Letter to the Editor
Saturday, July 10, 2010

While the rest of Berkshire County did its best to survive record-breaking
heat last week, a mighty team of Greenager volunteers, led by the great Will
Conklin, were down at the Housatonic River Walk spreading 85 tons of surface
material over a half mile of trail-with nothing more than wheelbarrows,
buckets, shovels, rakes, and willpower that just wouldn't quit.

Five hundred man/woman-hours later, River Walk has a brand new trail and by
the look of things, planet Earth has a rising can-do generation to fix the
problems the rest of us are leaving behind.

Thank you Rails-to-Trails Conservancy and National Park Service Rivers,
Trails & Conservation Assistance for the financial support. And thank you
Robbie, Henry, Jen, Jamison, Nicole, Dakota, Sam, Christian, Ben, Matt,
Nate, Audrey, Demitri, Charlotte, Kayla, Laura and Nina-for one of River
Walk's finest moments. It was an honor and privilege to work alongside you.

Rachel Fletcher
Director, River Walk
Great Barrington

113 Division Street
Great Barrington MA 01230
413-528-3391
river@gbriverwalk.org