Fifteen Marion residents (and friends) took advantage of a warm and sunny winter Saturday two weeks ago to walk through beautiful woods and wetlands to clean up the trails of the Sippican Lands Trust Radio Tower property.
Anne Robertson and son Nate, Earl Briggs and his daughter Jennifer Francis, Nick Grace, Alan Harris and son Sam, Kitsy and John Howard, Marty Howell, Peter Converse, Sam Saltonstall, Bill and Tinker Saltonstall, and Tim Crowley spent two hours gathering trash, tires, car parts, and even leftover equipment from the old wireless towers that once stood on the property.
The most unusual find was a large ceramic insulator from one of the 14 408-foot wireless towers that stood on the property from 1914 to 1960. The black insulator weighs about 25 lbs., and is one of dozens that must still be scattered across the wooded 163-acre site.
The next cleanup will be on Saturday, 25 February, when members and friends of the Sippican Lands Trust will do trail maintenance work at Kenny’s Landing, located at the end of Ichabod Lane in North Marion.
According to Bill Saltonstall, Head Steward for the Lands Trust, “We will be adding SLT signs to the parcel, do trail clearing as needed, wrestling with one big branch that has fallen into the shallow water between the launching area and the Sippican River, and cleaning up brush and storm-damaged trees near the road.”
Saltonstall said people will be meeting at 9:30 am for coffee at Uncle Jon’s and then drive over to Kenney’s Landing. All are welcome to help. He asks that people sign up well ahead of time by calling the Sippican Lands Trust office at 508-748-3080. Gloves, clippers, and waterproof footwear are suggested.
