DAY 12

Matt and Christian Rice

This morning the "Exploring the Northeast" gang met with Anita Wright from the Group for the East End, an environmental awareness group of the Hamptons. When we were younger, the two of us participated in several ecology camps over the summers with the Group for the East End and learned a lot about how to protect the environment. The Group for the East End’s purpose is to raise awareness about the protection of the environment, by educating the people who live on the East End. We also met with Richard Povermo from the East Hampton Trail Preservation Society. The EHTPS helps to maintain over 280 miles of trails on the East End. We walked through a portion of the Buckskill Trail, cleaning it as we went along. They gave us lopers and other gardening tools to remove low hanging branches, weeds, logs, and sticks from the trails, making them easier to bike and hike along, and also preserving them for the long term. The Ross School is surrounded by 700 acres of preserved trails and woods, one of them being Buckskill trail. The EHTPS is holding a brunch on the 25th of April. They are inviting people of all ages to help preserve the trails in our community. The EHTPS also works every Tuesday on trail maintenance with volunteers from the East End.