Posts written by PNTS Communications
Captain John Smith Chesapeake NHT 2017 Highlights
Chesapeake Conservancy OUTREACH Mobile Visitor Center — Launched the “Roving Ranger” with the NPS. The vehicle features scenes of the Chesapeake Bay on all sides and appears at all Chesapeake Trail locations, public events, and festivals to promote its natural and cultural heritage. Families can…
El Camino Real de los Tejas NHT 2017 Highlights
El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Association (ELCAT) OUTREACH Media — Filmed the trail with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department staff for a weekly PBS series airing in early 2018. The activity was covered extensively on social media and published in the…
El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro NHT 2017 Highlights
Camino Real de Tierra Adentro Trail Association (CARTA) OUTREACH Documentation — Updated and printed trail map and guide; printed the bilingual Dos Caminos 2016 Laredo, TX workshop report. Event — National Trails Intermountain Region (NTIR) participated in the first Camino Real Trade Fair event organized…
Iditarod NHT 2017 Highlights
Iditarod Historic Trail Alliance (IHTA) OUTREACH Education — IHTA’s seventh class of Iditarod Trail to Every Classroom (iTREC!) teachers completed their yearlong place-based service learning professional development program that connects youth and communities along the trail, promoting resource stewardship, recreation, and community engagement. Since 2010,…
Juan Bautista de Anza NHT 2017 Highlights
Anza Trail Foundation (ATF) OUTREACH Interpretive Wayside — Held a ribbon cutting on an interpretive wayside near the entrance to Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park overlooking the Colorado River. Events — Carlos Herrera, ATF Board Member and Director of Imperial Valley Borderlands Institute, gave…
Lewis and Clark NHT 2017 Highlights
Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation (LCTHF) Lewis and Clark Trust, Inc. (LCT) OUTREACH Grants — LCTHF established the Burroughs-Holland/Bicentennial Education and Scholarship Grant Program, developed criteria and an application form, and gave grants from that fund in small amounts of $500 to $1,000; LCTHF…
Mormon Pioneer NHT 2017 Highlights
Mormon Trails Association (MTA) OUTREACH Exhibit — Opened “Pioneer Pathways to Zion, 1846-1890,” a new exhibit at the LDS Church History Museum in Salt Lake City, UT, after a year of work. It features 50 of the museum’s most treasured pioneer artifacts and reflects decades…
Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) NHT 2017 Highlights
Nez Perce Trail Foundation (NPTF) OUTREACH Education — Highest attendance for the annual NPNHT Teachers Summer Tour with educators from five Northwest States who will take historical lessons relative to the Nez Perce War of 1877 back to their classrooms. Exhibits — More than 1,800…
Old Spanish NHT 2017 Highlights
Old Spanish Trail Association (OSTA) OUTREACH Interpretive Wayside — Developed and installed a new wayside at Whitewater and Orchard Mesa trailheads, Mesa County, CO. Programs — Held an interpretive tour for 50 participants in Cajon Pass, San Bernardino County, CA; held the fifth annual OST…
Oregon and California NHTs 2017 Highlights
Oregon-California Trails Association (OCTA) OUTREACH Events — OCTA co-sponsored a symposium in Vancouver, WA with the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation; celebrated its 35th annual convention in Council Bluffs, IA (its first-ever convention in Iowa). Solar Challenge — OCTA partnered with the NPS offices…
