Posts written by Liz Wessel
Trails enrich your community
Now more than ever we need our trails, natural areas and public outdoor spaces. Together we can build and improve accessibility and put the national scenic and historic trails on the map and into your home! Are you curious about the area where you live…
Putting trails on the map and into your home!
Now more than ever we need our trails, natural areas and public outdoor spaces. Together we can build and improve accessibility and put the national scenic and historic trails on the map and into your home! The founders of the National Trails System anticipated scenic…
Fall Workshop: Call for Presentation/Session proposals – Due May 15th
From RG Absher, Chair of the Fall Workshop Committee: I’m excited about the prospect of the Overmountain Victory Trail Association (OVTA) hosting the PNTS National Trails Workshop in Spartanburg, South Carolina on October 26th – 30th, 2020. This workshop is intended to serve the interests…
PNTS Cancels Spring National Trails Workshop
UPDATE 3/20/2020: PNTS Cancels Spring National Trails Workshop Regrettably, we have decided by consensus among PNTS leadership and workshop leads to cancel the Partnership’s Spring National Trails Workshop scheduled for May 18-22, 2020 at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico. This is highly unfortunate and yet…
2020 Trail Workshops – Spring (Canceled) & Fall (Scheduled)
Additional information will be posted as available on the Workshop webpage. In the meantime, please send your questions to the workshop contacts. Spring Workshop – CANCELED (UPDATE 3/20/2020): Regrettably, we have decided by consensus among PNTS leadership and workshop leads to cancel the Partnership’s Spring…
Registration for 2015 Conference is Open!
The Registration for the 2015 National Scenic and Historic Trails Conference is now open. The Conference is scheduled for June 27th – July 1st in Franklin TN. For more information about the web site, or to register, go to the Partnership website for the 2015…
Register your Event for National Trails Day
Register an Event for National Trails Day! June 6, 2015 is National Trails Day®, the country’s largest celebration of trails. Events will take place in every state across the country and including hikes, biking and horseback rides, paddling trips, birdwatching, geocaching, gear demonstrations, stewardship projects…
New! Best Day Hikes Along the Maine Coast
AMC’s Best Day Hikes Along the Maine Coast: Four-Season Guide to 50 of the Best Trails From the Maine Beaches to Down East This new guide from the editor of Appalachian Mountain Club Book’s popular Maine Mountain Guide lets hikers explore the full length of…
Historic Trails Award Badge – Boy Scouts of America
This merit badge presents a great opportunity for a community and stewards of National Historic Trails to work together. To qualify for this award, scouts have to fulfill the following: Locate a historic trail or site and study information relating to it. (The information…
Year in review – Continental Divide Trail Coalition
The Continental Divide Trail Coalition sent its thanks and New Year’s greetings to all its supporters.
