FRIENDS OF EDGEWOOD NATURAL PRESERVE
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FRIENDS OF EDGEWOOD NATURAL PRESERVE
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TRAIL PATROL BEGINS SECOND YEAR ON THE JOB By Nancy Mangini New Friends, New Faces The Edgewood Park Volunteer Trail Patrol began its second year of life by adding five new members to our ranks. Joining the patrol this year are Peter Ingram, Larry Peterman, Ken Seydel, Cory Mangini, and Lee Franks. With the addition of these five volunteers, the Trail Patrol now has 18 active members to conduct weekend patrols throughout the spring and summer months to help park visitors learn about Edgewood's unique features and appropriate ways in which this fragile natural resource can be enjoyed. Successful Stakeouts Earlier in the year, Patrol members assisted Edgewood Ranger Lynne Fritz in a campaign to discourage after-hour Friday night parties in the park by participating in a stakeout operation. For five consecutive Friday evenings, patrol members took shifts watching park entrances between 7:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. to monitor activity and report back to the ranger on duty who, in turn, stood ready to notify the Sheriff's department to make contact with revelers. The first patrol stakeout in early March resulted in multiple after-hour contacts and some group round-ups by local authorities. After that night, however, word must have gotten out among the groups using the park as a "cool place to party" because subsequent stakeouts have been relatively uneventful and Ranger Fritz has called a temporary halt to the operation. With this initial stakeout success, park rangers now know that they can count on the Volunteer Trail Patrol to come out again to protect the park after hours if the need arises. |
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