A reminder about chainsaw safety:
Bolton is unusual in that it allows some volunteers from the Trails Committee to use chainsaws on Town property. We have that privilege because those of us that have taken the safety class are trusted. At this time, these individuals are the only volunteers that are allowed to do this work and they undertake to follow safely guidelines and wear protective gear.

Many members of the Team have been busy with the Color Coding project because of time constraints, so some items have languished.

Draft agenda:

1. Trust meeting.

2. Backyard Bolton.

3. Trust Acquisitions .Anything new?

4. Rattlesnake Bog Bridge 

5. Wilder

• Bridge Repair Repair with the same materials within the same footprint will not require an NOI. A replacement with different materials and/or footprint shall require a Notice of Intent. 

6. Scouts’ projects:

• Fyfeshire Bridge Repair
• Peach Hill Bridge repair
• Ballville Trash Removal
• Vaughn Hills Pond submerged boardwalk removal
• Wilder Road Map installation (Needs coordination with other groups)

7. Mass Trails Bridges State Grant update Bridges are complete! All that remains is tidying up…

We should be able to get started now!

Removal of waste and excess materials from Moen 

• • Reuse of old structures at Moen (Grace’s bridge, old bridges at VH4). Note: recovered “MTB jump” will not be moved to the mud patch because the trail will be re-routed
  • Remove tarps
  • Pile of pea stone and pile of graded base at Moen
  • There has been a report of some new wood left at one of the sites (covered in snow on a previous clean up)

Removal of waste at Annie Moore – delayed until warmer weather. Greg and neighbor (Vu Alexander) have been moving some waste as he takes his regular hikes. Volunteer days needed.

8. Volunteer newsletter

9. Bowers: Invasives Sessions, etc.

10. Hikes. Any more? Wildflower hike went ahead. Any more ideas?

11. Wildflower walk document. Should the Trust publish a hard copy (suggestion from Bob)?

12. Approved projects

• Rattlesnake/Skinner Land Bridge repair on Sawyer Grist Mill path
• Welch Pond Trail to Sawyer Road Gordon and Drew.  Needs maps and signs
• Vinger Venable Route clearance

13. Vinger Venable Route modification; needs ConCom approval.

14. Storage – Tidy the container – coordinate with Rebecca. 

15. Vaughn –

• Unauthorized mountain bike jumps. Blocking them off does not have an effect. Is there some signage that we can use?
• Trail re-routing near the Moen entrance; do we need to do anything?

16. Trail color coding. Work has started, implementation commences this month. Must be finished by the end of May.

Map https://boltontrails.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/6-Rattlesnake-Color-Code-draft-9-Apr-2025.pdf

Trail head maps installed https://boltontrails.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Rattlesnake-Field-Apr-2025-Draft-3.pdf

Lengths extracted from the gps tracks:

Yellow 1700 Meters = 5,577 feet 5.134 inches = 1.06 Miles – Needs markers and stickers
White 2277 Meters = 7,470 feet 5.669 inches = 1.4 miles – Done
Green 2331 Meters = 7,647 feet 7.654 inches = 1.5 miles – Done
Orange 2300 Meters = 7,545 feet 11.181 inches = 1.42 miles – In  progress
Blue 2596 Meters = 8,517 feet 0.724 inches = 1.6 miles – Done

17. Sign Database https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LUFOfmopVxOHxnb8QIkdiNJPjnd-nkSdTR8I0ifP_zk

18. Area Review https://www.trailcare.com/map

19. Deferred

Trails Guide print run – only 3 copies left in stock. Target is a 2026 edition available in the autumn. Continue with the delay until color coding completed. Also, see how Welch Pond, Derby Field and Wilder changes work out. Names of interested customers were collected at BYB

Wilder. 

Common driveway. Clearance of path. Nothing done probably. Maybe we need to schedule something?

Connection across Trustees land and private land. NOI needed and we have other priorities so this can be deferred.

Century Mill Update – Likely a Spring 2026 project.

Derby Field. Working draft map: https://boltontrails.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/19-Derby-Field-working-draft-5.pdf

• • Waiting for Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Program Action Grant Project – Future Resilient Field at Derby 

• • Clarification needed from the people at 580 Main Street; is there anything new?. 

• • Trail destination signs will be needed

20. Any other Business