Friends of the Western Greenway third work day of the trail season is Saturday, June 19!   This continues the work done last summer on the Western Greenway trail building project. Trail work this year will take place on and around the Shady's Pond Conservation area in Waltham. The work involved will include both trail clearing and creation as well as some boardwalk and bridge construction depending on the particular day. If all goes according to plan, the trail will be complete from Trapelo Road down to the Paine Estate by the end of the summer.

Location:
Our meeting place on June 19 is at the end of Abbott Road where you can enter the Shady's Pond area. You will see our signs and table there.

What to Bring:
We'll provide training, tools and gloves.  If you like, bring your own gloves.  Be sure to wear sturdy shoes and clothes that will protect you from exposure to poison ivy and mosquitoes.  Be prepared for wet ground and brambles.  

Lunch will be provided. Bring your own water bottle! We will have water in a cooler to refill your bottles with our unlimited supply. 

Register:
We ask that you register! Just let us know which day and times you are able to work. Email info@walthamlandtrust.org  or call the Waltham Land Trust at 781-893-3355.

If questions, just email info@walthamlandtrust.org or call 781-893-3355.

Subsequent work dates appear on the schedule below. We ask that you register for each day. Hours will be 8:30 - 3:30 all days with partial day participation welcomed. Meeting location for June 26 and the  July and August dates will be confirmed in future e-mails and an event update on the website for each of the work days. Work will proceed rain or shine.

Work Date Schedule:

Saturdays, June 26
Saturdays, July 10/24
Saturday, Aug 21

Waltham Land Trust as a member of the Friends of the Western Greenway is cosponsoring this effort with participation by conservation groups from the neighboring communities of Lexington and Belmont.

The trail work is funded in part by a grant from the Foundation for MetroWest www.foundationformetrowest.org.