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| Gale Tobbe and Ben Haubrich clean up Hedgehog Mountain last week |
Sometimes a property comes to the Forest Society with more than just great views, wildlife habitat, timber and recreational trails. Sometimes there is trash too. When that happens, we call in the land steward team and do our best to clean up the affected areas following acquisition, returning the land to a natural state. Hedgehog Mountain Forest in Deering is a property that is now over 1000 acres, but was acquired in pieces over the last few years, involving numerous different parties and acquisitions. One area of the reservation did contain some significant waste materials, so we held a workday last week to remove a good deal of it. Six land stewards and five staff members came out armed with work gloves and contractor bags, and we quickly filled three truck loads of trash. One whole truck was filled with tires- fifty two of them to be precise! It's not the most glorious land steward activity, but it is strangely satisfying to load up a mountain of refuse into a huge dump truck and watch it roll away to the transfer station.
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Fifty-two tires |
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| Wendy's new friend, found under some trash |
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| Some of the clean up crew (L to R): Len Martin, Hiel Lindquist, Al Cort, Wendy Weisiger, Fred Tobbe |
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| Trucks rolling off to transfer station |
In addition to removing a large amount of trash, we also installed a new property sign for the Hedgehog Moutnain Forest, along Hedgehog Mountain Road. From this area, there is soon to be a marked trail up to the Hedghog Ridge, where you can enjoy great views of the mountains to the south and west. Another great Forest Society property to explore and enjoy!
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New sign at Hedgehog Mountain Forest
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| Stewards Alan Cort and Ben Haubrich admire the view from the Hedgehog ridge. |
I live in Deering and am an avid hiker.Been trying to find the trail to hedgehog mountain but no luck.How do I get there?I live less than 2 min from hedgehog mountain rd.I went down there but see posted signs and the road narrows and looks as though it may be someones property.Would love to finally hike it!
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Bobby
If you go from Old County road onto Hedgehog mtn rd and continue a little way past the town sandpit, You'll see a clearing on your right where you can park & on your left is the trailhead, I'm not sure if anything's changed since I was up there this May, Hope this helped, Happy trails!
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