Town of Groton
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Town Clerk
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Groton, MA 01450
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Trails Committee Meeting

Tuesday, May 17 2022 at 7:00 PM
Town Hall: Second Floor Meeting Room, 173 Main Street Groton, MA


This meeting was posted Thursday, May 12 2022 at 11:29 AM

Agenda

The following agenda was added or modified on 2022-05-16 12:28:18 by fstanley@grotonma.gov.

Groton Trails Committee

Meeting Agenda

17 May 2022

7:00 p.m.

Location:  In person with a remote option (updated 5/16/2022):

Town Hall, Second Floor Meeting Room, 173 Main Street

 

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Chair:  Paul Funch

Vice Chair: Wanfang Murray

Clerk:  Laura DeGroot

7:00     Call to Order

7:05     Approval of 19 April 2022 Minutes

 

7:10     Reports

  1. (7:10) Website and Interactive Map – options for large display map of trails
  2. (7:20) Freedom’s Way’s “Hidden Treasures”
    1. , 5/14, 8:30, “Blackman Field & Woods Guided Walk” (Murray & Murray)
    2. , 5/21, 10:00, “Biodiversity Thriving Amidst Glacial Remnants”, Wharton Plantation (Funch, Devereaux, McWade)
  • , 5/28, 10:30, “Storytime Walk: A River Ran Wild”, John Tinker Trail (Devereaux)
  1. (7:30) 2023 Groton Conservation Forum (Feb 2023) - Keynote speaker lined up and grant submitted to Groton Trust Fund’s Lecture Fund.  Scott Jackson, UMass-Amherst
  2. (7:25) Trail Projects
    1. Nate Nutting Mill Site – cleared trees from mill race and surrounding paths
    2. Nashua Riverwalk – CPA grant approved at Town Meeting
  • Harrison Ripley Forest – RDA for re-route of trail around private parcel
  1. Baddacook CA – RDA for clearing and bog bridge
  2. Town Forest - Trail re-route to Nashua River
  3. Priest Trail - signs installed
  • Keyes Woods – RDA for bog bridges and dump site clean-up
  • Gamlin Crystal Spring – RDA for bog bridges

8:00     Discussions

  1. (8:00) Groton Greenway River Festival - June 12 –volunteer assignments
  2. (8:10) Discussion/Ranking of Potential 2022 Projects
    1. Large
      • Accessible connection to NRRT at Rte. 119
      • Wharton Plantation bridge upgrade
      • Site preparation for Nashua Riverwalk in October/November
      • Clear trails and create directional signs & install at General Field
      • Bog bridges on Corwin easement (connects Walker and Watson Way parcels)
      • Walker parcel – bridge over stream from beaver pond
      • General maintenance of parcels (multiple parcels) – which ones?
      • Create loop trail around Whispering Brook, including bog bridges
      • Others?
    2. Small
      • Replace rotten trailhead posts and add new ones (multiple parcels)
      • Install Groton Hills distance signs
      • Others?
  • Individual
    • Stewardship assessments
    • Verification of and additions to map information
    • Add/replace trail markers (multiple parcels) – which ones?
  1. Potential (planning stage)
    • Behind Chamberlain’s Mill (Groton Water Dept.) - trail development
    • Robison Conservation Area – spur trail and marsh overlook
    • Groton School trails around pond, including re-route around beaver dam
    • Patricia Hallett CA loop trail
    • Trail on Conservation Commission parcels along Martins Pond Rd.
    • Rich State Forest – bridges and bog bridges
    • Shattuck Easement – bridge over drainage ditch near Fitch’s Bridge
  2. (8:45) Subcommittee Volunteers
    1. Town Forest’s 100th Anniversary in 2022 – Devereaux, Wanfang
    2. Destination Groton – Legge, Murray, Funch
  • Groton Conservation Forum – Murray, Charlebois, Funch
  1. Social Media Management – Cianci, Murray
  2. Mapping/Website Management? - McWade
  1. (8:55) 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

If there was previous agenda for this meeting it is below

Groton Trails Committee

Meeting Agenda

17 May 2022

7:00 p.m.

Town Hall

 

Chair:  Paul Funch

Vice Chair: Wanfang Murray

Clerk:  Laura DeGroot

7:00     Call to Order

7:05     Approval of 19 April 2022 Minutes

 

7:10     Reports

  1. (7:10) Website and Interactive Map – options for large display map of trails
  2. (7:20) Freedom’s Way’s “Hidden Treasures”
    1. , 5/14, 8:30, “Blackman Field & Woods Guided Walk” (Murray & Murray)
    2. , 5/21, 10:00, “Biodiversity Thriving Amidst Glacial Remnants”, Wharton Plantation (Funch, Devereaux, McWade)
  • , 5/28, 10:30, “Storytime Walk: A River Ran Wild”, John Tinker Trail (Devereaux)
  1. (7:30) 2023 Groton Conservation Forum (Feb 2023) - Keynote speaker lined up and grant submitted to Groton Trust Fund’s Lecture Fund.  Scott Jackson, UMass-Amherst
  2. (7:25) Trail Projects
    1. Nate Nutting Mill Site – cleared trees from mill race and surrounding paths
    2. Nashua Riverwalk – CPA grant approved at Town Meeting
  • Harrison Ripley Forest – RDA for re-route of trail around private parcel
  1. Baddacook CA – RDA for clearing and bog bridge
  2. Town Forest - Trail re-route to Nashua River
  3. Priest Trail - signs installed
  • Keyes Woods – RDA for bog bridges and dump site clean-up
  • Gamlin Crystal Spring – RDA for bog bridges

8:00     Discussions

  1. (8:00) Groton Greenway River Festival - June 12 –volunteer assignments
  2. (8:10) Discussion/Ranking of Potential 2022 Projects
    1. Large
      • Accessible connection to NRRT at Rte. 119
      • Wharton Plantation bridge upgrade
      • Site preparation for Nashua Riverwalk in October/November
      • Clear trails and create directional signs & install at General Field
      • Bog bridges on Corwin easement (connects Walker and Watson Way parcels)
      • Walker parcel – bridge over stream from beaver pond
      • General maintenance of parcels (multiple parcels) – which ones?
      • Create loop trail around Whispering Brook, including bog bridges
      • Others?
    2. Small
      • Replace rotten trailhead posts and add new ones (multiple parcels)
      • Install Groton Hills distance signs
      • Others?
  • Individual
    • Stewardship assessments
    • Verification of and additions to map information
    • Add/replace trail markers (multiple parcels) – which ones?
  1. Potential (planning stage)
    • Behind Chamberlain’s Mill (Groton Water Dept.) - trail development
    • Robison Conservation Area – spur trail and marsh overlook
    • Groton School trails around pond, including re-route around beaver dam
    • Patricia Hallett CA loop trail
    • Trail on Conservation Commission parcels along Martins Pond Rd.
    • Rich State Forest – bridges and bog bridges
    • Shattuck Easement – bridge over drainage ditch near Fitch’s Bridge
  2. (8:45) Subcommittee Volunteers
    1. Town Forest’s 100th Anniversary in 2022 – Devereaux, Wanfang
    2. Destination Groton – Legge, Murray, Funch
  • Groton Conservation Forum – Murray, Charlebois, Funch
  1. Social Media Management – Cianci, Murray
  2. Mapping/Website Management? - McWade
  1. (8:55) 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.