Trail Team
Do you like getting your hands dirty, using various hand tools, and working in a team to get the job done? If so, Muskoka Conservancy’s Trail Team sounds like the perfect fit for you!
Role Responsibilities
- Work with other members of the Trail Team and the Team Leader to cut back and maintain existing trails and create new trails
- Use a variety of hand tools to trim small trees, branches, and shrubs from the trail you are working on
- Assist with installing signage (trailhead, informational, directional)
- Use a template and white spray paint to blaze trails
- Assist with some trail projects such as building a footbridge.
Qualifications
- Comfortable using hand tools ex. Clippers, hand/bow saw, axe, hammer, wheelbarrow etc.
- Comfortable hiking in and around forests, wetlands, and rocky areas, in various conditions, including rain, heat, and with biting insects
- Comfortable working in a team and following directions from a leader.
Why we do it
- MC is proud to provide public trails on select Nature Reserves, encouraging access to nature for members of the Muskoka community
- Ongoing maintenance of the trails is essential to keep them in good condition for hikers, and we need all hands on deck from the Trail team to make that happen
- When a new Nature Reserve is selected for the establishment of trails we need assistance with the cutting back and blazing of new trails.
*Training on trail maintenance techniques will be provided.
