Owen J. Roberts Navy JROTC Finishes Another Trail

JROTC Cadets pose along the trail where they spread gravel.

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager.

Cadets from the Owen J. Roberts High School Navy JROTC program came out to Crow’s Nest Preserve again this year to volunteer their time and labor. At Warwick Woods they scooped up a pile of gravel left over from its campground days and spread it—bucket by bucket—on the trail that leads to the meadow.

There’s no easy way to remove the gravel from where it isn’t wanted (the woods) and put it where it is (the trail), without a lot of hand labor. Cadets employed rakes, shovels, and buckets to scoop up the gravel and formed a brigade to get it over to the trail.

Visitors will enjoy the new trail surface leading to the meadow. Thank you, Cadets!