Trinity Trail

Public Lands Trail Cleanup

Date: Saturday, September 30, 2023
Time: 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
Location: Highland Park Trailhead, Lucas, Texas

TTPA Supporters: This is your opportunity to GIVE BACK to the trail by supporting the Annual Clean Up Day. TTPA needs members to show up to show support and WEAR RED or your TTPA shirt!

The City of Lucas has so kindly sponsored TTPA for the Public Lands Trail Cleanup Day at Highland Park!
This event will celebrate the 30th anniversary of National Public Lands Day. Since 1994, National Public Lands Day (NPLD) has mobilized volunteers on the fourth Saturday in September to celebrate and care for our nation’s public lands. NPLD is led by the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) in partnership with the National Park Service. Public lands consist of parks, monuments, forests, grasslands, and lakes including Lavon Lake, the Trinity Trail, trailheads, and our parks here in Lucas.

To register as a volunteer for the Public Lands Trail Cleanup, please go to the Lucas City web site URL below to register. Lunch will be provided after the event for registered attendees. All volunteers will be provided free cleanup supplies including safety vests, gloves, trash grabbers and trash bags.
https://www.lucastexas.us/event/2023-public-lands-trail-cleanup/

Additionally, TTPA President Duke Monson (214-422-2929) needs 2-3 volunteers to help with the check-in desk at the event. Please contact him directly if you can help out. Note from Duke – Thank you quick responding volunteers, I have enough to man the check-in desk. Please feel free to sign up on the town’s website to volunteer for the work cleaning up the trail.

More details at http://www.trinitytrailriders.org/09/public-lands-trail-cleanup/

Please attend and support your trail!

All trailheads are OPEN, but – …

Sept 7, 2023 – Here’s the latest –
– East Fork North to 2.5 miles south of Brockdale – good shape, mowed all the way to Inspiration
– Brockdale South – CLOSED 1/2 mile south, really really bad silting from Inspiration and a major culvert is washed out further south and another drainage crossing has eroded into a deep trench
– Brockdale North to Lucas Rd – Clear, Washed out culverts by the picnic table have been fixed, one boggy culvert to cross further north
– Highland Park South to White Rock Creek – Clear, newest re-route segment is finally open (see pictures on FaceBook). The major drainage crossing behind Snider Lane is finally open with a pair of culverts installed.
– White Rock Creek to Lucas Rd – Clear
– Highland Park North – Clear
– Sycamore Loop – Fallen trees removed, but NTMWD pipe problem has flooded the area at the base of the Loop. Not sure how fast it will all dry out. The pipeline corridor has been smoothed, but has not been seeded yet.

Do Not Park on Rolling Meadows or side roads in St Paul

Parking horse trailers on Rolling Meadows Rd (which leads to the Collin Park picnic tables) or any of its side roads creates a safety and access hazard for the residents there.