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NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY TRAIL CONFERENCE • CONNECTING PEOPLE WITH NATURE SINCE 1920 WE STAND UP FOR TRAILS DAN BALOGH No matter what side of the po- As the significance of open litical spectrum you’re on, one space is debated, funding for thing we all value has come the agencies that manage pub- up for debate in the national lic lands—on both the federal conversation: the protection and state level—will be scru- of public open space and our tinized even further. Without continued access to it. When proper operating budgets, the conservation and steward- possibility that these parks will ship are viewed as minor be forced into piecemeal clo- affairs by federal policymak- sures is very real. That’s why ers, the effect trickles down to Trail Conference representa- the work of the New York-New tives travel to Albany, Tren- Jersey Trail Conference. Sever- ton, and Washington, D.C., to al looming issues may signifi- meet with elected officials and cantly impact local parks and speak about the importance trails in the near future. of access to nature for all. We While it’s not likely a mar- raise awareness about our quee park such as Yosemite work building, maintaining, or the Grand Canyon will be and protecting trails, and the turned over for commercial health and economic benefits endeavors, the federal gov- associated with experiencing ernment’s role in owning and the outdoors. Find out more safeguarding public land is a about our conservation and question that will not be re- advocacy efforts on pages 6-7. solved quickly or quietly. The Though the federal govern- Trail Conference maintains ment’s role in the protection trails in three areas managed of public lands is in question, by the National Park Service— one thing is certain: The peo- the Appalachian Trail, Dela- Wildlife Service. (Additional level. In the greater metropol- the Long Path. Our advocacy ple of the Trail Conference— ware Water Gap National Rec- federal lands are overseen by itan New York area, the Trail work and role in purchasing members, donors, volunteers, reation Area, and Morristown the Bureau of Land Manage- Conference has been involved key parcels of land for trans- and staff—will always take a National Historical Park. We ment and the U.S. Forest Ser- in open space protection since fer to state ownership contin- stand for responsible access to also support trail building and vice.) The Trail Conference the 1930s. We have played an ues to aid in the creation and public open space. Through a maintenance efforts in New proudly supports these vital important role in the preserva- expansion of public parks. It commitment to making a dif- Jersey’s Great Swamp National arms of the government as our tion of Storm King Mountain, allows us to improve access ference on trail lands in our re- Wildlife Refuge and Wallkill partners. the creation of Sterling Forest to the outdoors through the gion, we can all secure the val- National Wildlife Refuge, both This conversation, in turn, State Park, and the formation building of a better trail expe- ue in our trails, our parks, and managed by the U.S. Fish and intensifies the issue on a state of several state forests along rience. our connection with nature.

Help Save Trail Conference Conserva- over 70 acres of our public Recreation Through our partnerships tion Corps and the funding lands. AmeriCorps is one with land managers, these AmeriCorps, to provide AmeriCorps of the many ways that the as Activism trail lands are protected and Help Improve Education Awards to our Trail Conference is able to cared for by our members, Corps members. The Trail engage our community in Making a difference starts donors, volunteers, and Trail Lands Conference Conservation service, and we encourage in our own communities. staff—outdoor-loving peo- Corps leveraged 602 com- everyone to spread the word The Trail Conference ple just like you. YOU can At the time this issue of Trail munity volunteers in over that this program deserves works to improve the trail make a difference to ensure Walker goes to print, there 5,132 hours of service last funding. AmeriCorps not experience in a relatively our parks and trails remain is another threat to the work season. Together, our Corps only works to improve small but incredibly diverse open and safe for all to en- of the Trail Conference: members and volunteers parks, it’s training the next region: from NYC to the joy. Please consider making the potential elimination of inventoried and maintained generation of conservation Catskills, the Water Gap to a gift to the Trail Confer- AmeriCorps from the fed- more than 124 miles of leaders. Learn how you can Breakneck Ridge—all the ence at nynjtc.org/donate. eral budget. This program trail, improved/built over 4 help save AmeriCorps at bit. places that make this area Your support has never provides the structure of the miles of trail, and improved ly/tc-sac17. so incredible to explore. been more important.

VOLUME XLIV, NUMBER 2 ISSN 0749-1352 WHAT’S INSIDE:

People for Trails: How the Long Pond Ironworks Bridge Was Rebuilt page 5

Campgaw Mountain Protecting Our Region’s County Reservation Keeping an Eye on Issues Parks From Invasives Adopts Trail Loop System That Impact Trails page 8 page 12 pages 6-7 2 | Spring 2017 TRAIL WALKER • NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY TRAIL CONFERENCE nynjtc.org Trail Conference Receives Highest Rating from Charity Navigator Great news: The Trail Confer- 4-star rating as a charity. work. Only 10 percent of the be recognized as 4-star orga- ence has received the highest This highest ranking indi- charities evaluated receive at nization. ranking from Charity Naviga- cates that we adhere to best least four consecutive 4-star With more than 1.5 million tor, again! practices and execute our evaluations. This designa- nonprofits across America, The New York-New Jersey mission in an accountable, tion sets the Trail Conference Charity Navigator aims to ac- Trail Conference has received transparent, and financially apart from its peers as a trust- centuate the work of efficient a 4-star rating from Charity efficient way. A 4-star rating worthy, responsibly managed and transparent organizations. Navigator, America’s largest verifies that the Trail Con- charity. Trail Conference do- Check out what it means to be and most-utilized indepen- ference exceeds industry nors expect accountability, a 4-star charity and view our dent evaluator of charities. standards and outperforms transparency, and concrete exceptional rating at bit.ly/ This is our fourth consecutive most charities in our area of results, and we are proud to tc-cn. Jennifer Zack

JERRICA LAVOOY HQ Reopening Saturdays During Peak Season

With warmer weather comes extended hours at Trail Conference Headquarters. Our Trail Store will be open door enthusiasts sounds like a Saturdays during peak hiking fun way to spend a few hours, season, beginning April 1. we have a volunteer position Stop by 600 Ramapo Valley for you! We are seeking front- Rd. in Mahwah, N.J., for desk volunteers to tell folks maps, sunscreen, hats, and where to hike, spread our mis- more from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., sion, and take sales. Bonus: every Saturday through Ramapo Reservation is right November. We’d love to chat next door for great hiking be- about trails with you. fore or after! Contact Jennifer If sharing hiking know- Zack at [email protected] or ledge with your fellow out- 201.512.9348 x824 for details.

Show Your Love of Trails at Our National Trails Day Open House National Trails Day is an event held across the country recognizing the power trails have in connecting people with nature. On Saturday, June 3, the Trail Conference will be celebrating National Trails Day with an open house at our historic headquarters in Mahwah, N.J. In partnership with REI, we’ll be hosting guided hikes through Ramapo Valley County Reservation and stewardship opportunities—including a litter pickup and invasives removal—to help make a difference at this popular park, located right next door to our building. We’ll be leading tours of our 125-year-old headquarters, where you can check out an art exhibition dedicated to the beauty of wildflowers. Our friends from REI and some of our other partner organizations will also be sharing ideas on ways to engage with trails and nature year-round. Refreshments will be available. Check nynjtc.org/events for more details.

