DOVER-FOXCROFT – The 30-mile multiuse recreational trail connecting Dover-Foxcroft to Newport is heavily used, but local interest in its management and maintenance is waning, a state official said.

Since its ownership was taken over by the state two years ago, the maintenance work of the Four Seasons Adventure Trail has fallen to a dedicated core of volunteers in the Central Maine Trails for Alternative Transportation Coalition and to the Department of Conservation. The majority of the coalition members represent snowmobiling and all-terrain vehicle riding, David Rodrigues, a planner with the Bureau of Parks and Land, said.

The nonprofit coalition serves as an advisory group to the department and helps maintain the trail, he said.

“What we’d like to do is get more user groups involved,” Rodrigues said Tuesday.

He said more people are needed to help relieve volunteers.

Rodrigues said he hopes bicyclists, walkers and riders who use the trail, along with town officials, will join the coalition and help support the trail’s maintenance.

The coalition meets next at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 15, at the Corinna Fire Station.

“It’s a great connector for that entire region,” Rodrigues said of the trail. Portions of the trail abut Sebasticook Lake in Newport and Lake Wassookeag in Dexter, making for a scenic ride or walk, he said. The trail also helps the communities along the route.

Much work has been done to improve the trail, Rodrigues said. A new 50-foot bridge was installed in the Sangerville area. In addition, the remaining bridges along the route have been redecked with new solid decking for better walking, bicycling and riding.

About 2,000 feet of trail in Corinna has been rebuilt with gravel because of washouts, Rodrigues said. Other sections also have been plagued by washouts caused by beaver dams and need work, he said.

Work scheduled for this year includes the addition of railings on two of the bridges, the installation of gates and continued trail maintenance, Rodrigues said.

The department has $50,000 earmarked for these trail improvements; now they just need more local help, he said.