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Thanks for Voting! REI Donates $66K to the Bear Mountain Trails Project
UPDATE: On August 21, REI announced the donation of an extra $10,000 to each project in the Every Trail Connects campaign. That brings our total to $76,145! Thanks to the overwhelming support of our members, volunteers, partners, and friends, the Trail … Continue reading
Vote for the Appalachian Trail in REI’s Every Trail Connects Campaign!
Vote for the Appalachian Trail in REI’s Every Trail Connects campaign! Since 1920, the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference has been connecting people with nature. REI supports our mission, and is donating up to $75,000 to our trail-building project on … Continue reading
I Caught the Stone Bug—and Got Certified
By Kevin Stamey, AmeriCorps member of the Megalithic Trail Crew on Bear Mountain Trail workers face many hazards, like bad weather and getting bitten by ticks. A lesser known hazard is the bite of the stone bug, which overwhelms … Continue reading
From Sterling Forest to the SRT, the 2015 Conservation Corps Crews Are Improving Trails
Members of the Trail Conference’s 2015 Conservation Corps trail crews began training in May and are hard at work building and improving trails throughout the region all summer long. Here’s what they’re up to and where you can find—and join!—them … Continue reading
Posted in Appalachian Trail, East Hudson Trails, Harriman-Bear Mountain Trails, Hikes, New Trail, Sterling Forest, Trail Crew, Trails, Volunteering, West Hudson Trails
Tagged Advocacy, AmeriCorps, Appalachian Trail, Bear Mountain Trails Project, Conservation Corps, Invasives Strike Force, Invasives Strike Force Summer Crew, Long Path/SRT Spike Crew, Megalithic Crew, Palisades Crew, Taconic Crew, Volunteers
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Reflecting on a Season of Appalachian Trail Building at Bear Mountain
By Caitlyn Ball, AmeriCorps member of the Bear Mountain Crew October 11th was the last day of the AmeriCorps members’ 2014 season with the Bear Mountain Trail Crew. We laughed, we cried, we danced, we cried, we hugged, we cried, … Continue reading
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Tagged AmeriCorps, Appalachian Trail, Bear Mountain Trails Project
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Getting to Know a Dragon on Bear Mountain
By Caitlyn Ball, AmeriCorps member of the Bear Mountain Crew The Komodo Dragon joins us every weekend on Bear Mountain. He’s aptly been given this nickname because of the tenacious manner in which he goes about his work. Daniel Yu … Continue reading
Bear Mountain: More Than a Trail; a Gathering Place
By Caitlyn Ball, AmeriCorps member of the Bear Mountain Crew Every section of the Appalachian Trail is unique. The approximately 2,180-mile trail extends from Georgia’s Springer Mountain to Mt. Katahdin in Maine. It brings its determined hikers across rolling hills, meadows … Continue reading
Bear Mountain Trail Crew Shares Its Love for Working Hard in the Woods
by Caitlyn Ball, AmeriCorps member on the Bear Mountain Trails Project The summer of 2014 has been engaging. My fellow trail crew mates and leaders on Bear Mountain all seem to agree that while we love to work hard in … Continue reading