TRAIL WALKER (USPS Permit #970- Board of Directors 100) (ISSN: 0749-1352) is published Edward Saiff Chair quarterly by the New York-New Patricia Wooters Vice Chair Jersey Trail Conference as a benefit Rick Levine Treasurer of membership. Subscriptions are Daniel Hoberman Counsel VISIT US IN THE CATSKILLS! available to libraries only at $15 a year. Periodical postage paid at Directors Mahwah, N.J., and additional mailing TRAIL WALKER Chris Connolly John Magerlein Hammo’s offices. Postmaster: Send address Walt Daniels Ken Posner Mary Dooman Beth Ravit changes to the address below. Volume XLIV, No. 2 Spring 2017 Andy Garrison Jeff Senterman BREW PUBSTAURANT/LODGE Craft beers: made by Ryan Fields Copyright 2017 by: Amber Ray Editor Suzan Gordon Dave Stuhr Gaylord Holmes Ned Whitney New York-New Jersey Stephanie Hinderer Designer Great food: made by Chef Steve Trail Conference, Inc. Richard Katzive 600 Ramapo Valley Road MISSION STATEMENT Staff Everyone welcome: Hikers, Mahwah, NJ 07430 The New York-New Jersey Trail Edward Goodell Mountains bikers, sportsmen, 201.512.9348 Conference is a federation of member Executive Director dogs, skiers, kids, and LGBTQ clubs and individuals dedicated Joshua Howard Opinions expressed by the authors do to providing recreational hiking Deputy Executive Director Transportation: not necessarily represent the policy opportunities in the region, and Don Weise Shuttle van available. Trailways or position of the Trail Conference. representing the interests and concerns Development Director bus nearby Submissions for print consideration of the hiking community. The Trail Mary Perro are welcome. Any unsolicited material Conference is a volunteer-directed public Operations & Finance Manager Hostel Rooms: $60 accepted for print may be edited service organization committed to: Linda Rohleder Guest rooms with 2 full beds: midweek $75; weekend $125. for style and length. Submission • Developing, building, and maintaining Land Stewardship Director deadlines for TRAIL WALKER are Feb. hiking trails. 15 (Spring issue), May 15 (Summer • Protecting hiking trail lands through For a full list of staff, visit “The best sleep I have ever had was on Hammo’s issue), Aug. 15 (Fall issue), Nov. 15 support and advocacy. nynjtc.org/about-us memory foam mattresses” (Winter issue). For information on • Educating the public in the responsible advertising rates, please write or call. use of trails and the natural environment. The New York-New Jersey Trail 39 County Route 65, Windham Hammosbrewpubandlodge.com Conference is a volunteer, non- (Hensonville), New York 518-734-6500 email: [email protected] profit 501 (c)(3) organization. It is a Printed on recycled content paper editorial email: [email protected] federation of more than 100 outdoor website: www.nynjtc.org PLEASE RECYCLE TRAIL WALKER groups and 10,000 individuals. One Free Sample of Four Craft Beers Per Table nynjtc.org TRAIL WALKER • NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY TRAIL CONFERENCE Spring 2017 | 3

FROM THE to seek alternative but equally outdoor recreation as a way The Key to spectacular trails. The Trail to connect physically, emo- EXECUTIVE State and county problems Conference carries tionally, and spiritually with DIRECTOR Our Resiliency aside, we now have a U.S. on because we the natural world and oneself. government threatening to respond to a never- Many have found that volun- defund programs that pro- teering to protect the nature Resiliency is the ability to re- of this cen- tect our environment, pro- ending need with an within us all provides an even cover readily and repeatedly. tury. Even vide access to public lands, everlasting resource: more profound connection. It is an essential characteristic so, there is and respond to catastrophic people who care. Love of nature is a perpet- of longevity. more de- climate change. Federal bills Goodell ual resource that not only in- The Trail Conference is a re- mand, and to defund AmeriCorps, Fish creases the resiliency of our silient organization. We have need, for our and Wildlife, and the EPA, as park systems, but will also been true to our core mission services now well as dismissive talk about help us conquer problems for our 97 years of existence, than ever climate change and science tion or fundraising. But there both local and global. So when making sure that people of before. This is predictable as in general, have become reg- have been, and always will be, you consider helping the Trail the greater New York metro- operating budgets of parks ular headlines. The turmoil to people eager to care for and Conference, know that it is politan area have been able to have declined or remained come is of real concern. grow trail networks and other about more than trails and enjoy trail outings countless stagnant while acreage and Yet the Trail Conference ways to connect with nature. maps. Your support of this times. There have been good usage have gone up. In the last will persevere. As a steward of Where does this perpetual organization is about building times and bad, including the several years, we have noticed the organization’s legacy, our impulse come from? the capacity and resiliency of Great Depression and World a growing number of destina- resiliency is something that is Many have commented the outdoor recreation system War II, and decades of vora- tions are becoming unsustain- always on my mind. The Trail on an innate human desire in your neighborhood and the cious development while de- ably popular, apparently driv- Conference carries on because to experience nature. After larger region. Together we can mand for outdoor recreation en by the explosive pace of we respond to a never-ending evolving as hunter-gatherers do this. has soared. information on the internet. need with an everlasting re- for 10,000 generations, simply We face trying times now. To help mitigate the impact source: people who care. Our walking in the woods con- In some ways, we are a casual- of overuse, we have deployed members, donors, staff, and nects us with a primal part of ty of our own success. We in- trail stewards to some of the especially our volunteers are the human experience. It is creased our trail stewardship most distressed locations and the key to our resiliency. The about as close as we can get to Edward Goodell from 1,300 miles to more than adjusted the way we promote Trail Conference’s strength who we were designed to be. Executive Director 2,100 over the first 15 years these areas, encouraging users has never been self-promo- People are drawn to parks and [email protected]

Trail Update Multi-Use Hutchinson Trail Lenape Trail Improvements Opens in Sterling Forest in the Works The Trail Conference

