Posts Tagged ‘News’
AHS Report Highlights Hiking-Health Connections
May 26, 2016 – American Hiking Society is pleased to announce the release of it’s newest report, Hiking Trails in America: Pathways to Health, in which it makes the case that…
Read MoreWatch: The Future of Redwoods Conservation and Why You Should Care
By Sam Hodder, President & CEO, Save the Redwoods League Save the Redwoods League and our members have been in the business of protecting and restoring redwood forests, as well…
Read MoreOvercoming Adversity on the Trail
Before Wesley Trimble came on staff with American Hiking Society he set out on a 139-day journey along the Pacific Crest Trail. Recently Outside Magazine featured Wesley’s awe-inspiring short film…
Read MoreProtecting Trails and the Experience of a Lifetime
For years my good friend Barney “Scout” Mann and his wife Sandy “Frodo” have served as PCT trail angels and have hosted and shuttled thousands of hikers from the San…
Read MoreTales From the Trail
By: Mike Custodio, Volunteer Vacations Participant Serving with American Hiking Society has lit my passion on volunteerism. It has changed my life for the better, and it will change yours.…
Read MoreThe 10 Best Hikes in the Smokies
By RootsRated– From the smoke-shrouded summit of LeConte and the open-armed expanses of Andrews Bald, down into the laurel laden hollows of Porters Creek and the historic homesteads of Cades…
Read MoreMajor Victory for Conservation of America’s Great Outdoors
April 20, 2016 – As America prepares to celebrate Earth Day, the U.S. Senate passed legislation that would permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). First passed in…
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