Work Party at Bowers Springs
2019-09-21 - 2019-09-22, 2019-10-19 09:00 - 2019-10-20 15:00 UTC | Bowers Springs, Flanagan Road, Flanagan Road, Bolton, MA, 01740, United States
Join Bolton’s Conservation Commission and Trails Committee to help clear Bowers Springs.

Trail Walk at Rattlesnake Conservation area
2019-09-28 09:00 - 12:00 | Rattlesnake Conservation Area, Kime Kiln Parking Area, Route 117, Bolton, MA, 01740
Start off your Weekend on the right foot by joining Bolton Conservation Commission for a hike through our Rattlesnake Conservation Area, Bob Horton Loop trail!
The walk will begin at the trail head on Route 117 entrance to the Conservation property. The walk will traverse the Bob Horton Loop where we may come across various wildflowers.
We encourage you to bring your binoculars, cameras, questions or just enjoy being outdoors!
*Leave No Trace*
Parking: Limited off-road parking, TH1 off of Main Street (Rte 117)
Weather Policy: These areas are heavily canopied. We will plan to hold the event if sustained rain is light. The rain date option will be used if sustained rain is moderate to heavy, or in the event of thunder, lightning, and/or strong wind.
Recommended Gear: Participants should dress appropriately. We encourage participants to bring water, wear long pants, bug repellent, sunscreen, rain gear if applicable, and close toed shoes. No umbrellas please. Maps are available from the Conservation Agent.

Click here to read more

Trails Steering Committee Meeting
2019-10-07 19:00 - 21:00, 2019-12-02 19:00 - 21:00, 2020-01-06 19:00 - 21:00, 2020-02-03 19:00 - 21:00, 2020-03-02 19:00 - 21:00 | Houghton Building

Keyes Farm Open Space Walk
2019-10-26 10:00 - 12:00 | Keyes Farm Trail Head, Hudson Road, Bolton, MA, 01740, United States
Bolton Conservation Trust members, friends, volunteers and anybody that’s interested are invited to preview the new Keyes Trail on a ramble led by the Bolton Volunteer Land Steward. We will keep an eye open for trail updates and interesting information. This is a great opportunity to see how the developers in Bolton add to our precious open space and conservation efforts.
Meet at the gravel parking area on the left hand side of Hudson Road South next to the new Keyes Farm development.
GPS coordinates: 42,415859 -71,581843
For more information:
26 October 2019 Trail walk Keyes farm

Massachusetts Trails Conference
2019-10-31 - 2019-11-02 | Doubletree, Leominster, MA, United States
Mark your calendars now for October 31 – November 2 at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Leominster, Massachusetts for the 2019 MassTrails Conference, ‘Trails As Connections​.’

Trails Steering Committee Meeting
2019-11-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Houghton Building
Open to all.

Black Friday Walk
2019-11-29 10:00 - 12:00
Avoid the temptation to spend money on tings you don’t need by joining the Trails Committee on a walk in one of Bolton’s Conservation areas. Venue TBD.

New Year's Day Walk
2020-01-01 13:00 - 15:00 | Boltpon Town Common, 715 Main Street, Bolton, MA, 01740, United States
Powder House Conservation Area
Join Bolton’s Conservation Administrator and Bolton Trails Committee, on a two-hour ramble through Powderhouse Conservation Area, to explore the Conservation Area and trails!
There is a mix of terrain throughout the chosen route. The trail will start at Town Common, previously the location of a Mobil station which before its closing was one of the oldest Mobil stations run by the same family. The trail will then navigate throughout the parcels at the rear of Town Hall and Town Common. Some historical locations including the Powderhouse will be visited along the way. Stone walls and old Town roads will guide the group through deciduous forest toward a power easement.
We may also encounter deer, hawks, and other wildlife! Hope for snow for some winter tracks!
Start off the New Year on the right foot by walking the wilderness of Bolton!
Parking: Town Common parking area by trail head located at the intersection of Main Street (Route 117) and Wattaquadock Hill Road. Overflow parking will be a short walk away behind Town Hall, not the church (located at 663 Main street).
Weather Policy: We will plan to hold the event unless there are thunderstorms with lightning or extreme weather conditions.
Recommended Gear: Participants should dress appropriately. Dress for the cold. We encourage participants to bring water or hot tea. This time of year, there may be ice or snow on the trails please come prepared with appropriate footwear (micro spikes, crampons or snow shoes may be beneficial depending on the weather).
Pet Policy: Dogs are welcome if under direct control of owner; ON LEASH for the walk please. Attendees with dogs are limited one per adult hand and MUST remove and carry out all that their companion may bring into the property. Come prepared with bags to scoop your dog’s poop. No umbrellas please.

January Hike; Zink Property
2020-01-31 09:00 - 11:00 | Zink property, 41 Corn Road, Bolton, MA, 01740, United States
The January 2020 Trail Walk will be at the Zink Property
Park on Corn Road. GPS address 41 Corn Road.

