Madison Trail Dedication for Dave Houston – September 25

Dave Houston is coming back to Madison to lead a hike on his very own trail. On September 25, the Rockland Committee of the Town of Madison will host a ribbon cutting and dedication of a trail in Dave’s honor. Members of the general public are invited.

Many know Dave for the endless hours he gave to environmental projects and education in Madison. The history of that time includes a course in Ecology at Daniel Hand, work with scouts and youth groups, and projects for the Menunkatuck Audubon Society. As a vital member of MAS, he helped coordinate the first biodiversity inventory of Madison.

Dave began the Trails Committee of the Madison Land Conservation Trust and served as its first chair. As a result, trails were accurately mapped for inclusion in the award-winning guide. Dave developed all of the narrative trail descriptions for that guide. Dave was the Wildlife/ Conservation Chair for Menunkatuck for many years. In addition to helping organize Menunkatuck’s first Biodiversity Day, he developed and designed the project at Hammonasset to maintain and restore vegetational diversity of Willard’s Island by maintaining, enlarging, and in some cases, connecting upland grassy areas that existed between what was then essentially a red-cedar monoculture.

The dedication will be at the Rockland trailhead adjacent to the public parking area at the end of Renee’s Way at 10 A.M.

So plan on coming to see Dave again on September 25. For information, please call Joe Oslander at 421- 3369.

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