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LCTHF accepting grant applications this fall
Submitted by Lindy Hatcher, Executive Director of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation The Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation is accepting grant applications for its Lewis and Clark Trail Stewardship Endowment (LCTSE) through October 1, 2017, and its Burroughs-Holland/Bicentennial Education Fund (Burroughs-Holland Fund)…
NCTA executive directorship changes hands
The North Country Trail Association (NCTA) appointed a new Executive Director, Andrea Ketchmark. She started her position August 1, 2017, following Bruce Matthews’ retirement on July 31. Ketchmark spent the last eight years as NCTA’s Director of Trail Development, where she worked with volunteers and…
Trail Safe! video resources for trail volunteers
By Daniel Watson, National Park Service Volunteer Coordinator with the Ice Age National Scenic Trail Greetings from the Ice Age National Scenic Trail! The colorful logo you see associated with this article is one I hope becomes very iconic for all of us in the…
Mazatzal restoration transforms Arizona NST
By Matthew J. Nelson, Executive Director of the Arizona Trail Association Adapted from the article, “Mazatzal Restoration Project,” in the Summer 2017 edition of Arizona Trail News. Of all the trail projects the Arizona Trail Association (ATA) has undertaken over the past five years, none…
PNTS Welcomes Two Communications Coordinators
By Gary Werner, Executive Director of the Partnership for the National Trails System Greetings from the Partnership for the National Trails System! We now have the services of two new experienced and skilled women to help further and amplify the good work we are all…
Pony Express upgrades annual re-ride tracker
Rain, mud, and even some snow didn’t stop hundreds of riders on horseback from delivering a thousand letters from Missouri to California in June. The 2,000-mile trek across eight States in ten days was part of the annual re-ride on the Pony Express National Historic…
25 Years of the National Trails Community Working Together—Part 3
By Gary Werner, Executive Director of the Partnership for the National Trails System During 2007-2008, the Partnership for the National Trails System (PNTS) collaborated with our Federal agency national trail administrators and leaders of The American Hiking Society, American Trails, and the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy to…
Views of the solar eclipse from the trails on August 21
On August 21, 2017, hundreds of thousands of people converged on America’s public lands, including its scenic and historic trails, to witness a total solar eclipse. It was the first time in 99 years that an eclipse swept from coast to coast over the U.S.…
GIS Analysis Identifies Remaining Wildlands along the Lewis and Clark NHT
Author: Ryan Cooper National Park Service staff recently completed a project in collaboration with The Wilderness Society using GIS to analyze the composition of land cover and status of vegetation condition and identify conservation protections along the 3,700 mile Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. The trail commemorates…
