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Special Incentives to Show Love for the Trails in February

The New York–New Jersey Trail Conference is celebrating Valentine’s Day by asking trail lovers to keep the mountains close to their heart with an exclusive, limited-edition T-shirt—a gift to anyone who becomes a Trail Conference member in February. Also, an anonymous couple who love each other and the trails will match February donations to the Trail Conference by Natural Awakenings readers.

The Trail Conference is a volunteer-powered organization that builds, maintains and protects public trails. Together with its partner organizations, it strives to ensure that the trails and natural areas in the New York–New Jersey area remain sustainable and publicly accessible for generations to come.

Every month, the Trail Conference hosts guided hikes and trail runs. This month’s free events include a guided hike on February 28 at Teatown Lake Reservation, in Ossining, New York, and a trail run on February 8 in Cedar Grove, New Jersey.

For more information about this or other events, or to read about donating to, volunteering for or joining the Trail Conference, visit nynjtc.org  To learn how to double a donation, see ad on page 26.  

 

 

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