Opportunities From: York County Parks Volunteer Portal

Can't adopt a trail, but still want to help maintain park trails? This opportunity is to register and view instructions for one-time trail clean-ups. 

While hiking a trail, help to keep it free from debris and litter, prune back plants that encroach on the trail, and reporting down trees or other obstructions that make the trail unsafe or unpassable. Click Here for Trail Map

Trail Monitor Guide - Habitat Action Team

Below is a guide to help you understand the ways you can help improve our trails and support the efforts of the Habitat Action Team.

1) Suggested Tools: bag for trash; pruning shears; folding saw; garden hoe for uneven spots; garden gloves; scissors for fishing line in high fishing areas; litter pick-up tongs for high-use areas. 

2) Clean up any hiker debris that you might find along the trails. Trash can be taken to dumpster at Lake Redman boat launch.

3) Carry a pair of pruning shears to trim back briars and other plant life that grow out across the trail. A folding saw can be used for larger jobs. Branches do not need cut if they are higher than a typical adults' head. (Make sure all cut branches get moved off the trail.)

4) Remove branches that have fallen and block the trail.

5) Clean out any water diverting swales that become clogged. A trails' biggest threat is water. We must keep water from traveling long distances on the trail. As water picks up speed, the trail has a greater tendency to erode. A garden hoe is a great tool for cleaning out swales.

6) Contact Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education, to inform:

Can't adopt a trail, but still want to help maintain park trails? This opportunity is to register and view instructions for one-time trail clean-ups. 

While hiking a trail, help to keep it free from debris and litter, prune back plants that encroach on the trail, and reporting down trees or other obstructions that make the trail unsafe or unpassable. Click Here for Trail Map

Trail Monitor Guide - Habitat Action Team

Below is a guide to help you understand the ways you can help improve our trails and support the efforts of the Habitat Action Team.

1) Suggested Tools: bag for trash; pruning shears; folding saw; garden hoe for uneven spots; garden gloves; scissors for fishing line in high fishing areas; litter pick-up tongs for high-use areas. 

2) Clean up any hiker debris that you might find along the trails. Trash can be taken to dumpster at Lake Redman boat launch.

3) Carry a pair of pruning shears to trim back briars and other plant life that grow out across the trail. A folding saw can be used for larger jobs. Branches do not need cut if they are higher than a typical adults' head. (Make sure all cut branches get moved off the trail.)

4) Remove branches that have fallen and block the trail.

5) Clean out any water diverting swales that become clogged. A trails' biggest threat is water. We must keep water from traveling long distances on the trail. As water picks up speed, the trail has a greater tendency to erode. A garden hoe is a great tool for cleaning out swales.

6) Contact Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education, to inform:

Can't adopt a trail, but still want to help maintain park trails? This opportunity is to register and view instructions for one-time trail clean-ups. 

While hiking a trail, help to keep it free from debris and litter, prune back plants that encroach on the trail, and reporting down trees or other obstructions that make the trail unsafe or unpassable. Click Here for Trail Map

Trail Monitor Guide - Habitat Action Team

Below is a guide to help you understand the ways you can help improve our trails and support the efforts of the Habitat Action Team.

1) Suggested Tools: bag for trash; pruning shears; folding saw; garden hoe for uneven spots; garden gloves; scissors for fishing line

2) Clean up any hiker debris that you might find along the trails. Trash can be taken to dumpster at Lake Redman boat launch.

3) Carry a pair of pruning shears to trim back briars and other plant life that grow out across the trail. A folding saw can be used for larger jobs. Branches do not need cut if they are higher than a typical adults' head. (Make sure all cut branches get moved off the trail.)

4) Remove branches that have fallen and block the trail.

5) Clean out any water diverting swales that become clogged. A trails' biggest threat is water. We must keep water from traveling long distances on the trail. As water picks up speed, the trail has a greater tendency to erode. A garden hoe is a great tool for cleaning out swales.

6) Contact Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education, to inform:

Can't adopt a trail, but still want to help maintain park trails? This opportunity is to register and view instructions for one-time trail clean-ups. 

While hiking a trail, help to keep it free from debris and litter, prune back plants that encroach on the trail, and reporting down trees or other obstructions that make the trail unsafe or unpassable. Click Here for Trail Map

Trail Monitor Guide - Habitat Action Team

Below is a guide to help you understand the ways you can help improve our trails and support the efforts of the Habitat Action Team.

1) Suggested Tools: bag for trash; pruning shears; folding saw; garden hoe for uneven spots; garden gloves; scissors for fishing line

2) Clean up any hiker debris that you might find along the trails. Trash can be taken to dumpster at Lake Redman boat launch.

3) Carry a pair of pruning shears to trim back briars and other plant life that grow out across the trail. A folding saw can be used for larger jobs. Branches do not need cut if they are higher than a typical adults' head. (Make sure all cut branches get moved off the trail.)

4) Remove branches that have fallen and block the trail.

5) Clean out any water diverting swales that become clogged. A trails' biggest threat is water. We must keep water from traveling long distances on the trail. As water picks up speed, the trail has a greater tendency to erode. A garden hoe is a great tool for cleaning out swales.

6) Contact Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education, to inform:

If your scout group or other civic group needs a one-time mini conservation project, please contact the nature center manager to discuss options and coordinate with your group. Use this opportunity to register and record your volunteer hours. Each participant must provide a completed waiver to the York County Parks before your project date. 

Some possible activities may include:

- Cleaning interpretive signs in the park (use a kitchen sponge and water)

- Hammering in tree cage and tube stakes to make wobbly stakes more stable. 

