Chickatawbut Section Trail Work Reports – 2019
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Date | Name | Trail | Hours | Work | Volunteers | Remaining Work | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-01-13 | Bob Flagg | Reservoir Path (FBH) | 1 | Walked loop trail picking up a good amount of trash (packed small bag). Removed few branches. | |||
| 2019-01-13 | Bob Flagg | Pakomet Path (FBH) | 0.75 | Removed branches along the trail. Removed small bag of trash. | |||
| 2019-01-13 | Bob Flagg | Pocapawmet Path (FBH) | 1 | Performed significant brushing by removing many small pine trees along trail. Cleared huge branch hanging over trail. | |||
| 2019-02-09 | Paul McPartland | Sassaman Notch Path | 2 | Walked the full trail and focused on brush removal. Dragged a few old 4” blow downs off the trail between Chickatawbut Road and the Skyline Trail. Rest was just minor dead stuff. Didn't need to prune back much of anything. | There are drainage structures that need to be raked out and some waterbars that should be cleared better, but the ground was frozen. Will get to those later in the spring. | Noted that the trail number sign #3135 at the base of Sassamon was missing. Also noted graffiti on two areas of the big rock outcropping near the intersection of Sassamon and the Skyline Trail which perhaps are old; I have photos if they would be helpful. Does anyone remove them? | |
| 2019-02-09 | Paul McPartland | Barberry Bush Spring Trail | 0.75 | Walked the trail. Cleared a few minor fallen branches but not much needed. | The western end of Barberry Bush Trail, near the small pond, has a stretch of trail that is often under water. It looks like it would be fairly easy to relocate perhaps 200 feet of the trail to the left (as you are walking from west to east) to a slightly higher elevation that seems consistently dry. I have photos and video from today (all ice) and last year (all water) showing which areas are wet and very roughly where the relocated trail could go. Let me know if they would be helpful? | ||
| 2019-03-23 | Bob Flagg | Hawk Hill Path | 1.5 | Cleaned grade reversals on trail except last one by Braintree Pass Path that was frozen. Performed light brushing. | |||
| 2019-03-23 | Bob Flagg | Savoy Path | 0.25 | Cleaned grade reversal near Hawk Hill Path. | |||
| 2019-03-23 | Bob Flagg | Lee Path | 0.5 | Performed light brushing on trail, removed branches from trail. | |||
| 2019-04-27 | Robert J Mazairz II | Slide Notch Path | 35 | Install grade reversal | Bryan Jones, Kendra Hayes, Cote LeBlanc, Sarah Jane Mear, Chris Mear, Michael Logar, Dede Clapp, Christopher Koehler, Judith Parker, | Additional grade reversals are needed further down slope. | |
| 2019-05-08 | Judy Jacobs | Bouncing Brook Path | 15 | Raked the side ditches on Bouncing Brook until it crosses Slide Hill Trail. We cleared the culvert at the intersection as well as the one before on Bouncing Brook. | Gene Doucette, Shane Dwyer, Noam Katz, Hongshuang Li, Stacey Silva, Nikisha Durand, Vincent Baldi, Towera Gondwe, Kevin Wong, Sheron Mahase | More raking! | |
| 2019-05-08 | Judy Jacobs | Slide Hill Trail | 1.25 | There's a short ditch that starts where it crosses Bouncing Brook path and goes to a little short of 3040. | Gene Doucette, Shane Dwyer, Noam Katz, Hongshuang Li, Stacey Silva | That section is done! | |
