The OA Trail Crew was formed in 2007 to promote the much-needed rehabilitation of the HSR trail system. Though promoted and organized by the Octoraro Lodge #22, work and credit towards the OA Trail Crew award is open to anyone.
OA Trail Crew
Adjacent to Camp Horseshoe, the Goat Hill Serpentine Barrens were the site for this mid-winter trail work day in February 2008.
Approximately fifteen Octoraro 22 members convened to build a new Athletic Field access trail as "Heart Attack Hill" had fallen in disrepair. Along with collapsing the old trail, the crew built the new one to have switchbacks and a bridge, and is much easier on the ankles.
The crew concentrated on the much-maligned red trail, whose proximity to the Octoraro creek had made it difficult to maintain.
Further work on the red trail was performed by the OA Trail Crew.
The crew focused on connecting a steep trail past the Ranger Office at Camp Ware to the Green Trail.
The OA Trail Crew hosted an event on the Old Camp Road at Camp Horseshoe to remove fallen limbs along the path.
On November 15, 2014, 10 Order of the Arrow brothers came out to work on the hillside below the OA Lodge Building to clear it of greenbriar and brush. The work allowed one to look from the back porch of the OA Lodge Building all the way down to the athletic field.
9 members of the Octoraro 22 OA Trail Crew head to Goat Hill Forest on November 14th, 2015 to work on the trail which had been overgrown with Greenbriar.
About 15 members of the Octoraro 22 Trail Crew worked on the Green Trail at Camp Ware on Saturday April 8th, 2017.
Over 100 participants came out to Camp Horseshoe on March 10th, 2018 to clear debris from storm damage on March 2nd, 2018. Affected areas included Rothrock and Roberts, Campcraft, the Athletic Field and surrounding areas, and C.O.P.E.
The March 2019 Trail Crew work day occurred on March 16, 2019 at Camp Ware.
