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The Northborough Trails Committee's formal name is the Trails Subcommittee of the Northborough Open Space Committee. It was founded in February of 2001 when Arthur Cole went before the Open Space Committee to ask if they would be interested in creating a trail system in Northborough. They surprised him with their enthusiasm and they appointed him chairman of the subcommittee. Since then the NTC has actively searched for places to create and build new trails, as well as maintain the current trail system. For more deatils of our history please read George Curtis' booklet:
The NTC is a formal Committee of the Town of Northborough, but all of the people
involved are volunteers who share a common goal to provide access to the
Town’s recreational areas by maintaining a viable trail system. Initially
most of our members were recruited from the ranks of retired people, but
that is only because of their availability. Over the last few years we have
added people of all ages to our list of Volunteers, and we welcome anyone
who wishes to participate in whatever way they can. The specific mission of the Northborough Trails Committee is to make
and maintain trails with the permission of land owners, public and
private, we are volunteer "trail stewards", not land stewards
or land managers. The NTC does not own the land the trails systems
are on, nor do we have the authority to make land use policies, take
any actions relative to property ownership, enforce rules, regulations,
or laws, and NTC volunteers are not authorized to act in any manner
to enforce land management rules, regulations or laws, instead the
appropriate land owner or police authority should be notified of any
such violation. The NTC should not be perceived by the public as taking
on those enforcement roles because it will only cloud our real mission
which is simply to make and maintain trails, and to act in an enforcement
role would be exceeding the scope of our authority as volunteer trail
stewards. The NTC acts as volunteer trail stewards under the auspices
of the land owners, so we simply don't have the authority to act outside
our scope of making trails (after obtaining all necessary approvals
from land owners and other state and local regulatory agencies) and
maintaining trails (as long as the land owner allows us to). If you
have any questions regarding the mission and authority of the NTC please
contact the Town Planners Office at 63 Main St. Northborough, Ma. 01532,
email at planning@town.northborough.ma.us
or contact the NTC Chairman at ntc01532@gmail.com. Allowed uses are:Hiking Our Trails
Carlstrom II Forest Other Nearby Trails
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