Work Parties

Work Parties are normally held the 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month. Additional work parties may be scheduled in April for High School students needing community service hours. Want to receive email notifications of future work parties and guided hikes?  Visit our sign-up page and enter your email address there. x

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March 8, 2025 at 9:00 am
Hope Lake

It's time to finish the repairs to the Hope Lake kiosk! There are also some other tasks along the trails, including shoring up a couple small bog walks and generally cleaning up the trails. 

Meeting location: The Hope Lake picnic area/Oak Valley trailhead. Approximate address is 226 Nells Rock Road (not to be confused with the parking area for the dam). 

What to bring, if possible: Sturdy footwear. Pretty white sneakers are NOT recommended.  

Weather cancellations will be posted on the Trails Blog Work Party Page. 

SHS Community Service hours: Be sure to bring your own community service form and pen. Fill out the parts you can ahead of time. 

Upcoming 2025 Work Parties: 

March 22, 2025 at 9:00 am Silent Waters dam. We'll be replacing rails on the split rail fence. Meet at the front parking lot for Shelton Intermediate School on Constitution Blvd North near the intersection with Shelton Avenue (RT 108). 

 

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Trail Monitors Wanted!

Want to help outside of regular work parties? Become a Trail Monitor! "Adopt" a trail you walk regularly, remove any small obstructions, and report bigger issues to the Trails Committee. We can clear the trails much faster if we know exactly where the problems are. For details and information on which trails are in need of a Monitor, have a look at the Shelton Trails Monitor blog page.

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Our To-Do List

Wondering what's on our plate? Check our Trails To-Do list.  Let us know if there is something you think should be on there. We might not know about it. 

Meetings: Open to the public,  held the first Wednesday of the month, bring cookies.

Work party schedule: Usually held the 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month.

What to bring: Depending on the season, be sure to bring ample water to drink, bug spray, and gloves (leather gloves are best if there are briars).  Permethrin-based spray on clothing will kill ticks.  Please bring your own tools if possible (depending on the job, this might include pruners, loppers, hand saw, rakes, grub axe, shovel, etc). In most cases, the Trails Committee will bring along a few extra tools, but if more people than expected turn up, there could be a shortage of tools.

After doing trail work: Rubbing alcohol is an effective solvent to remove possible poison ivy sap on skin. Do a thorough tick check every 24 hours.