Correllus trail-cutting campaign deemed illegal
Sheriff’s Meadow must heal forest, DCR determines.
Updated March 18
Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation must restore about 25 miles of unpermitted trails it blazed in the Manuel Correllus State Forest. The trails run afoul of standards, set by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and MassWildlife’s Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program, that are meant to protect rare species and fragile ecosystems.
Sheriff’s Meadow, a leading conservation land trust on the Vineyard, has agreed to restore the trails under the guidance of DCR and MassWildlife. Sheriff’s Meadow executive director Adam Moore told The Times Wednesday he did not yet have a restoration cost estimate to share. Moore has taken responsibility for the unpermitted trails, which date from a 2018 pact between Sheriff’s Meadow and DCR for volunteer forest stewardship. Moore said it became evident in the spring of 2020 that trail work done