ECTA Newsletter Fall Winter 2009

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E C T A
SSEX OUNTY RAIL SSOCIATION
Preserve, Maintain, Respect Vol. 27 No. 2 Fall/Winter 2009
Chairman’s report
Susie Banta
It takes a village….
Congratulations and a big thank
you to the residents of Ipswich! As
I write this, the Town of Ipswich has
just voted to help fund the protection
of Maplecroft Farm, a big step toward
preserving a beautiful and important
tract of agricultural and recreational
land. A portion of the land will remain
in agricultural use, a portion will be
available for recreational use and there
will be a multi-use trail easement held
by ECTA that crosses the property from
Essex Road (Rt.133) to Argilla Road.
I begin my comments with this decision
because it is a very visible public
example of landowners, concerned
individuals and groups working
together to help preserve the essence
Trail through Sears’ property, Hamilton
of our Essex County communities.
We are also witness to – and happily
participants in – many other less visible From the Director
but equally important acts of generosity Alex Van Alen
and commitment to maintaining and The Future of our Trails
preserving trails and the access to trails
throughout Essex County. On the evening of October 19, I was at the Ipswich Town Meeting, largely
We have landowners, such as Barbara to cast my vote for the town to help fund the permanent protection of a trail
Sears who you will “meet” later in and 247 acres of the Raymond Family’s Maplecroft Farm. After an enormous
this issue, who have worked with us educational effort from ECTA and its conservation partners, I am happy to say
to create easements for public access that the voters overwhelmingly approved the article. I was helping Carol Lloyd
across their land, landowners who keep the next day to mark the course for ECTA’s 5th annual “Run for the Trails” event
their own trails open and support trail and she reminded me that we had heard at the meeting that the Town was going
improvements and allow access to to bury a 50 year time capsule as a part of its 375th anniversary. Carol had the
public lands through their land. We great idea of putting one of our freshly printed 2009 Ipswich Trail Maps in the
have a hardy group of volunteers –led capsule, which will no doubt be an interesting artifact for the residents in 2059.
by our event coordinators and volunteers It made me wonder: What will those residents think when they look at those
extraordinaire Kay Joseph and Sue 50-year-old maps? Will they be disappointed at the trail network that they have
McLaughlin -- who work behind the lost, or will they be amazed at all that has been preserved? The population
scenes putting on events; Trail Stewards pressure is expected to increase dramatically, many large landholdings are
who keep tabs on the trails in their areas; almost certain to be split up with the next generation and new landowners and
our very hard working board of directors; trail users will move to the area. Does this mean that the incredible trail system
our terrific Newsletter editor, Pam we enjoy today, both public and private, protected and unprotected, will become
Mansfield; and, at the front of our ECTA fragmented, inaccessible, overgrown or washed out? ECTA wants to make sure
parade, our tireless Executive Director the answer to those questions is an emphatic NO.
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From the Director (cont’d. from membership. This challenge grant
ECTA Board of Directors
page 1) pledged to match any membership
In order to do this, your Board dues for the first 100 NEW members
Susie Banta, Chair
of Directors, Carol and I are putting in 2009. We surpassed the challenge
Susan Lawrence, Vice Chair
systems in place and completing in mid-October and new memberships
Felicity Beech
Peter Campot projects at a rapid clip. Our keep coming in.
fundamental aim is to be sure that
Susanna Colloredo
Ann Getchell ECTA increases its capacity to protect The President’s Fund
Judy Gregg and maintain our fantastic trail system, By now, you have all received a letter
Deborah Hamilton while ensuring that we are a strong requesting support for the President’s
Augusta Macrokanis and sustainable organization well into Fund in recognition of Don Curiale’s
Katy Redmond the future. Due to the support of our 15 years of leadership at ECTA.
Joe Sandulli members, landowners and volunteers, These funds are important to sustain
Dorothy Stookey
we feel assured of success. our operations while we increase our
Liz Wheaton
Many of you may have noticed trail protection capacity. Thanks to
Heidi Zenger
some of the changes within ECTA. the generosity of many of you, we
We have a new logo and a new website have raised nearly $100,000 of our
Alex Van Alen, Executive Director
where you can find out about news $150,000 goal. We hope we can
Carol Lloyd, Dir. Trail Preservation
and events, and donate, renew or join count on those of you who have not
Liz Wheaton, Treasurer
Judy Gregg, Membership online. We have completed the 2009 yet given to support our work with a
revision of the Ipswich map to join donation. You can either send a check
Trail Stewards the completed Hamilton/Wenham map in the envelope provided in the letter
Essex and soon to be completed Topsfield you received, or easily donate online
Kay Joseph (978.768.6275) and West Newbury maps. We will at our website.
Hamilton soon have these maps available for
Sue McLaughlin (978.468.7715) downloading on the website. Trail Stewards/Trail Maintenance
Diane Curr (781.316.4452) Our Trail Stewards, the avid trail users
David Smith (781.307.2020) Membership who report back any trail issues so that
Bea Britton (978.468.2733)
We are also making changes to the we can take care of them promptly,
Lucy Pingree (978.468.7942)
way we think about membership have been busy. We have responded
Liz Wheaton (978.468.7944)
support. We believe that there are to many requests to clear downed
Ipswich
many, many trail users out there who trees, fix holes, repair bridges, mow
Joe Sandulli (978-356-7163)
are not members but who would be back overgrown trails, repair wet areas
Rolanda Dane (978.356.6524)
if they realized that they benefit from and sign trails for safety. Always feel
Ralph Williams (978.948.7702)
Wenham the good work we do at ECTA. The free to contact the Trail Steward in
Deborah Stanton (978.626.8424) Board and I believe that through your area (you can find their names
Topsfield better communications and a simpler and contact information here or on the
Kathie Tremblay (978.887.8855) system of joining, we will be able website) or you can contact me at 978-
Abigail Jackson (978.887.6314) to bring those trail users under the 312-1548 or [email protected].
Elaine Robson (978.887.8789) ECTA umbrella, strengthening our
West Newbury Events 2009
organization and leading to better
Ellen Alden (978.363.1170) Througout the year, ECTA held
protection of our trails. To date
Nancy & George McGown (363.1877) several events:
we have produced a new brochure,
Felicity Beech (978.363.2021)
• Annual Tack Sale at Topsfield
developed the joining page on the
Nady Peters (978.363.1589)
Fairgrounds Arena
website, and beginning in 2010, we
• National Trails Day at Bradley
will be going to a rolling membership,
Newsletter
Palmer
Pamela Mansfield-Loomis meaning that no matter when someone
• Waldingfield Driving Event
joins, their membership is good for
• Myopia Horse show opening night
Contact ECTA the next 365 days. This way, people
• Groton House Fall Classic
get the full value of a year long
• Run for the Trails
membership, regardless of whether
PO Box 358
• Poker Ramble (cancelled due to
they join in January or November.
