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Dan River Basin Association’s Adopt-a-Trail Program
Make a difference in your community and volunteer!

Meet our Teams
 
What is the Adopt-A-Trail Program?
The Adopt-A-Trail Program is a volunteer program providing opportunities for hikers, bicyclists and equestrians to assist The Dan River Basin Association (DRBA) in supporting Henry County Virginia Parks and Recreation, Martinsville Leisure Services, Eden North Carolina Parks & Recreation, and the town of Yanceyville, North Carolina by coordinating volunteer activities to monitor, maintain and enhance trails and trailhead facilities along trails found within the Dan River Basin.
(Photo: Members of the Smith River Trail System's Adopt-a-Trail program.)

Who can adopt a trail?
School and youth groups, scout troops, church, community and service organizations, businesses, families, individuals or groups of individuals can adopt a trail. Anyone with an interest in trails and the outdoors is welcome to help preserve our land and provide safe, enjoyable access to the outdoors.


What can volunteers do?
Activities include keeping the trail surface free of sticks, rocks and other debris, pruning small limbs from the trail corridor, cleaning waterbars and drainage ditches, and clearing debris from bridges and stairs. Other responsibilities include litter clean-up, maintaining the trailhead, and reporting vandalism, trail hazards or safety issues.
(Photo: Paul May volunteers to remove tripping hazards from Jones Cliff Trail.)

 
Why should you participate?
Adopting a trail provides an opportunity for you to be actively involved in conservation. Helping to maintain and enhance existing trails improves the resource for all to enjoy. The effort brings trail and nature enthusiasts closer to the environment and their community. Enjoy the time outdoors and personal satisfaction gained through volunteering on a local trail.
(Photo:Jeannie Firsco of Activate Martinsville-Henry County volunteering to help build phase II of the Fieldale Trail.)
 
How to get started:
Contact the Adopt-a-Trail Coordinator (contact information below) to set up a date that is convenient for you to meet and discuss the requirements and benefits of trail adoption.
 

Smith River Trail System
Jennifer Doss
PO Box 7
Collinsville, VA 24078
(276) 634-2545

Caswell County Trails
Chad Hall
413 Church Street, Suite 401
Eden, NC 27288
(336) 344-0608

 
Trails in Need of Adoption:

Smith River Trail System

  • Lauren Mountain Preserve,
    Bassett, VA
    (Coming Soon!)

  • The Dick and Willie Passage,
    Martinsville, VA (4.5 miles)

  • Smith River Sports Complex
    Axton, VA (1 mile)

  • Smith River Greenway,
    Eden, NC (1.7 miles)

Caswell County Trails

  • Streamwalk Trail,
    Yanceyville, NC
    (850 ft. and growing!)

  • Mountain Bike Trail,
    Yanceyville, NC
    (Coming Soon!)

Tommy Wyatt and Tracy Kennett install a new sign at the Fieldale Trail.
 


Adopt-a-Trail Teams

 
“Friends of the Fieldale Trail”
Maintaining 2.5 miles of trail in Fieldale, Virginia, this group of friends and neighbors is led by team captain Paula Wyatt. Members include: Charles & Pat Dameron, Nancy & Tracy Kennett, Glenda Scott, Benny & Pam Setliff, Ronny Tranthum, and Tommy, Chris and Beth Wyatt.and Joan Ragland
 

Above: Friends of the Fieldale Trail

Team Projects include:
  • Maintaining and extending the trail

  • Serving as ambassadors for the trail

  • Building & Installing Bluebird Boxes

  • Initiating a trail recycling program

  • Monitoring trail use

  • Leading area scouts in trail work

  • Developing events to promote the trail


“I love to give back to the community and volunteering is one way to do that. The trail is a good way to meet people, get exercise and see nature.” –Paula Wyatt

“We fell in love with the Fieldale Trail the first time we walked the trail. The river is such an asset—it is so stress relieving to sit on the benches and listen to the water. We also like the flowers and trees on the trail. It’s a wonderful experience for families, whether walking, biking, jogging or bicycling.” – Pat Dameron


MURA and The Boys & Girls Club
The Boys & Girls Club of the Blue Ridge has partnered with the Martinsville Uptown Revitalization Association (MURA) to adopt the Uptown Spur Trail on Franklin Street in Martinsville. The existing paved trail is 0.6 mile and will connect to the 4.5 mile long Dick & Willie Passage in spring 2010.
 
Team Projects include:
  • Tending flowerbeds in partnership with Gateway Streetscape

  • Sweeping debris off the path

  • Painting decorative birdhouses

  • Fundraising for additional trashcans

 


 

"Friends of the Gravely Nature Preserve"
Led by team captain Martin Gardner (below), these families love working in the outdoors at the Richard P. Gravely, Jr. Nature Preserve. The park located in Ridgeway, Virginia is Henry County’s first interpretive park. Members include Ginger, Jack & Will Gardner, Neil Tatum, Doug Foley, Lewis & Campbell Pitzer (left). Together they maintain more than 2 miles of trails within the 75-acre preserve.

   
Team Projects include:
  • Extending Rhododendron Trail
    an additional half mile upstream along the Smith River
  • Maintaining and enhancing the trails
  • Maintaining the cemetery of
    John Henry Burgess
  • Maintaining depression era
    tobacco barns
  • Monitoring trail use

 

Girl Scout Troop 691
Girls can do anything and this group is proving that by adopting the 0.5 mile long loop of Doe Run Trail at Doe Run Park in Martinsville. The group of girls is led by scout leader Jenniffer Jamison.
   
Team Projects include:
  • Maintaining and enhancing the trail

  • Monitoring trail use

Adopt a trail of your own or join one of the great teams above. Join in the fun and get involved!
 
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Eden, NC 27288
Phone: 336.627.6270
drba.nc@danriver.org
 

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Collinsville, VA 24078
Phone: 276-634-2545
drba.va@danriver.org

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