Our last event for the year 2012 will be trail maintenance on the Wheaton Hill Trails. We will meet at 2:00 on Sunday Dec 30 at the trail heads on the lower part of Wheaton Hill. The trail is located on Wheaton Hill Road (County Road 16) , just about 1/2 mile up from RT. 15A. The terrain varies through various forests, waterfalls and ravines. Please park carefully along the right side of the road headed downhill.

There are two major tasks that we will work on to prepare the trails for winter use. Raspberry and Multiflora Rose bushes make walking some spots difficult. We want to clip the Raspberries that are on the trail, and cut way back on the Roses.

And we will be removing branches and trees that have fallen on the trails. Many of the branches can be moved off of the trail into the woods, but some will require cutting. We have not yet been certified to use chainsaws on state land so we will use hand saws, or leave the trees for DEC to remove.

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