Hamilton, MA 01936 muddy footing and weather)
As a result, we will be replacing trail
978-312-1548 Thanks to our volunteers for making
tags with membership cards stating
[email protected] the effective dates. We also received these events possible. Check our
www.ectaonline.org a challenge grant to increase our website www.ectaonline.org for
upcoming events.
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Trail Clearing Volunteer Style
Alex Van Alen
On Saturday, September 26, ECTA had wanted more. We will be sure to plan
a volunteer trail clearing day at 315 another one soon, and many thanks to
Sagamore St in Hamilton. Nearly 20 this hearty group.
volunteers showed up to reclaim a lost The vacant property is owned
trail. Armed with saws, loppers, weed by Windover Properties, who have
whackers and a walk behind brush- generously agreed to place a trail
hog, we cut a beautiful path through easement with ECTA over the land.
the woods and up the hill. It is wide The 40 acre property is for sale and
and high enough for equestrian use. although it has been subdivided into 4
The volunteers worked fast and hard, lots, it would be ideal for one owner as
clearing saplings and cutting branches, a horse property, with trails leading in
but by the end of the morning, they all many directions.
Sue McLaughlin and Kay Joseph
Spotlight on Volunteers:
Kay Joseph & Sue McLaughlin
Pam Mansfield
Although Kay Joseph and Sue
McLaughlin each support ECTA
individually, you seldom see one
without the other close by. Both are
known for their tireless teamwork on
the annual spring ECTA Tack Sale,
now in its 15th year, the summertime
driving event at Waldingfield, and the
popular Poker Ramble held in the fall.
Throughout the year they are
busy promoting and planning the
tack sale that benefits ECTA with
Volunteers helped to clear trails on Sagamore Hill this fall.
much needed funds. They send out
announcements, solicit sponsorships,
acquire used items for the ECTA table,
Chairman’s Report (cont’d. from page 1)
round up donated items for the silent
and Director of Trail Preservation, of the ECTA Newsletter and catch up auction, and bring in vendors with
Alex Van Alen and Carol Lloyd. on all ECTA has been up to the past unique and interesting goods that are
In other words, it really does take few months. Finally, we encourage sure to please. Held at the Topsfield
a village…no, actually it takes a you to become an active member of Fairgrounds each April, it is more
team (and six villages!), to keep the team. Let us know of trails that than an expo. It is THE spring event
our wonderful trails maintained, need improvement (check out our known far and wide to equestrians,
preserved, and accessible. So, it new website ectaonline.org to find the and brings in a few non-equestrians,
seems an appropriate time of year to name of the trail steward near you), too. The demonstration ring is always
reflect on our great appreciation for volunteer when and where you can lively thanks to their tireless scouting
our wonderful landowners and the (call Alex at 978-312-1548), donate if for talent and interesting topics
committed individuals who work so you can (it takes six villages, a team, ranging from mammoth donkeys to
hard to keep our trail system open. and $$$$!), and have a…. canine agility, and sidesaddle riding to
As a trail user, or just a trail
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‘believer’, please enjoy our fall edition Happy Thanksgiving!!
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5th Annual ECTA Run for the Trails
Pam Mansfield
The popular ECTA Run for the Trails gave runners an
opportunity to enjoy miles of beautiful trails on Saturday,
October 24 at 11 a.m. This special 5 and 10-mile race
introduces runners to some of the privately-owned trails
that ECTA maintains and preserves throughout six towns in
Essex County.
This year’s event was once again graciously hosted by
John and Linda Donovan at Devon Glen Farm in Hamilton
and wound through both public and private trails providing
little-known spectacular views of the countryside. Runners
fondly recalled last year’s event that began at the Donovan’s
barn where chickens, horses, and Guernsey cows looked on.
With inclement weather disrupting many outdoor events
this fall, the threat of rain and the occasional drizzle kept the
number of entrants down to 50, but spirits were high. The
mud boosted demand for clean pairs of running shoes after
the race, said Dave of New England Running Company,
one of the sponsors who helped make the event possible.
ECTA’s Director of Trail Preservation, Carol Lloyd, who
organizes the Run for the Trails, added that Salomon donated
four pair of running shoes for a raffle. We couldn’t host
such a professional event without our sponsors: Institution
for Savings, EBSCO, Brinck Lowery, First National Bank of
Ipswich, Manchester Athletic Club, New England Running/
Salomon Sports, and Coastal Greengrocer who provided
refreshments in the barn. Prizes were awarded to winners by
age groups and distance.
Top left: About 50 runners at the starting line are wel- Runners registered either as individuals or with running
comed by organizer Carol Lloyd. Middle: Beautiful clubs. “Olin College had the winner and second place in
trails at the start of the race. Bottom: Carol Lloyd and the men’s Open 10 mile race and they had the winner of
Sussan Lawrence check in entries inside the barn. Top the woman’s Open 10 mile race,” Carol reported. We had
right: Carol Lloyd, Devon Farm hosts Linda and John so many volunteers who were fabulous and the YMCA and
Donovan, and Alex Van Alen pose before the ECTA Gills Running Club did the finish line for us, they were the
banner with “Honey” in the barn. best!! John and Linda Donovan were great too. They stayed
the whole time and were gracious and cheery - the perfect
hosts!”
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Landowner Profile - Mrs. Barbara Sears now, but the trails through her property
remain open. “I love having people
Pam Mansfield
come through here as long as they
don’t damage the place,” she muses.
Most riders and walkers who belong to
ECTA know to wave and say hello if
they see landowners and express their
appreciation for the opportunity. The
trail easement will continue to make
that possible, and the Sears’ children,
who also grew up riding, have homes
on adjacent properties. Her two boys,
in particular, grew up riding their
ponies, helping to whip in with the
hunt, and assisting with dragging the
scent prior to the meet.
Although she has lived in Hamilton
many years, such was her love for
the thrill of foxhunting in Virginia,
Mrs. Sears traditionally headed south
with her horses for part of each year.
