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During the last year The Trails Committee has made improvements to several existing trails, and we took on stewardship of about three miles of new trails on Mt. Pisgah located on the MassWildLife property. We also worked with the Sudbury Valley Trustees to produce a new map of the Mt. Pisgah conservation land from the MassWildLife property on the south side, to the Devine property at Linden Street in Berlin on the north side. We also worked with the SVT to produce a new map of the Cedar Hill and Crane Swamp area, and new signs for the trails. Volunteer Forest Lyford produced a historic interpretive trail and brochure for the Edmund Hill Woods conservation area. We also worked with Forest to create a new 1.2 mile trail, named Jubilee Trail, on the New England Forestry Foundation land known as the Carlstrom II Forest on West Main Street. Forest is the NEFF Steward for that property.

The Trails Committee is actively planning and building hiking trails. We have planned an extension of the Coyote Trail from it’s current dead end on the south side of the Assabet River. The new trail will travel through the SuAsCo property southeast to Stirrup Brook, across the brook and then around the Stirrup Brook Farm property owned by the Town on Rt-20, then around to the Assabet River and out to Boundary Street. We hope to complete the trail by returning to the Yellick Conservation Area on the sewer line from Boundary Street then onto Hudson Street. The complete loop would be approximately 3 miles long. We’ve obtained Conservation Commission approval for the areas of the new trail that will go through wetlands from Yellick to Boundary Street, and we’re waiting on final approval from (D.C.R.) SuAsCo. We hope to start construction of the trail by the end of 2007 with the help of two Eagle Scout Candidates from Northborough’s Troop 101. 

We also have planned an extension of the Coyote Trail from it’s current dead end on the south side of the Assabet River. The new trail will travel through the SuAsCo property southeast to the Stirrup Brook, then toward the Farm property owned by the Town on Rt-20, then around to the Assabet River and out to Boundary Street. We hope to complete the trail by returning to the Yellick Conservation Area on the sewer line from Boundary Street then onto Hudson Street. The complete loop would be approximately 3 miles long. We’ve obtained Conservation Commission approval for the areas of the new trail that will go through wetlands, and we’re waiting on final approval from SuAsCo.

There is a lot of work in mapping out, negotiating and actually physically creating trails. Everything from legal to environmental issues crop up and have to be ironed out. Thanks to the great generosity and determination of many people, Northborough can boast some pretty fine trails. Many thanks to all who have helped to date.

If you have any suggestions or contributions to make, please send us an e-mail.

Below are some of our past projects in recent years:

Watson Park Butterfly Garden

We are currently growing a butterfly garden at Watson Park thanks to the generosity and experience of Betty Tetreault. New England's widely diverse habitats are home to many species and in order to attract them to the park we have planted various flowers, herbs and shrubs that butterflies eat use for laying their eggs. If you'd like to find out more about what butterflies feed on, where they live etc. check out our link above.

Blubird Boxes
Bluebirds are in danger of extinction. They like to nest in enclosures situated in open areas and suburban lawns are often ideal habitats for them. To find out how you can help the plight of the blue bird by building a blue bird box, check out our webpage on the subject.

Trail Canine Sanitation
We all want to walk clean, safe trails. This means taking responsibility for our actions and the actions of our dogs. It is important to clean up after your dog and keep the trails clean for other people. If it were just a matter of one or two dogs there would be no problem, but as many people like to exercise their animals in the woods, it is necessary for all of us to clean up after ourselves so that the woods are safe for our children to run about as well. The trails committee is currently looking into making biodegradable doggy bags available along the trails. In the meantime we ask that you take whatever necessary actions to keep the trails clean and disease free.

Trail Signage

• We are working hard to put together some clear, distinctive and permanent signage for the trails. This is an ongoing and somewhat expensive project but we feel that it is very worthwhile in the long run.

Ongoing Trail Hunt

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