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.
Description
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:
- any problem areas that require support like big tree down or severe erosion problems. Send a photo and specific area of problem.
- ideas to improve the trail and user experience or concerns about invasive plants