ROBERT FERNANDEZ thanks the Partners for SONA MASON equestrians, and mountain Health Foundation for west hudson bikers. their support of the Get program coordinator The trail is a joint project Outdoors Essex County of the Trail Conference, Ster- grant. This funding sup- The Trail Conference is ling Forest State Park, and ports the improvement pleased to announce the the New York State Office of and promotion of the official opening of a new, Parks, Recreation and Histor- Lenape Trail to engage single-track, multi-use trail ic Preservation. Thousands of Essex County residents at Sterling Forest State Park hours of labor have gone into in healthy activities. With on Saturday, March 25, at 11 the building of this trail by the this grant, the Trail Con- a.m. The 3.5-mile Hutchinson Trail Conference’s Palisades ference aims to promote Trail heads southward from Crew, alongside many local the Lenape Trail and the the caretaker parking lot off hiking and mountain-biking 19 parks it connects, as of Long Meadow Road, where volunteers, who often worked well as to engage people the ribbon-cutting ceremo- long into the winter, after most in outdoor volunteerism. ny will take place, through a trail crews had packed their This year, the Trail beautiful hemlock forest. It tools away for the season. Conference has hired a joins up with the Red Back The trail has been designed part-time Lenape Trail Trail, passing by the Red Back to incorporate a pleasing sense field manager, funded by mine and smoker, remnants of of flow, with speed controls Partners for Health. The the early days of iron mining and good sight lines for har- field manager will provide at Sterling Forest. The south- Work in one is welcome to help us monious use. An eastern loop, GPS inventory and as- ern terminus is at the South restore these sections of the the Eagle Mountain section, is sessment data on the trail, Gate Road parking lot, near Progress trail, as well as build the currently under development. oversee project comple- the junction of Buttonwood multi-use Eagle Mountain Once completed, it will join tion, collect and coordi- Drive. Please note that the Red Trail. No experience is with the Hutchinson Trail to nate historic materials Former Sterling Forest park Back Trail is currently open necessary! We’ll teach you create a 7-mile loop. on the trail, and provide manager Jeffrey Hutchinson, to foot traffic only. A few everything you need to Please join us for a hike/ training to volunteers. after whom the new trail is steep sections still need to know to help build sustain- ride on the new trail after the If you’re interested in named, will cut the ribbon. It be remediated before the able trails for generations ceremony. Wear comfortable getting involved with this was his wish to open up this trail can be considered safe to enjoy. Call 201.512.9348 shoes, dress for the weather, fascinating urban trail, area of the park to a diverse for horseback riding and or email volunteers@ and bring water and a lunch. email volunteers@nynjtc. group of users for non-motor- mountain biking. Every- nynjtc.org for more info. For more details, visit bit.ly/ org for more info. ized travel, including hikers, tc-hto17.

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Rock the Ridge Raises make it an event that is Wildflowers Exhibition Each artist may submit Shop AmazonSmile, Funds for Conservation accessible to a wide range of Call for Entries digital images of up to three Support Trails participants, who commit artworks for an entry fee of The Trail Conference is to raising a minimum of The Trail Conference is $15. The works should depict Give back to your favorite participating as a fundraising $250 in support of the accepting submissions or be inspired by wildflow- trails at no cost to you when partner in Rock the Ridge, Mohonk Preserve and other of artwork for a group ers. Species that grow in this you shop AmazonSmile. the 50-mile endurance causes such as the Trail exhibition depicting general area are preferred, When you make purchases challenge taking place for Conference’s conservation wildflowers. Works done in but not required. Work must at bit.ly/tc-as, Amazon will the fifth year on May 6 efforts. Registration is open all two-dimensional media be framed and ready for donate 0.5 percent of the through Mohonk Preserve through April 29. To join the will be considered, including hanging. Email your submis- purchase price on eligible or- and Minnewaska State Trail Conference team, enter photography. The exhibition sions to brendan@nynjtc. ders to the Trail Conference. Park Preserve. The 24-hour the code “NYNJTC” during is scheduled to run June 2 org. Submission deadline is Thanks to our supporters for time limit and carefully registration. Learn more at through Sept. 29 at Trail Monday, April 17. For more raising $97.49 in the fourth maintained carriage roads rocktheridge50.org. Conference Headquarters. info, visit bit.ly/tc-wfe17. quarter in 2016! 4 | Spring 2017 TRAIL WALKER • NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY TRAIL CONFERENCE nynjtc.org Matching Challenges Double— and Triple!—Your Gift to Trails AMBER RAY

JENNIFER ZACK AMBER RAY membership and Long-Distance waska State Park Preserve, development manager Trails Memorial Catskill Forest Preserve). The Tuxedo Trails Project is also As Trail Conference staff and Grant eligible for this match. volunteers gear up for peak This fund was created to MINIMUM DONATION: trail-improvement season, sev- honor the memory of $500, with the option to eral donors have ramped up volunteer Jakob Franke, pledge your amount over their efforts to ensure we’re whose contributions to the several years able to keep local trails open Long Path and Shawangunk MATCH TYPE: Ramapo and safe for everyone to ex- Ridge Trail were immeasur- Dollar for dollar (1-to-1) Trails Fund plore. These generous donors able. The donor will match INSTRUCTIONS: Write are sharing a little bit of trail your gift of $500 or more to “Long Distance Trails” or the Your gift of any amount magic by doubling—or tri- benefit the Trail Conference’s name of an eligible park in will be double-matched pling—your gifts to five funds work on the Long Path, the special instructions box to support trail improve- that support the Trail Confer- Shawangunk Ridge Trail, or when donating online, or in ments in Ramapo Valley ence’s work across the region. any public parkland through the memo line when writing County Reservation and Here’s your chance to turn which either of these trails a check. Donor matching adjoining properties in your dollars into extra miles of runs (examples: Harriman funds will go to the Long Bergen County, N.J. trails to be enjoyed for years to State Park, Schunnemunk Path/Shawangunk Ridge MINIMUM DONATION: come. Put your money where Mountain State Park, Minne- Trail only. None your passion is! Here’s how. MATCH TYPE: $2 for every dollar contributed (2-to-1) INSTRUCTIONS: Write “Ramapo Trails” in the special instructions box when donating online or in the memo line when writing a check.

Zakim Tool Fund Tuxedo Trails Improvement Project Donations to the Zakim Catskills Summit Steward Fund fund go toward the Donations will fund re- OPPORTUNITY: Dona- purchase of trail-building construction and improve- tions of $500 or more will Donations will support our MINIMUM DONATION: tools and equipment. ments to Harriman trails be additionally matched by growing Summit Steward None MINIMUM DONATION: accessible from Tuxedo, the Long Distance Trails program in the Catskills. MATCH TYPE: None N.Y., including the Rama- Memorial Fund (until that After two successful seasons Dollar for dollar (1-to-1) MATCH TYPE: po-Dunderberg (built in fund reaches its limit). aiding and educating hikers, INSTRUCTIONS: Dollar for dollar (1-to-1) 1921) and Kakiat trails. INSTRUCTIONS: Write we are looking to expand Write “Catskills Summit INSTRUCTIONS: Write MINIMUM DONATION: “Tuxedo Trails” in the spe- the program to other Steward Fund” in the “Zakim Tool Fund” in the None cial instructions box when locations to help even more special instructions box special instructions box MATCH TYPE: donating online or in the people have a fun, safe, when donating online, or when donating online or Dollar for dollar (1-to-1) memo line when writing a and responsible time on in the memo line when in the memo line when DOUBLE MATCH check. the trails. writing a check. writing a check.

