With a little nudge from a Maine Conservation Corps volunteer, Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park in Freeport will be part of National Trails Day activities on Saturday, June 6.

Educational displays and hikes begin the day’s activities at 9 a.m., and the Stroll with a Ranger program wraps it all up in late afternoon. In between, from 12:30-2:30 p.m., Maine Conservation Corps volunteer Hannah Colbert of Westbrook will conduct a “Leave No Trace” workshop, designed to help park visitors with the ethics and skills to enjoy their time in the outdoors.

Members of the Maine Conservation Corps, established in 1983, build and rehabilitate campsites and trails, improve wildlife habitat and timber stands, survey watersheds, test water quality, and oversee planting projects, among other activities.

“I do mostly educational and trail work at Wolfe’s Neck,” Colbert said. “This is our first National Trails Day. “I got the idea from talking to rangers, and organized it.”

Ranger Michael Frey will conduct a trail work session from 10 a.m.-noon. Those interested are advised to bring tools and gloves, sturdy shoes, sunscreen and water. Volunteers will put down gravel on the trails most used – the ones closest to the parking lots and the one overlooking Casco Bay.

“We have five miles of trails that are really beautiful for people to enjoy, and we also think they need some help,” Colbert said. “There are 65,000 visitors here a year. The trails are in great condition for the most part, but they are used heavily. They tend to get eroded and beaten down.”

Frey said that the workshop will provide visitors with “a window” into the many things park rangers and volunteers do at the park.

“They will look at the trails with different eyes,” Frey said.

Colbert said there are dual purposes for the Leave No Trace workshop. As its name would suggest, participants will practice techniques to reduce the impact on nature of their visits, and at the same time stay safe in the outdoors.

“It empowers people to use common sense,” she said. “Don’t leave trash, put out fires, and prepare for the weather.”

But Colbert will have more.

“It will include an introduction to overnight camping,” she said.

Colbert said that three park rangers and two conservation corps members will handle the National Trails Day activities at Wolfe’s Neck.

“All of us are going to be all over the park that day,” she said.

Frey said he is really looking forward to the morning hike, which will be longer than the visitors normally take at Wolfe’s Neck.

“I’ve always enjoyed giving a nature walk,” he said. “It will give us a chance to do a longer hike, which will enable people to see paths of the park nearer the Harraseeket River side, which they don’t normally see. I think this is going to be a wonderful event, both for the visitors and the park staff members.”