Class of 1989

Installation of three pollinator gardens on what had been tees and greens of the former golf course.  Dave Hammond organized volunteers for spring planting in 2023 and returned in late April of 2024 to do some tune-up as the plants get established.

Pollinator gardens installed in 2023 as a gift from the Class of 89 under the leadership of Dave Hammond are a blaze of color this year.

Class of 1978

Check of $6000 in FY2022-23 and $6000 in FY23-24 to fund reforestation.  In the fall of 2023, the trustees had 4 good-sized oaks and 6 large white pines planted along the connector trails in the forest by the river to begin restoring an area that had been heavily logged in 2019.  In April 2024, 5 large white pines were planted along the boundary with Dartmouth College on the former golf course along the edge of the Rope Ferry trail, and 3 larch trees were interplanted with a row of maples on the former 17^th fairway to add fall color.  The remainder of the funds will be used in the fall for planting shrubs and grasses in the Girl Brook Ravine.

The Class of 1978 gathers at the DOC House on a rainy day tour before a tour Pine Park in October 2023.

Class of 1977

Check for $2000 funded the purchase and installation of the beautiful kiosk for the park entrance.

Pine Park president Linda Fowler with park trustees and volunteers after the installation of the kiosk in the fall of 2022.

Class of 1966

Gift of $5000 in 2023 to support the first park stewards hired in the summer of 2023 to water the entrance plantings and the 50 new trees planted in the meadows of the former golf course.  The balance was used to hire a master garden to tend the perennials and shrubs at the new entrance.

In August, 2024, the Class of 1966 continued its support of Pine Park with another gift in the amount of $5000.  The funds help support the part-time park steward who has assumed responsibility for keeping the trails in good shape and adding amenities to the park, such as the new benches.

Members of the Class of 1966 try out a new bench on the Rope Ferry trail after a tour of Pine Park in August 2023.  The class gathered in the park during its mini-reunion in the fall of 2023.

Class of 1965

Contribution of $2500 for trail improvements in 2022 which funded the new trail linking the Rope Ferry Trail to the entrance for the South Ravine Trail.  Contribution of $2500 in 2023 used to pay half of the protective fencing along the Connecticut River in preparation for restoring the eroded bank.

Class of 1965 touring Pine Park in October 2022 with park trustee Bill Young in a Dartmouth Moose costume

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