North Country Trail volunteers in the Beaver Valley to help with national clean-up effort

Scott Tady, Beaver County Times
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WAMPUM ― Local volunteers in the North Country Trail Association will take part Sept. 23 in the nation’s largest single-day volunteer effort for public lands.

The Wampum Chapter of the North Country will join thousands of volunteers across the country in trail maintenance and planting projects, trash pick-ups, and other activities aimed at restoring and caring for our public lands to celebrate the 30th annual National Public Lands Day (NPLD).

Scenery along the North Country Trail in Beaver County.
Scenery along the North Country Trail in Beaver County.

On that day, the Wampum Chapter will lead a National Public Lands Day Waterfall Hike on public lands.

The volunteer-guided hike will follow the NCT Slippery Rock Gorge trail to Walnut Flats. After a break to catch their breath, hikers will return back, taking a nearly one-mile detour to see the waterfalls.

"Our aim is to get people out on and interested in the North Country National Scenic Trail," the group said in a press release.

The public is invited, meeting up at 9 a.m. that day at McConnells Mill park's Hell's Hollow parking lot at 1496 Shaffer Road, Portersville.

For more information and to RSVP, visit meetu.ps/e/MhYkJ/tssY1/i or email Wampumncta@gmail.com

The Wampum chapter maintains the Beaver Valley portion of the 4.800-mile, North Dakota to Vermont trail, running through Darlington and South Beaver Township.

Watts Mill Road trailhead to the North Country Trail in South Beaver Township.
Watts Mill Road trailhead to the North Country Trail in South Beaver Township.

The Wampum Chapter of the North Country Trail Association is responsible for building, maintaining, protecting, and promoting the North Country Trail from its connection with the Buckeye Trail in the historic village of Zoar, Ohio, to Alpha Pass at McConnells Mill State Park in Lawrence County.

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In 2022, more than 57,000 National Public Lands Day volunteers contributed an estimated $6.6 million in volunteer work for America’s public lands.

NPLD is a “Fee-Free Day," one of only five days a year when entrance fees are waived at national parks and certain state and local parks.

Scott Tady is entertainment editor at The Times and easy to reach at stady@gannett.com.

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