Curious about the recent Pine Hill Community Forest trail building, I contacted Upper Saco Valley Land Trust’s Executive Director Jennifer Pribble and Land Steward Greg Bjork to find out how it was going. They put me in touch with Mike Morin, USVLT conservation director. He invited me to ride both the USVLT’s Redstone Preserve and Pine Hill trails with him and Outreach Coordinator Carissa Milliman. I invited Jeanne Twehous to join us.
We met at Hemlock Lane. Mike’s ride plan was a Redstone and Pine Hill link up. Starting with Redstone, we rode along “Swenson’s” and up “Cheater.” I didn’t know most of “Cheater” and the quarry trails are within USVLT’s boundary. USVLT plans to manage these trails to make sure they’re safe and sustainable. On our way out, we checked out Conway Public Library’s new interpretive signs.
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