Hi all: Today the River to River Trail Society volunteers did a great job in picking up well over 100 lbs of trash from above and below the observation trail area, backpackers parking lot and the Indian point trail. The crew workedRead More
Hi all, we hope everyone has had a safe and enjoyable summer considering everything going on. As everyone already knows, we cancelled all but one of our spring hikes and our annual meeting & picnic this past spring because of COVID-19. InRead More
The Leave No Trace Organization updated their hiking guidelines to include guidance regarding the current events associated with the Covid-19. This was shared with us by the Shawnee National Forest Service with guidance to share as appropriate. A PDF version is alsoRead More
Yesterday April 2, 2020 the Shawnee National Forest Service issued a closure order for some of the more popular sites in the Shawnee including Garden of the Gods and Bell Smith Springs. That order is provided below: Today, April 3, 2020 theRead More
Similar to the Tim Pohlman call to the STC last Thursday, the Trail Society got a call last Friday from Chad Deaton of the Shawnee National Forest Office. Chad asked the Trail Society to get the word out about the upcoming attemptRead More
The River to River Trail Society would like to thank Megan and the Shawnee National Forest crew that cut and cleared another 49 trees off the R2R trail. The trees were cleared between FR1917 and Bassett Road on Thursday. This section ofRead More
As President of the River to River Trail Society I received notification from the Forest Service that they rescinded the June 2019 trail closure on December 3, 2019. Upon receiving the notification that the closure was lifted, I inquired if the ForestRead More
The River to River Trail Society has coordinated a work day for Saturday November 16, 2019. Workers will need to meet at the Dutchman Lake boat ramp at 8:30 in the morning. The Shawnee Forest Service will have workers there with UTVRead More
Hi All: After discussing alternatives with the Forest Service on Friday, we agreed that the best place to try our first trail maintenance day we would be along the trail north of Iron Furnace. The plan is to meet at IronRead More