MRCC/Trail DANIELLE RICHARDS Memorial to Conference 5K Honor Jakob Race & 3K Walk Franke May 20 Set for May 21 Friends and family will Join us for the third annual honor the extraordinary Mahwah Regional Chamber of life and service of Jakob Commerce/Trail Conference Franke, a tireless volunteer 5K Race & 3K Walk at Trail and remarkable leader who Conference Headquarters on dedicated himself to the Sunday, May 21. Starting at Trail Conference’s mission Trail Conference Headquar- for nearly a quarter century, ters at the restored Darlington at a memorial service on Schoolhouse, the relatively Saturday, May 20, at Trail flat, 3.1-mile course features Conference Headquarters. the scenic Ramapo Reserva- Further information on the tion and River, the beautiful memorial will be posted at enthusiasm. He was awarded Hunt & Polo Club neighbor- The course finishes back at both the Trail Conference and nynjtc.org/events. the Trail Conference’s highest hood, and Ramapo College’s the Darlington Schoolhouse, MRCC. For more info and to Jakob’s influence extended honor, the Raymond H. historic Havemeyer House. where food, an awards cere- preregister, visit bit.ly/tc-5k17. beyond his passion for Torrey Award, just five days The course follows a combi- mony, and free tours await. If you’re interested in volun- trails and trail lands to the before his passing on Nov. nation of paved roads, wide On-site registration opens at teering at the event, email volunteers he recruited with 10. His legacy will impact woods roads, and well-main- 7:30 a.m.; start time for the [email protected] or call his friendly, welcoming outdoor recreationists for tained grass and dirt trails. 5K is 9 a.m. Proceeds benefit 201.512.9348. attitude and infectious generations to come. nynjtc.org TRAIL WALKER • NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY TRAIL CONFERENCE Spring 2017 | 5

PEOPLE FOR TRAILS A quarterly look at some of what we have been doing to improve public access to nature. TRAILS FOR PEOPLE The Restoration of the Long Pond Ironworks Bridge

PHOTOS: TRAIL CONFERENCE; CENTER: KEVIN SIMPSON he rebuilding of the 1 4 professionally engineered bridge at Long Pond bridge blueprints, a topo- Ironworks State Park graphic site survey map, Tcrossing the Wanaque Riv- river cross-section, soil in- er—washed away in 2011 by formation, letters of support Hurricane Irene—was final- from local archaeologists, ly completed at the end of environmental impact as- 2016. How could a “simple” sessments, and more.

hiking trail footbridge take 14. APRIL 2016: The final so long to rebuild? We break permit is received. The fol- down the process. lowing month, Tibor fords the river for measurements FEBRUARY 2012: The while Steve Bianco of Marl- Trail Conference works on boro Mountain Construc- a New Jersey Recreation- tion assists. al Trails Program (RTP) 5. SEPTEMBER 2016: grant application to help 2 5 Ground is broken for the fund construction of a new project. Marlboro Mountain bridge. Due to bank ero- Construction, with help sion, the old, 30-foot cross- from Trail Conference staff, ing now needs to be 70 feet begins construction of the long. abutments. Paul Frost, JANUARY 2013: The RTP President of the Friends is awarded by the New Jer- of Long Pond Ironworks, sey Department of Environ- Though the bridge 6 is on hand to ensure that mental Protection (NJDEP). is restored, we still nothing of historical or have lots of need Staff turnover at the Trail 3 archaeological significance Conference puts the project for volunteers in the is disturbed. on hold for several months. area. If you’re 6. OCTOBER 2016: The interested in giving 11. APRIL 2014: Scouting abutments, now completed, back to the hiking begins to plan construction. community, we’d love are almost 10 feet tall. Much This photo shows the cross- to hear from you! of these structures will be ing of the Highlands Trail, Email us at volunteers buried underground and in- Sterling Ridge Trail, and @nynjtc.org. 7 visible to hikers. Hasenclever Iron Trail from 7. NOV. 7, 2016: Trusses are the western bank of the Wa- delivered by Tahawus Trails. 8 naque at that time. Your an- Cold temps and rain don’t kles would get wet without a stop volunteers, includ- bridge, to say the least! ing several members of the 2. JULY 2015: Volunteer Long Distance Trails Crew, and professional engineer from contributing nearly Tibor Latincsics provides 100 hours to the project. the ability to survey the site 8. NOV. 15, 2016: After and prepare permits. His years of work, the bridge expertise is critical at every finally stands completed. stage of the project. Hikers can once again utilize 3. DECEMBER 2015: Trail the long-distance Highlands Conference staff, volun- Trail, access the historic teers, and NJDEP partners Hasenclever Iron Trail, and compile the large permit follow the Sterling Ridge packet for final submission Trail into Sterling Forest and approval. It contains State Park. Peter Dolan

Over a year ago, a pile of logs lean-tos were dismantled for This spring, the Batavia The German Hollow was delivered to the Catskill transport by the New York Kill shelter will be flown into Interpretive Center in Mt. State Department of Environ- its new site near the existing Lean-to Takes Flight Tremper, N.Y. They were mental Conservation (NYS lean-to. And then we get to destined to become two new DEC). Due to the remoteness work! The final steps involve lean-tos, thanks to a generous of their final locations, the putting the pieces together

NYSDEC grant from REI. One would lean-to bundles would need like Lincoln Logs—but we replace the German Hollow to be flown to their destina- need your help. Site prep, Lean-to that was crushed tions via helicopter. the construction of the foun- by trees in 2009. The other This January, the German dation, and the setting and would replace the Batavia Hollow lean-to took flight. spiking of logs, roof boards Kill Lean-to near Windham. It was successfully delivered and shingles is needed to In 2016, volunteers worked to its new site on Dry Brook make these new lean-tos safe through the heat and other Ridge. Special thanks to the and usable for the public. unsavory weather conditions NYSDEC Forest Rangers and For more info or to sign up to construct these lean-tos. the New York State Police to be part of Catskills history, Each piece was carefully la- Aviation Unit for their hard email [email protected]. beled, then the completed work in making it happen. Doug Senterman 6 | Spring 2017

CONSERVATION & ADVOCACY

AMBER RAY communications manager

Our voices are one of the most NY Lobby Days: powerful tools we have in ensuring trail lands remain protected, open, and safe for all people to access. That’s why Encouraging Trail Conference staff and volunteers traveled to Albany over several days this winter to speak with elected officials Support for about the importance of connecting people with nature. This year, we focused on the following issues: Trail Lands

