Work Day Schedule for 2008

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Ganargua Creek Meadow Preserve, Macedon: Saturday, May 10 from 9:00 A.M. to noon. WORK: post perimeter signs, maintain and clear excess foliage from trails and replace a culvert. Work content will range from light to strenuous. Driving directions: From I-490, take Exit #26 onto Route 31 East (Pittsford-Palmyra Road). Continue for about 6 miles. Turn right onto Wayneport Road (CR-306). Turn left onto Wilkinson Road. Turn right onto Bunker Hill Drive. Meet at the small parking area at the end of the street.

Work Party at Brookdale Preserve, Chili : Saturday, May 17, 10 a.m. until 1 p.m.
We will continue clearing excess foliage from existing trails and extend the new trail, along with trash and debris clean up around the DEC entrance to the Preserve. Work content will range from moderate to strenuous. While tools will be provided, if one wishes to bring their own pruning/clearing tools and rakes, please do so. Remember to bring work gloves. Poison Ivy is an issue, please dress accordingly. Driving directions: Brookdale Preserve is north of Brook Rd, bordered on one side by the Genesee Valley Greenway Trail. From the intersection of Rte 252 (Jefferson Road) and Rte 353 (Scottsville Road) in Chili, go south on 383, turn West on Brook Road. Park and meet in New York State Department of Parks parking lot, on right.

El Camino, Rochester:  Saturday, May 17, 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.
Sign up to help out by visiting the City of Rochester's web site.  Click here to sign up for the North East Clean Up.  

Work will include general clean-up and removal of excess foliage from the area around the trail. Work is planned in conjunction with the City of Rochester and ranges from light to moderate. GLT volunteers are encouraged to join other Rochesterians in an El Camino Clean Sweep! Meet at the Neighborhood Empowerment Team office 500 Norton Street just West of Seneca Avenue about 1/4 mile South of Route 104. Ask to be assigned to El Camino.

                                      UR students help out at Kraai Preserve

For more information about work parties and the land management committee,

please email Kathy Blachowski, land preservation coordinator, at steward@geneseelandtrust.org,

or committee chair, Nancy Torpey at ntorpey@rochester.rr.com.