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Hikers, bikers and others who enjoy trails in the Rothrock State Forest are in for a treat as the Rothrock Trail Alliance is planning construction on a multi-use, single track trail expansion in ...
The Ice Age Trail is a National Scenic Trail stretching 1,200 miles (1,900 km) in the state of Wisconsin in the United States. [1] [2] The trail is administered by the National Park Service, [3] and is constructed and maintained by private and public agencies including the Ice Age Trail Alliance, a non-profit and member-volunteer based organization with local chapters. [4]
Progress in completing the trail was slow and interest in hiking the complete trail was minimal. By 1995, only 15 people were recorded as having hiked the whole trail, still largely unfinished. In that same year, the Continental Divide Trail Alliance (CDTA) was created and with volunteers built or improved the route of the trail.
The Knobstone Trail (KT) is Indiana's longest footpath – a 60-mile backcountry-hiking trail passing through Clark State Forest, Elk Creek Public Fishing Area, and Jackson-Washington State Forest. These state resource properties contain more than 42,000 acres of rugged, forested land in Clark, Scott and Washington counties in southern Indiana.
The Pinhoti Trail was initially completed in February 2008, and officially opened to the public on March 16, 2008. Efforts continue to improve the trail, mainly involving moving road walk sections of the trail onto trails away from the road. [5] [6] A new southern terminus of the trail at the base of Flagg Mountain, opened in March 2015. [7]
Pat Northey, a longtime Volusia County councilwoman and advocate for trails, oversaw the county’s first mile of trail near Gemini Springs in the mid-1990s. Now the 74-year-old can’t help but ...
The Ventana Wilderness Alliance, founded in 1998, is a 501 c 3 nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the of California's Big Sur backcountry. [2] Its mission is to protect, preserve, and restore the wilderness qualities and biodiversity of the public lands within California's Northern Santa Lucia Mountains and Big Sur region.
The National Trails System Act of 1968 established the first two national scenic trails (the Appalachian and the Pacific Crest trails) and designated other trails, including the CDT, to be studied for possible later inclusion in the system. [2] At the time the CDT gained standing as a national scenic trail, it was not one unified trail.