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  • Rt 376: Clearcut From Red Oaks Mill to Maloney Rd

    NYS DOT Region 8 Dutchess South recently did enough over-the-rail clearcutting to make Rt 376 bicycle-able from Red Oaks Mill to Maloney Rd!

    To the best of our memories and judging from the tree stumps along the rail, it’s been a decade since DOT last clearcut that section; the Japanese Knotweed has definitely taken over since then.

    Here’s what the Knotweed looked like in June, just north of Maloney Rd, after a trimming in May:

    Rt 376 at Maloney - knotweed overgrowth - 2019-06-07
    Rt 376 at Maloney – knotweed overgrowth – 2019-06-07

    Now, it’s not nearly so snug out there:

    Rt 376 Clearcut - 20 - 2019-08-29
    Rt 376 Clearcut – 20 – 2019-08-29

    Here’s a slide show starting with Dutchess North’s routine grass mowing in Red Oaks Mill and ending with Dutchess South’s clearcut just north of Maloney Rd:

    The Wappinger Creek bridge seems to be a no man’s land between the two Residencies, but we can generally take the lane:

    Rt 376 Clearcut - 03 - 2019-08-29
    Rt 376 Clearcut – 03 – 2019-08-29

    We hope Dutchess South’s over-the-rail maintenance will become an annual event and prevent the brush from taking over again.