These days she continues to ride her
faithful hunter, Nelson, on the network
of trails in Ipswich, Hamilton, and
Farmland, open spaces, and foxhunting where several hunt clubs ride together,
Topsfield. Riding offers a spectacular
are a way of life in Middleburg, Virginia, bringing their horses in trailers that
way to enjoy long expanses of the
where Mrs. Barbara Sears grew up they park on her property, and they
countryside, made possible only
riding with the hunt as a child. “Riding start and end their ride at this junction
through the generosity of landowners
was second nature,” she says, reciting of wooded trails that echo with the
like Mrs. Sears who allow people to
the adage that the outside of a horse is sound of hounds and hooves both
continue this tradition.
good for the inside of a person. After present and past.
she married and moved to Hamilton, It is no surprise that Mrs. Sears
she rode with Myopia Hunt where her would like that tradition to continue
husband, Francis (Bunny) Sears, was for generations to come, which is
Master of Foxhounds (MFA). From her why she has permanently preserved Mrs. Barbara Sears and “Nelson.”
57-acre farm, she could ride for miles her Hamilton estate by establishing Below the trail on the Sears property
on trails that connect to Sagamore Hill a trail easement with Essex County protected by an ECTA easement.
in one direction and Appleton Farm Trail Association and conservation
in the other. The Hunt was smaller protection with Essex County
in the earlier days, she says, and she Greenbelt
and Bunny as well as other members Association.
would walk 15-20 couple of hounds in Over the years,
the dark each early spring morning, a she has seen
responsibility of the Huntsman now. On many changes
weekdays, no more than 20 members as land is sold
would ride, and the kennels, well, the and new homes
kennels were nothing like they are today, are built,
where she says one could practically eat altering the
dinner in the facilities. landscape and
The Sears’ have hosted the barring access
Landowners’ Picnic for the past dozen to trails. What
years, and she continues the tradition, a was once a
popular event attended by 250 neighbors contiguous trail
and hunt subscribers in October on to Sagamore
what was a perfect fall day this year. Hill has some
Frequently, she also hosts a joint meet, interruptions
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ECTA Members 2009
Christopher & Deborah Abbott, Boston, MA Meghan Coleman, Marblehead, MA Laura Graf, Ipswich, MA
Teresa Acker, Ipswich, MA John & Allison Collins, South Hamilton, MA Beverly & David Granz, Wenham, MA
Hilary Adler, Newburyport, MA Franz & Anne Colloredo-Mansfeld, South Hamilton, MA Jon Gray, Beverly Farms, MA
Amy & Joseph Ahearn, Essex, MA Susanna Colloredo-Mansfeld, South Hamilton, MA Winnie Gray, Wenham, MA
Albano Family, Beverly, MA Karen Conner-Delfuoco, South Hamilton, MA Michael & Phyllis Greene, Ipswich, MA
Jack & Ellen Alden, West Newbury, MA Hillori Connors, Topsfield, MA Kenneth & Judy Gregg, South Hamilton, MA
Jennifer Andersen, Salem, MA Al & Kathryn Contarino, Boxford, MA Tom Gregory III, Boxford, MA
Jennifer & Keith Anderson, Ipswich, MA Donald Coombs, Ipswich, MA Grier Family, Rockport, MA
Kennon & Joshua Anderson, Wenham, MA Janet Cormier, North Reading, MA Peter & Carol Grieve, Topsfield, MA
Keith & Lynda Angstadt, Bradford, MA Ken & Erin Cosgrove, Hampton Falls, NH Gail Griffin, Peabody, MA
David & Mary Anyzewski, Topsfield, MA Rosemary Coulombe, Salisbury, MA Natasha & Charles Grigg, Boxford, MA
Gina Armano, North Andover, MA Al Craig, Essex, MA Wilson & Robin Groves, Brownsville, VT
Ray Arner, Salem, NH Hilary & Al Creighton, Manchester, MA Tim Guinee, Jr., Topsfield, MA
Michael & Kelly Arsenian, Rockport, MA Sandra Crete, Essex, MA LynnAnne Hagar, Essex, MA
Nancy & Henry Audesse, Wenham, MA Marnie Crouch, South Hamilton, MA Bernadette Hamilton, West Newbury, MA
Tara & Mark Audette, Newbury, MA Ed Cugno, Woburn, MA Deborah Hamilton, West Newbury, MA
Helen Ayer, South Hamilton, MA Lisa Culverwell, South Hamilton, MA Elizabeth Hamilton, Hamilton, MA
Neil & Carole Ayer, Hamilton, MA Anthony Curiale, Wantagh, NY Phyllis Hanson, South Hamilton, MA
Randy Ayer, Wenham, MA Arthur Finklestein & Don Curiale, Ipswich, MA Katrina Hart, Hamilton, MA
Emily Bailie, Beverly Farms, MA Grace Currier, Seabrook, NH Nancy, Douglas & Shannon Hart, Middleton, MA
Susie Banta & Brinck Lowery, Essex, MA Kim Cutler, South Hamilton, MA Audrey Hartnett, Ipswich, MA
Belinda Barbas, Boxford, MA Tilly Cutler, South Hamilton, MA Toni Havenstrite, Medford, MA
Diane & Ruleffe Barbour, Marblehead, MA Donald & Brenda Daignault, Bradford, MA Linda Haynes, Boxford, MA
Dennis Barnett, Ipswich, MA Arabella Dane, Center Harbor, NH Jill Hazard, West Newbury, MA
Leslie Bartolotti, Weston, MA Bill & Jan Davidson, Wenham, MA Joan Henderson, South Hamilton, MA
Amy Barton, Amesbury, MA Chris & Carol Davis, South Hamilton, MA Sandra Hendren, Wenham, MA
Elaine Bazarian, Watertown, MA Jill Davis, Rockport, MA Meg Herman, Gloucester, MA
Cami & Dan Beckman, South Hamilton, MA Kathline Davis, Fremont, NH Anne Hezzey & Tom Reardon, Ipswich, MA
Paul & Felicity Beech, West Newbury, MA Jerry & Dawn Dawson, South Hamilton, MA Robert & Jane Hicks, Wenham, MA
