Bridegton Township thanks Candy Traven and Peace Tree Farm for their generous donation of a stunning array of flowers for our Veteran’s Memorial at the foot of the Milford – Upper Black Eddy bridge.
Not only that, but Candy jumped right in and got her hands dirty, helping to plant them all, transforming our simple garden into a spectacular homage to the men and women who have served our country in times of war.
Thank-you Candy and Peace Tree Farms!
The long-awaited rewatering of the canal has begun, according to Kelsey Hansen, Assistant Park Manager.
“The two major projects that needed to be completed to allow a fully watered canal are complete. The locations were Lumberville Aqueduct and the High Falls Sub Canal Culvert. Also, PennDOT has been working on a wall project in Williams Township and they just got done with pulling out of the canal prism (they needed to be in there to do work). We have recently opened the feed gates in Easton to allow water to flow south. It will be a slow process, as we have to wait for the clay liner to soak up the water in each section before sending the water further south.
Thank you,
Kelsey
Kelsey Hansen (she, her) | Assistant Park Manager
Delaware Canal State Park Complex
Bureau of State Parks
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
11 Lodi Hill Road, Upper Black Eddy, PA 18977
Office Phone: 610-982-5560
www.dcnr.pa.gov<http://www.dcnr.pa.gov/>”
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The USGS has a water-level monitoring website and app for flood safety. This link will be added to the Bridgeton Township website homepage. The website is:
https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-01457500/#dataTypeId=continuous-00065-0&period=P7D&showFieldMeasurements=true
Even better, they have created an app you can download that will bring any alerts directly to you:
https://accounts.waterdata.usgs.gov/wateralert
The May Board of Supervisor’s Meeting, which was scheduled for Wednesday, May 13th, has been rescheduled for the following week, Wednesday, May 20th, Live and Zoom, 7pm.
EMS
Parks & Recreation
The next Supervisor’s Meeting will be Wednesday, May 13th.
It was a cold but great trail work day at the Bridgeton Nature Preserve this past Saturday, March 28th, as we finish up some loose ends in anticipation of our grand opening Wednesday, May 27th.
We finished extending the puncheon (a wooden walkway) pictured below over the wetlands on the south side of the loop trail.
Another team installed a culvert and rock water bar for erosion control at the bottom of the steps on the north side of the trail.
We installed 2 blaze posts along the road, and chainsawed 4 blowdowns.
So next week all we have to do is blaze and a few miscellaneous items and the trail should be finished.
A huge thanks to our volunteers, from Bridgeton and as far away as Philadelphia and Allentown:
Wayne Cosner
Carly Pfaff
Mary Taylor
Michael Lynch
Paul Schulke
Kerry Williams
Paul Benson
Rich Pace
Jenifer Rizzo
Justin Pettica
As always, great appreciation to Greg Bernet, head of the PA Highlands Trail Stewards of the Appalachian Mountain Club who has overseen this project for the township, and organizes each trail day and provides tools and safety equipment.
Another trail work day is scheduled for tomorrow, Saturday, April 4th. Come volunteer and meet a great group of people and have a hand in building our townships first park The Bridgeton Nature Preserve! Here is the link to sign up!
https://activities.outdoors.org/s/oc-activity/a5UVX0000013LVZ2A2/act00019630
The Appalachian Mountain Club Trail Building group, headed by PA Highlands Trail Steward Greg Bernet, will be back working at the Bridgeton Nature Preserve Saturday, March 28th at 9 am, to continue with the creation of the trail system in our new township park.
Volunteers would be greatly appreciated! Its a good time, great camaraderie, fresh air and the satisfaction of building something nice for our hometown.
All tools will be provided by AMC.
Here is a link to AMC’s Outdoor Connector to register:
March 28th:
https://activities.outdoors.org/s/oc-activity/a5UVX0000013LSL2A2/act00019628
Or send an email to: trailsamc.tc@gmail.com
1822-1810 River Rd, Upper Black Eddy, PA 18972
Across from the New Gulch Tavern!