- Cleaning and fixing loose screws on the ABC Trail signs. 

- Cleaning gently the Story Trail signs. (soft cloth and water)

- Picking up litter in the nature center's 4 parking lots. 

- Pulling out old staples on two park kiosks (Hollowcreek Greenway and Wetland Parking Lots - need a flathead screw driver and trash bag)

- Participate in Citizen Science by bird-watching or identifying plants or animals and submitting your sightings to iNaturalist or ebird. 

- Check the nature play area/exploration forest for safety concerns and report back to park staff. 

- Check the nature play area/exploration forest for litter and lost and found. 

Many of our 11 parks have interpretive panels teaching visitors about the natural world. These signs get dirty, dusty, and can even grow lichen over time! About twice a year they need to be gently scrubbed and wiped clean with a scrub sponge and water. 

Supplies Needed: 

- scrub sponge, such as a scotch-brite

- container of water for wetting the sponge and rinsing signs

Click here for a Heritage Rail Trail Park Map. 

Instructions:

Visit the signs 1-3 times per year and give them a nice scrub and rinse. Record your volunteer hours here on the Volunteer Portal. Report any signs damaged or vandalized beyond easy cleaning to the parks office at 717-840-7440. 

Many of our 11 parks have interpretive panels teaching visitors about the natural world. These signs get dirty, dusty, and can even grow lichen over time! About twice a year they need to be gently scrubbed and wiped clean with a scrub sponge and water. 

Supplies Needed: 

- scrub sponge, such as a scotch-brite

- container of water for wetting the sponge and rinsing signs

Click here for a Heritage Rail Trail Park Map. 

Instructions:

Visit the signs 1-3 times per year and give them a nice scrub and rinse. Record your volunteer hours here on the Volunteer Portal. Report any signs damaged or vandalized beyond easy cleaning to the parks office at 717-840-7440. 

Many of our 11 parks have interpretive panels teaching visitors about the natural world. These signs get dirty, dusty, and can even grow lichen over time! About twice a year they need to be gently scrubbed and wiped clean with a scrub sponge and water. 

Supplies Needed: 

- scrub sponge, such as a scotch-brite

- container of water for wetting the sponge and rinsing signs

Click here for a Heritage Rail Trail Park Map. 

Instructions:

Visit the signs 1-3 times per year and give them a nice scrub and rinse. Record your volunteer hours here on the Volunteer Portal. Report any signs damaged or vandalized beyond easy cleaning to the parks office at 717-840-7440. 

Many of our 11 parks have interpretive panels teaching visitors about the natural world. These signs get dirty, dusty, and can even grow lichen over time! About twice a year they need to be gently scrubbed and wiped clean with a scrub sponge and water. 

Supplies Needed: 

- scrub sponge, such as a scotch-brite

- container of water for wetting the sponge and rinsing signs

Click here for a Heritage Rail Trail Park Map. 

Instructions:

Visit the signs 1-3 times per year and give them a nice scrub and rinse. Record your volunteer hours here on the Volunteer Portal. Report any signs damaged or vandalized beyond easy cleaning to the parks office at 717-840-7440. 

Many of our 11 parks have interpretive panels teaching visitors about the natural world. These signs get dirty, dusty, and can even grow lichen over time! About twice a year they need to be gently scrubbed and wiped clean with a scrub sponge and water. 

Supplies Needed: 

- scrub sponge, such as a scotch-brite

- container of water for wetting the sponge and rinsing signs

Interpretive Sign Locations at Kain Park: 

- York Road Parking Area

- Lake Redman Boardwalk at Iron Stone Hill Parking Lot

- Spartan Road Parking Lot

- Lake Williams Activity Area off of Water Street. 

If you find more interpretive signs, please let us know at NixonCountyPark@YorkCountyPA.gov so we can update this description! Thanks!

Click here for a Kain Park Map. 

Instructions:

Visit the signs 1-3 times per year and give them a nice scrub and rinse. Record your volunteer hours here on the Volunteer Portal. Report any signs damaged or vandalized beyond easy cleaning to the parks office at 717-840-7440. 

Adopt a trail or portion of a trail and be responsible for keeping it free from debris, pruning back plants that encroach on the trail, and reporting down trees or other obstructions that make the trail unsafe or unpassable. 

Preference for trail adoptions goes to the person who was assigned the previous year, but trails become available each year as monitors retire from their trail roles. 

Trail Monitor Guide - Habitat Action Team

Thank you for your interest in being a Trail Monitor at Nixon County Park. Below is a guide to help you understand the ways you can help improve our trails and support the efforts of the Habitat Action Team.

1) Suggested Tools: bag for trash; pruning shears; folding saw; garden hoe; garden gloves (Supplies available in the nature center volunteer office if you choose to monitor during open hours.)

2) Walk the trail every other week if possible and try to walk the trail after major storms. Most damage occurs after storms.

3) Clean up any hiker debris that you might find along the trails. Since there is no dumpster at Nixon – trash can be placed in entry way trash bin during Nature Center hours or taken to dumpsters at Lake Redman boat launch.

4) Carry a pair of pruning shears to trim back briars and other plant life that grow out across the trail. A folding saw can be used for larger jobs. (Make sure all cut branches get moved off the trail.)

5) Remove branches that have fallen and block the trail.

6) Clean out any water diverting swales that become clogged. A trails' biggest threat is water. We must keep water from traveling long distances on the trail. As water picks up speed, the trail has a greater tendency to erode. A garden hoe is a great tool for cleaning out swales.

7) Check drainage pipes underneath the trail and clean out any that become clogged.