Care Beecroft-Picone and Paul Picone, Hamilton, MA Porter de Sieyes, Hamilton, MA Charles L. Hill, Ipswich, MA
William Phippen & Sandy Belock, Wenham, MA Charlotte DeBoer, Ipswich, MA Mr. & Mrs. J. Hills, South Hamilton, MA
Linda Bennett, Kensington, NH Hubert & Frances deLacvivier, Wenham, MA Ann Himmel, Topsfield, MA
Lida Bernard, Gloucester, MA Laura Delaney, Georgetown, MA Michael & Mandy Hogan, Beverly, MA
Terry Berns, West Newbury, MA Charles & Frances Dellovo, South Hamilton, MA Brian Hogan, Jr., Voluntown, CT
Jim Berry, Ipswich, MA Julie DePaolis & Family, Essex, MA Andrea Holbrook, Rowley, MA
Jenny Berryman & Dick Leveroni, South Hamilton, MA Jane Desrochers, Ipswich, MA Betsy Holdsworth, Gloucester, MA
Abigail Bertelson, Hamilton, MA Steve & Pam DiFillippa, Wenham, MA Andrea Hoosick, South Hamilton, MA
Adolpho & Tatiana Bezamat, Ipswich, MA Joseph DiGrazia, Topsfield, MA Gregory Horner, South Hamilton, MA
Pam Biggi, Hampton Falls, NH Roberto & Letizia Donati, Essex, MA Edwin & Laura Howard, Jr., South Hamilton, MA
Betty Bilton, Rowley, MA John & Linda Donovan, South Hamilton, MA Gene & Joanne Howland, Wenham, MA
Caroline Bishop, Beverly, MA Robin Dorogusker, Boxford, MA Lily Hsia, South Hamilton, MA
Joanne Blades, Rowley, MA Eleanor & Cornelia Dorr, Manchester, MA Catherine Hubbard, Boxford, MA
Eva & Oliver Blumgart, Beverly, MA Joyce Dostale, Chestnut Hill, MA Stephanie Hudon, Beverly, MA
Anne Bonazoli, Georgetown, MA Bruce Drohan, Rockport, MA Heather Hull-Colby, Amesbury, MA
Annette Bongette, Hamilton, MA Nancy Drown, Ipswich, MA Don & Louise Hunt, Marblehead, MA
Daphne Borden, Essex, MA Joan Dumas, Lynn, MA Melita Hutchings, Groveland, MA
Amy Borner, Wayland, MA Tracy & Devon Dunajski, Peabody, MA Anne Hutchins, South Hamilton, MA
Judith Botsford, South Hamilton, MA Sandy Dunstan, Beverly, MA Betty Ingram, Manchester, MA
Don Bourquard, West Newbury, MA Katherine Dwyer, Wenham, MA Asheley Ireland & Babette Lenna, Hamilton, MA
Jennifer Bova, Rowley, MA Katherine Eagan, Lawrence, MA Abigail Jackson, Topsfield, MA
Amy Bresky, Southern Pines, NC - West Newbury, MA Chris Eaton & John Greenbaum, South Hamilton, MA Rebecca Jackson, Manchester, MA
Peter & Bea Britton, South Hamilton, MA Jennifer Eddy, Manchester, MA Charles Jacobs, Weston, MA
Jennifer Brockway-Peirce, West Newbury, MA Janet Egan, Gloucester, MA Sydney Jenkins, South Hamilton, MA
Leslie Brooks, Ipswich, MA Heidi Eichenberger, Boston, MA Robert & Susanne Jodice, Lynnfield, MA
Rebecca Brooks, Boston, MA Judy Eitler, Lee, NH Elizabeth Johnson, Boston, MA
Bob & Barbara Brown, Jr., Wenham, MA Lawrence Eliot, Ipswich, MA Bob Johnston, Boston, MA
Elizabeth Browning, Essex, MA Albert Ellis & Anne-Seymour St.John, Gloucester, MA David Jones, Essex, MA
Susan Burek, Ipswich, MA Betty Ellis, Gloucester, MA Kay Joseph, Essex, MA
Lisa Burke, Georgetown, MA Kristine Ellis, South Hamilton, MA Mary Kahn, DVM, Byfield, MA
Lisa Burke, South Hamilton, MA Cherie Ertha, Ipswich, MA Richard & Cindy Karp, Chelmsford, MA
Anne Burkhardt, Ipswich, MA Jim & Mary Ann Esdaile, Jr., Hamilton, MA Sharon Kearney, Salem, MA
Nancy & Bill Burns, Boxford, MA Tom Evarts, Concord, MA Martha Keeley, Ipswich, MA
John & Lucy Burton, South Hamilton, MA Kathy & Rick Feehery, West Newbury, MA Edward Kelley, Wellesley Hills, MA
John & Susie Butler, Penn Valley, CA Pat Fenton, Manchester, MA Charles Kellogg, Manchester, MA
Tracy Byrne, Manchester, MA Sissy ffolliott, Ipswich, MA Paul Kelly, West Newbury, MA
Jamie Cabot & Carole Ganz, Wenham, MA Lesley Fogarty, Merrimac, MA Glenn Kennedy, Ipswich, MA
Ellen Cabot, South Hamilton, MA Cindy Foote, West Newbury, MA Jerry & Kat Kenney & Family, Ipswich, MA
Jim & Shannon Cabot, Ipswich, MA Deborah Fowler-Wheaton, Ipswich, MA Louise Kent, Rowley, MA
Marylou Cabot, South Hamilton, MA Jane Fraher, Topsfield, MA Peggy Lynch & Michael Keough, Essex, MA
Stori Cadigan, South Hamilton, MA Amanda Francis, Kingston, NH Robert Kinzler, Reading, MA
Peter & Carolyn Campot, Topsfield, MA Edith Freedman, Gloucester, MA Jack & Joyce Kippen, Ipswich, MA
Jane Cantella, West Newbury, MA Virginia & Peter Frerk, Boxford, MA Kimberley Klibansky, Beverly, MA
Joan & Paul Caradonna, Swampscott, MA Will & Marianne Friend, South Hamilton, MA William Knopp & Carolyn Lackey, Wenham, MA
David Carlson, Wenham, MA Elizabeth & Bob Froeber, Jr., South Hamilton, MA Susan Knowles & family, Boxford, MA
Dave Carpenter, Ipswich, MA Tammy Fuller, Boxford, MA Beth & Erin Knowlton, Wenham, MA
Candace Carr, South Hamilton, MA Linda Gaeta, Georgetown, MA Arno Kolz, South Hamilton, MA
Robert & Elizabeth Carroll, Bar Mills, ME Christine Gallagher, Kensington, NH Richard & Katharine Kosinski, Cambridge, MA
Mike Carter, Hamilton, MA Coleen Gannon, Rockport, MA Susan Koso, Topsfield, MA
Diane & Bill Cassidy, Ipswich, MA Jack & Susan Gardner, South Hamilton, MA Mary Koughan, Swampscott, MA
Wayne Castonguay, Ipswich, MA Tamson Gardner, Essex, MA Andrei Koustov, Beverly, MA
Tom & Carol Catalano, South Hamilton, MA Stephanie Gaskins, Ipswich, MA Kristen & Olaf Krohg, Topsfield, MA
Cathy Chadwick, Ipswich, MA Elaine Gauthier, Middleton, MA Betsy Krusen, Amesbury, MA
Erin Cheever, North Andover, MA Cynthia Geary, Gloucester, MA Victoria Kunzer, Wenham, MA
S. Charles & Lois Cheston, Topsfield, MA Joe Geller, Topsfield, MA Mark & Karen Kuzminskas, South Hamilton, MA
