3rd Annual

Help Our Trails (HOT) Day

Saturday, May 17, 9 am – 12 pm

For the 3rd consecutive year, the Walpole Trail Committee is inviting the public to help us prepare our town’s trails for the upcoming hiking season.  This year’s Help Our Trails (HOT) Day will take place on May 17, 2025, from 9 am to 12 pm.  Due to the chilly weather and slow vegetation growth so far this spring, we have postponed HOT Day by two weeks from the date announced in the April Clarion.

Volunteers will meet at the Walpole Town Hall, divide into small teams, and go out to work on trail maintenance projects at designated locations around Walpole.  HOT Day trail work will include clearing fallen branches, trimming vegetation, maintaining drainage, picking up litter, and making selected repairs and improvements on trails at Mill Pond Sanctuary, Fanny Mason Forest, the Cheshire Rail Trail, and elsewhere in Walpole.  

Please dress for trail work and bring your own water, work gloves, and hand tools (clippers, loppers, hand saws, etc.) if you have them.  Do not bring chain saws or power tools.  Litter bags will be provided.  No dogs, please.

To sign up or to get more information, please email walpoletrailhelpers@gmail.com.  Advance sign-up is strongly recommended.

This is a great chance for Walpole trail users to help our trails while having fun together. Please join us for the 3rd Annual HOT Day, Saturday, May 17th, from 9 am to noon.  Rain date is Sunday, May 18th.  

Wendy Grossman

Walpole Trail Committee

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