Champlain Area Trails (CATS) has announced it will open its Essex Quarry Nature Preserve trails on June 26th, 2021. CATS purchased the property in late 2019. The Essex Quarry Nature Preserve is located on the south edge of the hamlet, just a short distance from the Lake … [Read more...] about Champlain Area Trails Announces Essex Quarry Nature Preserve Opening
Essex Quarry Nature Park
Champlain Area Trails Hosts Volunteer Work Day at Essex Quarry Nature Preserve
Champlain Area Trails (CATS) hosted a volunteer trail project at their new Essex Quarry Nature Preserve on Friday, November 20th. Volunteers helped staff cut brush and fallen trees along two separate paths that are part of a network of trails going in around the quarry. The … [Read more...] about Champlain Area Trails Hosts Volunteer Work Day at Essex Quarry Nature Preserve
Champlain Area Trails Purchases Essex Quarry to Create Nature Park
Champlain Area Trails (CATS) has purchased the 35-acre Essex Quarry property in the village of Essex, an historic and ecologically significant site located a half-mile south of the ferry landing. The acquisition is the first step in CATS’ creation of the Essex Quarry Nature … [Read more...] about Champlain Area Trails Purchases Essex Quarry to Create Nature Park
Help Make Essex Quarry Nature Park and Create a Legacy for You
As a person who lives in, visits, or simply enjoys Essex, you will want to be included on the list of donors whose generosity created the Essex Quarry Nature Park. Champlain Area Trails is asking you to make a donation to permanently protect this fabulous 35-acre property, … [Read more...] about Help Make Essex Quarry Nature Park and Create a Legacy for You
Champlain Area Trails Announces Exciting New Trail & Conservation Project in Essex
Champlain Area Trails (CATS) has announced plans to preserve 35 acres in the Town of Essex, N.Y., on land that features 400 million-year-old fossils—once part of the world’s oldest coral reef—as well as a globally rare type of forest. The Essex Quarry Nature Park will be … [Read more...] about Champlain Area Trails Announces Exciting New Trail & Conservation Project in Essex