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Tuller Hill Volunteer History
Tuller Hill is a DEC Region 7 State Forest in the Town of Virgil, containing a trail system of approximately 13 miles, approved for equestrians and hiking. The trails had not been maintained for several years, and were difficult to impassable.
2019 The Friends of Tuller Hill took over interface with the DEC and trail maintenance. 2013 First work day of the season was postponed due to snow, so first workday was May 11. Major blow down on The lower blue trails. Got 1/2 cleared and realized the rest would take days. Awaiting DEC's decision on re-route or calling in loggers. 2012 First work day of the season held May 12. Moved and tamped down club purchased gravel at the new kisok provided by the DEC.Put in a culvert on B1, again a lot of gravel transported in.Several people came to work on the above activities and walking or 4-wheeling the trails to open from the winter debris. 2011 First work day of the season held May 14. 15 people cleared several trails of winter debris 2010 Obtained permission to use ski trails on Site #9 of Tuller Hill increasing trails to 25 milesCulvert put in by Town of Virgil for access to Site #9 from parking area May 15, first work day, a few people covered all red trails clearing winter downage and opened the new access trail to Site #10June 26 we had six people working 3.5 hours and cleared the middle section of B1 trail - that trail is now completely done A tie rail has been added to the parking areaJuly 17 - B6 trail was completed - all trails are now open and marked. The area around the tie rail was also cleared. We had a great turn-out of workers. August 21 -Started work assisting snowmobile steward on Lot 9
2019 The Friends of Tuller Hill took over interface with the DEC and trail maintenance. 2013 First work day of the season was postponed due to snow, so first workday was May 11. Major blow down on The lower blue trails. Got 1/2 cleared and realized the rest would take days. Awaiting DEC's decision on re-route or calling in loggers. 2012 First work day of the season held May 12. Moved and tamped down club purchased gravel at the new kisok provided by the DEC.Put in a culvert on B1, again a lot of gravel transported in.Several people came to work on the above activities and walking or 4-wheeling the trails to open from the winter debris. 2011 First work day of the season held May 14. 15 people cleared several trails of winter debris 2010 Obtained permission to use ski trails on Site #9 of Tuller Hill increasing trails to 25 milesCulvert put in by Town of Virgil for access to Site #9 from parking area May 15, first work day, a few people covered all red trails clearing winter downage and opened the new access trail to Site #10June 26 we had six people working 3.5 hours and cleared the middle section of B1 trail - that trail is now completely done A tie rail has been added to the parking areaJuly 17 - B6 trail was completed - all trails are now open and marked. The area around the tie rail was also cleared. We had a great turn-out of workers. August 21 -Started work assisting snowmobile steward on Lot 9
2009 Maintained trails cleared the last few yearsCleared a few new trails - red & yellow done; blue has a couple major clearing jobs scheduled for 2010First work day of the season yielded the most number of workers yet - including several non-horse peopleAdditional funding received to do a significant wet-area rework - completed 9/2009DEC provided new map and trail designationNew trail marking system put in place and trails remarkedDEC put up a mailbox in the parking area for mapsTemporary parking sign made by us
2008 Trail head parking completed in JulyWork days held as weather permitted, about 1/2 way through trail system clearing, still have to do markingNew small trail from trail head to creek and system completed2007 Activities3 volunteers took and passed the required Chain Saw certification course6 volunteers obtained or renewed their CPR to fulfill the requirement of having at least one qualified person at a work session4 work days were held with a total of 96 work hours completed.A GPS map was redone showing what has been completed and what needs to be completedContractor obtained for creating the trailheadAwarded a portion of the NYSHC coordinated Trail Improvement Grant to create a trailhead
2007NYSPWHC volunteers and friends undertook trail cleanup starting in May 2007 using the DEC's Adopt-a-Natural Resource Stewardship Program. Under this program, we signed a contract with DEC to perform stated volunter maintenance to the DEC resource (Tuller Hill Site #10).
2006 Began meetings with DEC and the Town of Virgil to discuss Adopt-A-Resource activitiesPrepared plans and completed appropriate formsSubmitted request for a grant from the NYSHC to provide a trailhead
