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Pick Up Litter While Enjoying Our Trails, Then Dispose of It for Free

Trail Litter Pluck Poster

Hurleyville, NY - Come celebrate National Trails Day with the Sullivan O&W Rail Trail Alliance on June 5, 2021, then head out to enjoy – and clean up – our wilderness!

Opening remarks with special guests will begin at 9 a.m. at the Hurleyville Rail Trail on the 5th, followed by a walk at 10 a.m., and then a Trail Clean-up from 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Celebrations continue thereafter; visit www.sullivanoandw.com for up-to-date information about group hikes in your area and event details.

Don’t forget to bring a few trash bags on your hike! In support of National Trails Day, the Sullivan County Legislature has agreed to waive disposal fees for trail trash brought to County-operated transfer stations between June 5 and 13, 2021.

“Our litterpluck efforts extend beyond our roads and highways,” noted District 7 Legislator Joe Perrello, who chairs the Public Works Committee which oversees solid waste management in the County. “And considering how many people are now using our public trails, it makes sense to put some polish on our pathways.”

“Even our most avid hikers probably haven’t been on every trail in the County,” said District 6 Legislator Luis Alvarez, chair of the Legislature’s Parks & Sustainability Policy Committee. “This is a chance to see something new and help clean up along the way.”

Free disposal coupons are required and can only be used for bags of litter collected from publicly accessible walking, hiking or bicycling trails within Sullivan County’s borders. A list of local trails is available at www.trailkeeper.org.

Coupons can be obtained at any Sullivan County-operated transfer station or these proud partners:

• Can’t Hurt Steel Community Foundation, Eldred: canthurtsteelfoundation@gmail.com

• Catskill Mountainkeeper, 47B Main Street, Livingston Manor: beth@catskillmountainkeeper.org

• Smallwood Civic Association, Smallwood: smallwoodcivic@gmail.com

• Town of Liberty Parks & Recreation, 119 N. Main Street, Liberty: p.r.dept@townofliberty.org

• Mamakating Environmental Education Center, 762 South Road, Wurtsboro: jackie.broder@mamakating.org

• Sullivan County Office of Parks & Recreation, Sullivan County Government Center, 100 North Street, Monticello: scparks@sullivanny.us

For more information on the Countywide trail litterpluck, please call the Sullivan County Department of Parks, Recreation, and Beautification at 845-807-0287.