Please check below to remind you about your shift. Please come a little early so we can get you out to your location, which will be determined on the morning of the event. Meet at the ECTA Tent at the Staging Area off of Waldingfield Road. Bring a shovel, remember your lanyards if you have [...]
All volunteers for the Myopia Sled Dog Races will need to meet on Sunday, January 9 at 2PM on Waldingfield Road in Ipswich just west of the Rail Road Bridge. If you haven’t registered and are interested in volunteering, please register by clicking here. Last year was a great success becuase of the great volunteer [...]
Join ECTA Board member Joe Sandulli as he leads a X-C ski trip across some of the most beautiful farm and woodland on the North Shore. Leaving from the Appleton Farms Parking Area on Waldingfield Rd in Ipswich at 10 AM, we will arrive at the Black Cow for lunch by the hearth. This was a [...]
NEW! These stores and restaurants are now supporting our trails by giving ECTA Members the following discounts. Just bring your current ECTA Membership card! Click on the store to link to their website. And please tell your friends about these great deals for ECTA Members. The Farm Bar and Grille – 20% off your meal [...]
With generous funding from REI and hundreds of hours from our volunteers, ECTA constructed a 160 foot boardwalk in Willowdale State Forest that fixes a crucial link on the Bay Ciricuit Trail. As a part of last years Pan-Ipswich Challenge in May this link was underwater. Now it is available for hikers, birders, and bikers, and [...]
ECTA is an incredibly fortunate organization that has a passionate group of volunteers, members, local businesses, foundations and landowners that make what we do possible. As we work hard to finish up 2010 as a great success for ECTA in so many ways, we want to take the opportunity to thank all of you who have been involved in [...]
November 18 Trail AlertWINTHROP PROPERTY Trail Alert : Be advised people will be pheasant shooting on the Winthrop Ipswich Property Sunday Nov. 21 and Friday, Saturday and Sunday November 11/26 – 11/28. This may also include the Winthrop St. Gravel Pit that abuts Bradley Palmer. Seasonal reminder : All Winthrop property except for Groton House Farm driveways from [...]
The Maplecroft Trail in Ipswich has reopened after several weeks of an effort to vastly improve signage and the trail itself. Due to the wet weather, there are sections of the trail that are not yet suitable for equestrian use, and construction will continue as conditions improve. The trail was opened in early October, but it [...]
Each year, ECTA opens its November Meeting to all ECTA Members and the public. This year, the meeting will take place at the Hamilton/Wenham Community House on Bay Rd in Hamilton. We will review many of the projects that we have completed to date this year and those that we plan to finish by the [...]
October 23 830-1230 (Saturday)- Fall Trail Work Day Our biggest work day of the year. We will tackle trails in Willowdale State Forest and Bradley Palmer State Park. Bring hand tools, gloves and muscle. Bring your own Water Bottle as well. Many thanks to funding support from REI as a part of their grant [...]