Chip & Disa Cheston, III, West Newbury, MA Danielle Genualdo, Amesbury, MA Julie Lake, South Hamilton, MA
Ann & Charles Chivakos, South Hamilton, MA Ann Georgi, Topsfield, MA Jennifer & Sean Langford, Middleton, MA
Charles & Gwen Ciali, Kittery, ME Ann & Sarah Getchell, South Hamilton, MA Ava Langlais, Winchester, MA
Nelson Cifuentes, Cambridge, MA Patsy Gleason-Claydon, Georgetown, MA Russell & Mary Anne Lapierre, Newton, NH
Robert & Carol Clark, South Hamilton, MA John & Barbara Gledhill, South Hamilton, MA Pamela Latulippe, Rowley, MA
Margot Clark, Ipswich, MA Pat Glennon, Ipswich, MA David & Susan Lawrence, Chestnut Hill, MA
Peter & Gretel Clark, Hamilton, MA Christine Good, Wakefield, MA Jack & Susan Lawrence, Hamilton, MA
Tim & Jennifer Clark, Jr., South Hamilton, MA Scott Goodwin, Ipswich, MA Carolyn Leanos Bittel, Gloucester, MA
Lis Cloutman, Hamilton, MA Emily Goss, Topsfield, MA Nancy & LeBaron-Kiley, Danvers, MA
Bill & Wendy Coke, Topsfield, MA Jenny Gotfredson, South Hamilton, MA Neila LeBeau, Gloucester, MA
Catherine Col, Gloucester, MA Paige Gough, Manchester, MA Lisa Lemons, South Hamilton, MA
John & Hilary Cole, South Hamilton, MA Robert & Sarah Gould, South Hamilton, MA Sue Levy, Portsmouth, NH
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ECTA Members 2009
Harold & Susanne Lichten, South Hamilton, MA Michael Ort & Kimberly Hackett-Ort, Salisbury, MA Ernest & Lois Sneddon, Topsfield, MA
Anu Liikkanen, Boston, MA Barbara Ostberg, Ipswich, MA Ginny Sohn, Beverly Farms, MA
Jay & Janet Lingerman, Ipswich, MA Paula Ouellette, Rockport, MA Scott & Maryann Solombrino, Essex, MA
Harry & Molly Lister, Rowley, MA Kim Pagley, Newbury, MA Sally Soucy, Essex, MA
Becky Listwon, Groveland, MA Lori Paradice, Groveland, MA Jane Spellman, Ipswich, MA
Rita L’Italien, Ipswich, MA Oliver & Barbara Parker, South Hamilton, MA Linda Spellman, Topsfield, MA
Don & Judy Little, Ipswich, MA Carolyn Parrott, South Hamilton, MA Katherine St. Peter Blair, Rowley, MA
Wendy Lochner, Manchester, MA Joanne Patton, South Hamilton, MA Kathleen St. Pierre, South Hamilton, MA
Susan Lodewick, Ipswich, MA George Patton, Jr., South Hamilton, MA Joe & Gussie Stanislaw, South Hamilton, MA
Jennifer Lodge, Beverly, MA Elizabeth Payne, Boxford, MA Deborah Stanton, Wenham, MA
Paula Lojek, Byfield, MA Jennifer Pearson, Beverly, MA Debbie Staub, Boxford, MA
David & Johanna Lord, West Newbury, MA Tony & Linda Pearson, Hamilton, MA Jim & Kate Stavis, South Hamilton, MA
Sherry Loudon, West Newbury, MA Kathie Peck, Newbury, MA Phil & Marilyn Stearns, South Hamilton, MA
Barbara Lowes, Haverhill, MA Carol Pelletier, Rowley, MA Linda Stebbins, Kensington, NH
Nancy Luther, Topsfield, MA Paul & Cecily Pennoyer, Locust Valley, NY Ruth Stellatella, Rowley, MA
Christine Lutts, Salem, MA Dean & Ann Perkins, South Hamilton, MA Linda Stern, Charlestown, MA
Tracy & John Lutz, South Hamilton, MA Oliver & Mellissa Perrin, South Portland, ME Robert Stevens, Peabody, MA
George & Nancy MacGown, West Newbury, MA Richard & Nady Peters, West Newbury, MA John Stevenson, South Hamilton, MA
Augusta Macrokanis, Ipswich, MA Robyn Petersen, Ipswich, MA Campbell Steward, Topsfield, MA
Ashley MacVaugh, South Hamilton, MA Joanne Peterson, Manchester, MA Gil & Sally Steward, Jr., Wenham, MA
Anne Madden, West Newbury, MA Kristin Peterson, Danvers, MA Albert Stewart, Essex, MA
Dick & Maureen Maestranzi, Wenham, MA Christine Phaneuf, West Newbury, MA Fenton Stirling, Winchester, MA
Michael & Arlene Maginn, Hamilton, MA Dick & Susanne Phippen, Wenham, MA Karyl Stoia, Lynn, MA
Claude & Melissa Maina, West Newbury, MA Bob & Jean Pietrillo, Rowley, MA Pam Stone, Essex, MA
Salina Mallory, Boxford, MA John & Dianne Pingree, Hamilton, MA Susie Stone, Ipswich, MA
Anthony & MaryEllen Mancini, Ipswich, MA William & Lucy Pingree, South Hamilton, MA Dorothy Stookey, Hamilton, MA
David & Patricia Mansfield, West Newbury, MA Michael & Marlene Pippens, South Hamilton, MA Daniel Streeter, Newbury, MA
Pamela Mansfield-Loomis & Rick Loomis, Gloucester, MA Deirdre Pirie, Hamilton, MA David Strouss, Ipswich, MA
Eileen Manzano, Ipswich, MA Kristal Pooler & Ron Farren, Gloucester, MA Marcia Strouss, Essex, MA
Prudence Markos, Ipswich, MA Daniel & Betty Poor, Ipswich, MA Holly Stump, Ipswich, MA
Sara Martin, Rockport, MA Kim Porter, Ipswich, MA John Sullivan, Topsfield, MA
Francoise Martinolle, Boxford, MA John & Margaret Potorski, Georgetown, MA Jill Tallman, Norwell, MA
Mark & Elizabeth Massey, South Hamilton, MA Linda Prestero, Boxford, MA Martha & Robin Tattersall, Essex, MA
Laurie & Christopher McAleer, Ipswich, MA Lynne Preston, Hamilton, MA Frank & Andrea Tavares, South Hamilton, MA
Katelyn & Maureen McAllister, Boxford, MA Nat & Holly Pulsifer, Ipswich, MA Cathy Taylor, Topsfield, MA
Diane & Ed McCarthy, South Hamilton, MA Neil & Betty Raymond, Ipswich, MA Brendan & Peggy Teeling, Ipswich, MA
Shirley & Ronald McCarthy, Ipswich, MA Katy Redmond, South Hamilton, MA Immie Thayer, Ipswich, MA
Kate McClelland, South Hamilton, MA Mary Reinhalter, South Hamilton, MA Sally Thomson, Ipswich, MA
Erin McCollom, South Hamilton, MA John Rendall, Wenham, MA Dena Thornton, Rowley, MA
Carol McCourt, Ipswich, MA Carrie Rennie, Merrimac, MA Deanna Tkachuk, Groveland, MA
Connie McCrane & David Schylling, South Hamilton, MA Mark Renzi, Essex, MA Deb & James Towne, South Hamilton, MA
