On Friday, June 2nd The Finger Lakes Land Trust will be conducting trail maintenance at the Wesley Hill Preserve. The time is 2:00 to 5:30 PM meeting at the Wesley Road trailhead. Please contact Melissa [email protected] if you would like to volunteer. Our organization has enjoyed several hikes at his preserve. It would be good for us to help keep this lovely landscape in good shape.
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Tire Cleanup – Postponed!!!
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This event has been postponed again. We are still trying to line up the equipment listed below. Please stay tuned.
During our April 2 hike down Marrowback Rd, the many tires in the gullies below the road became a topic of conversation and concern. In addition to being an eye-sore, discarded tires are a convenient breeding site for mosquitos and can be a fire hazard.
Since that hike, we have talked with two major landowners and to the Town of Springwater about working to remove these tires and move them to a more appropriate place.
Our first day to work on this project will be May 23 at 10:00. Please come as we develop methods for pulling the tires up to the road and transporting them to the Town highway barn for disposal.
What to bring:
- Good work gloves.
- Good hiking boots. If desired, traction devices to help climbing up to the road.
- Rope to loop around tires.
- Clothes that can get dirty while working around heavy, wet tires.
In addition to helping with your energy and your muscles, you may want to lend your farm equipment. We need the following equipment:
- Power winches to pull the tires up the bank. If you have a vehicle with a power winch, we think that would be a great help in this project.
- Trailers to transport the tires.
- Trucks to pull the trailers. We will try to move the tires to the town Highway barn so the town Highway department can schedule disposal.
- Ropes to help handling the tires and the winches.
If you can volunteer any of this equipment, please leave a comment in the Tire Forum or contact John at [email protected].
One final comment. A $2.50 fee has been collected since 2003 on every tire sold in New York State. In addition, any Tire Service company is required to accept, on a one-for-one basis old tires for recycling when new tires are sold. As a result, you have already paid for the disposal of your old tires and you should be returning them when you purchase new tires. Please remember, you do not need to dump your old tires into our forests.
Bristol Hills Trail Maintenance
Springwater Trails has been responsible for maintaining a section of the Bristol Hills Branch of the Finger Lakes Trail for over a year. We have two major projects for this summer:
- Repainting the orange blazes.
- A new bridge across the creek at the corner of the wildlife enclosure.
This week we will focus on the blazes. Many of the blazes are old and faded. And different sections have blazes that appear to be different colors. So, lets get out there and freshen up the blazes and make the trail look all spiffy.
We have paint, buckets and brushes, but we need some willing volunteers. Come join us at the park next to Bob & Ruth’s in Naples at 8:00. We will split into teams and will work from both ends of the trail.
Bring good hiking shoes and insect repellent, plus water to drink. If you have a weedwacker, bring that along and if we have enough volunteers, we will set up a team to mow the trail.
See you at 8:00 on Tuesday.
Springwater Trail Maintenance
It is time for some trail maintenance on the Springwater Trail at Punky Hollow and Sugarbush Hollow in preparation for the Music Fair on September 17th and 18th.
The Crawdiddies Band will be at the 2016 Bicentennial Edition of the Springwater Music Fair and American Crafts Show
We will meet on Pardee Hollow Rd near the intersection with Tabors Corners. Our task today will be to clean up the Springwater Trail between the Punky Hollow entrance east of the school house, to Sugarbush Hollow and Tabors Corners. Bring loppers or clippers for cleanup and a weed whacker if you can. Other tools will be available as needed.
We will split into up to four groups depending on attendance. Each group will car pool to a different entrance to the trail, allowing us to cover the entire trail.
The Naturalists will drive to the entrance on the other side of the school house and will hike through Punky Hollow and Sugarbush Hollow and exit at Tabors Corners. This is primarily a cleanup task, trying to remove sticks and stones from the trail. At the midpoint there are some rose bushes to push back from the edge of the trail while they are small. We hope to have a car at the exit for this group to use to get back to the start point. In addition, a few branches encroaching across the trail will need trimming. No weed wacker is needed with this group.
The Tourists will drive to the top of Coates Road and will hike down to Pardee Hollow. Weed whacking and trimming as needed. Blazing signs at some corners are probably needed.
One Climbers Group will drive to the trail intersection with Pardee Hollow Rd below Sugarbush Hollow. They will head west up the hill across from the Sugar House. The will refresh the blazes and will weed whack. At least one weed whacker should get to the tree plantation near the top of the hill and focus on the large task of mowing a trail across that mostly open field. This group may either return to the cars below the Sugar House, or continue hiking out to the trail head near the School House.
Our second Climbers Group will drive to the trail head on Tabors Corners. They will walk from there to the Sugarbush and do a clean up on the west side of the hill. Blaze signs will be used to refresh the blazes heading up the hill. In addition, weed whacking up the orange trail will be done as time permits. If time remains, week whackers should continue across the field at the top and join the first group cleaning the trail through the tree plantation.
Please join us following the work for a dish-to-pass social at the Punky Hollow Barn. Please bring a dish to pass or make a small contribution to the social fund. Bring your own beverage.
From Springwater: go North on 15A for 0.8mi from the light. Turn right on Wheaton Hill Rd. At the tee, at the top of the hill, turn right onto Wetmore Rd. Bear right on Tabors Corner Rd. After 1.8 miles, turn left on Pardee Hollow Rd. Park on the right at the end of the barn farthest from Tabors Corners.
From Wayland: take Rt 21N for 3 miles. Turn left on Steuben Co Rd 37 (Tabors Corners Rd) at the Bowles Corners sign. Take the second right (3.6 miles) onto Pardee Hollow Rd. Park on the right.
From Honeoye: take W Lake Rd south. Turn right onto French Hill Rd. At the tee (at Dug Rd) turn right to stay on French Hill Rd. Take the first left on Garlinghouse/Atlanta Rd. Go Right on Pardee Hollow Rd and continue for 3.8 miles. Turn right to stay on Pardee Hollow Rd for 0.3 miles. Park on the left.