Village of Red Hook Town of Red Hook Greenway and Trails Committee Monthly Report July 2024
I was unable to attend the meeting in June however, according to the notes they discussed the particularly hard hit (from storms) Waterline Trail in the Winnakee property and the Ruth Oja Wetland walk adjacent to the Rec Park. John Kuhn and his crew and Dave Brangaitis worked hard to clear those trails after the storms. There was also help from other volunteers – the WLT crew, Ravi Mangat and Jim Blakeney also came to clear the entrance of the trails.
There have been proposed trails to implement in the Cookingham parcel on the west side of Route 9. Existing farm roads/proposed trails are indicated in the map by the broken brown line. Once work on those trails begin they will be walked and recorded to be added to the trail databases.
The Saw Kill Trail Blazers are entering the next phase. The split rail fencing will begin at the Aspinwall Rd Entrance to the main Saw Kill trail extension. Most initial rough clearing has been done through Kelly road, secondary clearing/root removal will be needed. If you are interested in volunteering you can reach out to Jen Adams at the Winnakee Land Trust at Jen@winnakee.org or Samantha Moy at Samantha@winnakee.org they will also be installing a bridge, similar to what was recently installed at the Vlei Marsh, in which they will need volunteers especially those with carpentry experience.
Village of Red Hook Climate Smart Communities Monthly Report July 2024
Our team met early on in the month and will be meeting on Aug. 6[th] at 6 p.m. We had our final meeting with our CCE representative Kelsey who is moving on to another opportunity with NYSERDA. We are incredibly thankful for the support and hours that Kelsey has given to us as we begin our journey for the long haul. We will continue with a new representative and hope to have them on board at our next meeting). At this point we are moving forward with the assessment and hope to get into some of the Clean Energy Communities actions completed at the same time.
This taskforce is open and still recruiting. If you are interested in being involved and to express ideas and knowledge of the way to best move forward and working within the team setting to build the pathway forward, we are interested in your input.