Maureen McCrane & Chris Aublarrage, Boston, MA Camilla & Carrie Rich, South Hamilton, MA James Towne,III, Gloucester, MA
Linda McDonald, South Hamilton, MA Joan Richards, Ipswich, MA Kathie Tremblay, Topsfield, MA
Phyllis McDonald, Saugus, MA Susanne Richey, South Hamilton, MA Paul & Susan Tully, West Newbury, MA
Arthur McGeown, Marblehead, MA Heather Richter, Beverly, MA Deborah & Brooke Tyler, Rowley, MA
Mary McKee, Beverly, MA Cheryl Riley, Peabody, MA Lisa Tylus, Methuen, MA
Joyce McKew, North Andover, MA Mary Rimmer, Newbury, MA James Van Alen, Boston, MA
Paul & Edie McKinnon, Merrimac, MA Millard Ring, Rockport, MA Alex Van Alen Family, Ipswich, MA
James & Susanna McLaughlin, South Hamilton, MA Carlos & Diane Riva, South Hamilton, MA Rex & Esther Vanier, South Hamilton, MA
Julia McMahon, Rockport, MA Susan Robie, Marblehead, MA Anne Veeder, Manchester, MA
Robert & Rita McNeil, Ipswich, MA Tim & Lisa Robinson, South Hamilton, MA John & Pege Verani, Ipswich, MA
Sue McQuarrie, Peabody, MA Clifton & Sarah Robinson IV, West Newbury, MA Anne Vinsel, South Hamilton, MA
Gregor McQueen, Ipswich, MA Evan & Katharine Rochman, South Hamilton, MA Mabel Vogel, Beverly Farms, MA
Ted Mehm, South Hamilton, MA Carly Rodgers, West Newbury, MA Pamela Walker, Amesbury, MA
Wilhelm Merck, South Hamilton, MA Avis Rosenfield & Tim Mallette, Deerfield, NH Ruth Wall, Salem, MA
David & Dorothy Merrill, Topsfield, MA Donna Rourke, Rowley, MA Wall Family, Ipswich, MA
Nancy & George Merrill, Boxford, MA David Rousseau, DVM, Essex, MA Robin Wallace, Newburyport, MA
Carrie Merriman, Ipswich, MA Diana Rowan, Cambridge, MA Evelyn Walsh, Ipswich, MA
Beebe & August Meyer, Beverly, MA Lauren Rowland, West Newbury, MA Sandy Weatherall, Ipswich, MA
Kimberly Meyer, Beverly, MA Kathleen Rowlett, Merrimac, MA Candace Weaver, Belmont, MA
Michele Meyer, Essex, MA Laura Russell, Ipswich, MA Lindsay Welch & Kim Pallotta, South Hamilton, MA
Susanne Meyer, Newburyport, MA Laurel Ruzicka, Newburyport, MA Bill & Liz Wheaton, Hamilton, MA
Elizabeth V. Meter David & Lou Ryus, III, South Hamilton, MA Sydnye Whitaker-Wilke, Wakefield, MA
Christina Micek, Brookline, MA Doug & Lori Sanders, South Hamilton, MA Audrey White, Jamaica Plain, MA
Judi Milano & Joe Dailey, Boxford, MA Martha Sanders, Topsfield, MA Debbie White, Ipswich, MA
Mary Milgrom, Boston, MA Susan Sandler, South Hamilton, MA Lisa White, Boxford, MA
Rande Mindick, Boston, MA Joe & Chris Sandulli, Ipswich, MA Nicholas & Missy White, South Hamilton, MA
Michael & Renee Minogue, South Hamilton, MA Patrick & Hope Sanford, Essex, MA Peter & Winkie Whitman, South Hamilton, MA
Robert Minturn, Boston, MA Charles & Allison Sargent, Salisbury, MA Michele Wiese, Ipswich, MA
Nancy Morgan, Danvers, MA Carol Savage, Boxford, MA Lesley Wilbur-Allen, South Hamilton, MA
Hew & Rosie Morgan, Jr., Ipswich, MA Ginny Sayre, Rockport, MA Rob & Jane Wild, West Newbury, MA
Ben Morrill, South Hamilton, MA Manfred Schach von Wittenau, N Stonington, CT Robert & Darlyn Wilkinson, Topsfield, MA
Fred & Liz Morris, Manchester, MA Chris & Eroica Schenck, Wenham, MA Holly Willard, DVM. and Tom Falzareno, Georgetown, MA
Jill Morris, Newburyport, MA Iris Schnitzer, Boston, MA Mary Williams, Rowley, MA
Trish Moseley, Hamilton, MA Peggy Schrage, Marblehead, MA Ralph Williams, Ipswich, MA
Dale Movalli, Gloucester, MA Rebecca Scofield, Gloucester, MA Joe & Janine Willwerth, Boxford, MA
Martha Moylan, Beverly Farms, MA Barbara Sears, Hamilton, MA Ashley Winfrey, Rowley, MA
Julia Mueller, Cambridge, MA Philip & Susie Sears, Hamilton, MA Valda Winsloe, Ipswich, MA
Deirdre Mulkern, Ipswich, MA Thomas Sears, South Hamilton, MA Jana Winsor, Rowley, MA
Jennifer Mulstay, Newington, NH Fern Selesnick, Marblehead, MA Angela Winthrop, South Hamilton, MA
Jill Mundy, Ipswich, MA Bruce & Ellen Shain, Hamilton, MA Freddy & Susie Winthrop, Ipswich, MA
Jack Murray, Beverly, MA John Shane, South Hamilton, MA Johnathan & Sidney Winthrop, Boston, MA
Megan Murray, Ipswich, MA Rise Sheehan, DVM, Wenham, MA Fred & Alice Winthrop III, South Hamilton, MA
Rachel Murrin, Rowley, MA Deborah Siebols, Boxford, MA Ollie & Linda Wolcott, Hamilton, MA
Chris & Dinny Nadai, Essex, MA Julie Siemasko, Newbury, MA Susie Wong-Rapuano & family, Atkinson, NH
Cindy Nickerson, Merrimac, MA Benjamin & Donna Sieradzki, Georgetown, MA Joanne Wood, Rockport, MA
Bunny Nutter, Topsfield, MA Arthur & Cynthia Sinclair, Saugus, MA Josh & Wendy Wood, Hamilton, MA
Ted & Kim Ober, South Hamilton, MA Nancy Slombo, Newton, NH Michael & Cynthia Woods, South Hamilton, MA
Ann O’Brien, North Andover, MA Cary Smallhorn, Beverly Farms, MA Fraley Wright, Hamilton, MA
Bobbie O’Brien, Topsfield, MA Amanda Smith, Ipswich, MA Laura Wright, Georgetown, MA
Michael & Nancy O’Connell, Wenham, MA Andris & Barbara Smith, Beverly, MA Cheryl Young, Peabody, MA
Barbara Odiorne, Hathorne, MA David & Terri Smith, Marblehead, MA Pat Zarba, Rowley, MA
Sharon Offenstein, Pepperell, MA Hope Smith, Hamilton, MA Heidi Zenger and John Adama, South Hamilton, MA
Karen O’Hanley, Ipswich, MA Joanne Smith, North Andover, MA Katie Zinn, Ipswich, MA
John & Maureen O’Neil, Boxford, MA Laura Smith, North Hampton, MA Lauren Zonderman, Newbury, MA
Brenda Orlando, Newbury, MA Nancy Smith, Ipswich, MA
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national recognition
