On Saturday, June 5, at Bradley Palmer State Park, the Essex County Trail Association is hosting its National Trails Day event. Building on last years very successful day, the event will start with an early morning bird walk led by Jim Berry, a guided horse ride through Bradley Palmer, and working with Mass DCR, a [...]
On Saturday, June 5, at Bradley Palmer State Park, the Essex County Trail Association is hosting its Family Fun National Trails Day event. The event will start with an early morning bird walk led by Jim Berry, a guided horse ride through Bradley Palmer, and a volunteer trail repair effort on some trails damaged by the [...]
National Trails Day: Free Guided Walk at Riverbend, West Newbury A trail walk through Riverbend in West Newbury will be held to celebrate National Trails Day on Saturday June 5th. The walk will be led by members of the West Newbury’s Open Space Committee who hope that trails that have been recently cleared and remarked [...]
As a result of a strong conservation partnership between the Raymond Family, ECTA, the Trust for Public Land, The Town of Ipswich, Essex County Greenbelt, Mass Department of Conservation and Recreation, and Mass Department of Agriculture, one of the most visible and important landscapes in Ipswich, and an ECTA Trail Easement through it, is protected forever. Nearly 2 years of effort [...]
On Thursday, May 13th, ECTA Executive Director Alex Van Alen and Richard Emmott will hike on public trails from Hood Pond at the Western end of Ipswich, 20+ miles to Crane Beach. Alex and Richard’s hike aims to raise awareness of the incredible trail system that Ipswich has and also to raise funds for their maintenance and [...]
We have gotten word of a lost dog, Bullet, a long haired German Shephard, mostly black. He was last seen on Thursday, April 22, 2010 at about 4:15pm. He was being chased by some well intentioned girls and he was running down the center of Bay Road, turned right on Orchard Road, ran to the [...]
This is a family friendly volunteer trail day at Bradley Palmer as partof the Department of Conservation and Recreation’s statewide Park Serve Day. We will meet at the Parking Area off of Asbury Street at 9 AM to do some spring cleaning for the park. Bring loppers, handsaws, clippers, shovels and other hand tools, as well as [...]
This year the ECTA Equine Expo will be held on Saturday, April 24, from 9 to 3 at the Topsfield Fairgrouds Arena. It is a large indoor marketplace of over 60 vendors selling new and used items for the horse and rider/driver as well as services. Demonstrations will be held throughout the day, including Horsemanship [...]
Rick from the Cape Ann Vernal Pond Team (you may remember him with the snakes at last years National Trails Day) will lead a family walk on Saturday April 17 from 1 to 3 to explore local vernal ponds and explain their rich and important biodiversity. Essex County is full of these critical ecological hotspots and here [...]
Our annual meeting is open to all ECTA members and will be held on the evening of Tuesday April 13th at 630. Come and enjoy a recap of our successful 2009 projects and find out what we are working on in 2010. This year’s meeting will once again be at the Gould Barn Topsfield. Click [...]