FEBRUARY 7 Catskill Park Awareness Day As a member of the Catskill Park Coalition, the Trail Conference asked state representatives to support a $10 million “Catskills Package” derived from funding sources that include the Department of Environmental Conserva- tion Aid to Localities budget and the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF). This funding would directly impact our ability to improve the trail experience in the Catskills through support of our Trail & Summit Stewards of trails on Bear Mountain, In January, Governor Cuomo York State Greenway Gap MARCH 13 Program and our work as including the original sec- announced his commitment Analysis initiative out of Al- Park Advocacy Day managers of the Catskill Con- tion of the Appalachian Trail, to completing and connecting bany to help identify existing The Trail Conference sup- servation Corps. as part of the Bear Moun- the Empire State Trail. This trails, proposed trails, trail ports the continued revital- tain Trails Project. It funds 750-mile, multi-use trail will projects, and missing gaps. ization of the New York State FEBRUARY 14 the Lower Hudson Partner- connect New York City with The Greenway has been ad- park system, home to a sig- EPF Day ship for Regional Invasive the Canadian border via the opted by the Empire State nificant number of trails that In January, Governor Andrew Species Management, for Hudson River Greenway and Trail as a working framework we maintain and monitor for Cuomo proposed a $300 mil- which the Trail Conference Champlain Canalway Trails, upon which to build a fully invasive species. We met with lion appropriation for the serves as the host organiza- and Albany with Buffalo via connected Greenway Trail representatives to stress the 2017 Environmental Protec- tion. The EPF is an annual the Erie Canalway Trail. The from Battery Park in Man- importance of funding for tion Fund, continuing the avenue of support for Trail Empire State Trail will act as hattan to the Adirondacks. It state parks, particularly the historic funding level he es- Conference projects, and we a spine connecting many Trail is approximately 50 percent operating resources that keep tablished for the EPF last year. asked representatives to back Conference-maintained trails complete. The Trail Confer- our parks open. Inadequate The EPF directly supports the its full funding. through Westchester, Put- ence asked representatives to staffing of maintenance crews Trail Conference by funding nam, Dutchess, and Colum- support the completion of the and forest rangers affects park all New York State acquisi- MARCH 2 bia counties—and beyond. Greenway and Empire State accessibility and visitor safety. tion of public open space. The Empire State Trail The Trail Conference is an Trail and the increased access It is a perennial issue that we EPF funds our rehabilitation Advocacy Day active participant in the New it will bring to our trails. will continue to raise.

As a member of the New Jer- open space purchases. KIG sey Keep It Green (KIG) Co- will monitor the upcoming Momentum for alition, the Trail Conference state budget address and any helped secure a great victory proposed legislation closely last year when N.J. Governor in regards to funding for the Chris Christie approved leg- PILOT program and alloca- NJ Open Space islation to allocate long-await- tion of a portion of the Corpo- ed, voter-mandated funds for rate Business Tax, which funds open space, farmland, and open space, farmland, and historic preservation projects. preservation projects. Protection This victory was the result of This is a big year for the 18 months of advocacy work New Jersey Legislature—all both directly in the Statehouse seats are up for re-election in and through the coordinat- the Assembly and Senate. KIG Continues ed efforts of Keep It Green’s will be working to educate all members and their constitu- candidates on the importance encies. The Coalition, which of open space preservation. In represents more than 180 con- tandem with that effort, KIG servation-related organiza- is circulating a resolution of tions throughout the state, met Support for Open Space and is recently to discuss initiatives working to promote it in com- in 2017 and beyond. munities and counties across Top of the agenda is the state. If you think this is Payment in Lieu of Taxes something your town would (PILOT), a state-implement- like to adopt, message Keep It ed program that supports Green on Facebook, Twitter, municipalities’ efforts to pre- or Instagram for more details. serve open space. However, Lastly, we’ll be working with the program has seen funds Keep It Green in celebrat- greatly reduced since 2010. ing the inaugural New Jersey KIG wants to ensure that the Open Space Month in June. funds are properly allocated Additional information will be to the PILOT program so that available soon; check nynjtc. local governments are moti- org for details. vated to continue pursuing Adam Page Taylor nynjtc.org TRAIL WALKER • NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY TRAIL CONFERENCE Spring 2017 | 7

If You Go Revisiting Book Talk and Signing: Power on the Hudson by Robert Lifset When: Saturday, April the Battle for 21, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Location: Fort Lee Historic Park Visitor Storm King Center, Hudson Terrace, Fort Lee, N.J. KELLY LEWIS Description: Professor Lifset discusses the historic battle to save Storm King Mountain and its impact on environmentalism and the utility industry. Sponsored by the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference and the Palisades Interstate David hiked the entirety of the Highlands Trail in Park Commission. For New Jersey in 20 sections over 47 days. more information, call 201.512.9348, ext. 813. Discovering The beauty of the Hudson River an original case study of this As Lifset demonstrates, Valley was a legendary subject monumental event in environ- the environmental cause was for artists during the 19th cen- mental history, when a small greatly empowered by the fact New Jersey— tury. They portrayed its bucolic group of concerned local resi- that through this struggle, for settings and humans in harmo- dents initiated a landmark case the first time, environmen- ny with nature as the physical of ecology versus energy pro- talists were able to gain ac- and a Part of manifestation of God’s work duction. He follows the prog- cess to the federal courts. The on Earth. More than 100 years ress of this struggle, as Con cause was greatly advanced by later, those sentiments would Ed won approvals and permits adopting scientific evidence of be tested as never before. In early on, but later lost ground ecological change, combined Himself—on the the fall of 1962, Trail Confer- to concerned citizens and with mounting public aware- ence Conservation Chair Leo local organizations—includ- ness of the environmental con- Rothschild raised the alarm ing the Trail Conference—who sequences of energy produc- Highlands Trail that Consolidated Edison of were able to raise questions tion and consumption. These New York, the nation’s largest about the potential damage to became major factors sup- utility company, planned con- the habitat of Hudson River porting the case against Con At 43 years old, lucky in of all the hikes, including struction of a pumped-storage striped bass. Ed, spawning a range of new health, family, love, and points of interest, maps to hydroelectric power plant at Lifset uses the struggle over local, regional, and national financial stability, my life use, estimated distances, Storm King Mountain on the Storm King to examine how environmental organizations nonetheless felt devoid of parks/forests I’d see (18) and Hudson River, 40 miles north environmentalism changed and bequeathing to the Hud- something elemental. So, I counties I’d pass through of New York City. Over the during the 1960s and ’70s. He son River Valley a vigilant en- did what any soul-searching (six). It totaled 20 hikes and next 18 years, Con Ed’s clash also addresses the financial vironmental awareness. A new New Jerseyan would do—I over 100 miles. with environmentalists would challenges and increasingly balance of power emerged, decided to hike across the Actually doing the hikes culminate in the abandonment frequent blackouts faced by and energy companies would state to figure it out, guided was an entirely different of the project. Con Ed, along with the pres- now be held to higher stan- by the teal blaze of the matter. Every day was a new In Power on the Hudson, sure to produce ever-larger dards that protected the envi- Highlands Trail. and different adventure and author Robert D. Lifset offers quantities of energy. ronment. Don Weise A few years ago, I started logistical challenge, which I obsessively watching TV documented on my website, shows like Survivorman and davidmblanke.com. I started

