On February 7, 2024 minimum of another 13 trees were cleared from the R2R Trail between Little Cedar Lake Spillway and Waterworks road near Alto Pass. Society members Sam Morales, Cathy Jennings and Bill Gilmour met and hiked 4.5 miles from LandrethRead More
On Feb 1, 2024, two Trail society board members got together and cut approximately 35 trees that had fallen across the Max Creek section of the River to RIver Trail. Most trees were only 4-6 inches in diameter, however we did encounterRead More
We have just been notified by the Shawnee National Forest Service that the timber harvest between Bassett Road and Cadiz Road has been completed 100%. As a result, the Forest Service has removed the requirement to detour along Bassett and Karbers RidgeRead More
The Shawnee National Forest Service is looking for volunteers to help remove the seed pods from Japanese Chaff Flowers along the R2R Trail in the Dutchman Lake area. They plan on meeting at 9:00 am October 17, 2023 at the Dutchman LakeRead More
Thanks to the generous donations the Society has received from many different River to River Trail Through hikers, the Society has elected to improve the trail by putting those funds back into the trail. As a result, the Society elected to tackleRead More
The Ameren power utility work that used a portion of the R2R Trail for access on Map 15 has been completed in the past few weeks so trail hikers should no longer be affected by this work. The following map shows theRead More
The Trail Society would like to give a Big Shout Out and Thank You to the 33 folks that showed up on Saturday September 23 morning and helped us clean up the Garden of the Gods Recreation Area of the Shawnee National Forest. TheRead More
Hi all, we hope everyone has had a safe and enjoyable summer considering everything going on. We in the Trail Society have been working on our fall hiking schedule to be released soon. In an effort to give back to the forest,Read More
On Wed. May 24th, 3 members of the River to River Trail Society, along with 4 U.S. Forest Service personnel and over 10 people from the Southern Illinois Backcountry Horsemen, gathered at Franks’ tract to cooperate to do some trail maintenance andRead More
The River to River Trail Society would like to extend a sincere THANK YOU to Karl Van Scyoc and his 4-5 buddies that came to Southern Illinois to hike the R2R trail in March 2023 from the Houston, TX area. Karl isRead More