The District continued its effort to upgrade key trails in the watershed into maintenance roads. These maintenance roads give access throughout the watershed surrounding Chase’s Pond to District employees, our forester, emergency services, as well as other specific contractors. This year 1100’ of the Silver Trail by Welch’s Pond was adjusted and upgraded from a dirt trail into a gravel and stone dust road starting at the landing site of the Welch’s Pond timber harvest to the KWD watershed property line. After the main section of the Silver Road was completed, a side trail leading around the side of Welch’s Pond was improved with gravel and culverts to reduce erosion and run off leading to Welch’s Pond.