of the importance
of being outside
– the importance
of continuing
that fundamental
relationship between
humans and the rest
of the natural world.
I am not
pretending to
be a scholar of
Scandinavian eco-
social interactions,
but I do firmly
believe that just
being outside, not
stewarding in a
paternal way, not
studying it, and not
demanding a right
to be there, but just
being there, hanging
out with nature
like an old friend,
is necessary and
strengthens me.
Open Air Life environment for millions of years. There are days that I feel inundated
It is a need both from the personal with emails and phone calls, and I
perspective, but also from a larger know that those will always happen.
Alex Van Alen
social view: in order to be physically, I know that they are a necessity to
mentally and emotionally healthy, getting my job done. Additionally,
Recently, I came across a
society needs more people to be my children are coming to that point
Scandinavian term, or concept
outside, more often. where they and their friends will be
that struck me in its resonance and
I am reminded of a trip I took about wanting video games and their own
necessity in our times. The term is
ten years ago to see a good friend from computers and making a racket for
friluftliv, which translates into “open
grad school who was studying rivers more television. And I know that
air life”. In America, many of us
in northern Sweden, not far south to a degree, those things are going
have come to understand our rights to
of the Arctic Circle. We paddled, to be a part of growing up for them.
wildness in Aldo Leopopld’s famous
camped and fished for days on end During a recent ECTA volunteer trail
quote, “There are some who can
while checking his plots. Even day, however, I saw several teenagers
live without wild things, and some
though we were in remote parts of the transformed after a few hours of hard
who cannot. For us of the minority,
country, there were small red cabins outdoor work, from hardly wanting
the opportunity to see geese or wild
dotting the landscape around every to get out of their car, and wishing
flowers is a right as inalienable as
bend. My friend explained to me they were at home with a video game
free speech.” And we also accept the
that nearly every Swedish family had on a Saturday morning, to asking
stewardship of the natural world in
one of these, and that whether they with scratched up hands and dirty
the words and works of John Muir
were professors, bank executives or clothes when the next work day was.
and Teddy Roosevelt. But I believe
truck drivers, the majority of Swedes They had just had their contact with
friluftliv expresses another important
spent several weeks or more every friluftliv, the open air life, and while
niche in our connection with the
year at their cabins picking berries ECTA can’t provide a little red cabin
natural world, apart from our rights
and fishing. These second homes and for all of our members to take their
to enjoy it, and our protection of it.
long vacations were not a luxury that families to for weeks on end, we can
Namely, it is a need to be outside, a
only the wealthy could afford, but provide that contact right where we
need for us to continue a relationship
rather seemed to me to represent a live.
that humans have had with their
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Off the Trail On the Trail trails within the Park. The trails that
the ECTA proposed to repair with the
Carol Lloyd
State’s grant are in the area off of the
Some notable recent achievements
Asbury Street Parking Lot. The start of
of ECTA members when they are not The ECTA has a number of major trail
these trails are in standing water and
on the trails: repairs underway. The exciting part is
then they vary in condition from wash
that we are managing them according
outs with a lot of large rocks to wet
• Congratulations to Advisor, Don- to our Townwide Trail Management
muddy areas.
ald Little and Chairman, Susie Plans. We are working closely with the
Banta, who took Champion and Conservation Commissions resulting
Winthrop Causeway (off of Win-
Reserve Champion in the Master’s in very positive and productive
throp Street)
Classic at the 2009 Fidelity Invest- relationships. Another exciting piece
Partners: Winthrop Family, Hamilton
ments Jumper Classic riding their is that we have partners in every case
Conservation Commission
horses Mr. Nighttime and Nike. who have donated money to assist us
The Winthrop property has a won-
in the trail repair. Our projects for the
derful trail system and is an important
• Norma Gibney competed at the fall include:
link from Appleton Farms to Bradley
2009 Grand National and World
Palmer. It has been made available to
Champshion Morgan Horse Show Bradley Palmer State Park
ECTA members for years and the trails
in Oklahoma placing in World Partners: Dept of Conservation and
are beginning to show the wear from
Champion Hunter Pleasure Ama- Recreation, Bradley Palmer State Park,
years of use. ECTA is working with
teur Masters and Grand National Topsfield Conservation Commission
the Winthrop family to determine trail
Road Hack Hunt Seat Finals rid- Approximately a year and a half
maintenance priorities which include
ing her horse Treble’s Johnny B. ago, ECTA, with help from Jim
the control of beavers on Black Brook.
