D&L Outreach Coordinator Dennis Scholl and the regional Trail Tender coordinators have arranged a busy schedule of clean ups for the next few months.  We look fowarded to seeing familiar Trail Tender faces and welcoming new volunteers.  Please contact the regional coordinator for details on specific events and how you can become involved.

Easton

Coordinator: Charlie Supenis (charsupe@msn.com)

The Easton chapter will be meeting the third Saturday of each month, April through November, in Hugh Moore Park. Volunteers should assemble at the pavilion adjacent to the Josiah White II canal boat ride at 8 a.m.

The dates are:

April 17
May 15
June 19
July 17
August 21
September 18
October 16
November 20

Lehigh Valley

Coordinator: Beth Masiado, 610-954-9111 (masiadb@slhn.org)

The Lehigh Valley Chapter will conduct general cleanups on the first Saturday of each month, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Volunteers are asked to meet at the parking lots along the Sand Island tennis courts.

Dates for these cleanups are:

May 1
July 3
August 7
September 4
October 2

The chapter also will hold informal cleanups on all other Saturdays excluding April 3. These cleanups will be held at different project sites in Bethlehem, Freemansburg and Bethlehem Township. Contact Beth for details.

Northern Lehigh

Coordinator: Dean Hower, 610-462-0617 (dean_the_bikeman@hotmail.com)

The Lock 25 site is the group’s major project area this year. The effort has begun but has a long way to go to completion.

April 10 – bike ride on the Slate Heritage Trail in Slatington, the Walnutport Canal and the D&L Trail. Meet at the Slatington Trailhead adjacent to Main Street at 9:15 a.m.

April 24 – Walnutport canal cleanup – meet at the Walnutport Canal Association pavilion at 9 a.m.

May 29 – trail cleanup on the new Cementon to Laurys Station segment. Meet at the Cementon Trailhead parking lot off Rt. 329. Volunteers will walk from Cementon to Laurys Station and be transported back by car.

June 12 – cleanup at Lock 25 in south Walnutport. Meet at the Walnutport Canal Association pavilion at 9 a.m. Bring gloves and loppers.

Carbon County

Coordinator: Doug Makofka, 215-828-4974 (dmakofka@gmail.com)

The Carbon County group is tackling a major restoration of the Lock 13 area in Parryville. Other areas we will be visiting are the Weissport Trailhead and all of the locks between Weissport and Jim Thorpe.

April 24 – Lock 4 cleanup (north of Weissport). Meet at the Weissport Trailhead at 8:45 a.m.
May 22 – location and time to be determined
June 26 – location and time to be determined
July 24 – location and time to be determined
August 28 – location and time to be determined

The Heavenly Hedgehog Ice Cream Company, 563 Main Street, Main Street Commons in Bethlehem, has a new flavor: Trail Tenders #1.

Shop owner Barbara Garrison concocted the new flavor from vanilla ice cream, strips of caramel, toasted coconut, crushed Whoppers, and peanuts. Trail Tenders #1 is available now in a limited quantity.

Barbara’s decision to honor the D&L Trail Tenders with an ice cream flavor stems from her admiration of the work they’ve been doing along the Lehigh Canal.

Ms. Garrison is also offering the Trail Tenders a space in front of her store during the annual Sidewalk Sale in downtown Bethlehem on April 24. If you are interested in learning about the Trail Tenders and volunteer opportunities along the canal or just want to enjoy a scoop, feel free to stop by.

Enjoy some Trail tenders #1 on this very warm Easter weekend. Bon appetite!

D&L Outreach Coordinator Dennis Scholl has worked with the Trail Tenders for two years to turn a stretch of river bank on Sand Island into a model native plant “garden.”  Read more and see pictures in today’s Morning Call.