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:

Spring Habitat Action Days takes place at John Rudy Park, Pines Pavilion Area

Saturdays, April 25, 10:00am-12:00pm

Help remove invasive shrubs and vines along the paved path. This effort will improve wildlife habitat, diversity, and the aesthetic value of the park. We’ll be digging, uprooting, and sawing invasive exotic woody plants like bush honeysuckle and privet.

Bring your own work gloves and safety glasses.

Spring Habitat Action Days takes place at John Rudy Park, Pines Pavilion Area

Saturdays, April 18, 10:00am-12:00pm

Help remove invasive shrubs and vines along the paved path. This effort will improve wildlife habitat, diversity, and the aesthetic value of the park. We’ll be digging, uprooting, and sawing invasive exotic woody plants like bush honeysuckle and privet.

Bring your own work gloves and safety glasses.

Spring Habitat Action Days takes place at John Rudy Park, Pines Pavilion Area

Saturday, April 18, 1:00-2:30pm

We’ll be planting new shrubs and installing deer protection around newly planted saplings. This effort will improve wildlife habitat, diversity, and the aesthetic value of the park. Great service project for civic groups, families, and school service hours. Tools provided, but you’re welcome to bring your own shovels, work gloves, and/or watering can if you have them.

Spring Habitat Action Days takes place at John Rudy Park, Pines Pavilion Area

Saturday, April 25, 1:00-2:30pm

We’ll be planting new shrubs and installing deer protection around newly planted saplings. This effort will improve wildlife habitat, diversity, and the aesthetic value of the park. Great service project for civic groups, families, and school service hours. Tools provided, but you’re welcome to bring your own shovels, work gloves, and/or watering can if you have them.

Spring Habitat Action Days takes place at John Rudy Park, Pines Pavilion Area

Sunday, April 19, 1:00-2:30pm

We’ll be planting new shrubs and installing deer protection around newly planted saplings. This effort will improve wildlife habitat, diversity, and the aesthetic value of the park. Great service project for civic groups, families, and school service hours. Tools provided, but you’re welcome to bring your own shovels, work gloves, and/or watering can if you have them.

Spring Habitat Action Days takes place at John Rudy Park, Pines Pavilion Area

Sunday, April 26, 1:00-2:30pm

We’ll be planting new shrubs and installing deer protection around newly planted saplings. This effort will improve wildlife habitat, diversity, and the aesthetic value of the park. Great service project for civic groups, families, and school service hours. Tools provided, but you’re welcome to bring your own shovels, work gloves, and/or watering can if you have them.

Walk through the nature play space next to the traditional playground at the Hidden Laurel Parking Lot Pavilion cluster. Check for broken structures that need reported to park staff. Check for poison ivy or thorny plants that need to be removed (report to park staff). Pick-up litter. Collect lost and found items. Look for any hazards and report to park staff. Please check weekly whenever possible. 

Walk through the Exploration Forest at Nixon Park (off the nature center park lot). Check for broken structures that need reported to park staff. Check for poison ivy or thorny plants that need to be removed (report to park staff). Pick-up litter. Collect lost and found items. Look for any hazards and report to park staff. Please check weekly whenever possible. 

Restoration plantings often have tree tubes or cages around young saplings to prevent damage from white-tailed deer, groundhogs, and rabbits as much as possible to give young plants a good start without being pruned by wildlife. These young trees need to be checked on several times per year. This opportunity is great for earning service hours; completing with a team, club or family; and it's flexile to work at your own pace on your own schedule. 

- Check if the sapling in still alive

- Check if the tube or cage is still standing and sturdy

- Hammer in or replace wobbly or rotten stakes

- Replace tubes with cages when saplings are ready for more space

- Remove cages when trunks are thick enough to survive wildlife damage

- cut vines off of the cage, tube, or sapling

- Pull out weeds growing inside the tube or cage with the sapling to reduce competition

Training and orientation will be provided for new volunteers. 

Restoration plantings often have tree tubes or cages around young saplings to prevent damage from white-tailed deer, groundhogs, and rabbits as much as possible to give young plants a good start without being pruned by wildlife. These young trees need to be checked on several times per year. This opportunity is great for earning service hours; completing with a team, club or family; and it's flexile to work at your own pace on your own schedule. 

- Check if the sapling in still alive

- Check if the tube or cage is still standing and sturdy

- Hammer in or replace wobbly or rotten stakes

- Replace tubes with cages when saplings are ready for more space

- Remove cages when trunks are thick enough to survive wildlife damage

- cut vines off of the cage, tube, or sapling

- Pull out weeds growing inside the tube or cage with the sapling to reduce competition

Training and orientation will be provided for new volunteers. 

