The town of Jay won the Maine Trails Coalition’s inaugural “Ugly Duckling” contest last year. Representatives from the town, Maine Conservation Corps, Spruce Mountain High School, and three volunteers recently met to scope out the project area and discuss logistics. Submitted photo
The town of Jay won the Maine Trails Coalition’s inaugural Ugly Duckling contest last year. The contest aims to raise awareness and focus on trails that need to be rebuilt and restored, and are in need of some serious care. The trail work is slated to take place mid-June, according to a news release from Shiloh LaFreniere, town manager.
Jay was awarded a trail assessment and one week of fieldwork from a six-person team from the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Maine Conservation Corps, valued at $5,000.
Representatives from the Town of Jay, Maine Conservation Corps, Spruce Mountain High School, and three volunteers recently met to scope out the project area and discuss logistics.
“The Ugly Duckling Contest was a perfect incentive for us to go out and identify the problem areas where we could use help at the Jay Recreation Area trails,” LaFreniere said. “Having the funds and the MCC crew will get us further along in making larger trail improvements than we have capacity to do. We have a great, small crew of trail volunteers, who are excited to have MCC come work on this project.”
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