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2 3www.ctwoodlands.orgConnecticut Trails Day Celebration 2011
Years ago there were Giants in Connecticut—Giants who recognizedthat we were blessed with the Natural Ingredients (trees, rocks, hills,valleys, water, human spirit) or making great hiking trails. ThoseGiants got together as the Connecticut Forest & Park Association(CFPA) and began building trails with those special scenic ingredients,using one o the most important ingredients, our people! Thoseoriginal Giants are gone now, but succeeding generations continueto develop what they started.During the past year, two o our dedicated and knowledgeable long-term contributors, Birge Dayton and Dick Blake, passed away. Botho them let great legacies through their work with CFPA and theAppalachian Mountain Club (AMC), and have inspired numerousothers to ollow in their ootsteps to urther develop trails. Birge andDick also both worked on the Connecticut Trails Day Committee oryears, so it is appropriate to remember them here as we embark onanother successul celebration.Dick worked on many projects, but likely will be remembered mainly or conceiving and developing a wheelchair accessible section o theAppalachian Trail (AT) in Falls Village. This was a dual labor o love,both or the trail and or his wie, Alice, who was wheelchair bound.Birge will always be remembered or planning and building bridgesall over the state and privies on the AT (don’t laugh—they are needed!).I will never orget how he generously shared his design and leadershipskills with me the rst time I needed to build a bridge in BigelowHollow. And, i you ever use a privy in CT, Birge probably had a handin it (Birge-type humor!).During this year’s Connecticut Trails Day Celebration, pick an eventand keep the wisdom o the Giants and the dedication o Birge andDick in mind as you join others in touring Connecticut’s NaturalIngredients. Once again we are eaturing a variety o events, includingmany on the Blue-Blazed Hiking Trails and three National Trails in ourstate.Strong participation by organizations like the Connecticut Departmento Environmental Protection, AMC, local and regional land trusts,town agencies, outdoors-oriented businesses, volunteers, and ourgreat sponsors is a key to the success o Connecticut Trails Day. JenBenner, CFPA’s communications manager, again coordinated theeort and put together this booklet. The rest o the CFPA sta,especially Terri Peters and Jim Little, and long-term ConnecticutTrails Day Committee Members (George Arthur,Hans Depold, Jack Marshall, Paul Mei, andFran Zumpano) also deserve special thanks ortheir dedicated work in soliciting events,drumming up support, and preparingthis booklet.Happy Hiking,Chuck Sack
Connecticut Trails DayCommittee Chairman
Made WithAll Natural Ingredients
Connecticut Trails Day Celebration 2011
Take to OurState Parks& Forests
With 139 state parks and orestsin Connecticut, you are sureto nd un and adventure nomatter where you live. Takeadvantage o these resourcesand participate in one o themany CT Trails Day eventshappening at a state park or orest—
PARKING FEES WILLBE WAIVED
. The success othis celebration would not bepossible without support romthe Connecticut Departmento Environmental Protection.
To view park maps, visitwww.ct.gov/dep/parkmaps.
Join the Great Park Pursuit:Outdoor Recreation Challenge
As part o the CT DEP’s No Child Let Inside®initiative, amilies will be provided with apassport to Connecticut State Parks andForests, which they will use to collect 11outdoor recreational stamps during theFamily Days events scheduled the secondSaturday o each month.
For more inormation and detailson how to get your passport, visitwww.NoChildLetInside.org.
See page 47 or CT Trails Day/Family Days event.
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