8) Contact Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education, to inform:

Your trail efforts to improve the park user experience and your observations help us improve wildlife habitat. Contact Kelsey if you are ever interested in a “walk along” to discuss your trail and habitat. Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education - KAFrey@YorkCountyPA.gov or call 717-428-1961 x3 or text 717-341-9564

Adopt a trail or portion of a trail and be responsible for keeping it free from debris, pruning back plants that encroach on the trail, and reporting down trees or other obstructions that make the trail unsafe or unpassable. 

Preference for trail adoptions goes to the person who was assigned the previous year, but trails become available each year as monitors retire from their trail roles. 

Trail Monitor Guide - Habitat Action Team

Thank you for your interest in being a Trail Monitor at Nixon County Park. Below is a guide to help you understand the ways you can help improve our trails and support the efforts of the Habitat Action Team.

1) Suggested Tools: bag for trash; pruning shears; folding saw; garden hoe; garden gloves (Supplies available in the nature center volunteer office if you choose to monitor during open hours.)

2) Walk the trail every other week if possible and try to walk the trail after major storms. Most damage occurs after storms.

3) Clean up any hiker debris that you might find along the trails. Since there is no dumpster at Nixon – trash can be placed in entry way trash bin during Nature Center hours or taken to dumpsters at Lake Redman boat launch.

4) Carry a pair of pruning shears to trim back briars and other plant life that grow out across the trail. A folding saw can be used for larger jobs. (Make sure all cut branches get moved off the trail.)

5) Remove branches that have fallen and block the trail.

6) Clean out any water diverting swales that become clogged. A trails' biggest threat is water. We must keep water from traveling long distances on the trail. As water picks up speed, the trail has a greater tendency to erode. A garden hoe is a great tool for cleaning out swales.

7) Check drainage pipes underneath the trail and clean out any that become clogged.

8) Contact Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education, to inform:

Your trail efforts to improve the park user experience and your observations help us improve wildlife habitat. Contact Kelsey if you are ever interested in a “walk along” to discuss your trail and habitat. Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education - KAFrey@YorkCountyPA.gov or call 717-428-1961 x3 or text 717-341-9564

Adopt a trail or portion of a trail and be responsible for keeping it free from debris, pruning back plants that encroach on the trail, and reporting down trees or other obstructions that make the trail unsafe or unpassable. 

Preference for trail adoptions goes to the person who was assigned the previous year, but trails become available each year as monitors retire from their trail roles. 

Trail Monitor Guide - Habitat Action Team

Thank you for your interest in being a Trail Monitor at Nixon County Park. Below is a guide to help you understand the ways you can help improve our trails and support the efforts of the Habitat Action Team.

1) Suggested Tools: bag for trash; pruning shears; folding saw; garden hoe; garden gloves (Supplies available in the nature center volunteer office if you choose to monitor during open hours.)

2) Walk the trail every other week if possible and try to walk the trail after major storms. Most damage occurs after storms.

3) Clean up any hiker debris that you might find along the trails. Since there is no dumpster at Nixon – trash can be placed in entry way trash bin during Nature Center hours or taken to dumpsters at Lake Redman boat launch.

4) Carry a pair of pruning shears to trim back briars and other plant life that grow out across the trail. A folding saw can be used for larger jobs. (Make sure all cut branches get moved off the trail.)

5) Remove branches that have fallen and block the trail.

6) Clean out any water diverting swales that become clogged. A trails' biggest threat is water. We must keep water from traveling long distances on the trail. As water picks up speed, the trail has a greater tendency to erode. A garden hoe is a great tool for cleaning out swales.

7) Check drainage pipes underneath the trail and clean out any that become clogged.

8) Contact Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education, to inform:

Your trail efforts to improve the park user experience and your observations help us improve wildlife habitat. Contact Kelsey if you are ever interested in a “walk along” to discuss your trail and habitat. Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education - KAFrey@YorkCountyPA.gov or call 717-428-1961 x3 or text 717-341-9564

Adopt a trail or portion of a trail and be responsible for keeping it free from debris, pruning back plants that encroach on the trail, and reporting down trees or other obstructions that make the trail unsafe or unpassable. 

Preference for trail adoptions goes to the person who was assigned the previous year, but trails become available each year as monitors retire from their trail roles. 

Trail Monitor Guide - Habitat Action Team

Thank you for your interest in being a Trail Monitor at Nixon County Park. Below is a guide to help you understand the ways you can help improve our trails and support the efforts of the Habitat Action Team.

1) Suggested Tools: bag for trash; pruning shears; folding saw; garden hoe; garden gloves (Supplies available in the nature center volunteer office if you choose to monitor during open hours.)

2) Walk the trail every other week if possible and try to walk the trail after major storms. Most damage occurs after storms.

3) Clean up any hiker debris that you might find along the trails. Since there is no dumpster at Nixon – trash can be placed in entry way trash bin during Nature Center hours or taken to dumpsters at Lake Redman boat launch.

4) Carry a pair of pruning shears to trim back briars and other plant life that grow out across the trail. A folding saw can be used for larger jobs. (Make sure all cut branches get moved off the trail.)

5) Remove branches that have fallen and block the trail.

6) Clean out any water diverting swales that become clogged. A trails' biggest threat is water. We must keep water from traveling long distances on the trail. As water picks up speed, the trail has a greater tendency to erode. A garden hoe is a great tool for cleaning out swales.

7) Check drainage pipes underneath the trail and clean out any that become clogged.

