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Priority Actions

American Hiking Society constantly monitors issues that affect the hiking experience. Here are the highest priority issues right now:

American Hiking Society maintains a list of advocacy tips to help you be the most effective trails advocate possible.

There are many online tools that offer hiker unprecedented access to the the legislative process.

The White House homepage displays up-to-date information from the President, and links to Administrative offices like the Office of Management and Budget and the Council on Environmental Quality that are of interest to hikers.
THOMAS is a legislative database maintained by the Library of Congress. It contains comprehensive information about legislation.
The homepage for the United States House of Representatives contains information about House history, individual Representatives, House Committees, and House Schedule.
The homepage for the United States Senate contains information about Senate history, individual Senators, Senate Committees, and Senate Schedule
The homepage for Data.gov is the access point to a comprehensive catalog of government data resources.
The United States Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents

American Hiking Society is proud to work with the Congressional Trails Caucus, a geographically diverse, bipartisan group of Members of Congress who care deeply about trails. Find out if your Member of Congress is in the Congressional Trails Caucus.