Restoration plantings often have tree tubes or cages around young saplings to prevent damage from white-tailed deer, groundhogs, and rabbits as much as possible to give young plants a good start without being pruned by wildlife. These young trees need to be checked on several times per year. This opportunity is great for earning service hours; completing with a team, club or family; and it's flexile to work at your own pace on your own schedule. 

- Check if the sapling in still alive

- Check if the tube or cage is still standing and sturdy

- Hammer in or replace wobbly or rotten stakes

- Replace tubes with cages when saplings are ready for more space

- Remove cages when trunks are thick enough to survive wildlife damage

- cut vines off of the cage, tube, or sapling

- Pull out weeds growing inside the tube or cage with the sapling to reduce competition

Training and orientation will be provided for new volunteers. 

Restoration plantings often have tree tubes or cages around young saplings to prevent damage from white-tailed deer, groundhogs, and rabbits as much as possible to give young plants a good start without being pruned by wildlife. These young trees need to be checked on several times per year. This opportunity is great for earning service hours; completing with a team, club or family; and it's flexile to work at your own pace on your own schedule. 

- Check if the sapling in still alive

- Check if the tube or cage is still standing and sturdy

- Hammer in or replace wobbly or rotten stakes

- Replace tubes with cages when saplings are ready for more space

- Remove cages when trunks are thick enough to survive wildlife damage

- cut vines off of the cage, tube, or sapling

- Pull out weeds growing inside the tube or cage with the sapling to reduce competition

Training and orientation will be provided for new volunteers. 

Restoration plantings often have tree tubes or cages around young saplings to prevent damage from white-tailed deer, groundhogs, and rabbits as much as possible to give young plants a good start without being pruned by wildlife. These young trees need to be checked on several times per year. This opportunity is great for earning service hours; completing with a team, club or family; and it's flexile to work at your own pace on your own schedule. 

- Check if the sapling in still alive

- Check if the tube or cage is still standing and sturdy

- Hammer in or replace wobbly or rotten stakes

- Replace tubes with cages when saplings are ready for more space

- Remove cages when trunks are thick enough to survive wildlife damage

- cut vines off of the cage, tube, or sapling

- Pull out weeds growing inside the tube or cage with the sapling to reduce competition

Training and orientation will be provided for new volunteers. 

Restoration plantings often have tree tubes or cages around young saplings to prevent damage from white-tailed deer, groundhogs, and rabbits as much as possible to give young plants a good start without being pruned by wildlife. These young trees need to be checked on several times per year. This opportunity is great for earning service hours; completing with a team, club or family; and it's flexile to work at your own pace on your own schedule. 

- Check if the sapling in still alive

- Check if the tube or cage is still standing and sturdy

- Hammer in or replace wobbly or rotten stakes

- Replace tubes with cages when saplings are ready for more space

- Remove cages when trunks are thick enough to survive wildlife damage

- cut vines off of the cage, tube, or sapling

- Pull out weeds growing inside the tube or cage with the sapling to reduce competition

Training and orientation will be provided for new volunteers. 

Restoration plantings often have tree tubes or cages around young saplings to prevent damage from white-tailed deer, groundhogs, and rabbits as much as possible to give young plants a good start without being pruned by wildlife. These young trees need to be checked on several times per year. This opportunity is great for earning service hours; completing with a team, club or family; and it's flexile to work at your own pace on your own schedule. 

- Check if the sapling in still alive

- Check if the tube or cage is still standing and sturdy

- Hammer in or replace wobbly or rotten stakes

- Replace tubes with cages when saplings are ready for more space

- Remove cages when trunks are thick enough to survive wildlife damage

- cut vines off of the cage, tube, or sapling

- Pull out weeds growing inside the tube or cage with the sapling to reduce competition

Training and orientation will be provided for new volunteers. 

Restoration plantings often have tree tubes or cages around young saplings to prevent damage from white-tailed deer, groundhogs, and rabbits as much as possible to give young plants a good start without being pruned by wildlife. These young trees need to be checked on several times per year. This opportunity is great for earning service hours; completing with a team, club or family; and it's flexile to work at your own pace on your own schedule. 

- Check if the sapling in still alive

- Check if the tube or cage is still standing and sturdy

- Hammer in or replace wobbly or rotten stakes

- Replace tubes with cages when saplings are ready for more space

- Remove cages when trunks are thick enough to survive wildlife damage

- cut vines off of the cage, tube, or sapling

- Pull out weeds growing inside the tube or cage with the sapling to reduce competition

Training and orientation will be provided for new volunteers. 

Adopt a section of native plant garden at the nature center. Work with park staff to come up with a plan, learn about native plants, and help keep the garden in check! This opportunity is flexible and on your own schedule, however, tools are only available to borrow during nature center open hours. 

Roles May Include:

Weeding

Mulching

Pruning

Cutting back excess growth from paths

Editing plantings as needed

Keeping staff informed of any needs

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. 

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