8) Contact Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education, to inform:

Your trail efforts to improve the park user experience and your observations help us improve wildlife habitat. Contact Kelsey if you are ever interested in a “walk along” to discuss your trail and habitat. Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education - KAFrey@YorkCountyPA.gov or call 717-428-1961 x3 or text 717-341-9564

Adopt a trail or portion of a trail and be responsible for keeping it free from debris, pruning back plants that encroach on the trail, and reporting down trees or other obstructions that make the trail unsafe or unpassable. 

Preference for trail adoptions goes to the person who was assigned the previous year, but trails become available each year as monitors retire from their trail roles. 

Trail Monitor Guide - Habitat Action Team

Thank you for your interest in being a Trail Monitor at Nixon County Park. Below is a guide to help you understand the ways you can help improve our trails and support the efforts of the Habitat Action Team.

1) Suggested Tools: bag for trash; pruning shears; folding saw; garden hoe; garden gloves (Supplies available in the nature center volunteer office if you choose to monitor during open hours.)

2) Walk the trail every other week if possible and try to walk the trail after major storms. Most damage occurs after storms.

3) Clean up any hiker debris that you might find along the trails. Since there is no dumpster at Nixon – trash can be placed in entry way trash bin during Nature Center hours or taken to dumpsters at Lake Redman boat launch.

4) Carry a pair of pruning shears to trim back briars and other plant life that grow out across the trail. A folding saw can be used for larger jobs. (Make sure all cut branches get moved off the trail.)

5) Remove branches that have fallen and block the trail.

6) Clean out any water diverting swales that become clogged. A trails' biggest threat is water. We must keep water from traveling long distances on the trail. As water picks up speed, the trail has a greater tendency to erode. A garden hoe is a great tool for cleaning out swales.

7) Check drainage pipes underneath the trail and clean out any that become clogged.

8) Contact Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education, to inform:

Your trail efforts to improve the park user experience and your observations help us improve wildlife habitat. Contact Kelsey if you are ever interested in a “walk along” to discuss your trail and habitat. Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education - KAFrey@YorkCountyPA.gov or call 717-428-1961 x3 or text 717-341-9564

Adopt a trail or portion of a trail and be responsible for keeping it free from debris, pruning back plants that encroach on the trail, and reporting down trees or other obstructions that make the trail unsafe or unpassable. 

Preference for trail adoptions goes to the person who was assigned the previous year, but trails become available each year as monitors retire from their trail roles. 

Trail Monitor Guide - Habitat Action Team

Thank you for your interest in being a Trail Monitor at Nixon County Park. Below is a guide to help you understand the ways you can help improve our trails and support the efforts of the Habitat Action Team.

1) Suggested Tools: bag for trash; pruning shears; folding saw; garden hoe; garden gloves (Supplies available in the nature center volunteer office if you choose to monitor during open hours.)

2) Walk the trail every other week if possible and try to walk the trail after major storms. Most damage occurs after storms.

3) Clean up any hiker debris that you might find along the trails. Since there is no dumpster at Nixon – trash can be placed in entry way trash bin during Nature Center hours or taken to dumpsters at Lake Redman boat launch.

4) Carry a pair of pruning shears to trim back briars and other plant life that grow out across the trail. A folding saw can be used for larger jobs. (Make sure all cut branches get moved off the trail.)

5) Remove branches that have fallen and block the trail.

6) Clean out any water diverting swales that become clogged. A trails' biggest threat is water. We must keep water from traveling long distances on the trail. As water picks up speed, the trail has a greater tendency to erode. A garden hoe is a great tool for cleaning out swales.

7) Check drainage pipes underneath the trail and clean out any that become clogged.

8) Contact Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education, to inform:

Your trail efforts to improve the park user experience and your observations help us improve wildlife habitat. Contact Kelsey if you are ever interested in a “walk along” to discuss your trail and habitat. Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education - KAFrey@YorkCountyPA.gov or call 717-428-1961 x3 or text 717-341-9564

Adopt a trail or portion of a trail and be responsible for keeping it free from debris, pruning back plants that encroach on the trail, and reporting down trees or other obstructions that make the trail unsafe or unpassable. 

Preference for trail adoptions goes to the person who was assigned the previous year, but trails become available each year as monitors retire from their trail roles. 

Trail Monitor Guide - Habitat Action Team

Thank you for your interest in being a Trail Monitor at Nixon County Park. Below is a guide to help you understand the ways you can help improve our trails and support the efforts of the Habitat Action Team.

1) Suggested Tools: bag for trash; pruning shears; folding saw; garden hoe; garden gloves (Supplies available in the nature center volunteer office if you choose to monitor during open hours.)

2) Walk the trail every other week if possible and try to walk the trail after major storms. Most damage occurs after storms.

3) Clean up any hiker debris that you might find along the trails. Since there is no dumpster at Nixon – trash can be placed in entry way trash bin during Nature Center hours or taken to dumpsters at Lake Redman boat launch.

4) Carry a pair of pruning shears to trim back briars and other plant life that grow out across the trail. A folding saw can be used for larger jobs. (Make sure all cut branches get moved off the trail.)

5) Remove branches that have fallen and block the trail.

6) Clean out any water diverting swales that become clogged. A trails' biggest threat is water. We must keep water from traveling long distances on the trail. As water picks up speed, the trail has a greater tendency to erode. A garden hoe is a great tool for cleaning out swales.

7) Check drainage pipes underneath the trail and clean out any that become clogged.

