Trail Projects – old

TRAIL MANAGEMENT PLANS

ECTA has completed town wide trail management plans for Ipswich, Wenham, Hamilton, West Newbury, Essex  and Topsfield. These   innovative TMPs will streamline trail management decisions for the town, and help us help private and public landowners manage their trails quickly and professionally. ECTA is the first organization in the area to offer this valuable service to towns, landowners and public agencies.

MAPPING

ECTA continuously updates digital and printed maps for Ipswich, Hamilton/Wenham, Topsfield, West Newbury. For free digital versions of our trail maps that can be used for navigation and tracking, please visit AvenzaMaps.com, and get the free AvenzaMaps app for your phone for use on the trails. For further info on Avenza Maps see our Digital Maps page. If you are interested in buying a printed map, please see a list of stores that carry our maps.

MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, CONSTRUCTION

ECTA  responds regularly and quickly to  dozens of requests to remove fallen trees and brush,  and improve  water crossings. We work on trails on both public and privately owned lands where landowners have allowed public access.   We make extensive repairs to trails throughout our system and construct new trails where needed to avoid erosion or for safety issues.

EASEMENTS

ECTA is actively working with several generous landowners to place permanent trail easements across their lands. These landowners, and the many others that permit trail users on their lands, are the glue that holds our trail community together.