THAN MEETS THE EYE. SO HERE WE ARE. YEAH, THERE’S A LOT OF GROUND TO COVER AT THE HOPEWELL AREA RECREATION COMPLEX NEAR STEWARTSTOWN MORE THAN TWO MILES OF IT AND A PATH CARVED THROUGH A MEADOW. IT’S ALSO A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRAIL BECAUSE IT’S GRASS COVERED. YEP, BUT WHAT’S NOTABLE ABOUT THE TRAIL ISOT N ONLY WT’SHA GROWING ABOVE GROUND, BUT WHAT’S BELOW IT IF UYO DIDN’T KNOW THIS WAS HERE OR YOU WEREN’T FROM THIS AREA AND YOU JUST DROVE BY HE WOULDUS JT LOOK LIKE A BEAUTIFUL OPEN FIELD. YOU WOULDN’T KNOW IT WAS A LAND. YOU WOULD NOT KNOW. YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT. STJU A FEW FEET BELOW YOUR FEET IN SOME PLACES COULD BEOU Y OLD TRASH THE ENTIRE RECREATION COMPLEX WAS BUILT ON TOP OF AN OLD LANDFILL THAT HAD SERVICE YORK COUNTY TRASH CUSTOMERS FOR YEARS E THMOUNTAINS OF TRASH WERE CAPPED AND SHORT-ROOTED GRASSE GSROWN ON TOP. THAT’S LANDFILLS IT CLOSE. THEY’RE JUST A CLOSED LANDFILL. YOU DON’T HAVE TRAFFIC COMING IN AND GOING OUT AND YOU KNOW PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY COMING OUT TO ENJOY THE CLOSED LANDFILL, BUT THEY ARE HERE FOR THE TRAIL AND ATHLETIC FIELDS PLAYGROUND AND PICNIC PAVILION THAT TOPPED THE TRASH TOO. THERE AREN’T TOO MANY PLASCE THAT I KNOW OF WHERE A LANDFILL HAS BEEN RECYCLED LITERALLY INTO ETH STREET, YOU KNOW COMMUNITY ASSET ALONG WITH THE GRASSES AND PLANTS REACHING TORDWA THE SUN. YOU NOTICE A LOT OF THESE SHIRTS EAR PASSIVE METHANE GAS EVENTS THE VENTS AND THERE ARE QUITE A FEW OF THEM HELP METHANE THAT’S RELEASED FROM THE DECOMPOSING GARBAGE UNDERGROUND ESCAPE. THE GAS DOESN’T SMELL YOU CAN’T SEE IT, BUT IT’S TREHE A SNDO ARE BIRDS. THIS IS KIND OF THE THE BIRD WATCHING MENU, IT IS LOTS OF THEM BIRDS OF ALL KINDS HAVE FLOCDKE BACK TO THIS NEW HABITAT. THERE’S A LOT OF BIRD WATCHERS IN YORK COUNTY AND YOU KNOW, IT DOESN’T TAKE LONG FOR WORDO T AROUND THAT. THIS IS A GREAT SITE TO COME WATCH BIRDS AND A GREAT SPOT TO WIESTNS. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN NATURE RECLAIMS ITS PLACEND A THRIVES I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY WE SAW THIS AS AN OPPORTUTYNI TO LEAVE A BETTER BIGGER LEGACY THAN OH,HIS T IS A LANDFILL. OH NOW IT’S AN ENVIRONMENTA L AREA WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE’S TRASH ISOW N EVERYONE’S TREASURE THAT CONSTANT SOUNDTRACK ON BOTH SIDE. YEAH EXPLORINGHE T OUTDOORS AND HOPEWE