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American Hiking Welcomes Fall Interns
American Hiking Society is thrilled to welcome Claire Morris to the team as a fall intern! Claire graduated from James Madison University with a B.S. in Geology and later received…
Read More10 Best Jackson Hole Hikes
Ahhh—hiking in Jackson Hole. You’ve got so many choices. Even if you were given a decade, you probably couldn’t hike everything. I’ve lived here for almost 20 years and I…
Read MoreThe Joy of Hometown Trails
As a child, I didn’t pay much attention to the trails (if there were any) in my hometown of Victor, New York, a suburb of Rochester. For a good portion…
Read MoreDOI Releases Economic Impact Report
June 17, 2016 – Today the Department of the Interior released a report that showed that our National Parks, Fish & Wildlife Refuges, and other lands they manage are more…
Read MoreGetting Dirty on National Trails Day
By: Emma Walker, RootsRated—High on the flanks of Cheyenne Mountain, surrounded by towering ponderosa pines and craggy rock buttresses, the beginning of a rudimentary trail is dotted with bright pink…
Read More7 Things to Do While Hiking 100 Miles
By: North Country Trail Association “I only went for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, was really going in.” – John Muir As…
Read MoreNew NRT’s Announced on Eve of National Trails Day
June 3, 2016 – On the day leading into American Hiking Society’s National Trails Day, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis announced the…
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