| 2019-05-18 | Bob Mazairz | Bouncing Brook Path | 28 | Rehabilitated swale, cleared drainage ditch, improved flow of water off trail | Dencho Nizorkov, Alex Nizorkov, Tim Sidor, Matt Panucci, Quinn Panucci, Ethan, Jason | ||
| 2019-05-18 | Bob Flagg | Sassaman Notch Path | 4.5 | Cleaned grade reversal heading west from Slide Notch Path Marker 3090 removing debris from structure. Also removed large tree crown from outflow area. | Kristen Kercher, Joe Woodman, Dexter Robinson, Rob Hirseman, Sarah Fusco, Lauren Pajer, Mimi Kugler, Kelly Black, My Tattar, Nick Georgantis, Ginger Lieb, Liz Brunner, Emily Gatzki, Brian Reddy, Annie Murthy, Ben Houston, Victor Golovkiha, Olya Golovkiha | ||
| 2019-05-18 | Bob Flagg | Slide Notch Path | 62 | Cleaned and improved all grade reversals from Bouncing Brook (BB) Path to Marker 3090. Removed rotted log water bar from structure closest to BB and installed rocks to strengthen grade reversal. | Kristen Kercher, Joe Woodman, Dexter Robinson, Rob Hirseman, Sarah Fusco, Lauren Pajer, Mimi Kugler, Kelly Black, My Tattar, Nick Georgantis, Ginger Lieb, Liz Brunner, Emily Gatzki, Brian Reddy, Annie Murthy, Ben Houston, Victor Golovkiha, Olya Golovkiha | ||
| 2019-05-23 | Fred Taylor | Laurel Path | 0.5 | Minor brushwork to cutback overhead branches. | An eighteen inch diameter tree has fallen across Laurel Path at the southern end of the trail near where it ends at route 93. You have to duck under it to get by. There is also a broken tree halfway across the trail between markers 3130 and 3111 - not a major impediment. | ||
| 2019-05-23 | Fred Taylor | Great Dome Foot Path | 0.25 | Hiked portion of Great Dome Footpath from 3111 to 3085. Very minor brushwork. | One tree down across trail, about 12 inches in diameter and slightly suspended above ground. | ||
| 2019-05-25 | Bob Flagg | Sassaman Notch Path | 1.5 | Cleaned first swale on trail heading east after Skyline Trail. Removed debris from side ditch. Reviewed work done previous week - looked good. | |||
| 2019-05-26 | Bob Flagg | Sassaman Notch Path | 2 | Reworked grade reversal just west of Skyline, structure allowed water to flow over it. Dug out the inflow and added stones to enhance the structure. Cleaned deadfall and debris from outflow. | Need to monitor results as there was a root that prevented good outflow. May need to fix if structure is not effective. | ||
| 2019-06-01 | Bob Mazairz | Glover Path | 35 | Install three grade reversals | Dencho Nizorkov, Alex Nizorkov, Tim Sidor, Quinn Panucci, Ethan, Jason, Rob Shine, Bryan, Jeff | ||
| 2019-06-27 | Chris Mullin | Stokes Foot Path | 0.5 | Brushing | |||
| 2019-06-27 | Chris Mullin | Skyline Trail | 0.5 | brushing | |||
| 2019-07-15 | Judy Lehrer Jacobs | Braintree Pass Path | 25 | Raking side ditches; clearing culverts | Perry Souza Chris Holdsworth Victor Chin Kevin Maguire Nathan Perez Victor Chin Ryan Neville Hannah Burns Alexys Gilcreast Kristofer Soderlund Jonathan Blanc James Woods Maria Cardi Peter Corcoran CJ Dullea Emely Garcia Walsh Kang Allison Lockebrg Michael McGee Jameson McNeill Nathan Perez Sarah Safranek Emily Hunt Calvin Dullea Chris Laughlin | A coupld of the culverts were still blocked. | |
| 2019-07-24 | Judy Jacobs | Wampatuck Path | 45 | Raked side ditch from Chickatawbut (marker 3171) to end (around 3157). Cleaned 2 culverts. | Stephen Malacaria, Joseph Perri, Shakti Dash, Serafim Jaramillo, Marie Riley, Adam Ward, Xinxin Wang, Colin Miller, Stacy Cuffe, Ken Frankel, Michelle Friedman, Ashley Holmes, Nicole Katsikis, Kyle Mabe, Maritzabel Mayoral, Austin Mertz, Paul Riccardella, Joe Urban, Janille Hylton | ||