8) Contact Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education, to inform:

Your trail efforts to improve the park user experience and your observations help us improve wildlife habitat. Contact Kelsey if you are ever interested in a “walk along” to discuss your trail and habitat. Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education - KAFrey@YorkCountyPA.gov or call 717-428-1961 x3 or text 717-341-9564

Adopt a trail or portion of a trail and be responsible for keeping it free from debris, pruning back plants that encroach on the trail, and reporting down trees or other obstructions that make the trail unsafe or unpassable. 

Preference for trail adoptions goes to the person who was assigned the previous year, but trails become available each year as monitors retire from their trail roles. 

Trail Monitor Guide - Habitat Action Team

Thank you for your interest in being a Trail Monitor at Nixon County Park. Below is a guide to help you understand the ways you can help improve our trails and support the efforts of the Habitat Action Team.

1) Suggested Tools: bag for trash; pruning shears; folding saw; garden hoe; garden gloves (Supplies available in the nature center volunteer office if you choose to monitor during open hours.)

2) Walk the trail every other week if possible and try to walk the trail after major storms. Most damage occurs after storms.

3) Clean up any hiker debris that you might find along the trails. Since there is no dumpster at Nixon – trash can be placed in entry way trash bin during Nature Center hours or taken to dumpsters at Lake Redman boat launch.

4) Carry a pair of pruning shears to trim back briars and other plant life that grow out across the trail. A folding saw can be used for larger jobs. (Make sure all cut branches get moved off the trail.)

5) Remove branches that have fallen and block the trail.

6) Clean out any water diverting swales that become clogged. A trails' biggest threat is water. We must keep water from traveling long distances on the trail. As water picks up speed, the trail has a greater tendency to erode. A garden hoe is a great tool for cleaning out swales.

7) Check drainage pipes underneath the trail and clean out any that become clogged.

8) Contact Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education, to inform:

Your trail efforts to improve the park user experience and your observations help us improve wildlife habitat. Contact Kelsey if you are ever interested in a “walk along” to discuss your trail and habitat. Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education - KAFrey@YorkCountyPA.gov or call 717-428-1961 x3 or text 717-341-9564

Adopt a trail or portion of a trail and be responsible for keeping it free from debris, pruning back plants that encroach on the trail, and reporting down trees or other obstructions that make the trail unsafe or unpassable. 

Preference for trail adoptions goes to the person who was assigned the previous year, but trails become available each year as monitors retire from their trail roles. 

Trail Monitor Guide - Habitat Action Team

Thank you for your interest in being a Trail Monitor at Nixon County Park. Below is a guide to help you understand the ways you can help improve our trails and support the efforts of the Habitat Action Team.

1) Suggested Tools: bag for trash; pruning shears; folding saw; garden hoe; garden gloves (Supplies available in the nature center volunteer office if you choose to monitor during open hours.)

2) Walk the trail every other week if possible and try to walk the trail after major storms. Most damage occurs after storms.

3) Clean up any hiker debris that you might find along the trails. Since there is no dumpster at Nixon – trash can be placed in entry way trash bin during Nature Center hours or taken to dumpsters at Lake Redman boat launch.

4) Carry a pair of pruning shears to trim back briars and other plant life that grow out across the trail. A folding saw can be used for larger jobs. (Make sure all cut branches get moved off the trail.)

5) Remove branches that have fallen and block the trail.

6) Clean out any water diverting swales that become clogged. A trails' biggest threat is water. We must keep water from traveling long distances on the trail. As water picks up speed, the trail has a greater tendency to erode. A garden hoe is a great tool for cleaning out swales.

7) Check drainage pipes underneath the trail and clean out any that become clogged.

8) Contact Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education, to inform:

Your trail efforts to improve the park user experience and your observations help us improve wildlife habitat. Contact Kelsey if you are ever interested in a “walk along” to discuss your trail and habitat. Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education - KAFrey@YorkCountyPA.gov or call 717-428-1961 x3 or text 717-341-9564

Adopt a trail or portion of a trail and be responsible for keeping it free from debris, pruning back plants that encroach on the trail, and reporting down trees or other obstructions that make the trail unsafe or unpassable. 

Preference for trail adoptions goes to the person who was assigned the previous year, but trails become available each year as monitors retire from their trail roles. 

Click Here for Trail Map

Trail Monitor Guide - Habitat Action Team

Thank you for your interest in being a Trail Monitor at Nixon County Park. Below is a guide to help you understand the ways you can help improve our trails and support the efforts of the Habitat Action Team.

1) Suggested Tools: bag for trash; pruning shears; folding saw; garden hoe; garden gloves (Supplies available in the nature center volunteer office if you choose to monitor during open hours.)

2) Walk the trail every other week if possible and try to walk the trail after major storms. Most damage occurs after storms.

3) Clean up any hiker debris that you might find along the trails. Since there is no dumpster at Nixon – trash can be placed in entry way trash bin during Nature Center hours or taken to dumpsters at Lake Redman boat launch.

4) Carry a pair of pruning shears to trim back briars and other plant life that grow out across the trail. A folding saw can be used for larger jobs. (Make sure all cut branches get moved off the trail.)

5) Remove branches that have fallen and block the trail.

6) Clean out any water diverting swales that become clogged. A trails' biggest threat is water. We must keep water from traveling long distances on the trail. As water picks up speed, the trail has a greater tendency to erode. A garden hoe is a great tool for cleaning out swales.

7) Check drainage pipes underneath the trail and clean out any that become clogged.

8) Contact Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education, to inform:

Your trail efforts to improve the park user experience and your observations help us improve wildlife habitat. Contact Kelsey if you are ever interested in a “walk along” to discuss your trail and habitat. Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education - KAFrey@YorkCountyPA.gov or call 717-428-1961 x3 or text 717-341-9564

Adopt a trail or portion of a trail and be responsible for keeping it free from debris, pruning back plants that encroach on the trail, and reporting down trees or other obstructions that make the trail unsafe or unpassable. 

