The trails in Medway have many users but there is still room for more. Two groups in town are particularly enthusiastic about preserving and promoting our trails. The town has a committee whose volunteer members are appointed by the town selectboard. This board is known as the Open Space committee and is a catalyst for refining the direction of trail expansion and projects. The other group is a private one and this Medway Trail Club consists of volunteers who work under the guidelines set by various regulatory governmental bodies of the town, state and federal agencies to perform trail work tasks The two groups work closely together though the trail club looks to the Open Space committee for guidance. In recent years, a major push is to eradicate invasive plants which are pushing out our native plants. The trail club released a statistical analysis of the work accomplished in 2025 and would like to pass along some of this information to the readers of “Medway Millis News.”

Trail Club put in over 375 man hours with the help of 14 volunteers in 2025. These hours were divided among several trails including those at Adams Meadow and up the switchback trail to the North field parking lot at the high school (58), the Amphitheater (39), the trail from Adams Street easement to the Boardwalk (18), trail starting south of Lamson field to Choate park and around Choate Pond ((135), Deerfield Pond, (21)  the former Christmas Tree Farm ((70) and the Lovering Street Trail Parking area to Chicken Brook Overlook (70).  Invasives removed included Oriental bittersweet and, common and glossy buckthorn, which were the biggest plant concerns. though garlic mustard, multiflora rose, autumn olive, bush honeysuckle, burning bush and Japanese barberry also made the cut.

Submitted by Medway Open Space Committee and Trail Club