El Paso County Community Services Department Parks Operations and Environmental Divisions have installed two boot brush stations designed to keep hikers from spreading noxious plant seeds. The ...

EL PASO COUNTY — Next time you go for a hike in El Paso County, keep an eye out for new boot brush stations. They're being installed at the Baptist Road Trail Head for the new Santa Fe Trail, and at ...

KEENE — Staff at the Ausable River Association (AsRA) have been building and installing hiking boot brush stations at trailheads to help keep terrestrial invasive species from spreading. The new ...

CHARLEVOIX — Human activity is considered one way invasive plants can be introduced to an area and the 2017 class of Leadership Charlevoix County hopes to curb the spread of invasive species with boot ...

The AuSable River winds through the Adirondack mountains, past Lake Placid, and empties into Lake Champlain. Carrianne Pershyn is an ecologist for the AuSable River Association, which works to ...

Invasive species are one of the most pressing threats to the biodiversity of the Niagara Escarpment, often introduced unknowingly by hikers' footwear. Boot brush stations encourage trail users to ...

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection has a new way to combat invasive species. The DEP installed a boot brush station at the foot of a trail in Delaware County. It is believed to ...

Call it a reboot of the boot-brushing campaign to protect the Bruce Trail. About five years ago, 35 boot-cleaning stations were added to a section of the iconic trail along the Bruce Peninsula, three ...

A boot brush station at Orion Trailhead at Bear Creek Regional Park encourages trailblazers to clean their boots and shoes prior to and concluding a hike. El Paso County Community Services Department ...