Hi all, due to significant rain showers back on September 28th, the 2024 Garden of the Gods National Public Lands Day trash blast was cancelled. As a result, we are going to attempt it again on November 23, 2024. National Public LandsRead 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 which was released. In an effort to give back to the forest, theRead More
This past Monday, June 17th, over 2 dozen people gathered at Indian Kitchen Trailhead to assist with some trail maintenance work. The rock was stockpiled and needed to be moved out to 3 spots that had been scouted, flagged and laid outRead More
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
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 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