Volunteers Needed For Park Serve Day 5/17 - May 05, 2008
PITTSFIELD - Area residents are invited to work together with park staff to help get area parks, trails and beaches ready for the summer season. Park Serve Day 2008 will take place on Saturday, May 17. Last year more than 1300 volunteers participated statewide. This year, we’re hoping to break that record with area volunteers. Refreshments and tools will be provided.
In the West Region participating parks include Tolland State Forest, Otis; October Mountain State Forest, Lee; D.A.R. State Forest, Goshen and the Ashuwillticook Rail Trail, Cheshire. Volunteers for Tolland should wear clothes that they do not mind getting dirty and bring work gloves, insect repellant and sunscreen. They are asked to meet at the park headquarters by the dam by 10 a.m.
Lee and Lenox Sportsmen Clubs will be doing forest cleanup at October Mountain from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Volunteers are asked to meet at the park headquarters at 317 Woodland Road in Lee. The Northeast and New England ATV Clubs will have an ORV trails work party from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and are asked to meet at four corners field in the town of Washington.
Volunteers for trail cleanup and landscaping at the Ashuwillticook Rail Trail are asked to meet at 9 a.m. at the Farnams Road parking area off Route 8 in Cheshire. All ages and abilities are welcome. Participants are asked to bring work gloves and water. The work will continue until noon.
Swift River Academy and staff will be volunteering at D.A.R. State Forest in Goshen to do park cleanup and trail work.
To volunteer for any of the Park Serve projects please call October Mountain (413) 243-1778; Tolland (413) 269-6002; Ashuwillticook (413) 499-7003 and D.A.R. (413) 268-7098.
In addition, Park Serve Day is part of a six-week Saturday team activity called The Great Park Pursuit. The Great Park Pursuit is a team activity that connects families with the outdoors and their state parks. For further information about Park Serve Day visit www.parkserveday.org or about the Great Park Pursuit visit www.greatparkpursuit.org.
The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), an agency of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs oversees 450,00 acres of parks and forests, beaches, bike trails, watersheds, and dams, in addition to 278 bridges and miles of roadways. Led by Commissioner Richard K. Sullivan ,Jr, the agency’s mission is to protect, promote and enhance our commonwealth of natural, cultural and recreational resources. To learn more about DCR, our facilities and our programs, please visit www.mass.gov/dcr.
Contact us at mass.parks@state.ma.us. |
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