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• Earth Week 2021 DIY Trail Cleanup

  • Start
    Monday, April 19, 2021
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    9:00 AM (EDT)
  • End
    Sunday, April 25, 2021
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    5:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Your Neighborhood Trails

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  Join CATS and your neighbors to help cleanup the local trails.  Grab a trash bag and a pair of gloves (contact us if you need some!) and see what you find!  All bags will be picked up at a pre-determined location, details coming soon.  Let's see how much we can clean up!

  Trash bags for Gloucester and Rockport are located in a bin on the front porch of the white house at Cox Reservation (82 Eastern Avenue, Essex, MA 01929), it's a blue bin behind the two Adirondack chairs. 
  

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• Sunday Morning Hike - Dogtown - ~4 mi.

  • When
    Sunday, April 25, 2021
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    10:00 AM - 1:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Dogtown Commons, Gloucester
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• CATS May Board Meeting - Zoom

  • When
    Tuesday, May 04, 2021
  •  
    6:00 PM - 7:30 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Online

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  Please join us for CATS monthly board meeting.  Zoom details will go out the morning prior to the meeting.  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Sunday Morning Hike - Pigeon Hill St to Bad Dog & Anne’s Path, plus Steel - ~4 mi.

  • When
    Sunday, May 23, 2021
  •  
    10:00 AM - 1:00 PM (EDT)
  • Spaces left
    14

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  Join the Sunday morning hiking crew on this ~4 mile hike through Dogtown.  This route travels through rocky terrain so please wear adequate footwear and make sure to be prepared with water and snacks! 

  This route will take you down Bad Dog, up Anne’s Path  and back via Old Lanesville Road, with an extra loop around Steel Derrick at the end. It’s a fairly “easy” route, with ups and downs but no major inclines; and mostly clear trails with minimal roots or boulders underfoot — which allowed us to keep a good pace and enjoy the scenery at the same time. 
  

  Registration is limited, please register early and if you cannot make it, let us know so we can add those on the wait list.  Group size has been restricted to 14.  

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• Wildflower Walk

  • Start
    Saturday, May 29, 2021
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    (EDT)
  • End
    Saturday, June 12, 2021
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    (EDT)
  • Schedule
    2 sessions
  • Location
    Magnolia Woods/soccer fields entrance to Ravenswood
  • Spaces left
    4

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  Join Wildflower expert Holly Tanguay for a hike through Ravenswood.  Holly is a retired social worker and self-taught wildflower enthusiast who regularly wanders the woods of Cape Ann in search of spring flowers. As a former trail steward for Ravenswood she created a guide to the spring wildflowers of that property and led wildflower walks there. 

  Size is limited, please make sure you sign the waiver on the registration form.  

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• National Trails Day at Woodland Acres/Pine Pit

  • When
    Saturday, June 05, 2021
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Pine Pit, Rockport
  • Spaces left
    15

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  Join CATS for a work day/trail project at Woodland Acres and Pine Pit in Rockport.  Tools will be available but feel free to bring your own hand tools for clipping and pruning trails.  

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• Magnolia Woods Mountain Laurel Hike

  • When
    Sunday, June 13, 2021
  •  
    10:00 AM - 1:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Magnolia Woods, Gloucester
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  Join Dave Marro for a hike through Magnolia Woods during mountain laurel blooming!  Gorgeous white flowers bloom every spring - it is a sight to see!  Registration is limited and we will be taking attendance at the start.  Please pre-register!  
  

  Hikers should park in the first parking lot in the Magnolia Woods Recreation Center, off of rte 127.
  

  It is 1/4 mile from Ravenswood, away from Gloucester center.  This hike is relatively easy, with only a few steep sections, and is well-marked.

  Please contact us if you need more information!  We hope to see you there.

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• Poles Hill Solstice Hike

  • When
    Sunday, June 20, 2021
  •  
    10:00 AM - 1:00 PM (EDT)
  • Location
    Poles Hill, Gloucester
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  Join CATS board member and trail steward  for a hike through Poles Hill on the solstice.  Registration is limited and we will be taking attendance at the start.  Please pre-register!  

  Parking information will go out with the walk confirmation prior to the hike.  

  Please contact us if you need more information!  We hope to see you there.

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