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The Appalachian Trail Conservancy Refines and Revamps their Volunteer Program
By PNTS staff & Leanna Joyner, Appalachian Trail Conservancy With the launch of its last strategic plan in 2020, the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) embarked on a mission to make volunteer service open to all. The organization took on several projects to reduce barriers to…
The Gold Sheet: Demonstrating the Value of Volunteers and Private Investment in Trails
When we say we can’t do it without you, we mean it. Volunteers and private donors not only give their time and money to trails, but they showcase the immense value of National Scenic and Historic Trails (NSHT) to the public. The ability to demonstrate…
‘Volunteer Vacations’ by the American Hiking Society Brings Volunteer Work Crews to Trails
by Ellie Place, Programs Manager, American Hiking Society This fall, a group of American Hiking Society (AHS) volunteers laced up their boots and traveled into the Tonto National Forest backcountry for a week of trail maintenance on the Arizona National Scenic Trail (AZNST). These volunteers…
National Trails Day
June 6, 2015 is American Hiking Society’s National Trails Day®, the country’s largest celebration of trails. National Trails Day events will take place in every state across the country and will include hikes, biking and horseback rides, paddling trips, birdwatching, geocaching, gear demonstrations, stewardship projects…
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…
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…
Ken Martin
In 2011, Ken was awarded the Partnership for the National Trails System’s Lifetime Achievement Award for more than 25 years of dedicated leadership with the National Pony Express Association. Your tireless effort and commitment played a key role in the Congressional designation of the Pony Express National Historic Trail. Your devotion to promoting the Trail has been outstanding as you have organized and participated in countless celebrations and rides.
Letha Kelsey
Letha Kelsey has been an active volunteer, hiker, and advocate for the Ice Age NST since 2000. As an artist with an emphasis in painting and drawing, Letha Kelsey’s work investigates immediate surroundings–specifically the sensory language and pictorial spaces of the Midwest. Kelsey is a…
Randell Jones
Randell Jones, author and historian, is particularly inspired by the story of the Overmountain Men of 1780, their heroic campaign across the Appalachian Mountains, and unrelenting pursuit of British Major Patrick Ferguson for two weeks during the American Revolution.