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2015 National Trails Fund Projects
Congratulations to the National Trails Fund 2015 Grant Recipients. And special thanks to charter sponsor L.L.Bean, without whose support, the National Trails Fund grant program would not be possible. The…
Read MoreHiking the Unfinished Trail
Hike 3,100 miles from Canada to Mexico along the grizzly-bear infested Continental Divide Trail? No way. The few hikers I met who had walked the Divide called it a “trail in…
Read MoreAmerican Hiking Agrees: Get More Kids to Parks & Forests
SILVER SPRING, MD – Today President Obama announced a new initiative that seeks to have more children experience America’s public lands. The initiative, Every Kid in a Park, will ensure…
Read MoreAmerican Hiking Society Leads “Hike Through History”
In June 1864, Confederate General Jubal Early was dispatched by Robert E. Lee with orders to clear the Shenandoah Valley of Federals and then invade Maryland and, if practical, threaten Washington, D.C. Upon entering the nation’s…
Read MoreMorven Park Opens Wood Thrush and Ridge Top Trails
On June 7, 2014, American Hiking Society presented a National Trails Fund grant check to the the Westmoreland Davis Memorial Foundation for their work in opening 2 new miles of public…
Read More2014 National Trails Fund Projects
Congratulations to the 2014 Recipients of National Trails Fund grants. And special thanks to charter sponsor L.L.Bean, without whose support, the National Trails Fund grant program would not be possible. The…
Read MoreNew Monument Protects Prime California Coastal Hiking Spot
On March 11, 2014, President Obama used his authority granted to him by the 1906 Antiquities Act to designate the Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands as a National Monument. At the…
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