Preference for trail adoptions goes to the person who was assigned the previous year, but trails become available each year as monitors retire from their trail roles. 

Click Here for Trail Map

Trail Monitor Guide - Habitat Action Team

Thank you for your interest in being a Trail Monitor at Nixon County Park. Below is a guide to help you understand the ways you can help improve our trails and support the efforts of the Habitat Action Team.

1) Suggested Tools: bag for trash; pruning shears; folding saw; garden hoe; garden gloves (Supplies available in the nature center volunteer office if you choose to monitor during open hours.)

2) Walk the trail every other week if possible and try to walk the trail after major storms. Most damage occurs after storms.

3) Clean up any hiker debris that you might find along the trails. Since there is no dumpster at Nixon – trash can be placed in entry way trash bin during Nature Center hours or taken to dumpsters at Lake Redman boat launch.

4) Carry a pair of pruning shears to trim back briars and other plant life that grow out across the trail. A folding saw can be used for larger jobs. (Make sure all cut branches get moved off the trail.)

5) Remove branches that have fallen and block the trail.

6) Clean out any water diverting swales that become clogged. A trails' biggest threat is water. We must keep water from traveling long distances on the trail. As water picks up speed, the trail has a greater tendency to erode. A garden hoe is a great tool for cleaning out swales.

7) Check drainage pipes underneath the trail and clean out any that become clogged.

8) Contact Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education, to inform:

Your trail efforts to improve the park user experience and your observations help us improve wildlife habitat. Contact Kelsey if you are ever interested in a “walk along” to discuss your trail and habitat. Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education - KAFrey@YorkCountyPA.gov or call 717-428-1961 x3 or text 717-341-9564

Adopt a trail or portion of a trail and be responsible for keeping it free from debris, pruning back plants that encroach on the trail, and reporting down trees or other obstructions that make the trail unsafe or unpassable. 

Preference for trail adoptions goes to the person who was assigned the previous year, but trails become available each year as monitors retire from their trail roles. 

Click Here for Trail Map

Trail Monitor Guide - Habitat Action Team

Thank you for your interest in being a Trail Monitor at Nixon County Park. Below is a guide to help you understand the ways you can help improve our trails and support the efforts of the Habitat Action Team.

1) Suggested Tools: bag for trash; pruning shears; folding saw; garden hoe; garden gloves (Supplies available in the nature center volunteer office if you choose to monitor during open hours.)

2) Walk the trail every other week if possible and try to walk the trail after major storms. Most damage occurs after storms.

3) Clean up any hiker debris that you might find along the trails. Since there is no dumpster at Nixon – trash can be placed in entry way trash bin during Nature Center hours or taken to dumpsters at Lake Redman boat launch.

4) Carry a pair of pruning shears to trim back briars and other plant life that grow out across the trail. A folding saw can be used for larger jobs. (Make sure all cut branches get moved off the trail.)

5) Remove branches that have fallen and block the trail.

6) Clean out any water diverting swales that become clogged. A trails' biggest threat is water. We must keep water from traveling long distances on the trail. As water picks up speed, the trail has a greater tendency to erode. A garden hoe is a great tool for cleaning out swales.

7) Check drainage pipes underneath the trail and clean out any that become clogged.

8) Contact Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education, to inform:

Your trail efforts to improve the park user experience and your observations help us improve wildlife habitat. Contact Kelsey if you are ever interested in a “walk along” to discuss your trail and habitat. Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education - KAFrey@YorkCountyPA.gov or call 717-428-1961 x3 or text 717-341-9564

Adopt a trail or portion of a trail and be responsible for keeping it free from debris, pruning back plants that encroach on the trail, and reporting down trees or other obstructions that make the trail unsafe or unpassable. 

Preference for trail adoptions goes to the person who was assigned the previous year, but trails become available each year as monitors retire from their trail roles. 

Click Here for Trail Map

Trail Monitor Guide - Habitat Action Team

Thank you for your interest in being a Trail Monitor at Nixon County Park. Below is a guide to help you understand the ways you can help improve our trails and support the efforts of the Habitat Action Team.

1) Suggested Tools: bag for trash; pruning shears; folding saw; garden hoe; garden gloves (Supplies available in the nature center volunteer office if you choose to monitor during open hours.)

2) Walk the trail every other week if possible and try to walk the trail after major storms. Most damage occurs after storms.

3) Clean up any hiker debris that you might find along the trails. Since there is no dumpster at Nixon – trash can be placed in entry way trash bin during Nature Center hours or taken to dumpsters at Lake Redman boat launch.

4) Carry a pair of pruning shears to trim back briars and other plant life that grow out across the trail. A folding saw can be used for larger jobs. (Make sure all cut branches get moved off the trail.)

5) Remove branches that have fallen and block the trail.

6) Clean out any water diverting swales that become clogged. A trails' biggest threat is water. We must keep water from traveling long distances on the trail. As water picks up speed, the trail has a greater tendency to erode. A garden hoe is a great tool for cleaning out swales.

7) Check drainage pipes underneath the trail and clean out any that become clogged.

8) Contact Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education, to inform:

Your trail efforts to improve the park user experience and your observations help us improve wildlife habitat. Contact Kelsey if you are ever interested in a “walk along” to discuss your trail and habitat. Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education - KAFrey@YorkCountyPA.gov or call 717-428-1961 x3 or text 717-341-9564

Adopt a trail or portion of a trail and be responsible for keeping it free from debris, pruning back plants that encroach on the trail, and reporting down trees or other obstructions that make the trail unsafe or unpassable. 

