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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Saturday, August 8, 8:30 am
Nicholdale Farm & Willis Woods

Many hands are needed to clear Stockmal Trail and finish up Nichols Trail and the Pearmain Path **Summer is when help is most needed!** 

Meeting location: Nicholdale Farm, located at 324 Leavenworth Road in the White Hills, just west of the yellow house. **The main lot is hard to see from the road. Look for the "Trailhead Parking" sign. See this location on Google Maps. 

What to bring:  Sturdy footwear for the conditions and gloves.  If you have preferred tools for cutting vegetation, bring those (hedge trimmers, brush cutters, string trimmers, hand pruners are usually in demand). Spray with bug repellent for ticks! 

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. Work parties last 2-3 hours. No registration required.

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Saturday, August 22, 8:30 am: Location TBD

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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.