May 4, 2021
Greg repaired some broken boards on the long bridge through the swamp at Annie Moore. However the underlying wood is rotting and needs to be replaced. The Trails Committee will add this to their project list.
April 19, 2021
Boy Scouts from Bolton’s Troop 1 spent time at the Wilder Farm property on Sunday clearing trails of significant blowdowns and brush. This property sees overgrowth with thorn bushes and brush which make some trails nearly impassable during the warmer Read more…
April 3, 2021
The team of Bob Roemer, Rebecca Longvall and Gordon Taylor has made a lot of maps for installation at various trail heads. The maps were made by Gordon, the encapsulation and site identification were done by Rebecca, and the wooden Read more…
March 9, 2021
Two trees have fallen recently. One near the Whitcomb quarry and another near junction 2E on the Boulder Trail in the vicinity of Rattlesnake Hill (Map 6 in the guidebook and online). Bob and Alice Roemer responded quickly and the Read more…
January 14, 2021
Recent storms have inflicted serious damage on some trees at Bowers Springs.The fallen trees have created their own problems such as the destruction of the wire debris trap over this culvert. In some cases this has caused trails to be Read more…
Gordon Taylor made new direction signs for the hard-to-see Powder House trail where it meets the old cart track at the gas pipeline on Powder House Hill. He also made a sign to indicate the best route to Bolton Town Read more…
On Sunday 11 January 2021 Larry and Gordon cleared blown down trees that were blocking the paths at Fyfeshire and at the Wilder Farm area. There were also a few small logs that lay across the trails and could have Read more…
December 20, 2020
In Mid-November a resident pointed pout that some trees had fallen on the trails from the Town Common to Powder House Hill. The result was that a “desire path” was starting to appear around the blockage. A few days later, Read more…
December 16, 2020
Greg and Bridget cleared five areas within the Annie Moore conservation property which had downed trees and limbs. The clearing of one downed tree is pictured below. Two buck and three doe are regularly visible in the property which is Read more…
October 23, 2020
A team led by Larry Kunz has restarted the work to improve the seriously eroded trails at Bowers Springs by covering up roots with loam tailings generously donated by a local company. https://www.townofbolton.com/conservation-commission/news/new-material-trail-bower-springs-continued Larry was helped by Keith Silver with Read more…