JOHN TAYLOR Dual Survival, drawn to on January 6, my birthday. them for a reason I couldn’t I hiked across the High- explain. I had gotten into lands Trail to be with me hiking later in life, at 37 and the beauty of the world. years old. My only real out- I hiked it to pause the texts, doors experiences growing emails, likes, follows, tweets, up were on a Jewish teen and other madness. I hiked tour out West when I was it because I wondered, with 15. Yet I felt compelled to go the onslaught of real estate into the woods, on my own. development happening in I read a lot and studied a lot, New Jersey, if there might trying to eliminate the fear not be any real forest— of the unknown. I started anything wild—left in the slow, then eventually im- coming years. mersed myself in exquisitely The biggest lesson I wild places like Norvin learned: Exploration is the Green, Abram Hewitt, and lifeblood of the fully lived Wawayanda. life. By challenging our- Deeper research was selves to do things we have required to hike the entire- never done before, maybe ty of the Highlands Trail even seemingly outrageous in N.J. My first step in this things, we forge a strength adventure was to become a that we never believed was mapmaker, piecing together possible from a place we trail and road maps, so I never knew was there. LG Groundbreaking a ‘Win-Win’ could visualize the whole trail as one. I mentally David M. Blanke is an avid The Trail Conference and four other conservation groups joined LG Electronics at a walked the trail inch by hiker and nature skills en- groundbreaking ceremony for the new LG North American headquarters in Englewood inch, mile by mile, breaking thusiast. He lives in Edgewa- Cliffs, N.J., on Feb. 7. The groups had previously raised concerns about the original it down into digestible daily ter with his wife and three proposed height of the building adjacent to the New Jersey section of the Palisades hikes that ranged anywhere children. When David is not Interstate Park. A lawsuit was filed in 2012 by the New Jersey State Federation of from 3 to 10 miles long, hiking, he helps high-growth Women’s Clubs, Scenic Hudson, and Trail Conference members Margo Moss and Jakob identifying the starting and startup companies build for Franke. A series of grassroots advocacy efforts to persuade LG to build below the tree ending points by the circled success, including team out- line followed. LG and the groups reached agreement in 2015 on a new design, which all “P” on the map. I compiled ings to develop self-reliance parties celebrated as a “win-win” solution. Read more at bit.ly/tc-lg17. a play-by-play spreadsheet skills in nature. 8 | Spring 2017 TRAIL WALKER • NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY TRAIL CONFERENCE nynjtc.org Trail Conference MATT SIMONELLI Leads Regional

Invasives Work Trillium Invasive Species Management treats giant hogweed.

Aquatic Invasive were surveyed for aquatic in New York Species invasives. Volunteer stewards In aquatic systems, inspected 1,317 boats at three LINDA ROHLEDER Learn More 2016 Statistics prevention is the best method launches along the Hudson director of of dealing with invasive River, and spoke with 3,300 land stewardship To find out more species. That’s because once boaters. An additional 2,700 about what the Lower 44 a water body is invaded, people were reached at The challenge of protecting Hudson PRISM is Invasive species treatment becomes very events. In addition, SOLitude our environment from inva- doing to combat targeted difficult, costly, or simply Lake Management worked to sive species is ever-present invasives, visit lhprism. impossible. Hudson River survey the Croton River for in the greater New York met- org and our Facebook Sloop Clearwater, based hydrilla tubers and monitor ropolitan area, where glob- page @LHPRISM. 99 in Beacon, N.Y., heads the the population growth of al commerce invites global Eradication projects LHPRISM aquatic program. this aggressive invader first threats into our area. New In 2016, 40 locations spotted in the river in 2013. York State has pledged in- er Hudson PRISM program

creasing support for the issue coordinator. 185 Events held of combatting invasive spe- The LHPRISM is made up Southern Pine Beetle cies—$12 million last year, of more than 45 partner or- Monitoring which was nearly double ganizations. The Trail Con- 472 from 2015. As leaders of the ference guides these partners Acres treated In May and June, LHPRISM Lower Hudson Partnership in developing strategies to participated in monitoring for for Regional Invasive Species ensure our invasive species southern pine beetle (SPB), Management (LHPRISM), management efforts will be 1,900 an invasive insect emerging the Trail Conference is doing of the most benefit. Col- Volunteers in our area. Fifteen volunteers our part to protect the rich lectively, we focus on likely checked 12 SPB traps. The biodiversity of the region. areas of introduction and monitoring effort took a total Lower Hudson PRISM is methods of early detection 11,115 of 174 volunteer hours that one of eight regional part- and rapid response. We gath- Hours donated contributed to the detection nerships in the state of New er and share information, en- of SPB at Bear Mountain, York funded by the Depart- gage volunteers, and educate Schunnemunk Mountain, and

ment of Environmental Con- the public. 57,000 Minnewaska state parks, and Individuals engaged servation through the Envi- Last year was very success- Roosa Gap State Forest. ronmental Protection Fund. ful in the fight against invasive through training The Trail Conference’s Di- species in the Lower Hudson sessions, presentations, and outreach rector of Land Stewardship, region. Here are some of BlockBuster Survey Linda Rohleder, is the Low- our achievements in 2016. trained 115 volunteers to The BlockBuster Survey survey for our focal invasive Partner Invasives focuses on searching for a plants for the BlockBuster plant. targeted list of invasive plant Survey program. The Lower Removals The New York Botanical species in 3x3-mile blocks Hudson region was divided LHPRISM partners have Garden, in collabora- throughout the Lower Hud- into 377 blocks, and 112 of teamed with the Trail Con- tion with the Bronx Riv- son Valley. By spreading our these blocks were assigned ference’s Invasives Strike er Parkway Reservation survey efforts and searching to our surveying volunteers. Force Conservation Corps Conservancy, conducted a in likely locations for inva- So far, we have received data Crew to manage invasives survey of the Bronx River sive species, we hope to fill in from 74 blocks—or close to 20 throughout our region. in Westchester to determine gaps in our knowledge about percent—of our total blocks We’ve seen success in the extent of the incised various species distributions, in the region and have iden- controlling hardy kiwi and fumewort infestation, first and also make some early de- tified several early detection its relative, silver vine, in detected in the river in 2005. tections. In July, our Cornell locations. We plan to run this Westchester County. Several partners also Cooperative Extension offices survey effort every year. To prevent the spread of worked with the ISF Crew mile-a-minute into northern on their preserves to Incised fumewort areas of New York, which conduct general invasives Education for Gardeners have not yet seen this inva- removals and hold volun- eral presentations throughout sive, our ISF Crew worked The ISF Crew also worked teer events. These partners Hudsonia LLC and the Cor- the region. The Cornell Coop- with Trillium ISM and with Trillium ISM, New include: Westchester Land nell Cooperative Extension erative Extension of Dutchess Scenic Hudson in Esopus, York City DEP, and Cornell Trust, Friends of Old Croton office in Rockland County County developed additional N.Y., focusing on creating Cooperative Extension of Aqueduct, Teatown Lake developed training on best training on native alternatives a suppression scenario by Putnam County to monitor Reservation, The Invasives management practices for to invasive ornamental plants, cutting into the population and control giant hogweed, Project-Pound Ridge, and common invasive plants in as well as other educational from the edges to contain it. a federally listed noxious Mianus River Gorge. home gardens and held sev- materials.

