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Category Archives: Trail U
How to Build a Sturdy Dry Stone Trail Structure Using Stones That You Find Right on the Trail
The techniques used in building dry stone walls can be applied during the construction of a number of trail features, including water bars, steps, armoring, and crib walls. By guest blogger Peter Welch, president of The Stone Trust. Illustrations by … Continue reading
Posted in Darlington Schoolhouse, New Jersey Trails, New York Trails, Science, Trail Crew, Trail U, Trails, Volunteering
Tagged Bergen County, Connect With Nature, Conservation, Darlington Schoolhouse, Historic Preservation, Mahwah, New Jersey, News, Science, Trail Building, Trail University, trails, Volunteers
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Registration Now Open for April & May Dry Stone Wall Workshop Weekends at Trail Conference HQ
Registration is now open for the two freestanding dry stone wall workshops scheduled to take place April 15-17 and May 28-30 at Trail Conference Headquarters in Mahwah, N.J. The purpose of these workshops is to construct a dry stone wall along the front of … Continue reading
Trail Blazing at Mills-Norrie State Park Continues this Spring
By Georgette Weir, Volunteer Trail Supervisor Volunteers from the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference have been out reblazing trails at Mills-Norrie State Park in a project that began this past winter and, as of mid-March, was expected to be completed … Continue reading
Ask a Trail Builder: Understanding Grade Reversals
By Erik Mickelson, Field Manager The trail I maintain has issues with water channeling down the tread. What can be done to fix this? It sounds like your trail has a lack of grade reversals. A “grade reversal” is not … Continue reading
Registration Now Open for April 15-17 Dry Stone Wall Workshop at Trail Conference Headquarters
Registration is now open for the first of two freestanding dry stone wall workshop weekends scheduled to take place at Trail Conference Headquarters in Mahwah, N.J, this spring. These workshops, held in partnership with The Stone Trust from Dummerston, Vt., will take place at our new … Continue reading
SUEZ Water North Jersey Volunteers Are Committed to Building and Protecting Trails
Many thanks to SUEZ Water North Jersey for doing their part in helping the Trail Conference create, protect, and promote 2,100 miles of public trails. Check out our video that showcases our partnership with ny/nj trail conference Posted by SUEZ Water North … Continue reading
Posted in Giving, Hikes, New Jersey Trails, New Trail, Trail Crew, Trail U, Trails, Volunteering
Tagged hikes, New York, News, SUEZ Water, Trail University, trails, Volunteers
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Ask a Trail Builder: What’s Up With All the Hammers?
By Ama Koenigshof, Trail Builder and Educator Why all the hammers? Do you really need them to build trails? Hammers are an essential tool in trail construction, especially when dry stone masonry is involved. But the variety can be overwhelming. Hammers … Continue reading
Posted in Trail Crew, Trail U, Trails, Volunteering
Tagged Ask a Trail Builder, Hammers, New Jersey, New York, Trail Builder, Trail Building, Trail Information, Trail University, trails, Volunteers
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Ask a Trail Builder: How Do You Design a Good Trail?
By Ama Koenigshof, Trail Builder and Educator I didn’t realize people actually design trails. How do you figure out the best place to build them? While designing a new trail, I have a lot of things running through my mind: … Continue reading
Posted in Hikes, New Trail, Trail U, Trails, Volunteering
Tagged Ama Koenigshof, Ask a Trail Builder, hikes, Trail Builder, trail design, Trail University, trails
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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
Posted in Trail U, Uncategorized
Tagged AmeriCorps, Appalachian Trail, Bear Mountain Trails Project
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Our Trail U Gets NJ Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award
We are very proud to announce that the Trail Conference was named winner of the 2014 New Jersey Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award in the Environmental Education (Educator-led) category for our Trail University program. The award was presented by the New Jersey … Continue reading
Posted in New Jersey Trails, Trail U, Uncategorized
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