| Date |
Event Type |
Nearby City /FLT Map |
Time |
Contact |
| Description |
| Jun 21, 2008 |
Hike |
Fabius, Map: O-2, Delorme 61, USGS DeRuyter/Fabius |
10 am |
Mary and Bill Coffin |
| North Country Trail Community Hike #2 Open to the Public, 5 miles, ADKers will join people from the local community and hike a new section of the NCT/FLT Onondaga Trail just east of DeRuyter Reservoir on private land and in DeRuyter State Forest. Let’s show them what a wonderful resource the trail in their backyard is to their community. Bring lunch and water.
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| Jun 21, 2008 |
Hike |
TBA |
TBA |
Pat Monahan |
| Hike Series #3
|
| Jun 26, 2008 |
Training |
Fayetteville |
7 pm |
Mary Coffin |
Leaders: Bill and Mary Coffin, Tony Rodridguez
Description: Calling all trail stewards. This slide presentation and discussion and Q & A session will review FLT and NCT trail criteria for both maintenance and construction or relocation: blazing, width, height, steepness/grade, outslope, drainage, structures, tools, safety, frequency, reporting hours, requesting help etc. The hands-on follow up in the field will be on Sat June 28. All stewards are encouraged to participate.
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| Jun 28, 2008 |
Training |
Fabius, O-2, Delorme 61, USGS DeRuyter/Fabius |
9 am |
Mary Coffin |
Leaders: Bill and Mary Coffin, Tony Rodridguez
Calling all trail stewards. We will use a section of the new NCT/FLT Onondaga for a hands-on workshop to follow up the trail building and maintenance slide show. Focus will be trail building and maintenance skills and criteria. Tools will be provided but you can bring any you have. Gloves are advised. Bring lunch and water.
|
| Jul 19, 2008 |
Hike |
TBA |
TBA |
Pat Monahan |
| Hike Series #4
|
| July 21-25, 2008 |
Work |
Holland Community Center |
TBA |
Howard Beye |
| Alley Cat Crew: Improvements to the Conservation Trail in gullies on map CT-6 and other locations depending on number of workers participating.
|
| July 26, 2008 |
Hike |
Map M23 |
TBA |
Claire Ders or Larry Blumberg |
| Summer / Ed Sidote Hike More info (a pdf)
|
| Aug 2-3 |
Camp / Hike |
Interloken Trail |
overnight |
Kim Meacham |
| Overnight camping and hike on the Interloken Branch of the FLT. More info
|
| Aug 2-7 |
Work |
Map O1 (S of Fabius) |
multi-day |
Clare Cain |
| NCTA volunteer vacation to build and rehab sections of the North Country Trail on the Onondaga Trail section. More info
|
| TBA July or Aug, 2008 |
Work |
Mariposa State Forest |
TBA |
Howard Beye |
| Alley Cat Crew: build a replacement for the Paradise Garden Lean-to (Map M22). This project will probably require a weekend ahead of construction to prepare the site for a new lean-to.
|
| Aug 7-11, 2008 |
Conference |
Cazenovia |
TBA |
NCTA |
| The Annual NCTA Conference will be held at Cazenovia College and will also serve as the Fall Campout for the FLTC
|
| Aug 15, 2008 |
deadline |
NA |
NA |
Jo Taylor |
| deadline for Fall FLT News
|
| Aug 16, 2008 |
Hike |
TBA |
TBA |
Pat Monahan |
| Hike Series #5
|
| Aug 21- Sep 1, 2008 |
Display |
Syracuse |
State Fair |
Gene Bavis |
| FLTC Display
|
| Sept 14, 2008 |
Pigtail Tour Woodswalk |
Pigtail Hollow State Forest, Bristol Hills Branch (Map B-3), south and east of Hungry Hollow Rd. |
1:30 pm |
Mark Keister or Irene Szabo |
The story according to Mark:
The year was 1998; I had recently returned to state land management after a 17-year detour. Senior Forester Stan Martin was showing me the changes since my career shift from state land in 1980. One of many stops was an uncompleted harvest of red pine on Pigtail State Forest. Stan said, "Just so you know, there's another 140 acres of unthinned red pine up the hill with serious health problems. Not only that, but the FLT runs right through it!" How bad can it be, I asked? "Well it's not good, a beetle is causing some mortality, the stand has never been thinned, we've never done a pine sale with that much pulpwood, and did I mention the FLT goes right through it!"
I'm not sure who called Irene, Stan or I, but Irene knew exactly what we were talking about. We discussed the options available to deal with the situation, and the end result was Irene's cue to proceed, "Let's do this before I'm too old to deal with the prickers!" (This is an exact quote.) The rest is history... without giving away all the details, one of the largest sales of red pine in NY (and mostly a clearcut) that I am aware of was underway. A total of 1.124 million board feet of sawtimber plus 5177 tons of pulpwood resulted.
Irene and I are STILL friends, so please join us for a walk... ten years later. There is lots to see and talk about. We have before and after pictures, we are ready to discuss what went well, and what mistakes were made (see front cover of the most recent winter issue of the FLT News), the science behind the decision to clearcut, how the wood was harvested and where it ended its journey to finished product.
Parking details to follow.
|
| Sept 15-19, 2008 |
Work |
Taylor Valley State Forest |
TBA |
Howard Beye |
| Alley Cat Crew Bridge Project: Cheningo Day Use Area, map M-21 assembling and installing a 58-foot, open web steel truss bridge. A prior work session will be required to construct the foundations for the bridge.
|
| Sep 20, 2008 |
Hike |
TBA |
TBA |
Pat Monahan |
| Hike Series #6
|
| Sep 27, 2008 |
Meeting |
TBA |
TBA |
David Marsh |
| Board Meeting
|
| Oct 4-5, 2008 |
Hike |
TBA |
TBA |
Pat Monahan |
| Hike Series #7,8
|
| Oct 18, 2008 |
Hike |
Map M19 |
TBA |
John A-X Morris or Larry Blumberg |
| Fall / Erv Markert Hike
More info (a pdf) |
| Oct 31, 2008 |
deadline |
NA |
NA |
Jo Taylor |
| deadline for Winter FLT News
|
| Nov 15, 2008 |
Meeting |
Geneva |
TBA |
David Marsh |
| Board Meeting
|
| Jan 23-25, 2009 |
retreat |
Letchworth |
TBA |
David Marsh |
| Board/Committee Retreat
|
| Oct 13- Dec 18 |
Hunting Seasons |
all NY |
NA |
NA |
| Big Game hunting seasons in New York. Hikers, be sure you know the latest hunting season trail closures. Also, please take appropriate safety precautions.
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| Feb 4 |
Legal Closure |
all NY |
NA |
NA |
| In the interest of legally protecting those landowners who have permitted us to build our trail across their land, the Finger Lakes Trail System will be closed on all private lands for 24 hours
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