Join us for our 2011 Annual Meeting where we will hear from Board Member Rick Silverman and see a slidehsow about his recent amazing trek on the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal. We will also get an update on the Rail Trail through Topsfield and beyond from Joe Geller as […]
Check out this great video of the 2011 Myopia Sled Dog Races from the Mushers point of view. It was a fantastic weekend for all involved and many, many thanks to all of our volunteers who helped make it happen. (If you’re seeing this on the home page, click […]
Mark your Calendars for the greatest winter event on the North Shore. After last year’s enormous success, the Myopia Sled Dog Races are returning, with ECTA leading the DogCrew, the volunteers that make it happen. Don’t miss this one!
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Due to several incidents since the opening of the Maplecroft Trail in Ipswich, ECTA has temporarily closed the trail in order to address signage and safety issues as well as to ensure that adjacent private lands are not trespassed on. While significant public funding went to protect 247 acres, […]
On Saturday, October 16, we will have the opportunity to walk some trails across otherwise inaccessible trails along the Ipsiwch River in Hamilton and Ipswich. Several landowners are opening up their trails to ECTA for this special walk. We will have a longer walk and a shorter walk, […]