Groton Trails Committee

Meeting Agenda

16 June 2026, 7:00 p.m.

Conference Room 112 - The Groton Center – 163 W. Main St., W. Groton

 

Chair:  Paul Funch

Vice Chair:  Britt McKinley

Clerk:  Bob Fournier

7:00     CALL TO ORDER

VOTE:  To approve 21 April 2026 minutes

 

7:05     REPORTS

1. (7:05) Trails Maintenance since last meeting – chainsawing, mowing, clearing

Wharton Plantation (Burntmeadow), Duck Pond, Longley II, Still Meadow, Woodland Park, Groton Woods, Amanda’s Way, Walker

1. (7:15) Miscellaneous: Paquawket Path spur to Nashua River Rail Trail; limited access to storage shed at Town Field; provided LOS to Destination Groton for grant to improve NRRT to Downtown access; OSRP bid evaluations and interviews
2. (7:25) Grotonfest Spring (5/17)
3. (7:30) Social Media
4. (7:35) Freedom’s Way “Hidden Treasures” event “Groton’s Glacial Sculpting” 5/31
5. (7:40) Website and Maps
6. (7:45) Sign Subcommittee – Trail Closed signs, Paquawket Path signs, trailhead posts, directional signs from Baddacook Woods to Skitapet and vice versa, Skinner/Duck Pond/Groton Woods/Flavell Crossing directional signs
7. (7:50) Eagle Scout Project – Quinton Morse @Helen & Fritz Walker bridge
8. (7:55) Town Forest Committee – meeting 5/20; sent MOA

 

8:00     DISCUSSIONS

(8:00)         Groton Conservation Forum – discussion and planning for next year; Lecture Grant

(8:15)         Member Priorities for 2026 – site assessments of all parcels

 

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.