SELT Trail News

Please note: the Charles E. Rand Memorial Forest parking area will be closed the morning of January 8, from 8:00 to 11:00 am to deal with a hazard tree.

 Please note: a pair of red maples have fallen on the long bridge at Piscassic Greenway.  For your safety please exercise caution. One of the tree trunks has a fair bit of poison ivy on it so steering clear is highly encouraged.  Clean up is scheduled for this Monday. Stand by for updates.

Starting today, at Birch Ridge Community Forest in New Durham, the parking lot at Birch Hill Road, the Cabin Trail that leads from the lot, and the Birch Ridge cabin are all temporarily closed. For the next four to six weeks, SELT and Snowhawk LLC will be installing an all-persons trail that will start at the Birch Hill entrance and run to the cabin (between 3,600 and 4,000 feet in length). Please no roadside parking as there will be trucks driving in and out.  To access Birch Ridge Community Forest you can still use the parking areas at Brienne Road and Merrymeeting Road. Thank you.

This fall we will be undertaking a timber harvest at the Piscassic Greenway. The harvest is anticipated to begin in early September and last into November. This timeframe may change depending on ground conditions and other unforeseen circumstances. The extent of the harvest will span approximately 58 acres in the eastern part of the Piscassic Greenway, accessed via Neal Mill Road.  Please see the map here  for the harvest area.  After this harvest is complete, we anticipate similar harvests will be carried out in different areas at the Piscassic Greenway between 2026 and 2028.  The last harvest was completed in 2011-2012.  For more on the harvest please visit this webpage .

The walking bridge on the Red Trail at the Burley Farms trail system is currently under repair and will be out of use for the next few days. Thank you. 

 The parking area and entry trail to the Charles Rand Memorial Forest in Rye will be closed all next week (the week of 5/19) for repairs. Thank you.