Preference for trail adoptions goes to the person who was assigned the previous year, but trails become available each year as monitors retire from their trail roles. 

Click Here for Trail Map

Trail Monitor Guide - Habitat Action Team

Thank you for your interest in being a Trail Monitor at Nixon County Park. Below is a guide to help you understand the ways you can help improve our trails and support the efforts of the Habitat Action Team.

1) Suggested Tools: bag for trash; pruning shears; folding saw; garden hoe; garden gloves (Supplies available in the nature center volunteer office if you choose to monitor during open hours.)

2) Walk the trail every other week if possible and try to walk the trail after major storms. Most damage occurs after storms.

3) Clean up any hiker debris that you might find along the trails. Since there is no dumpster at Nixon – trash can be placed in entry way trash bin during Nature Center hours or taken to dumpsters at Lake Redman boat launch.

4) Carry a pair of pruning shears to trim back briars and other plant life that grow out across the trail. A folding saw can be used for larger jobs. (Make sure all cut branches get moved off the trail.)

5) Remove branches that have fallen and block the trail.

6) Clean out any water diverting swales that become clogged. A trails' biggest threat is water. We must keep water from traveling long distances on the trail. As water picks up speed, the trail has a greater tendency to erode. A garden hoe is a great tool for cleaning out swales.

7) Check drainage pipes underneath the trail and clean out any that become clogged.

8) Contact Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education, to inform:

Your trail efforts to improve the park user experience and your observations help us improve wildlife habitat. Contact Kelsey if you are ever interested in a “walk along” to discuss your trail and habitat. Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education - KAFrey@YorkCountyPA.gov or call 717-428-1961 x3 or text 717-341-9564

Adopt a trail or portion of a trail and be responsible for keeping it free from debris, pruning back plants that encroach on the trail, and reporting down trees or other obstructions that make the trail unsafe or unpassable. 

Preference for trail adoptions goes to the person who was assigned the previous year, but trails become available each year as monitors retire from their trail roles. 

Click Here for Trail Map

Trail Monitor Guide - Habitat Action Team

Thank you for your interest in being a Trail Monitor at Nixon County Park. Below is a guide to help you understand the ways you can help improve our trails and support the efforts of the Habitat Action Team.

1) Suggested Tools: bag for trash; pruning shears; folding saw; garden hoe; garden gloves (Supplies available in the nature center volunteer office if you choose to monitor during open hours.)

2) Walk the trail every other week if possible and try to walk the trail after major storms. Most damage occurs after storms.

3) Clean up any hiker debris that you might find along the trails. Since there is no dumpster at Nixon – trash can be placed in entry way trash bin during Nature Center hours or taken to dumpsters at Lake Redman boat launch.

4) Carry a pair of pruning shears to trim back briars and other plant life that grow out across the trail. A folding saw can be used for larger jobs. (Make sure all cut branches get moved off the trail.)

5) Remove branches that have fallen and block the trail.

6) Clean out any water diverting swales that become clogged. A trails' biggest threat is water. We must keep water from traveling long distances on the trail. As water picks up speed, the trail has a greater tendency to erode. A garden hoe is a great tool for cleaning out swales.

7) Check drainage pipes underneath the trail and clean out any that become clogged.

8) Contact Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education, to inform:

Your trail efforts to improve the park user experience and your observations help us improve wildlife habitat. Contact Kelsey if you are ever interested in a “walk along” to discuss your trail and habitat. Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education - KAFrey@YorkCountyPA.gov or call 717-428-1961 x3 or text 717-341-9564

Adopt a trail or portion of a trail and be responsible for keeping it free from debris, pruning back plants that encroach on the trail, and reporting down trees or other obstructions that make the trail unsafe or unpassable. 

Preference for trail adoptions goes to the person who was assigned the previous year, but trails become available each year as monitors retire from their trail roles. 

Click Here for Trail Map

Trail Monitor Guide - Habitat Action Team

Thank you for your interest in being a Trail Monitor at Nixon County Park. Below is a guide to help you understand the ways you can help improve our trails and support the efforts of the Habitat Action Team.

1) Suggested Tools: bag for trash; pruning shears; folding saw; garden hoe; garden gloves (Supplies available in the nature center volunteer office if you choose to monitor during open hours.)

2) Walk the trail every other week if possible and try to walk the trail after major storms. Most damage occurs after storms.

3) Clean up any hiker debris that you might find along the trails. Since there is no dumpster at Nixon – trash can be placed in entry way trash bin during Nature Center hours or taken to dumpsters at Lake Redman boat launch.

4) Carry a pair of pruning shears to trim back briars and other plant life that grow out across the trail. A folding saw can be used for larger jobs. (Make sure all cut branches get moved off the trail.)

5) Remove branches that have fallen and block the trail.

6) Clean out any water diverting swales that become clogged. A trails' biggest threat is water. We must keep water from traveling long distances on the trail. As water picks up speed, the trail has a greater tendency to erode. A garden hoe is a great tool for cleaning out swales.

7) Check drainage pipes underneath the trail and clean out any that become clogged.

8) Contact Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education, to inform:

Your trail efforts to improve the park user experience and your observations help us improve wildlife habitat. Contact Kelsey if you are ever interested in a “walk along” to discuss your trail and habitat. Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education - KAFrey@YorkCountyPA.gov or call 717-428-1961 x3 or text 717-341-9564

Adopt a trail or portion of a trail and be responsible for keeping it free from debris, pruning back plants that encroach on the trail, and reporting down trees or other obstructions that make the trail unsafe or unpassable. 

