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Connecticut Forest & Park Association
10/25/2009 CFPA Annual Fall Volunteer Workshop
A group of 19 excited volunteers congregated in Penwood State Park for this year’s Fall Trail Maintainer Workshop. The leaves were yellow and the weather was perfect! Our focus was to restore and repair approximately 150 ft of stone steps on a 45- degree slope that were bui...lt approximately 100 years ago. Time and weather had made this part of the Metacomet Trail dangerous and virtually impassable.
The workshop was led by Gary St. Amand and his experienced crew leaders from the Ragged Mountain Foundation (www.raggedmtn.org). The crew instructed volunteers in the use of advanced high-line rigging techniques to move and position large rocks, often in excess of 150 lbs. With the assistance of cabling and Griphoist winches, the group sweated and wrestled rocks into position on the steep hillside. Over a dozen large steps were set and installed and the whole hillside stairway was contoured, repaired and restored.
We invite you to look up the map for the Metacomet Trail in Penwood State Park in your Connecticut Walk Book and enjoy the stone steps; the view from the top is spectacular any season. Near the bottom of the steps is the boardwalk to Lake Louise and more picnic tables.
Thanks to workshop coordinators Harry and Weezie Perrine for all their hard work in making this event such a great success.
Peter
Jodi Rell, and the General Assembly needs to rethink the doubling of parks and recreatation fees. How nice that this nonsence tax went through without too much public input. Sad part, the parks and DEP won't see a dime. It all goes to the general fund. New state slogan should be:
WELCOME TO CONNECTICUT the TAX YOU TO DEATH STATE
Sickening!
Janet Kipphut Ainsworth I'm going to be taking a group up to Bear Mt. in early November. Is there anyone who hikes it regularly that I can tap for trail conditions? The folks in this group are unlikely to own traction devices.
Richard We had a good day on the Case Mt. hiking trails yesterday. !3 Wesleyan students and Jason Whitehouse Joined CFPA leaders Bob Morrison and myself. We combined some work on the trails and some great hiking. All enjoyed the brisk weather and the colors of fall. Many thanks to the Wesleyan students for giving back to the community.
Terri Peters
Hi, Check out this article about the new CT State Parks fee schedules. At least the Blue-Blazed Hiking Trails are still free! http://www.courant.com/news/breaking/hc-
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Tom Gilbride, center, and John McGuire have a good laugh about their misfortune of last nights wind that took down McGuire's tent while they were camping at Hammonasset State Park in Clinton, Gilbride ...
Mindy Hello there! Any idea what is up with the blue-blazes on Rt. 372 in Plainville? I noticed them today while driving by and haven't had a chance to see why the Metacomet now seems to follow the road! Thanks for the help!
Connecticut Forest & Park Association Nice article on our friend Michael Bartlett -- forester with Hull Forest Products.
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Norwich Bulletin, your source for the latest breaking local news, sports, weather, business, jobs, real estate, shopping, health, travel, and entertainment in Norwich, CT.
Scott Livingston it was great to learn about burls, carousels, and arches during a noontime walk in Hartford's Bushnell Park. The WalkCT website was launched with a press conference at the Legislative Office Building. CFPA is poised for major growth now.
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The Connecticut Forest & Park Association is ready to show the world why it is 100% relevant in the 21st century. I joined the organization’s board of directors in 2008 and I am thrilled to be part of its growth. ...
Geoffrey Meissner Okay the WalkCT deployment was awesome. At the capitol, legislative building. It was a terrific show and tell, lots of support from the commissioners. Check out the website for WalkCT at the link below. Call your town recreation departments if they aren't in there. This is a terrific resource for the state!.
www.walkct.org
WalkCT wants to put fellow Nutmeggers and visitors on the path to health and happiness by connecting them with our state’s rich outdoor offerings. No matter your age or activity level, there is a walk out there just for you. ...
Teresa Gallagher Just got back from the 4-day Coverts Project for forest stewardship, sponsored by CFPA-DEP-UConn Coop Ext Service. We had something like 26 hours of classroom time, great food, a live band (courtesy of a previous attendee), and everything was free. Thank you, CFPA!
www.canr.uconn.edu
A special educational program of the UConn Cooperative Extension System and the Ruffed Grouse Society. Since 1983, The Coverts Project has been reaching out to Connecticut's individual woodland owners ...
Geoffrey Meissner The CFPA Annual meeting was great last night. I loved the preview of WalkCT website. I can't wait for it's deployment on Sept 15. Great job all!
Connecticut Forest & Park Association If you'd like to learn more about CFPA, check out this interview done by Shawn Murphy of ION-Television for his program "For the Record". Because of YouTube's "10 minute rule", the interview is cut into 3 parts (we only include the link to Part I here). You can also link to each YouTube video through the CFPA website... homepage. The lighting is not great, but let us know what you think of the content.
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Connecticut Forest & Park Association (CFPA) Executive Director Eric Hammering is interviewed by Shawn Murphy of ION Television for his show "For the Record" in 2009.
See MoreConnecticut Forest & Park Association Interesting article in the Middletown Press about a potential extension of the New England National Scenic Trail (Mattabesett section) in Middletown. Also note the extremely handsome conservationist on the front page of the story. ;-)
Conservationists, hikers support blue-blazed trail in Maromas - The Middletown Press : Serving Middl
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Middletown Connecticut daily newspaper covering local, regional, and national news including local sports, video and multimedia coverage, and classified advertising.
Connecticut Forest & Park Association Nice new article in the "Men's Journal" on the New England National Scenic Trail.
www.mensjournal.com
Headinginto the woods at the end of a cul-de-sac of gated mansions on a foggy June morning, I thought, It’s Connecticut — how tough could it be? To ramp up the adventure in this tame southern corner of New England, I’d bragged we could turn today’s 13-mile jaunt into a full-bore trail run. ...
