Rust Belt coalition reviving trails today in Poland Forest

POLAND

If you have spent time recently in Poland Municipal Forest and thought a few things looked a little different, your imagination has not taken a hike.

“This trail looked like this an hour ago,” Bill Mentzer of Canfield said, comparing a path he and several others had covered with leaves and debris, with an adjoining, unobstructed trail.

Mentzer was among six Rust Belt Revival Trail Coalition members who spent much of this morning reclaiming, rerouting and clearing portions or all of several trails that meander through the 265-acre wooded area at the end of College Street. The six followed guidelines and directions the Poland Forest Board had set forth.

The 4-year-old nonprofit trail coalition is a community-oriented group of largely mountain-bike riders dedicated to building and improving trails for mountain-bike access, as well as for hiking, walking, jogging and other similar purposes, noted Ron Jandrokovic of Boardman, treasurer.

Read more about the coalition and its work in Sunday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.