| 2019-07-24 | Judy Jacobs | Squamaug Notch Trail | 16 | Removed blowdowns and cut brush along 3153 to 3143 and surrounding paths. (I wasn't with them so am not sure exactly which trails they were on.) | Nicole Katsikis Kyle Mabe Maritzabel Mayoral Austin Mertz | ||
| 2019-07-24 | Judy Lehrer Jacobs | Wampatuck Path | 3 | Raked side ditches | Avi Vichnial | ||
| 2019-08-24 | Bob Flagg | Romari Trail | 0.5 | Walked trail performing minor brushing and trash removal. | |||
| 2019-08-24 | Bob Flagg | Wampatuck Path | 0.75 | Walked path performing minor brushing, removed large tree crown from trail. | |||
| 2019-08-24 | Bob Flagg | Wood Path | 0.75 | Walked path performing minor brushing, cleaned up small bag of trash at trailhead on Wood Rd. | |||
| 2019-08-31 | Bob Flagg | Savoy Path | 0.5 | Walked path performing minor brushing and grade reversal cleaning. | Large tree blocking outflow of grade reversal about half way up the trail. | ||
| 2019-08-31 | Bob Flagg | Hawk Hill Path | 0.75 | Walked trail brushing and cleaning grade reversals. | |||
| 2019-08-31 | Bob Flagg | Streamside Edge Path | 0.5 | Walked path and performed minor brushing. | |||
| 2019-08-31 | Bob Flagg | Branch Path | 0.5 | Walked path performing minor brushing. | |||
| 2019-09-01 | Bob Flagg | Squamaug Notch Trail | 1.5 | Walked trail performing minor brushing, cleaned all grade reversals, removed large tree crown just North of 3144. | |||
| 2019-09-01 | Bob Flagg | Curve Path | 0.5 | Walked path performing minor brushing. | |||
| 2019-08-25 | Bob Flagg | Bouncing Brook Path | 2 | Walked trail cleaning grade reversals and brushing. | The stretch from 3152 to 3163 has a lot of deadfall along path from long ago fire. Will return to trim back. Also large tree down near 3163. | ||
| 2019-09-14 | Bob Flagg | Sassaman Notch Path | 31.5 | Cleaned all drainage structures from Chickatawbut Rd to Curve Path. | Joe Nelson, Joe Woodman, Ryan Fecteau, Rob Hirschman, Dexter Robinson, Ruth Bigio, Nick Georgantis, Jacob Koster | ||
| 2019-12-15 | Bob Quinn | Glover Path | 0.5 | Cleared all water bars | Dave P | ||
| 2019-12-14 | Bob Quinn | Barberry Bush Spring Trail | 0.75 | Cleared water bars: Cleared outlet at western end (near #3090) to help drain water from trail. Additional work is necessary to drain water at this spot: brush clearing and then construction of swale from trail area to outlet. Also intersection sign #3090 is missing. | Dave P | Additional work is necessary to drain water at this spot: brush clearing and then construction of swale from trail area to outlet. Also intersection sign #3090 is missing. | |
| 2019-12-14 | Bob Quinn | Braintree Pass Path | 0.5 | cleared water bar located north of #3072 | Dave P | ||
| 2019-12-14 | Bob Quinn | Branch Path | 0.5 | cleared water bar. cleared inlet and outlet of culvert | Dave P | ||
| 2019-12-14 | Bob Quinn | Streamside Edge Path | 0.5 | Cleared inlet and outlet of culvert south of #3066 | Dave P | ||
| 2019-12-14 | Bob Quinn | Hawk Hill Path | 0.5 | cleared water bars from #3030 to #3072 | Dave P | ||
| 2019-12-14 | Bob Quinn | Laurel Path | 0.75 | cleared water bars, cleared inlet;ets and outlets of culverts, cut back, and moved blow downs | Dave P | ||
| 2019-12-14 | Bob Quinn | Bouncing Brook Path | 0.75 | cleared water bars cleared inlet;et and outlets of culverts cut and removed blow downs | Dave P |