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UMaine's Tanglewood Camp Opens ADA Accessible Trail
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Students walking on Trees trail.In late summer Tanglewood 4-H Camp and Learning Center, a program of University of Maine Cooperative Extension, held a ceremony dedicating the Dale Mudge Memorial TREES Trail, an ADA accessible trail that weaves through the Yankee Woodlot forest in Camden Hills State Park.

Designed for landowners, municipal officials, land managers and anyone else who wants to better understand forests, the trail leads visitors on an exploration of forest ecology and serves as a vision for how we can manage forests for the benefit of present and future generations.
“Visitors will leave the TREES trail with a better understanding of the forest and learn something new every time,” said Tanglewood Co-Founder Les Hyde. “This is the most used trail here at Tanglewood. That has got to tell you something.”

The first 1,100 feet of the trail are ADA accessible and barrier free, and also include an ADA-accessible outhouse and a stone memorial in tribute to Mudge, a former Tanglewood board member who will always be remembered for her passion and enthusiasm for the camp. For more info on the Dale Mudge TREES Trail or any of Tanglewood’s programs, call 207-789-5868.

The acronym “TREES” stands for “Teaching Resources in Environmental and Ecosystems Stewardship,” and the trail is an important aspect of Tanglewood’s programs; every year about 400 summer campers and more than 1000 school program students hike there. Lining the trail are informational kiosks and signs explaining forest scenes, such as a pit-and-mound, the effect of lightning hitting a tree and why leaves change color in the fall. Head Instructor for School Programs Leah Trommer states that “nearly everything we teach about forest ecology can be found on this trail. . . . The impact it has on the students is priceless.”

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