Inspired by a love of the outdoors and memories of a 2010 tornado, Girl Scout Alison Campbell organized a team that worked 30 hours this summer clearing 4,250 feet of trail at Old World Wisconsin that had been untouched for five years. The project, which makes the Old Railroad Forest Trail safe to hike once again, was the culmination of Campbell’s Girl Scout Gold Award efforts.
In a brochure created for visitors to Old World Wisconsin, aerial images show the devastation of the EF2 tornado that leveled the wooded parking lot at Old World Wisconsin on July 21, 2010, leaving many hiking trails unsafe for people to use. The Old Railroad Forest Trail looked more like “a jungle rather than a hiking trail,” according to the brochure.
“The fond memories I have for Old World Wisconsin, the fact I want people to take a break from their lives to get out and notice nature, and wanting to fix up the damage that the devastating tornado caused, are what have inspired me to choose this project,” Campbell wrote in her project report.
Although Campbell only expected to finish a third of a mile of the trail, due to her “team’s hard work,” they “worked together and finished the whole trail.”
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