New East-West Bog Bridge

A recent visitor to our beautiful forest recently emailed us asking if the beaver dam was man-made. All credit goes to the beavers! After the old one belting the pond at the northern end washed out in heavy rains in 2021, they started work on the new dam just under the old Red Trail log bridge. This backed up the water, forcing closure of the portion of Red Trail that led to the southern part of the Blue Loop. At this point, the waters are so high that the former bog bridge linking the Blue and Green Loops was floating, posing a major water hazard.

Our intrepid Trails Team leaders Adam Harlec and Alex Bartholomew addressed this last weekend by relocating the old bog bridge crossing between the Blue and Yellow loops north to the old beaver pond that’s now a meadow. Thanks for doing this difficult and important work, team!