’s work with a guid - this issue. The West Jersey Crew’s work ence staff as program biking.) The trails offer pastoral farm ed hike. Watch for details in our future schedule is posted on our website, coordinator for the scenes and ridgetop overlooks that provide print and electronic publications. nynjtc.org.content/trail-crew-schedules. Catskill region. views over the fertile fields of the Great Val - This new position aims to make Catskill ley all the way to the Delaware Water Gap. trails and parklands more accessible and The completed section is approximately appealing to the public and to engage more 6 miles long; an additional 3/4 mile will be local residents in the stewardship of added this spring. The first six miles, and Catskill trails and parklands. Jeff will work most of this spring’s extension, are new closely with trail volunteers, state and local agencies, and community groups to enhance and promote recreational trails in the region and, in so doing, to support local economic development. Jeff brings environmental planning and office management experience to his new post. He worked as an environmental plan - Y ner for the Massachusetts Aeronautics E R F D Commission, Boston, MA and for Water - O G Y A Y D man Design Associates, Westborough, MA. M A M I C I J N O We aim to improve trails and Jenny Jump State Forest offers views of M meadows, woods, and the Delaware Water Gap At work on the trail are crew members Jack Baccaglini, David Day, Steve Reiss, and Gay Mayer. engage more trail volunteers. His duties as planner involved the review The Professional Trailbuilders Associa - and preparation of environmental permit Professional Trailbuilders tion named the Bear Mountain Trails applications and reviews at the local and Project “Project of the Year” during its state level for a wide range of project types, Name Bear Mountain 2011 Sustainable Trails Conference in including residential, commercial and Asheville, NC, in March. The award was industrial projects; the coordination of “Project of the Year” projects with engineering and environmen - the first ever made by the organization, tal staff; attending meetings with various and projects undertaken during the past local and state agencies to expedite project five years were eligible for nomination. review; and taking part in conceptual and Eddie Walsh, the professional trail - preliminary planning for projects. builder supervising the construction Jeff is an avid hiker and outdoorsman project for the Trail Conference (his com - who has spent a lot of time hiking in the Catskills, Adirondacks, and New England. pany is Tahawus Trails), accepted the He worked as a Dept. of Environmental award. Trail Conference staff members Conservation assistant forest ranger in Larry Wheelock, Chris Ingui, and Jeff Greene County in 1998 and 1999. His Senterman were taking workshops at the father, Pete Senterman, was long-time vol - conference and were also in attendance. unteer Catskills Trails Chair for the Trail Ingui, former Bear Mountain project Conference and continues to be involved with Catskill trails. His brother Doug manager and now New Jersey program volunteers as supervisor of lean-to mainte - coordinator, reports that “more than nance and upkeep in the region. 200 people voted, and overwhelmingly Jeff plans to live in the northeastern Bear Mountain won out against the oth - Catskills and to spend most of his time er two projects in the final round, one in the region. He earned a bachelor of being an exceptionally long curvilinear science degree at Lyndon State College in Vermont, with a concentration in environ - bridge and the other being an extensive mental science. mountain bike trail system in Cuyuna Funding for this Trail Conference initia - State Recreation Area in Minnesota.” tive in the Catskills is provided by a family The Trail Conference congratulates the foundation. professional and volunteer trail builders Hikers of all levels enjoy the Appalachian VOLUME XXXVIII, N UMBER 3 ISSN 0749-1352 Trail at Bear Mountain last June as trail whose hard work and dedication resulted designer Peter Jensen (at left on bridge) in this valued national recognition from and trail builder Eddie Walsh (leaning on their professional colleagues. rail) observe the activity. The award follows the naming of Walsh as New York State Trail Worker of the Year for 2010 by American Trails, a national trails advocacy organization (see March/April Trail Walker , page 1). Page 2 May/June 2011 From the Chair Call for Nominations for Awards 4,345 Acres costs, loan interest payments, and staff and VOLUME XXXVIII, NO.3 MAY /J UNE 2011 other expenses. Taking together previous Members may nominate individuals for Trail GEORGETTE WEIR EDITOR sales of land to the state and an anticipated Conference awards. Award winners are hon - LOUIS LEONARDIS GRAPHIC DESIGNER Protected. What’s payment from New York State later this ored and recognized at our Annual Meeting. TRAIL WALKER (USPS Permit #970-100) year, the monies received by the Trail Cut-off date for recommendations is (ISSN 0749-1352) is published bi-monthly by Next for Our Land the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference as a Conference from resale of its land purchas - July 1, 2011. Please send nominations (with benefit of membership. Subscriptions are es will cover our costs. supporting statements) to the Volunteer available to libraries only at $15.00 a year. Acquisition and Past success poses new decisions for the Committee at [email protected]. Periodical postage paid at Mahwah, N.J., and additional offices. Postmaster: Send address LASF’s future. The LASF was originally changes to the address below. Opinions expressed Stewardship Fund? envisioned as a revolving fund that would View the list of past award recipients at: by authors do not necessarily represent the policy be replenished by money from quick www.nynjtc.org/content/award-winners or position of the Conference. Contributions of Good news often begets turnovers of Trail Conference lands to state typed manuscripts, photos, and drawings are welcome. Manuscripts may be edited for style new challenges. Such is the agencies. This funding model worked well The Volunteer Committee comprises Dan and length. Send SASE for writers’ guidelines. case with the Trail Confer - until the Great Recession and the ensuing Van Engel, Chair, Catherine Gemmell Submission deadlines for the TRAIL WALKER ence’s land program—the state budget crises, which resulted in the (staff), Ken Malkin, Chris Connolly, and are January 15 (Mar./Apr. issue), March 15 Land Acquisition and Stew - Trail Conference holding onto lands for far Estelle Anderson. (May/June issue), May 15 (July/Aug. issue), July 15 (Sept./Oct. issue), September 15 ardship Fund (LASF). At longer periods. The outlook for open space (Nov./Dec. issue), November 15 (Jan./Feb. the March board meeting, acquisition by New York has brightened ANNUAL AWARDS issue). Unsolicited contributions cannot be the LASF was the subject of a masterly somewhat, with small appropriations for Honorary Life Membership acknowledged unless accompanied by SASE. For information on advertising rates, please write report from the Conservation & Advocacy land acquisition through the Environmen - Conveys life member status and the right or call. (C&A) Committee presented by Seth tal Protection Fund, but the Trail to vote at Delegates meetings. Usually Copyright 2011 by: McKee, a former board member who is the Conference still owns 284 acres along the given after long years of service to the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference, Inc. C&A Committee chair and the land con - SRT which will likely not be transferred to Conference. 156 Ramapo Valley Road (Rt. 202) servation director for Scenic Hudson, Inc. the state for years. Mahwah, NJ 07430 Raymond H. Torrey Award 201-512-9348 The C&A Committee is, by the way, a There are still important links in our trail e-mail: [email protected] superb example of volunteer leadership; systems that are not protected. With prop - The Conference’s most prestigious award, editorial e-mail: [email protected] besides Seth, it has two board members erty prices down, this is a particularly given for significant and lasting contribu - World Wide Web: www.nynjtc.org (Gaylord Holmes and Dick Katsive), a opportune time to preserve land.
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