Castle Hill Property Northbridge
The town of Northbridge is in the process of purchasing 96 acres on Castle Hill Road. This property abuts existing town owned property and the 100 acre lot in Uxbridge.…
April 3, 2021 DCR’s Douglas State Forest
Our first trail work day of the year and we had a great turn out. Sixteen BSTRA members along with DCR’s Cary VandenAkker. With enough people we split into three…
May 1, 2021 Trail Work At Hodges Village Dam
Twenty volunteers armed with loppers, pole saws and a brush cutter cleared quite a few trails in Oxford. All total 50.19 hours were put in worth $1,654.26 with a well…
April 19, 2021 Geo-textile Bridge Upton State Forest
On April 19th, five people got together to install geo-textile and pea stone to the second bridge between Westboro Road & Southboro Road at the Upton State Forest. We had…
Sweet William Bridge
This was a Columbus Day project, Oct. 12th involving an upgrade to another bridge on town owned land in Upton. Again, we put a layer of non-woven geo-textile material down…
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
I was very happy with so many that attended the ribbon cutting ceremony and the chance that it gave me to talk about the Recreational Trails Program (RTP) and how…
BSTRA Receives DCR Partneship Grant
BSTRA has been selected as an awardee for DCR’s FY 2108 Partnership Matching Funds Program. BSTRA proposes to advance the final stages of design and permitting for this section of…
BSTRA Receives Award
Dear BSTRA Members. I am proud to announce that BSTRA, which includes everyone single one of you, received the following award from DCR (Department of Conservation & Recreation) Shared Stewardship…
Help verify the impact horses have on our economy
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO AUG. 18th. Please take the time to do the survey and pass it along. This will just quantify the very big impact that the horse industry has…
BSTRA announces completion of Partnership Grant Work
We are officially closing out 2015 with a finished trail project. Earlier this year Bay State Trail Riders Association, Inc. (BSTRA) received a grant from the Blackstone River Valley Heritage…