See you there!
January 2020 Trail Walk

Hike at Moen Conservation Area (Vaughn Hills)
2020-02-28 10:00 - 12:30 | Moen Parking Area 42.467139, -71.625472, 257 Vaughn Hill Road, Bolton, MA, 01740, United States
https://www.townofbolton.com/conservation-commission/events/40863

Monthly Hike - Bolton Flats: Postponed until April 25
2020-03-27 10:00 - 12:00 | Bolton Flats Parking, Route 117/Main Steet Lancester/Bolton Town Line, Rte 117, Lancaster, United States
Bolton Flats

Bioblitz
2020-04-05
As we are all looking for new things to do with or without our families, here is something we can all participate in together while practicing social distancing!
Please register and participate in the Backyard BioBlitz!
For Bolton residents please use this link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-socially-distant-bioblitz-happening-right-in-your-own-backyard-tickets-100419453288?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-source=strongmail&utm-term=listing

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A BIOBLITZ IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD!
Participants can contribute observations from home
To help thwart the Covid-19 pandemic, thousands of events are being cancelled, schools are closed, and large groups are a thing of the past. What is a family to do? Well, there is no better time to explore the flora and fauna in your own backyard.
On April 5th, join us for a self-paced day of natural exploration that adheres to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. This BioBlitz is sponsored by Antioch University New England, and you can participate from your own house and yard.
A BioBlitz is a way of documenting the biodiversity of a property, town, or region by recording all of the species of plants, animals, fungi, and other organisms within a designated location and time period (In this case, 24 hours).
It could be a meal moth in your pantry, the amphibians calling across the road, the spiders in your house or under the gutters, or the weeds in the garden. Any living organism you find.
There is no time commitment – upload 1 photo or 100, anytime of day or night Sunday, April 5th. And you don’t need to be able to identify the plants or animals you find. If you can find a plant or wild critter and take a picture of it you can participate as a BioBlitz observer!

Please Register so we can contact you with any changes or updates. And please email your iNaturalist username to BOTH event coordinators : (See ‘Important Instructions’ below)

Steven Lamonde – slamonde@antioch.edu
Sara Lobdell – slobdell@antioch.edu

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS
In order for your observations to be included in the Socially Distant BioBlitz, you’ll need to take the following steps. Experienced iNaturalist users can skip to Step 3.

Log In or Sign Up for iNaturalist (www.inaturalist.org).
Download the iNaturalist App to your Smartphone (recommended) App for iOS (Apple products) or App for Android, or learn how to upload your camera photos to the iNaturalist website (www.inaturalist.org/pages/getting+started#web).
Email your iNaturalist username to event coordinators Steven Lamonde (slamonde@antioch.edu) and Sara Lobdell (slobdell@antioch.edu). This will guarantee we add your name to the project filter, which looks for observations from specific iNaturalist users (you!).
Open the Socially Distant BioBlitz iNaturalist project page. www.inaturalist.org/projects/socially-distant-bioblitz-4-5-2020
Click on the JOIN Button in the upper right of the project page so you can easily navigate back to the project from your iNaturalist home page. Note, this step does not replace Step 3!
Take photos and upload them to iNaturalist! The project will update in live time as observation are submitted the day of the event, so check in regularly to track our progress.

Trails Steering Committee Meeting. Now Online
2020-04-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Online: request details from info@taylor-kennedy.com for details
Send an email to info@boltontrails.org if you would like to attend.
Proposed agenda

Review the COVID-19 news and announcement or page for hikers.
Maps and the Trails Guide

Maps are almost complete online, but the base layer is broken for new maps.
Field Maps
2020 edition of printed guidebook: what should we put in it?

All Trails Club
Website
Events: All delayed until the end of May at the earliest, apart from online activities and things that can be done as individuals.

40 Caves Trail
Earth DayAdditionally for those who saw the Bolton Public Library Children’s post for “World Water Day Celebration”, There will be something similar for the Earth Day Celebration.It may be beneficial to put out an earth day activity each day that week. if people have ideas let me know.Discuss encouraging people to clean up trash while they are on the trails, or along roadsides. Beyond that there will not be an organized Event/congregation of any number of individuals. However maybe an opportunity for a social media activity “#earthday #carryincarryout #BTCCleanitUp” etc. for people to participate in on their own?

Recent Trail Maintenance
Area Review
Sign Inventory
Other Business

Montachusett Regional Trails Coalition Meeting: Cancelled
2020-04-07 09:00 - 10:30 | Doyle Center, Leominster

Work party for new trail to 40 Caves in Berlin. Postponed until further notice
2020-04-18 13:00 - 16:00
Work party planned for April 18 from 1-4pm. Need to clear understory on a proposed connector from Fyfeshire to a trail in Lancaster through Garfield Woods, to “40 Caves” and Franklin St.

Earth Day. Trail walks and clean ups. Postponed until further notice
2020-04-22
Details later

Monthly Hike - Bolton Flats: Postponed until further notice
2020-04-25 10:00 - 12:00 | Bolton Flats Parking, Route 117/Main Steet Lancester/Bolton Town Line, Rte 117, Lancaster, United States

Trails Steering Committee Meeting. Now Online.
2020-05-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Online: request details from info@taylor-kennedy.com for details
Send an email to info@boltontrails.org if you would like to attend.
Proposed agenda

Disappearing arrows – Annie Moore in particular – should we use paint?
Ad hoc trails (Rattlesnake in particular).
Guidebook, website, maps.

