The website of Bolton Trails Committee. Maps, routes, paths and events on conservation land in Bolton Massachusetts
October 8, 2024
The Bridge Project has continued apace. The team of Chris DeMers, Larry Kunz, Keith Silver, Drew Schaubhut and Gordon Taylor, assisted by Henry Jacobsen, built or replaced four more mixed use bridges and crossings at the Moen area of Vaughn Read more…
August 11, 2024
In July and August 2024 more wooden structures were put into place by the team which at various times consisted of Larry Kunz (assisted by his granddaughter, Isabel), Keith Silver, Chris DeMers, Drew Schaubhut, and Gordon Taylor. The next phase Read more…
July 3, 2024
On Saturday 29 June 2024 Larry Kunz, George Lewinne, and Larry’s grandaughter Izzy did some exploration and clearing around the clogged entry and exit areas of the blocked culvert that’s been overflowing for the past year or so. Nobody Read more…
In June 2024, work continued on building the wooden structures for 2 more bridges in the Moen area associated with the Vaughn Hills Conservation property. The team consists of Drew Schaubhut. Larry Kunz, Chris DeMers, Keith Silver and Gordon Taylor, Read more…
July 1, 2024
On 25 May 2024, The Bolton Trails Committee hosted a chainsaw safety training session led by Steve Schneider. 12 members of the volunteer trail maintenance team took part. This was largely a theoretical session and demonstration of basic techniques for Read more…
January 13, 2024
In 2022 Bolton was awarded a State grant to build a set of multi-use bridges after a first class effort by Cynthia Ayotte. These bridges are to be suitable for many types of trail users. The award was noted in Read more…
During the last two years, Trails Committee members Drew Schaubhut, Gordon Taylor, Larry Kunz and Rebecca Bucciaglia assisted by Abbie Maguire, Winslow Green and Betsy Taylor-Kennedy have been working on a new set of trails in the Ballville Road area Read more…
October 17, 2023
The 2023 weather has caused many trees to fall and block trails, also the good growing conditions have encouraged the undergrowth to spread onto trails in many places, sometimes with a lot of poison ivy. Volunteers have cleared worked with Read more…
July 1, 2023
There have been reports that the Vinger-Venable Trail near the shared driveway to Berlin Road was overgrown to the extent that it had become impassable, and that beavers had settled in to the swamp to create a sizeable pond. In Read more…
June 29, 2023
Vaughn Hills: A large tree fell at Vaughn Hills bringing down other tree and blocking the path from Bare Hill Road to the Beaver Pond. There was also a smaller tree causing a minor obstruction on the same path. This Read more…
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