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Home Who We Are Education Events/News Volunteer Opportunities Salt Bay Farm Heritage Center Wetland Restoration Public Access Links	Steven Hufnagel's letter to DRA Trail Tamers is available below, and also here as pdf for download and printing. April 23, 2007 Dear Trail Tamers, Trail maintenance and construction season is happily upon us at last. I hope you will be able to take part in some of the following events. This is the base schedule. As additional needs arise, I will work with Preserve Stewards to organize more workdays. Please let me know if you prefer some other day of the week and I can set up some work parties to address these additional needs on alternative days. Unless otherwise specified, Trail Tamers meet from 9 to noon on the third Thursday of the month (May to October) plus two Second Tuesdays and one Saturday. Call 563-1393 or write to steven@draclt.org for more information. Bring water bottle, work gloves, bug repellent – wear long pants and solid boots – head and eye protection as required. Loppers and bow saws are often useful. So that we can be prepared for the right numbers, please let me know a day or two ahead if you can take part in a given event. All events 9-noon unless otherwise noted: May 8, Tuesday – Big Barn Blowout – help clean up and clear out the DRA barn (Meet at DRA Farm) May 17, Thursday – Hart Family Heritage Trail – reopen overgrown trail spur, clean up existing trails (Meet at DRA Farm) June 2, Saturday – National Trails Day – stay tuned for preserve target – join tens of thousands of volunteers around the nation working to improve local trails (Meet at DRA Farm) July 10, Tuesday – Marsh River Bog – install an educational boardwalk onto the bog (Meet at DRA Farm) June 21, Thursday – Dodge Point – clear brush along Ravine Trail, improve Shore Trail (Meet at Dodge Point) July 19, Thursday – Marsh River Bog – complete installation of educational boardwalk (Meet at DRA Farm) August 16, Thursday – NORGAL Preserve, Bristol – install signs, mark boundaries (Meet at PWA’s Bearce-Allen Preserve trailhead) September 20, Thursday – River~Link – clear new section of trail west of Dodge Point (Meet at Dodge Point, allow an extra hour) October 18, Thursday – River~Link continued – keep on clearing (Meet at Dodge Point) Additional needs already identified (dates TBD): Mills Overlook cleanup (blowdowns) Plummer Point preserve Please contact me at any time if you wish to be taken off this list. I would also welcome new additions – so please spread the word and I can add folks. I look forward to spending some time on the trails together. Hopefully we will some more days like today ahead this season! Best regards, Steven -------------------------------------------------- Steven Hufnagel Director of Lands and Stewardship Damariscotta River Association P.O. Box 333 Damariscotta, ME 04543 (207) 563-1393
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Steven Hufnagel's letter to DRA Trail Tamers is available below, and also here as pdf for download and printing.

Dear Trail Tamers,

Trail maintenance and construction season is happily upon us at last. I hope you will be able to take part in some of the following events. This is the base schedule. As additional needs arise, I will work with Preserve Stewards to organize more workdays. Please let me know if you prefer some other day of the week and I can set up some work parties to address these additional needs on alternative days.

Unless otherwise specified, Trail Tamers meet from 9 to noon on the third Thursday of the month (May to October) plus two Second Tuesdays and one Saturday. Call 563-1393 or write to steven@draclt.org for more information. Bring water bottle, work gloves, bug repellent – wear long pants and solid boots – head and eye protection as required. Loppers and bow saws are often useful. So that we can be prepared for the right numbers, please let me know a day or two ahead if you can take part in a given event.

All events 9-noon unless otherwise noted:

May 8, Tuesday – Big Barn Blowout – help clean up and clear out the DRA barn (Meet at DRA Farm)

May 17, Thursday – Hart Family Heritage Trail – reopen overgrown trail spur, clean up existing trails (Meet at DRA Farm)

June 2, Saturday – National Trails Day – stay tuned for preserve target – join tens of thousands of volunteers around the nation working to improve local trails (Meet at DRA Farm)

July 10, Tuesday – Marsh River Bog – install an educational boardwalk onto the bog (Meet at DRA Farm)

June 21, Thursday – Dodge Point – clear brush along Ravine Trail, improve Shore Trail (Meet at Dodge Point)

July 19, Thursday – Marsh River Bog – complete installation of educational boardwalk (Meet at DRA Farm)

August 16, Thursday – NORGAL Preserve, Bristol – install signs, mark boundaries (Meet at PWA’s Bearce-Allen Preserve trailhead)

September 20, Thursday – River~Link – clear new section of trail west of Dodge Point (Meet at Dodge Point, allow an extra hour)

October 18, Thursday – River~Link continued – keep on clearing (Meet at Dodge Point)

Additional needs already identified (dates TBD):

Mills Overlook cleanup (blowdowns)
Plummer Point preserve

Please contact me at any time if you wish to be taken off this list. I would also welcome new additions – so please spread the word and I can add folks.

I look forward to spending some time on the trails together. Hopefully we will some more days like today ahead this season!

Best regards,

Steven

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Steven Hufnagel
Director of Lands and Stewardship
Damariscotta River Association
P.O. Box 333
Damariscotta, ME 04543
(207) 563-1393