
WORDS FROM OUR FOUNDER
What Trail Guards Does
Trail Guards meets every Saturday morning at the Crow River Nature Park (200 Burr St., Paynesville) from early May to the end of October...
April 15, 2020 Column
I hope everyone is staying safe and healthy while having a chance (for some of us) to slow down and catch up on things at home. I’m not...
February 5, 2020 Column
MIKE: PLEASE USE THIS ONE Column for 02-05-20 Everyone always says that summer goes by so quickly. “Summer’s almost over, and it seems...
December 4, 2019 Column
At the end of 2018 last December, I wrote a letter to our email subscribers that listed many of our accomplishments since Trail Guards...
October 30, 2019 Column
Some of what we do at Trail Guards has been with us from the start. A lot has changed since those exciting first efforts back in May of...
September 22, 2019 Column
Years ago, Trail Guards was a rain or shine event. We didn’t care what the weather was doing, and today’s kids would still not care. ...
August 28, 2019 Column
One of the many joys of Trail Guards is the opportunity to introduce kids (and often adults) to things they might not otherwise...
August 19, 2019 Column
Youth outdoor adventure trips, like many things, can be affected in many ways. Things like weather, equipment failures, injuries, and...
June 5, 2019 Column
The official start of Trail Guard summer is always the first Saturday after Memorial Day. We start out slow, and depending on the river...
May 8, 2019 Column
It was pretty slow in coming this year, but spring is here, and it’s time to get our Trail Guard program up and running. Our van is out...