GB Trails Partners work together to improve and maintain trails in Great Barrington. Last week, a small group of us met to complete the CHP Kiosk . Our workers included Mariah Auman & Mike Leavitt (BNRC), Adam Morris (MA DCR), Me (GBLC), Will Conklin (Greenagers), Bill Wellspeak and Walter (CHP).
This Press Release was provided by the Town.
(GBLC, through its Lake Mansfield Alliance project has worked to provide stewardship for LM since 2005, this includes serving on the Lake Mansfield Improvement Task Force)
All it took was over 119 Volunteer Hours, plus 14 ENERGETIC GREENAGERS, 3 Crew Leaders and one Director, wood harvested at Lake Mansfield and donated by the town of GB. And the funding support of Great Barrington Land Conservancy with grants from Ma Recreational Trail Program, The Fields Pond Foundation, Housatonic Heritage and the Berkshire Environmental Education of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation. WE ACCOMPLISHED ALL WE HOPED TO AND MORE!
Thank you to all who made this possible.
A beautiful 27-plus acre undeveloped parcel on Rt. 7 has been generously donated by the family of George Ladd, a long time Great Barrington resident, to the Great Barrington Land Conservancy to be preserved forever as a natural area.
23 valiant explorers paddled and hiked their way from River Walk, a National Recreation Trail, along the Housatonic River "trail" to the Appalachian Trail, a National Scenic Trail. Some of them even took a plunge! The trip was challenging due to river conditions and weather, and it was encouraging to see the great spirit of adventure and good will that marked the day. The Sheffield Land Trust provided midway refreshments and information about their ongoing Tree Project.