Timber Sale Updates
August 20, 2019 – Final work to seed the log yard for the Reservoir Road Timber sale was completed this morning. This project, first contracted in 2017 was delayed by last summer’s heavy rains, so ironically, just as it wraps up, the 2019 project - the Old Swanzey Road Timber Sale is about to start up. The first step on the new project will be setting up the log yard areas for both the northern Unit -directly off Old Swanzey Road - and the southern Unit - off Fullam Pond Trail. Updates will be made on the Parks web page - https://www.nhstateparks.org/
Inge Seaboyer
Forester III
NH Division of Forests & Lands
Forest Management Bureau
Caroline A. Fox Research & Demonstration Forest
603.464.3453
Friends of Pisgah August 17, 2019 Bridge Building
The Friends of Pisgah volunteers met at the Upper Reservoir Road Trailhead off Route 119 in Winchester at 9:00am Saturday, August 17th. FOP President Matt Edson, Abe and Sam Howe, Gerry Croteau, John Hudachek, David Weisel and Pisgah State Park Manager Whip Newell transported all the bridge materials and tools to the bridge site and rebuild the second bridge from the south end of Pisgah Reservoir trail. By early September the goal is to also rebuild the third bridge.
Kilburn Pond Porta Potty
IMPORTANT: NH Parks and Recreation has installed a porta-potty at the Kilburn Loop junction with Kilburn Road near the north end of Kilburn Pond to handle human waste from the many visitors to the pond and the nearby trails. The Friends of Pisgah had been talking about sanitation needs for more than a year now, and now Parks southern district supervisor Tara Blaney and Pisgah Park manager Ralph (Whip) Newell have made the latrine installation possible.This is welcome news.
FOP 3rd Annual Pisgah Reservoir Canoe & Kayak Outing
Fifth Annual Friends of Pisgah Half Marathon/5K/10K Trail Race Results
Click Race Results to check out the finishes of all 93 runners.
Fifth Annual Friends of Pisgah Half Marathon/5K/10K Trail Race
On Saturday, June 1 is Friends of Pisgah's RUN IN THE PARK day. We're sponsoring three races this year: A 5k. A 10k. And a NEW Half-Marathon. Race start time will be 9 a.m.
Where? Horseshoe Trailhead at the end of Horseshoe Road about a mile behind Chesterfield Elementary School and southeast of Route 63 in Chesterfield, NH
Get up off the couch. Turn off the TV. Put down the tablet. Throw the cellphone out the window. Get a printed calendar and mark it -- June 1, 9 a.m. Race -- and tack the calendar to the front door, the refrigerator, or your forehead. Got that? Good!
Come out and run or walk in challenging, all forested terrain on woods trails...no road running or walking.
Tell a friend. Tell a relative. Tell Congress, even. SHARE THIS POST.
Register online by clicking this link: Active.com, cash or check on race day or send check with the attached registration form payable to Friends of Pisgah Inc., P.O. Box 134, Chesterfield, NH 03443-0134.
FOP Trail Maintenance 10/20/2018
Four members of the Friends of Pisgah, John Herrick, Jon Knickerbocker, Jim Schofield and John Hudachek, met at the Kilburn Trailhead at 10:00am on Saturday, October 20th, 2018. We drained some water off the west side of the Kilburn Loop trail and removed fallen trees and branches from the John Summer trail and Kilburn Road. A really pleasant day to be hiking around Kilburn Pond.
Friends of Pisgah Annual Meeting
On Tuesday, November 13th at 7:00, we will be assembling at the Hinsdale Community Center for our Annual Meeting. This year’s speaker will be Patrick Hummel with the State of New Hampshire, who will be doing a presentation on the 2008 Monadnock ice storm.
Friends of Pisgah Fall 2018 Newsletter is now Available
The online version of the Friends of Pisgah Fall 2018 newsletter is now available by clicking http://www.friendsofpisgah.
Spring Clean Up in Pisgah State Park
Sixteen volunteers came out for the Friends of Pisgah work day on Saturday, April 21, 2018 to sweep the many miles of trails that are part of the 10k and 5k Run in the Park races that are scheduled for May 26th. The folks assembled in crews and spent a long six hours clearing forest debris, cutting away blowdowns, opening drainage ditches and culverts to improve water flow off the trails, and generally sprucing things up. So the going is fine in much of the northern segment of Pisgah Park.
Two days later, a big log was jimmied out of the Kilburn Road, the newly refurbished Town Forest Trail was cleared of debris, and the old Davis Hill Trail got a manicure, too.
Volunteers make it happen in Pisgah!
K. r. Nilsen
