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New Destination Signs at Danforth

In September 2020, Gordon Taylor made four new signs  for the Danforth Brook area. There were three destination signs and a marker for the summit of Barretts Hill.  The signs were needed to highlight the various routes away from the Read more…


Downed Tree cleared at Wilder Pond

On September 16, Bob Roemer, Rebecca Longvall and Steve Rothman responded to the report to The Bolton Conservation Trust of a downed tree on the Wilder Pond Trails (boltontrails.org/map14). They also followed up on a previous effort by Rebecca and Read more…


Blocked Trails Cleared at Danforth Brook

On Wednesday September 9 a team of Steve Rothman, Larry Kunz, Betsy Taylor-Kennedy and Gordon Taylor got together for a socially distanced and masked effort to clear trails at the Danforth Brook area where recent storms had brought down several Read more…


Annie Moore Trail Work

A downed tree was removed from the trail near Annie Moore Road.  Additionally, a sign which had been taken down along with a fallen tree has been rehung near Bolton-Stow junction.


Wind damage at Rattlesnake

Bob and Alice Roemer cleared three trees at Rattlesnake on Saturday  August 15. The cooler weather made this a much more pleasurable job than it would have been a day or two earlier. It appears that stronger winds (microbursts?) seem Read more…


Blockages on the cart track at Gould-White

The early August 2020 storm brought down an old and rotten tree over the cart track on the Gould-White area, adjacent to the Wallie land and very close to the intersection with Sawyer Road. Gordon Taylor and Betsy Taylor-Kennedy cleared Read more…


Blocked trails at Bowers

A large tree fell on the Bowers Springs property during the early August 2020 storm. It was blocking two trails; the main trail as it descends from the allee, and the connection over the “big bridge” to  the Held CR Read more…


Tree blow down at Annie Moore cleared

The early August 2020 storm brought down a tree just south of the Bolton-Stow intersection with the cart track to the Annie Moore Rd cul-de-sac. Another tree with a trail sign about 100′ south from there had also fallen. On Read more…


Damage Repaired at Rattlesnake

On 4 August 2020, the remnants of Hurricane Isaias caused damage on the Rattlesnake property. Bob and Alice Roemer reacted immediately and within 24 hours the trails and bridges were repaired. More effort by a group will be required later Read more…


Gould Memorial Trail Cleared

The trail was very overgrown at the parking lot on Wattaquadock Hill Road where the Gould Memorial Trail starts. This is a primary route to the Welch Pond area. So Gordon Taylor weed whacked and used hedge shears to clear Read more…