Tag: Stewardship

Belmont Parks & Recreation is partnering with Trail Center to repair 0.5 miles of Rambler Trail on March 21, 2026 from 8:30 AM–3:00 PM. Sign up here.

Description

Join Trail Center volunteers (www.trailcenter.org) to help repair 0.5 miles of Rambler Trail. No experience necessary, but you must arrive on time to receive necessary training and safety instruction. Volunteers must be 18 or older. Volunteers should bring water (at least 2 liters), sunscreen, sturdy shoes (hiking boots recommended), lunch and precautions against poison oak exposure (long sleeved shirts and long pants). The Trail Center provides tools, training, gloves, Technu for washing off poison oak, and refreshments after the workday.

A reminder/confirmation email with additional instructions/information will be sent out Monday or Tuesday before the scheduled work day. It is important that each volunteer take individual responsibility for being prepared. With a reliable count of expected volunteers, we can plan crews and tools for the day, and we can notify volunteers directly in case of cancellation.

The Trail Center is an all-volunteer organization with extensive trail building and maintenance experience at parks and open spaces throughout the SF Peninsula. The Trail Center welcomes memberships and donations to fund tools, tool trailer maintenance, other supplies, and refreshments after the work day. Go to trailcenter.org to see the calendar of events, photos of previous work, or to become a member.

“Friends”, “stewards”, and “supporters” are all terms we use to describe ourselves and our pursuit of our mission: Keeping Waterdog Open Space an accessible place for recreation, connecting with nature, and building community. But what does it mean to be a “friend” or “steward” of a place like Waterdog?

We have over 3,000 people subscribed to our mailing list, and have active members in the hundreds. For such a small park, this is an outsized interest, and one that is evident as we pursue our first objective: to participate in the local process to define opportunities in the open space in Belmont. By simply emailing the Belmont Parks & Recreation Commission and the PROS Master Planning commission, our members make their friendship known.

Our members also participate in the local trail maintenance organization, Waterdog Trailkeepers, which donates hundreds of hours of trail maintenance every year. We have members who were involved in the trails’ original construction, and who continue to maintain the trails in the years since. Stewardship isn’t just local activism, but also true effort and care for the trail system. Friends show up.

Are you a friend of Waterdog? Are you a steward of the open space? Join us!