Goode. McDougall (GPS), Arthur Page (Trail
We have looked at this basin in some
Repair) and Stephen Engle (Map)
depth and feel that if we can control
put together a trail management plan
• Newsletter editor Pam Mans-
the water level and flow at this end,
for Bradley Palmer State Park. All
field won the Quarterdeck poetry
then we will be better able to solve the
of the trails were GPS’d and areas
contest held to commemorate the
Pingree School trail maintenance is-
of concern were indicated and put
Gloucester Fisherman’s Statue.
sues.
on a map. Using this as a guide, the
The location that we will work on
ECTA applied for a grant from DRC’s
• Barbara Odiorne organized
this fall is the causeway off of Win-
Recreational Trails program and
T.H.E. Farm commemorative throp Street – approximately 100 feet
received $30,000 to maintain certain
event honoring the memory of “Dr. Continued page 8
Bob” Orcutt, Sr. and Pat Tataronis-
Orcutt. The event benefits T.H.E.
Farm therapeutic riding center and
Strongwater Horse Park in Tewks-
bury. Ellen Alden, Felicity Beech,
Pat Zarba, and several other
ECTA members were on hand to
help organize and host the event,
which included demonstrations by
local equestrians. Heather Hull-
Colby and husband Scott Colby
offered hay rides through Strong-
water Park.
• Look for “extra” John Donovan
in “The Proposal,” a movie filmed
in Essex County. Hint: he’s on the
airplane.

Repairs recently made to the trail off of the Bradley Palmer parking lot
make for solid footing past the pond.
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Spotlight on Volunteers Link to ECTA
Cont’d. from page 3
If you are not receiving our regular email updates with trail alerts
equine massage.
and upcoming events, you could be missing out! Contact Alex
A bit less work but still a demanding
task, they put on the Poker Ramble Van Alen at [email protected].
that as many as 75 riders and some
walkers and bikers have enjoyed for We are pleased to announce a new website that will be regularly
the past several years. They organize updated. Make www.ectaonline.org a favorite bookmark and visit
volunteers, marking of five and ten-
regularly to learn what’s new.
mile trail routes with permission from
landowners, produce maps, lunches, On the Trail Continued from page 7
and, as was the case this year, deliver
the sad news that the event had to be
in length. This section of trail has been while still allowing the water to flow
cancelled due to muddy footing after a
washed out completely. There were through them during peak times. This
bout of rainy weather.
two 24” culverts originally that col- type of repair entails laying down
Sue and Kay never fail to take
lapsed. The water then washed out the layers of large stone, fabric, smaller
on responsibility for a number of
end of the causeway completely. The gravel and then pack.
other ECTA tasks whenever needed,
beavers came in and are now trying to In regard to the water level, years
including making lunches for the
dam the washed out section making ago the ECTA put a beaver deceiver
Waldingfield driving event, stuffing
the trail impassable. The edges of the through the dam that runs along Far-
envelopes, producing flyers and
causeway are being eroded and the rington Lane. While this is still work-
manning registration desks. It’s no
causeway is getting narrower. It is a ing well, the existing pipe could be
exaggeration to say that whenever
very dangerous situation. The ECTA placed lower in the dam to lower the
ECTA has needed something done, it’s
will repair the causeway, install two water level. We are now working with
often Kay and Sue who come to the
new culverts, and then protect them the Ipswich Conservation Commission
rescue.
with Beaver Deceivers. The flow in to get permission to do this.
In addition, each has held the
this section of the river is quite signifi-
position of Trail Representative,
cant which will make it important that Easements
now Trail Steward, in their towns
all of our solutions can accommodate Eddy (Ipswich): In September, Jen-
for several years. Sue is a Hamilton
the flow at all times of the year. nifer and Tom Eddy generously gave
Trail Steward and also a member of
a trail easement to ECTA across their
the Chebacco Woods Management
Farrington Lane Trail and property on Mill Road in Ipswich.
Committee. She is vice president of
Sears Causeway This multi-use trail is an important
the Chebacco Lake and Watershed
Partners: Hamilton Wenham Open link in the Ipswich River, Julia Bird
Association and leads a walk to
Land Trust; Tom Sears; David and Waldingfield trail system. Many
familiarize visitors with Chebacco
Joan Schelzi; Hamilton Conservation thanks go to Jennifer and Tom for their
Woods trails. She has lived on
Commission; Ipswich Conservation foresight in protecting this access for
Chebacco Lake most of her life. Sue
Commission all trail users.
rides her horse Zuie, a Selle Francais,
Many trails in our six towns are Raymond (Ipswich): ECTA has been
in Chebacco Woods and on Crane
becoming severely eroded and are get- working closely with the Raymond
Beach as well as other trails.
ting lower because of the many years family to protect a trail across their
Kay has served as Trail
of use. In some locations this causes Maplecroft Farm as a part of a 247
Representative for the town of Essex
the trail to be very wet. In some ar- acre conservation deal. Our part-
for more than a dozen years. She
eas the water level is also rising due ners include the Raymond Family,
grew up riding near her home and
to beaver activity. All of this is true the Town of Ipswich, Essex County
she and her first horse, an Appaloosa
for the trail off of Farrington Lane Greenbelt and the Trust for Public
named Oreo, enjoyed learning many
connecting to Gardner Street and the Land. Details for the 1.5 mile trail
trails. She has also ridden on the fall
causeway going from the Sears’ prop- easement are being finalized and we
foliage ride at GMHA in Woodstock,
erty in Hamilton and connecting Saga- expect it to be signed concurrently
Vermont. Oreo lived to be a ripe old
more Hill. with the protection of the property
age of 36, and Kay now owns another
Our goal with both of these trails in February. Our gratitude to the
Appy named Gem.
is to make sure that all of the brush is Raymonds for their vision to protect

cleared so that the trail can begin to access to one of the most iconic land-
dry. Then we will build up the trails scapes in Ipswich.
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