By Stewardship Manager Erik Boyer

Last month, in late November, Wildlands Trust partnered with the open space committee for the town of Hanover to restore a 300-foot boardwalk at Colby-Phillips Preserve. The original boardwalk at the town-owned preserve had been constructed almost 20 years ago and much of the old decking had begun to show its age, structurally.

With the help of 20 volunteers, many of whom are neighbors of the property, the workload was split up into four sessions over the course of two days. Throughout those days, 600 original boards were removed, and new decking boards were installed to ensure safe access for all visitors of the property. A special thanks goes out to the volunteers who helped in completing this project. We’ll be back at Colby-Phillips this month (December) to start more rehabilitation work on an overlook platform on Cushing Brook Marsh.