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Groton Trails Committee

Meeting Agenda

19 April 2022

7:00 p.m.

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Chair:  Paul Funch

Vice Chair: Wanfang Murray

Clerk:  Laura DeGroot

7:00     Call to Order

7:05     Approvals of 15 February and 15 March 2022 Minutes

 

7:10     Reports

1. (7:10) Website and Interactive Map – large display map of trails produced
2. (7:20) Trail Project Reports
   1. Nashua Riverwalk – Town Meeting vote on April 30
   2. Harrison Ripley Forest – Propose re-route of trail around private parcel

• Lyman Parcel – Potential trail to The Throne from W. Groton

1. Baddacook CA – Need for clearing and bog bridge
2. Chainsaw Safety Course update

1. (7:30) Freedom’s Way’s “Hidden Treasures” – Sat., 5/21: Wharton Plantation plus others          

 

7:40     Discussions

1. (7:40) Groton Greenway River Festival - June 12 – need 2 more volunteers
2. (7:45) Discussion/Ranking of Potential 2022 Projects
   1. Large
      • Accessible connection to NRRT at Rte. 119
      • Gamlin Crystal Spring bog bridges; remove trailhead posts
      • Wharton Plantation bridge upgrade
      • Replace Keyes Woods bridge
      • Site preparation for Nashua Riverwalk
      • Create loop trail around Whispering Brook, including bog bridges
      • Clear trails and create directional signs and install at General Field
      • Bog bridges on Corwin easement
      • Walker parcel – bridge over stream from beaver pond
      • General maintenance of parcels (multiple parcels)
      • Others?
   2. Small
      • Replace rotten trailhead posts and add new ones (multiple parcels)
      • Clean up on Indian Hill (Nate Nutting mill site)
      • Install Priest Trail and Groton Hills distance signs
      • Install dog signs at Groton Woods trailheads
      • Others?

• Individual
  • Stewardship assessments
  • Verification of and additions to map information
  • Add/replace trail markers (multiple parcels)

1. Potential (planning stage)
   • Behind Chamberlain’s Mill (Groton Water Dept.) trail development
   • Robison Conservation Area – trail and marsh overlook
   • Groton School trails around pond
   • Patricia Hallett CA loop trail
   • Trail on Conservation Commission parcels parallel to Martins Pond Rd.
   • Rich State Forest – bridges and bog bridges
   • Shattuck Easement – bridge over drainage ditch near Fitch’s Bridge
2. (8:15) Subcommittee Volunteers
   1. Town Forest’s 100^th Anniversary in 2022
   2. Destination Groton

• Groton Conservation Forum

1. Social Media Management
2. Mapping/Website Management?

1. (8:45) Information Sources for Trails Committee
   1. GoogleDocs
   2. Parcel listing/stewardship sign up

• Social media photos

1. Map issues
2. Orientation information

 

9:00     Adjournment

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Groton Trails Committee

Meeting Agenda

19 April 2022

7:00 p.m.

**Zoom Meeting**

 

 

 

 

 

Chair:  Paul Funch

Vice Chair: Wanfang Murray

Clerk:  Laura DeGroot

7:00     Call to Order

7:05     Approvals of 15 February and 15 March 2022 Minutes

 

7:10     Reports

1. (7:10) Website and Interactive Map – large display map of trails produced
2. (7:20) Trail Project Reports
   1. Nashua Riverwalk – Town Meeting vote on April 30
   2. Harrison Ripley Forest – Propose re-route of trail around private parcel

• Lyman Parcel – Potential trail to The Throne from W. Groton

1. Baddacook CA – Need for clearing and bog bridge
2. Chainsaw Safety Course update

1. (7:30) Freedom’s Way’s “Hidden Treasures” – Sat., 5/21: Wharton Plantation plus others          

 

7:40     Discussions

1. (7:40) Groton Greenway River Festival - June 12 – need 2 more volunteers
2. (7:45) Discussion/Ranking of Potential 2022 Projects
   1. Large
      • Accessible connection to NRRT at Rte. 119
      • Gamlin Crystal Spring bog bridges; remove trailhead posts
      • Wharton Plantation bridge upgrade
      • Replace Keyes Woods bridge
      • Site preparation for Nashua Riverwalk
      • Create loop trail around Whispering Brook, including bog bridges
      • Clear trails and create directional signs and install at General Field
      • Bog bridges on Corwin easement
      • Walker parcel – bridge over stream from beaver pond
      • General maintenance of parcels (multiple parcels)
      • Others?
   2. Small
      • Replace rotten trailhead posts and add new ones (multiple parcels)
      • Clean up on Indian Hill (Nate Nutting mill site)
      • Install Priest Trail and Groton Hills distance signs
      • Install dog signs at Groton Woods trailheads
      • Others?

• Individual
  • Stewardship assessments
  • Verification of and additions to map information
  • Add/replace trail markers (multiple parcels)

1. Potential (planning stage)
   • Behind Chamberlain’s Mill (Groton Water Dept.) trail development
   • Robison Conservation Area – trail and marsh overlook
   • Groton School trails around pond
   • Patricia Hallett CA loop trail
   • Trail on Conservation Commission parcels parallel to Martins Pond Rd.
   • Rich State Forest – bridges and bog bridges
   • Shattuck Easement – bridge over drainage ditch near Fitch’s Bridge
2. (8:15) Subcommittee Volunteers
   1. Town Forest’s 100^th Anniversary in 2022
   2. Destination Groton

• Groton Conservation Forum

1. Social Media Management
2. Mapping/Website Management?

1. (8:45) Information Sources for Trails Committee
   1. GoogleDocs
   2. Parcel listing/stewardship sign up

• Social media photos

1. Map issues
2. Orientation information

 

9:00     Adjournment

The listing of topics that the Chair reasonably anticipates will be discussed at the meeting is not intended as a guarantee of the topics that will have been discussed. Not all topics listed may in fact be discussed, and other topics not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.