Help us improve the orange xc ski trail at Laurel Ridge Cross Country Ski Area!

We will be spreading gravel into persistent wet patches and cutting back overhanging briars.  

Let us know if you can participate.  Additionally, all volunteers are required to sign up as a DCNR volunteer and sign up for the volunteer opportunity which DCNR will create for us.  Details will be posted here when we have them. 

Meet at 9:30am in the parking lot on Saturday 3 October.

Wear orange hats or clothing.   

Bring water, lunch, gloves, a rake or shovel for the gravel, or loppers and/or clippers for trimming vegetation. 

Be prepared to walk out on the orange trail to the work site(s). 

PACCSA members are invited to join the Board of Directors for the Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 7 October at 7pm.  The meeting will be held online using zoom - invitations were emailed on 9 September at 9pm.  If you did not receive one, contact us (check your spam folder first). 

The 2026 summer picnic will be on Saturday 29 August at Laurel Hill State Park.  Members, check your email for details. Not a member yet?  There's still time to join. 

The planned LMVG volunteer work days for 2026 are:

• Saturday 27 June 
• Saturday 18 July  (sign up here)

The work day planned for Saturday 12 September has been cancelled.

In order to take part in a volunteer work day and receive notifications of future volunteer work days from Forbes State Forest, you must be signed up as a conservation volunteer in the new system which was introduced in January 2025.

To register in the new (Jan 2025) system:

1. Visit the new Conservation Volunteer site. 
2. Check out the Conservation Volunteer FAQs.  
3. Create your new volunteer profile and agree to the Conservation Volunteer agreement terms. Download "DCNR Quick Start Guide for Volunteers.pdf"

4. Once signed up, become a “Fan” of your favorite state park or forest locations. When you become a Fan, you will receive notifications whenever a new volunteer opportunity is posted.   

    

Many thanks to Bob Mazur and Jim South for installing and maintaining the webcams throughout the winter.