May 13th Park Workday
The Friends of Pisgah met at the Horseshoe Road Trailhead in Chesterfield Saturday, May 13th, 2017 at 10:00 am to work on the upcoming 10K race loop (mostly Reservoir, North Ponds and Lily Pond Trails). Numerous trees and branches across the trails were removed and paths opened for water to drain off the trails.FOP Run in the Park 5K/10K Trail Race/Walk Results
Thank you to everyone who came out on a busy Memorial Weekend to
support the Friends of Pisgah and enjoy the day with us. We had a
beautiful day with a few days of rain before that made for some slippery
trail conditions. All in all feedback was that it was still a good day
to be out enjoying the park.
We are happy to tell you that results are posted and can be found at http://results.active.com/
In the coming days be sure to check out the Friends of Pisgah Facebook page www.facebook.com/FriendsOfPisg
We hope to see you again next year and be sure to invite your friends for even more fun.
Thank you,
Friends of Pisgah
May 13th Friends of Pisgah Trail Maintenance
The Friends of Pisgah are meeting at the Horseshoe Road Trailhead
in Chesterfield Saturday, May 13th, 2017 at 10:00 am to work on the
upcoming 10K race loop (mostly Reservoir, North Ponds and Lily Pond
Trails). Most trees across the trails have been recently removed, but
with May high winds more will down and/or leaning across the trail. We
need help moving trees and branches off of the trail and opening paths
for water to drain off the trails.
Clifford W Struthers, Jr. Passes
Clifford W Struthers, Jr., who died on March 21, 2017, was a long time active member of the Friends of Pisgah including serving on the Council. Cliff assisted Park Manager, Norma Reppucci, in maintaining the park using his tractor to grade roads. He also surveyed and mapped the historical sites in the park. He will be missed.
See the attached obituary for details.
Pisgah Parking Lots Plowed
Whip Newell, the Pisgah Park Manager, informed us this morning that all Pisgah trailhead parking lots were plowed Thursday, March 16th.
FOP Run in the Park 5K/10K Trail Race/Walk
Mark your calendar, Saturday, May 27th. That's the day the Friends of Pisgah will hold the third annual Run In The Park 5k/10k trail race/walk. Be there and give those feet of yours a good workout. Registration will begin at the Horseshoe trailhead parking lot in Chesterfield at 8:30 a.m. The races will begin at 10 a.m. Help support the Friends of Pisgah's all-volunteer effort to build and maintain bridges, upgrade more than 50 miles of trails, improve access roads, and create new signage and blazing in the park. The registration fee is $25 per adult, $10 for youth 16 years and under. All proceeds go "on the ground" to make Pisgah State Park the best that it can be. So, get off the couch and mark that calendar.
The poster and race form are attached below.
Annual Meeting - November 15th, 2016
Click here to view photos by Matt Donachie
Members In Attendance: Laura Susmann, Jack Kondos, Matt Edson, Jim Schofield, Kim Nilsen, John Herrick, Beth Phippard, Matt Donachie, Abrahm Howe, John Hudachek, Jack Kondos, John Summers, Jon Knickerbocker
President Matt Edson called tonight’s meeting to order at 7:03 pm
Postponed: Help FOP put up new Signs on North Ponds, Chestnut Hill and Parker Trails
Due to ice and water on the trails and cold temperatures this Saturday,
the sign work has been postponed for a week until Saturday, January 21st
10:00 am, at the Horseshoe trailhead. Hope to see you then.
For our January trail maintenance we will meet at the Horseshoe trailhead in Chesterfield at 10:00 am to put up as many new signs on the North Ponds, Chestnut Hill and Parker trails that we have time for.
Bring water, lunch and hammer to nail in new signs or use ours. Also a small crow bar might help to remove the old wood signs. We also have to carry out the old wood signs, so backpacks or similar would be useful.
We will help transport people to these interior trails if the conditions are good.
John Herrick
Friends of Pisgah Trail Chief
603-256-6301
Chestnut Hill Parking Lot Expansion and the Old Chesterfield Road Culvert Replacement Completed
Work on the Chestnut Hill Parking Lot expansion and the Old Chesterfield Road culvert replacement was completed on November 21st. On the same day (an a week ahead of schedule) the final clean-up of the log yard for the timber harvest east of Horseshoe Road completed. Go to the State
Parks website at:
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
Ingeborg.seaboyer@dred.nh.gov
foxforest@dred.nh.gov
Keene Connector Trail Closed
The Keene Connector Trail from Old Swanzey Road in Chesterfield to the west end of the Horatio Colony Preserve in Swanzey is closed due to a logging operation. It will be re-opened by the summer of 2017. Signs have been placed to this effect at the Colony Preserve in Keene, at the lower end of Old Swanzey Road, at Beals, at Kilburn, at Plain Road, and at Madame Sherri's. This sign is at Old Swanzey Road.
