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Loantaka Way Trails are cleaned daily during the summer and each
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Loantaka Brook Reservation is maintained by the Morris County Parks Commission and is currently in the process of being reviewed. There have been renovations such as a macadam surfaced trail and newly added picnic areas. The park has been the venue for bicycle races, music, and fund-raising
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Loantaka Brook Reservation. The Reservation began as a
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events. There are annual cleanup events held in the springtime to remove invasive plants and to plant native plants, with volunteers wearing long pants and boots expected to get wet. In 2010,
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