Base tile layer; preferences; Could be Open Street Map, OSM Piano or OSM Humanitarian
Guidebook content
Online maps
New trails to be added (or not) – Lancaster Road from Fyfeshire, connection from Welch Pond to Sawyer Road, Tadmor new trail.
Third Party Map use, e.g. http://masstrails.com

New field maps and other information signs.
Events

Delays
Lancaster Road connection
Monthly hike
Earth Day – what happened?

Trail work while under shelter in place guidelines
Sign Inventory (we didn’t really get to this last time)
Area review and known trails problems (big tree down at Fyfeshire, two trees down on Old Town Road, tree down at Haynes Wheeler; there must be more)
Anything else?

Trails Steering Committee. Online
2020-08-03 19:00 - 20:30
Online. If you would like to attend, please send an email to info@boltontrails.org for login information
Chairperson – Larry Kunz
Note taker – Hemali Parekh

Suggestions for agenda:

Events

COVID Guidelines for activities – trails maintenance and walks.
New activities.

Guidebook and maps

Status
Display maps (all segments used for measurement)

Website

updates if any

Signs

Field maps
Posts
Sign inventory

International Golf Club sale and Schultz Farm trail(s)
Brushing the trails at Rattlesnake (Alexis)
Area review umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/anonymous-edit/208600:n6ETPGWLnMDcac23Wovwb5y3YtE
Anything else?

September Trails Steering Committee Meeting
2020-09-14 19:00 - 21:00 | Online: request details from info@taylor-kennedy.com for details
This meeting will be on Zoom due to the COVID pandemic. It you would like more information please contact the Trails Committee: info@boltontrails.org
Agenda

HQ web page.
MRTC (Montachusett Regional Trails Committee) and MCRT (Mass Central Rail Trail).
Guidebook, website, maps.
New field maps and other information signs.
Events.
Area review
Anything else?

Trails Steering Committee Meeting
2020-11-02 19:00 - 21:00 | Online: request details from info@taylor-kennedy.com for details
If you would like to attend, please contact the Trails Committee: info@boltontrails.org
Agenda:
Chair – Larry
Note taker – Hemali
Ideas for the Agenda:
1) Bowers Project
2) Winged euonymus pull
3) Annie Moore
4) Schultz Farm5) Powderhouse Extension Trail to Golden Run Rd
6) MRTC and MCRT https://www.mass.gov/mass-central-rail-trail-feasibility-study
7) Trailhead and junction signs
8) Trails segmentation maps
9) Website, Guides, Maps, “how-to”
10) New projects. E,G. Wilder Meadow
11) Area Review
Anything else?

Trails Steering Committee Meeting December 2020
2020-12-07 19:00 - 20:30 | Online: request details from info@taylor-kennedy.com for details
If you would like to attend, please contact the Trails Committee: info@boltontrails.org
Agenda:
1) MCRT – Larry and Gordon
2) Self Guided tour – Rebecca
3) Wilder Farm – Rebecca
4) Maps
5) Guide books – they are selling out.
6) New projects (are there any?)
7) Area review
8) Any other business

Trails Steering Group Meeting, January 2021
2021-01-04 19:00 - 20:30 | Online: request details from info@taylor-kennedy.com for details
7:00 PM
Zoom meeting – contact the Trails Committee for details.

Possible agenda:
1) Storm damage
2) Powderhouse Extension Trail to Golden Run Rd
3) MRTC and MCRT
4) Trailhead and junction signs
5) Trails segmentation maps
6) Website, Guides, Maps, “how-to”
7) Volunteer involvement

8) Self-Guided walks
9) New projects. E,G. Wilder Meadow
10) Big Projects – Bowers, winged euonymus, etc.
11) Area Review
Anything else?

Trails Steering Group Meeting, February 2021
2021-02-01 19:00 - 20:30
Volunteers data collection form and system
Recent work
Guide – now in 3rd printing. Not much else to say other than it’s now handed over to the Trust.
Signs

Maps – maybe on hold except for those to be fastened on trees because ground is too frozen for digging post holes
Directions and destinations
Arrows

Major projects – are there any? Perhaps these ion we can get organised:

Wilder
Oaks (wait until March, but need to tell abutters)
Extended Powder House Hill Trails

Area review
Anything else

Trails Steering Group March 2021
2021-03-01 19:00 - 20:30 | Online: request details from info@taylor-kennedy.com for details
Volunteer data collection form and system

Review the latest version of the form
what next?

Self-guided tours
Web site

Wildlife postings
some minor changes
any suggestions?

Signs. Anything new here?
Major projects – are there any? Perhaps these are some we can get organised, but the snow and cold are still in the way.

Wilder
Oaks (wait until March, but need to tell abutters). This has been mentioned at ConCom – maybe an April project now
Extended Powder House Hill Trails

Area review
Anything else