Have a love of nature, but have Our ISF programs include in- crew is made up of volunteers ronmental Conservation lab for Join the no idea what you’re looking at vasive plant surveying, invasive and Trail Conference Conser- evaluation. Endangered plant when you’re hiking? The Inva- plant removals, southern pine vation Corps members. Every- monitors are taught about rare sives Strike Force (ISF) offers beetle trap monitoring, and en- one is invited to help us dig up and endangered plant commu- Fight identification trainings and dangered plant monitoring. invasive plants on weekends nities along the Appalachian volunteer opportunities to give ISF surveyors take a one-day throughout the summer. Trail. They receive an assign- hikers and nature nerds the workshop teaching them inva- Our southern pine beetle trap ment of a species to find and Against chance to learn about ecology sive plant identification, survey monitors learn how invasive in- check on within a specified lo- and the role invasive species protocol, and how to operate a sects affect forest health. Trap cation. play in our parks. GPS unit. Surveyors are then monitors are assigned a beetle Interested in learning more Invasive ISF currently has four differ- assigned 1- to 2-mile trail seg- trap located along a ridge trail about the Invasives Strike Force ent programs giving volunteers ments to inspect for invasive in a New York State park or for- and becoming an ISF warrior in hands-on experience with iden- plants. Our ISF crew then goes est, which is checked every two the fight against invasives? Get Species tifying, surveying, monitoring, out to remove the invasives weeks. Trap contents are sent in touch at invasives@nynjtc. and removing invasive species. found by our surveyors. The out to the Department of Envi- org. Heather Darley nynjtc.org TRAIL WALKER • NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY TRAIL CONFERENCE Spring 2017 | 9

ble. That is, for every 100 feet grade reversal takes advan- design and build process, we ASK A TRAIL BUILDER of trail, elevation gain or loss tage of the land’s natural con- are doing our part to not only is 10 feet. tours, allowing water to drain develop sustainable hiking The maximum sustainable or shed off the trail. Read trails, but also protect hiking What are the characteristics grade is calculated by exam- more about grade reversals at trail lands. Through our use of a sustainable trail? ining the relationship be- bit.ly/tc-atb-gr. of these best practices, we tween such factors as the half Also helping to minimize can help educate the public breaking it down into five rule, soil type, watershed, erosion is the trail’s outslope. in the responsible use of key elements: climate, number of grade This is the downhill tilt of trails and the natural envi- 1. The Half Rule reversals, user type, number the tread, which should be ronment. 2. 10 Percent Average Grade of users, and difficulty level. at least 5 percent. Outslope, To get a firsthand look at Guideline To avoid the erosion seen also known as cross slope, these techniques, sign up for 3. Maximum Sustainable in the unsustainable trail allows water to drain or one of our trail design Grade sections in this diagram, shed off the trail. and layout workshops KEVIN SIMPSON 4. Grade Reversals grade reversals are used. A By imple- offered through the Bear Mountain Field Manager 5. Outslope grade reversal literally refers menting these Trail Conference’s Take a look at the diagram to reversing, or changing, elements award-winning to the right. The left side of the grade of a trail—going into the Trail University When designing and building the trail follows sustainable downhill to uphill, and then program at trails, the aim is to create design; the right side does back downhill again (or nynjtc.org/ a sustainable product. The not. vice-versa). Good volunteer. end result should be a trail In the sustainable trail, that fits into the surrounding notice the relationship Fall - Line Trail: Eroded, Rutted landscape lightly and with between the trail’s grade and and WIde little disturbance or negative side slope (the grade of the impact to the environment. mountain). A trail’s grade A sustainable trail will shouldn’t exceed half the require less maintenance, grade of the side slope. This Trail on Flat: Eroded, Muddy provide positive user is the half rule. and Wide experiences, and withstand The second principle de- Rolling Contour Trail: the test of time. fines the average grade of an Undamaged We can understand what ideal trail as 10 percent, or as makes a trail sustainable by close to 10 percent as possi-

Hikers’ Can’t find your club? This list represents all Trail Conference member clubs whose dues are up-to-date. If you have questions about your club’s status, please ask Directory your officers to contact the Membership and Development team at 201-512-9348.

