Trail Stewardship Workshop, June 17, 2006

Attention:
Hikers, Mountain Bikers, Horseback Riders!

The Pocono Environmental Education Center
and The Friends of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area are proud to host:

Pennsylvania Equine Council’s
One-Day Trail Stewardship Workshop
with Bud & Gwen Wills
of the Pennsylvania Equine Council

Why? Do you see the litter on our trails? Do you wish more trails were open? Are you concerned about streams along the trails and the watersheds?

We have 100-plus miles of multi-use trails in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area alone. Recreation Area staff are wonderful but with tens of thousands of visitors to our trails, they cannot do all of the clean-up and maintenance and trail mitigation needed. Trained volunteers are needed.

We must be ready and willing to maintain our trails!

At this all-day workshop, volunteers will learn:
 How you can be an effective volunteer
 Why trails are constructed in certain ways
 How to protect our streams on the trails
 How to appreciate multi-use trails

Who: Equestrians, hikers, bikers, and others concerned about conditions on public lands and willing to do something about them.

Where you need to be:
Saturday, June 17, 2006
Pocono Environmental Education Building
Route 209 (Mile Marker 8 from the South)
Dingmans Ferry, PA 18328
8:30 AM to 4 PM
Continental breakfast and sandwich lunch provided. Please bring your own for special diet needs.

Cost: Free! Please pre-register by June 10, 2006.
Registration is limited- you must pre-register !!

Content: This workshop will cover; trail layout, construction, maintenance techniques and the proper use of tools. Information regarding the different public land agencies will also be discussed.

Need overnight accommodations on the 16th oe 17th?
PEEC has a Bed & Breakfast plan- $25/pp/night…pre-registration for B&B required.
Dingmans Campground is open – call 570-828-1551 or visit www.dingmanscampground.com

For more information or to register for the Workshop call:
PEEC at (570) 828-2319 or
Email: peec@ptd.net

For information about our organizations:
www.peec.org or www.friendsofdewa.org or www.nps.gov/dewa