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NO MORE SHORTCUTS--TRAIL PATROL IS HERE

Thanks to the conscientious and diligent work of Nancy Mangini, the Edgewood Park Volunteer Trail Patrol is a reality! 

Nancy took responsibility for organizing the patrol, fashioning a training program as an offshoot of the training for the San Mateo County Volunteer Horse Patrol. Fourteen volunteers attended the four training sessions, where they learned about park rules, how to interact with park visitors, how to deal with emergencies, and the mechanics of patrolling. Soon they will be given CPR training as well.

The program is run under the auspices of Ron Weaver, Edgewood Park’s supervising ranger, with lots of help from ranger Lynn Fritz. The goal of the trail patrol is to inform and assist park visitors in appropriate ways to experience Edgewood Park and Natural Preserve. Patrollers always travel in pairs and carry radios for communicating with Park Rangers or emergency response teams.

Patrollers pay particular attention to encouraging visitors to:

• stay on trails,
• keep dogs out of the park,
• restrict bicycle riding to the paved Day Camp parking lot,
• remove nothing (except trash), and
• smoke only in the picnic areas at the Day Camp.

The charter members of the Volunteer Trail Patrol are Susan Sommers, Jan and Stewart Simpson, Carolyn Curtis, Nancy Mangini, Bill Korbholz, Elly and Bob Hess, Guy Cohen, Elfrid Gioumousis, Frank Figoni, Billy James, Susan Thrasher, and Margaret Marshall.

These volunteers will patrol on weekends, wearing their khaki shirts, green pants, and, optionally, green windbreakers. If you come upon a patroller, be sure to thank him or her for taking the time to keep Edgewood the beautiful and natural preserve that it is for all to enjoy.

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