Mosaic Outdoor Mountain Club of The Outdoor Club, Inc. Hilltop Conservancy, Inc. Canal Society of New Jersey Greater New York, Inc. www.outdoorsclub.info www.hilltopconservancy.org http://www.mosaic-gny.org/joomla/ Harmony Hall - Jacob Sloat House Valley Stream Hiking Club Friends Of Garret Mountain www.friendsofharmonyhall.org Long Island Greenbelt www.meetup.com/vshclub friendsofgarretmountain.blogspot.com Trail Conference South Mountain Conservancy Inc. www.ligreenbelt.org Tenafly Nature Center SUNY Oneonta Outdoor Adventure Club www.somocon.org Association www.oneonta.edu/outdoors Flat Rock Brook Nature Association www.tenaflynaturecenter.org New Jersey Highlands Coalition www.flatrockbrook.org Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct, Inc. Sierra Club Mid-Hudson Group http://aqueduct.org/ Discover Outdoors Interstate Hiking Club newyork.sierraclub.org/midhudson/ www.discoveroutdoors.com www.interstatehikingclub.org RPH Cabin Volunteers Protect Our Wetlands, Water & Woods rphcabin.org Yeshiva University High School Chinese Mountain Club of New York (POWWW) Outdoors Club www.cmcny.org box292.bluehost.com/~powwworg Wappingers Greenway Trail Committee Shelton’s Shooters Sussex Long Path North Hiking Club Boy Scouts of America-Northern NJ Catskill Mountain Club 4-H Club www.schoharie-conservation.org Council www.catskillmountainclub.org www.nnjbsa.org Community Search and Rescue AMC Mohawk Hudson Chapter ADK North Jersey Ramapo Chapter www.commsar.org http://www.amcmohawkhudson.org/ Friends Of The Shawangunks www.hudsonhikers.org http://shawangunks.org/ ADK Mohican Chapter ADK Mid-Hudson Chapter Bellvale School www.adkmohican.org www.midhudsonadk.org Rip Van Winkle Hikers www.bruderhof.com/en/international http://newyorkheritage.com/rvw -directory/united-states/bellvale Hudson River Valley Greenway Nelsonville Greenway Committee www.hudsonrivervalley.com VillageofNelsonville.org Westchester Trails Association Hudson Highlands Gateway Task Force http://www.westhike.org www.TownofCortlandt.com Storm King Adventure Tours ADK New York Chapter www.stormkingadventures.com www.adkny.org New York Ramblers New York City Audubon Society, Inc. www.nyramblers.org www.nycaudubon.org Catskill 3500 Club Hunterdon Hiking Club www.catskill-3500-club.org www.hunterdonhikingclub.org Boy Scout Troop 8, Brooklyn Closter Nature Center Association www.closternaturecenter.org Friends of Van Cortlandt Park New Jersey Search and Rescue Inc. Protectors of Pine Oak Woods http://vancortlandt.org/ www.njsar.org www.siprotectors.org Friends of the Hackensack River Greenway in Teaneck SAJ - Society for the Advancement Musconetcong Mountain Thendara Mountain Club http://www.teaneckgreenway.org/ of Judaism Conservancy www.thendaramountainclub.org www.thesaj.org/ http://mmc.nynjtc.org Little Stony Point Citizens Association Mohonk Preserve www.littlestonypoint.org Adventures for Women East Hampton Trails Preservation www.mohonkpreserve.org www.adventuresforwomen.org Society Urban Trail Conference, Inc. www.ehtps.org Nassau Hiking and Outdoor Club www.urbantrail.org Salt Shakers Trail Running Club www.nassauhiking.org www.saltshakersrun.com TriState Ramblers The Nature Place Day Camp http://TSR.nynjtc.org/Schedules.html Black Rock Forest Consortium Inc. http://thenatureplace.com/ Town of Lewisboro http://www.blackrockforest.org/ www.lewisborogov.com/parksrec Southampton Trails Preservation Boy Scouts of America, Troop 21 Society NYC Outward Bound Center New York Alpine Club http://southamptontrails.org/ www.nycoutwardbound.org/ German-American Hiking Club www.nyalpine.com http://gah.nynjtc.org/ University Outing Club Friends of Pelham Bay Park Morris County Park Commission www.universityoutingclub.org http://www.pelhambaypark.org/ The Storm King School www.morrisparks.net http://www.sks.org WWW Boy Scout Troop 121-Hudson Valley The Highlands Natural Pool http://www.weishike.com/ Council Lake Hopatcong Foundation www.highlandsnaturalpool.org 10 | Spring 2017 TRAIL WALKER • NEW YORK-NEW JERSEY TRAIL CONFERENCE nynjtc.org

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Many of your maps show trail mileages directly on the front. MAP TALK How are these mileages calculated?

As the Trail Conference cartographer for nearly and just this past fall, Kit- use my GIS software to edit 10 years, I have received praises on the quality of tatinny and Sterling Forest. the data and produce clean our maps, as well as many inquiries about them. Many users find them ex- trail lines. I then use elevation The purpose of this column is to share some answers tremely helpful for planning data to create elevation- to questions I regularly receive. If you have a or navigating, so we examine corrected lines, since the whether mileage numbers terrain in our area can add question about our maps, email [email protected] can be included with every upwards of 20 percent to and include “Map Talk Question” in the subject line. JEREMY APGAR map revision. flat-line distances. Once these Your question might appear in the next issue of Trail Conference Cartographer The source of the mileage lengths are calculated, we Trail Walker. numbers has varied with each often compare a sample map. For our Harriman-Bear against known wheeled Mileage numbers—a Mountain map, all trails had lengths as a verification step. much-requested feature—first been wheeled for our Harri- Aside from Sterling Forest, appeared on our 2010 Catskill man Trails book, so this data- which also had a reliable Trails map. To create an set formed the basis of the dataset of wheeled measure- accurate dataset of mileages, mileage numbers. To address ments, the remaining maps volunteers Dave and Carol recent relocations and new have all primarily relied on White with the Adirondack trails, we used GPS-derived, GIS-calculated mileages. Mountain Club provided elevation-corrected mileages For these reasons, readings wheeled measurements of calculated using ArcGIS. from your GPS unit or mobile nearly all trails on the map. ArcGIS is the professional device might differ from the They physically walked the Geographic Information Sys- map mileage. But I and our trails with a measuring wheel, tems (GIS) software that I use dedicated volunteers take capturing every zig and zag. to organize trails data. Trail great care in ensuring the Since 2010, we have placed routes are typically captured mileages are as accurate as mileage numbers on more by volunteers using handheld possible. If you’re interested than half our maps, including GPS units; since mileage in collecting data that can go Harriman-Bear Mountain, information collected by the into making the maps, email South Taconic, West Hudson, devices can be unreliable, I me at [email protected].

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Campgaw Mountain County county approval for the similar Reservation in Mahwah, N.J., loop plan at the county-owned is in most seasons a refuge Campgaw Reservation. from the crowds across the Campgaw’s loop network road at Ramapo Valley Coun- comprises the following trails: ty Reservation. Campgaw’s 9 Old Cedar Trail: red; hub miles of hiking trails include a of Campgaw trail system that panoramic view from a moun- loops 2.8 miles and connects taintop shared by skiers during with all other trails; rated winter months. As of Febru- moderate ary, the trail system is easier Rocky Ridge Trail: blue; for newcomers to navigate loops 1.6 miles from Park through reconfiguration into a Drive parking lot and access- six-loop network. es NYC skyline views atop Campgaw’s new look is a Campgaw Mountain; rated consequence of the successful moderate implementation of a 9-mile, Hemlock Trail: orange; five-loop network that was in- loops 0.7 mile around Fyke augurated last August in the Pond; rated easy Ramapo Reservation’s core Dogwood Lane: pink; recreational area. One of loops 1.1 miles from Park Bergen County’s goals in ap- Drive parking lot; rated easy proving a loop system was to Backslope Trail: yellow; FEATURED reduce the increasing number loops 1 mile on west side of of lost hiker calls from inex- mountain from Old Cedar perienced trail users. Happily, Trail; rated moderate Parks Superintendent Todd Silver Trail: silver; loops HIKE Cochran reports that the loop 1.45 miles from/to south network has achieved that goal side of Old Cedar Trail; rated at Ramapo Reservation. This easy-to-moderate outcome contributed to speedy The Campgaw trail loop Details plan was proposed by Trail Chair Chris Connolly and Trail: Six loops New Jersey Program Coor- Park: Campgaw dinator Peter Dolan, with Mountain County input from Campgaw Trail Reservation, Bergen Supervisor John Moran. Six County, N.J. weeks after obtaining Bergen Difficulty: Easy to County approval, John Moran moderate completed all reblazing neces- Length: 9 miles total sary to establish the loop sys- Dogs: Allowed on leash tem. For detailed hike descrip- tions of the Campgaw trail Features: Views, network, visit bit.ly/tc-cmcrh. historic features Chris Connolly

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