Posts Tagged ‘News’
Record Number of Participants Hike the Hill® to Advocate for Trails and Public Lands
The largest ever Hike the Hill® brought 123 hikers and trail organization representatives to Washington, D.C. to advocate before congress and the federal government for trail programs and public lands.…
Read MoreIntroducing American Hiking Society’s NextGen Trail Leaders
The inaugural class of AHS NextGen Trail Leaders brings together rising stars in the outdoor community from all walks of life and across the country. Through AHS, NextGen Trail Leaders…
Read MoreChipping Away at Public Lands
The Next Shoe in the Attack on Public Lands Just Dropped Are miners with pick axes and shovels about to descend on Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in…
Read MoreAHS Ambassador, Jennifer Pharr Davis, Reflects on her Mountains-to-Sea Trail Thru Hike
I wanted to hike the Mountains-to-Sea Trail to reclaim something that I lost. Instead, it made me realize everything I had gained. In my twenties my identity was that…
Read MoreUPDATED: Let Your Voice Be Heard: National Park Fee Increase
UPDATED: Let Your Voice Be Heard: National Park Fee Increase National Park Service UPDATE 4/12/18: Your voice and the voice of over 100,000 others who provided comments opposing the fee…
Read MoreHeads-up, Hikers: What’s Next for National Monuments?
Next up for potential National Monument shrinkage are Cascade-Siskiyou in Oregon, Gold Butte in Nevada, the Pacific Remote Islands, and Rose Atoll. I’ll focus on the former two since those…
Read MoreWhat the Heck Just Happened in Utah?
On December 4, President Trump, flanked by Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, announced his intention to shrink the Bears Ears National Monument by 85% and the Grand Staircase-Escalante National…
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