The New England District, in partnership with the trail committees of Holland, Brimfield and the regional Grand Trunk Trailblazers, hosted several National Trail Day activities, June 7.
The main activity was the trail work day held at East Brimfield Lake, Massachusetts. The project was coordinated by Park Ranger Tom Chamberland who also assisted by providing a fourth dump truck, a project owned vehicle.
For the 12 trail volunteers from Holland and Brimfield who participated in the National Trail Day program at East Brimfield Lake, good progress was made in completing another 1,200-foot section of the Lake Siog Pass, a "rail trail" that connects Holland to the Grand Trunk trail, and regional Titanic Rail Trail in Brimfield and another 200-foot section of the Grand trunk Trail.
Volunteers not only showed up with rakes and shovels, but also four tractors and three dump trucks to help haul and spread the donated 165 tons of half inch dense grade processed gravel, 10-foot wide along this section of trail and another 250 feet of the Grand Trunk Trail itself. Volunteers were then treated to a pizza lunch provided by the Brimfield Trail Association. This donation of materials, labor and equipment was valued at $4,290.80.
Other work accomplished on this Trail Day was the removal of several small trees downed by winter storms from the trail and general trail cleanup of another two miles of completed Grand Trunk Trail of winter debris.
This now brings the Lake Siog Pass to 70-percent completion, and continues the great volunteer effort put forth by the Holland and Brimfield trail committees in the maintenance of the Grand Trunk trail system at East Brimfield Lake.
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