Preference for trail adoptions goes to the person who was assigned the previous year, but trails become available each year as monitors retire from their trail roles. 

Click Here for Trail Map

Trail Monitor Guide - Habitat Action Team

Thank you for your interest in being a Trail Monitor at Nixon County Park. Below is a guide to help you understand the ways you can help improve our trails and support the efforts of the Habitat Action Team.

1) Suggested Tools: bag for trash; pruning shears; folding saw; garden hoe; garden gloves (Supplies available in the nature center volunteer office if you choose to monitor during open hours.)

2) Walk the trail every other week if possible and try to walk the trail after major storms. Most damage occurs after storms.

3) Clean up any hiker debris that you might find along the trails. Since there is no dumpster at Nixon – trash can be placed in entry way trash bin during Nature Center hours or taken to dumpsters at Lake Redman boat launch.

4) Carry a pair of pruning shears to trim back briars and other plant life that grow out across the trail. A folding saw can be used for larger jobs. (Make sure all cut branches get moved off the trail.)

5) Remove branches that have fallen and block the trail.

6) Clean out any water diverting swales that become clogged. A trails' biggest threat is water. We must keep water from traveling long distances on the trail. As water picks up speed, the trail has a greater tendency to erode. A garden hoe is a great tool for cleaning out swales.

7) Check drainage pipes underneath the trail and clean out any that become clogged.

8) Contact Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education, to inform:

Your trail efforts to improve the park user experience and your observations help us improve wildlife habitat. Contact Kelsey if you are ever interested in a “walk along” to discuss your trail and habitat. Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education - KAFrey@YorkCountyPA.gov or call 717-428-1961 x3 or text 717-341-9564

Adopt a trail or portion of a trail and be responsible for keeping it free from debris, pruning back plants that encroach on the trail, and reporting down trees or other obstructions that make the trail unsafe or unpassable. 

Preference for trail adoptions goes to the person who was assigned the previous year, but trails become available each year as monitors retire from their trail roles. 

Click Here for Trail Map

Trail Monitor Guide - Habitat Action Team

Thank you for your interest in being a Trail Monitor at Nixon County Park. Below is a guide to help you understand the ways you can help improve our trails and support the efforts of the Habitat Action Team.

1) Suggested Tools: bag for trash; pruning shears; folding saw; garden hoe; garden gloves (Supplies available in the nature center volunteer office if you choose to monitor during open hours.)

2) Walk the trail every other week if possible and try to walk the trail after major storms. Most damage occurs after storms.

3) Clean up any hiker debris that you might find along the trails. Since there is no dumpster at Nixon – trash can be placed in entry way trash bin during Nature Center hours or taken to dumpsters at Lake Redman boat launch.

4) Carry a pair of pruning shears to trim back briars and other plant life that grow out across the trail. A folding saw can be used for larger jobs. (Make sure all cut branches get moved off the trail.)

5) Remove branches that have fallen and block the trail.

6) Clean out any water diverting swales that become clogged. A trails' biggest threat is water. We must keep water from traveling long distances on the trail. As water picks up speed, the trail has a greater tendency to erode. A garden hoe is a great tool for cleaning out swales.

7) Check drainage pipes underneath the trail and clean out any that become clogged.

8) Contact Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education, to inform:

Your trail efforts to improve the park user experience and your observations help us improve wildlife habitat. Contact Kelsey if you are ever interested in a “walk along” to discuss your trail and habitat. Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education - KAFrey@YorkCountyPA.gov or call 717-428-1961 x3 or text 717-341-9564

Adopt a trail or portion of a trail and be responsible for keeping it free from debris, pruning back plants that encroach on the trail, and reporting down trees or other obstructions that make the trail unsafe or unpassable. 

Preference for trail adoptions goes to the person who was assigned the previous year, but trails become available each year as monitors retire from their trail roles. 

Click Here for Trail Map

Trail Monitor Guide - Habitat Action Team

Thank you for your interest in being a Trail Monitor at Nixon County Park. Below is a guide to help you understand the ways you can help improve our trails and support the efforts of the Habitat Action Team.

1) Suggested Tools: bag for trash; pruning shears; folding saw; garden hoe; garden gloves (Supplies available in the nature center volunteer office if you choose to monitor during open hours.)

2) Walk the trail every other week if possible and try to walk the trail after major storms. Most damage occurs after storms.

3) Clean up any hiker debris that you might find along the trails. Since there is no dumpster at Nixon – trash can be placed in entry way trash bin during Nature Center hours or taken to dumpsters at Lake Redman boat launch.

4) Carry a pair of pruning shears to trim back briars and other plant life that grow out across the trail. A folding saw can be used for larger jobs. (Make sure all cut branches get moved off the trail.)

5) Remove branches that have fallen and block the trail.

6) Clean out any water diverting swales that become clogged. A trails' biggest threat is water. We must keep water from traveling long distances on the trail. As water picks up speed, the trail has a greater tendency to erode. A garden hoe is a great tool for cleaning out swales.

7) Check drainage pipes underneath the trail and clean out any that become clogged.

8) Contact Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education, to inform:

Your trail efforts to improve the park user experience and your observations help us improve wildlife habitat. Contact Kelsey if you are ever interested in a “walk along” to discuss your trail and habitat. Kelsey Frey, Manager of Education - KAFrey@YorkCountyPA.gov or call 717-428-1961 x3 or text 717-341-9564