May 24, 2022
On Friday 20 May 2022, Gordon Taylor checked out some trails at Bowers Springs and Vaughn Hills as preparation for their use as part of the route for the Tom Denney Nature Camp hike in the Summer of 2022. Three Read more…
May 14, 2022
Alice & Bob Roemer recently spent two productive afternoons pulling the very largest of the euonymus alatus (one 3 ½” diameter!) on the path north from the Lime Kiln. Then they started working on the smaller ones that can’t be Read more…
The spur trail off of the Zink-Northwoods trail in Harvard, on land owned and managed by the Harvard Conservation Trust, was closed off in early May 2022. The trail has been removed from Bolton Trails Committee maps (https://boltontrails.org/map5 and https://boltontrails.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Town-Wide-trail-map-May-2022.png) Read more…
February 19, 2022
On Saturday 19 February 2022 a walker reported a downed tree about 100 yards from the Ledgewood Circle trailhead on the Zink-Northwoods trail. This dead oak tree had obviously fallen very recently and would have been an obstruction to skiers Read more…
February 18, 2022
On Thursday 17 February 2022 Larry Kunz and Gordon Taylor, assisted by Betsy Taylor-Kennedy cleared a downed white pine in an icy section of the connection from Bowers Springs to Bare Hill Road that crosses the high bridge over Bowers Read more…
Bolton Conservation Commission Work, Bolton Conservation Trust Activities, Latest News, Wildlife Sightings
January 25, 2022
Keith Silver has made a 10-minute video with several clips taken on his wildlife cameras located on the west side of town. Racoon, coyotes, bobcats, herons, deer, possum, beaver, turkeys and plenty of birds plus lots more. Click here to Read more…
December 24, 2021
Drew Schaubhut cleared some blockages and checked out the trails at Vinger-Venable on Christmas Eve 2021:
December 19, 2021
Winged euonymus is an invasive plant and it’s all over Bolton’s conservation areas. One of the worst affected areas is the land near the Lime Kiln where the Trails Committee had a successful day of clearance earlier in 2021. However, Read more…
December 15, 2021
On Tuesday 14 December 2021, a team of Steve Rothman, Betsy Taylor-Kennedy and Gordon Taylor cleared two more blockages on the Moen land one near the parking lot in Bolton and another near the Harris Lane trailhead in Harvard:
December 12, 2021
Calling all Annie Moore property users: The trails are all clear! The Annie Moore property was cleared of three major fallen trees and several smaller ones on the trail system. Tree cleared not far from Annie Moore Road Read more…