Stories Related to Clifton Park, Halfmoon To Connect With Trail Restoration

The two communities will be joined by the Erie Canal Towpath Community Connector, a $2.1 million project that will lengthen the 4.4-mile Vischer Ferry Nature and Historic Preserve trail by a 10th of a mile. While that doesn't seem like much, the plan will link the two towns with a new pedestrian bridge and boardwalk over Wager's Pond and restore a long abandoned and impossible-to-navigate broken route. "Trails and open spaces are an important part of quality of life," said Viggiani as she walked along the mowed path that meanders through wetlands and then opens up onto lawns, dotted with picnic tables, along the banks of the Mohawk River. Clifton Park Town Supervisor Phil Barrett said public parks have been a priority for some time. Since 2000, Barrett said the town has been "aggressive" in its open space expansion – adding more than 13 miles of trails and preserving more than 1,300 acres. "For me as a birder, the importance of the (connecting trail) will be opening up birding areas because they were mostly inaccessible for birding, except by boat," said John Hershey, a member of the Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club. Eric Hamilton, an Erie Canal historian and executive director of the Mohawk Towpath Scenic Byway, sees value in the trail to revive interest in the state's influence on the move westward and the Industrial Revolution.

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