More Good Trail News - Nockamixon SP

Kenny and I met with Obie, the Park Manager and also Rich and Dan from IMBA Trail Solutions this morning. We hiked out part of the eastern section of the Park

Building a trail system at Nox has become a priority to IMBA because it is being looked at as a "test" case for all of DCNR. Also, because it is a first joint Club venture. IMBA brought in the Trail Solutions team to see if Nox was a viable project and if Trail Solutions would become involved.

We were a bit nervous because Nox will not lend itself to an advanced level trail system, at least in most of the Park. It seems Trail Solutions is more interested in easy to moderate trails because there is deficit, and they believe Nox is a viable answer to that.

So, the short of the story: Trail Solutions will begin working on Nox with both us and PMBA this Fall. They will put together a funding package and hopefully get this project on the front burner for next year.

I am still uncertain of the level of actual digging they will do vs. we will do.

I was highly impressed with their level of 1) trail knowledge 2) advocacy knowledge 3) tree and invasive species knowledge. Completely Professional and obviously very experienced. Wow.