We
had a very good turnout for out first
Merlin / NEMBA Trail Care Series event of 2007.
The fourteen volunteers included many of the regular crew
plus a couple of new individuals, William & Miguel, that we
were very happy to meet. After our work was completed,
we had some lunch in the parking lot and then a few of us
went out for a nice ride in Harold Parker State Forest.
During 2006, North Shore NEMBA built two new trails just
South of Salem Pond that tied into an existing "Middle
Trail", see map at right. The trail work during this
year's first trail care event involved adding some drainage
to the Middle Trail as well as rerouting the entrance near
the fire road. The entrance to the Middle Trail was
and continues to be a "Y" in order to provide easy access
from both directions along the fire road. However, one
leg of the "Y" has been rerouted away from a fall line and
closer to the other leg. This reroute makes the
entrance more visible and will help prevent erosion.
Regarding drainage, a lot of hard work went into building a
significant drainage feature that was added in order to fix
a wet area near the lower portion of the trail. Also,
a lot of smaller drainage features were added along the
upper portions of the trail.
Thanks to all of the Volunteers for their hard work and
we hope for another beautiful day and great turnout at out
next trail care event.
Trail work was done on the Middle Trail that is
South of the Salem Pond Loop. Click
Here for larger view.
Trail
care volunteers that stuck around for the ride, Left to
Right: Dan, Bob, Joe, William, & Ron.