Over the last week, Forest Rangers, members of the Pleasant Riders Snowmobile Club, the town of Arietta in Hamilton County, and Northville Foresters cleared and repaired more than three miles of a corridor snowmobile trail south of Oxbow Lake in Jessup River Wild Forest. The trail was severely damage by downed and uprooted trees due to high winds and tornadoes earlier in the year.
In some places, trees were piled on top of each other 30 feet high, making the trail impassable. The work crew secured approval from the town of Arietta Highway Department to use equipment to replace sections of trail obliterated by the trees.
The work is set to be completed before the upcoming snowmobile season.
On October 18, two Forest Rangers cleared downed trees along three miles of a trail in the Pharaoh Lake Wilderness Area. Chainsaw use is only allowed in wilderness areas between April 1 and May 24, and between October 15 and November 15.
Photo: Forest Ranger conducting snowmobile trail maintenance (provided by DEC).
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