photo by ArtChick
Ridgewood Boy Scouts help restore Dunham Trail
Friday, August 9, 2013
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
The Ridgewood News
Save a handful of neighborhood cleanups, the natural landscape that marked the Dunham Trail went relatively undisturbed for many years until Superstorm Sandy ravaged much of the topography last fall. The storm uprooted trees and displaced bushes, leaving much of the quarter-mile stretch of land nearly impassable.
Troop 5 members helped Connor Pechko (second from left) install a new sign at the Dunham Trail.Members of the Ridgewood Wildscape Association pitched in to help Connor Pechko during his Eagle Scout project this spring.The Tarleton Landscaping company supplied heavy machinery to assist Ridgewood resident Connor Pechko during his Eagle Scout project.Other scouts in Troop 5 as well as many of Connor Pechko’s family members and friends worked on the project. Connor Pechko created and installed two new signs at the Dunham Trail this spring.
The destruction was a shocker to those who frequented the quaint trail, which runs parallel to the Ho-Ho-Kus Brook between the residential neighborhoods of Grove Street and Spring Avenue. For many, especially youngsters, the path was an undisturbed and picturesque route leading to Ridgewood High School, while others simply sought the trail’s tranquility as a quick escape from the hustle and bustle of everyday life.
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