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Nearly One Hundred Miles Of New Greenway Trails Opened For Public Use And Enjoyment Across New York Since 2021

June 22, 2023 Contributor

Parks & Trails New York (PTNY) and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) have announced the release of the New York State Greenway Trails Progress Report (August 2021-December 2022), which outlines the accomplishments made, the projects initiated, and the funding secured by state, local, and non-profit partners between August 2021 and December 2022. The report identifies 97.1 miles of new trails completed and 372.7 additional miles of trail in progress in that time frame. […]

City Of Fulton Cuts Ribbon At Trail Along Oswego River, Dedicates Pier To Late Former Mayor Woodward

October 8, 2021 Kassadee Bradshaw

The City of Fulton held a ribbon cutting ceremony earlier today, October 8, for the Oswego River Pathfinder Trail and dedicated the pier to the late former Mayor Ronald Woodward Sr. […]

Fulton Footpaths Applies for Construction Grant

July 31, 2018 Mikayla Kemp

Fulton Footpaths, the volunteer committee working to create a system of multi-use heritage trails throughout the city of Fulton, has applied for a state-funded grant for the first phase of trail construction. Submitted to the NYS Department of State, the application for funding is to cover costs derived from a feasibility study to construct two out of eight total trails. The grant would fund up to $900,000 for construction work- a monetary value figured from a feasibility study completed by Syracuse-based Environmental Design and Research (EDR) that was secured through prior grant funding. The first construction grant will target the Pathfinder Canal Towpath Trail (four miles) and the Canalview Bridge Walk Trail (1.8 miles.) […]

Scene Around Town: Hiking The Trails At Great Bear

November 10, 2010 Contributor

Hiking The Trails At Great Bear

Members of the Onondaga chapter of the Adirondack Mountain Club enjoyed a Sunday afternoon, hiking the trails at Great Bear. Members pause at the bridge on Deer Run Trail, in this photo courtesy of Dick Drosse. Great Bear Recreational Area is a non-motorized, share the trails wooded area adjoining the Oswego River/canal and old tow path. There are more than seven miles of marked trails.

For more information on Great Bear go to: http://web.mac.com/oswegocountygreen

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Scouts Help Clean Up Great Bear Trails

June 7, 2010 Contributor

Members of Scout Troop 715 helped Friends of Great Bear pull the invasive Garlic Mustard plant from trail sections at Great Bear Recreational Area. […]