Two News Items (February 7, 2026):
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Construction of the new Puckett Creek bridge has begun. It will be placed across the creek in the next couple of weeks. Please do not play on the structure while work is in progress.
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The property that the upper reaches of the Purple and Yellow trail traverse, the area that is characterized by a mature hardwood forest, has been sold to a developer (Stanley Martin homes). SM will be building a subdivision on the property in the near future. SM has threatened Scouts Canton with a lawsuit if the trails continue to be used. So that we don't have to close the upper Yellow and upper Purple trails entirely, we have been given a few weeks to create a reroute. Work on the reroute has begun. We hope to have it finished in a couple of weeks. A very rough bushwhacked version already exists, identified by orange flagging ribbon. Feel free to try it out, but be forewarned, it currently is still full of briars.