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Post by Sharon Faulkner on Jun 3, 2007 11:32:58 GMT -5
Opportunities abound to help cut, maintain trailsJune 03, 2007 Hiking trails are the kind of thing that, for most people, magically appear. Until you stumble across a lone worker grading a steep pitch along the Pinhoti Trail or encounter a group of Scouts clearing a new trail in Vestavia's Boulder Canyon, the realization that someone actually has to build and maintain foot trails can be long in coming. But there are plenty of ways to get involved locally. Saturday was National Trails Day, an annual event sponsored by the American Hiking Society. All across the United States, trail groups and volunteers gathered to do some serious trail work and hiking. In Alabama, four groups participated: The Alabama Hiking Trail Society worked on a 4.5-mile loop trail around Geneva State Forest Lake; Girl Scout Troop 191 of Hartselle took the day to perform trail maintenance in Wheeler Wildlife Refuge; Limestone County Parks & Recreation led a 10-mile hike in Elkmont; and The Land Trust of Huntsville & North Alabama sponsored a Three Caves Trail extension workday in Huntsville. The American Hiking Society event is the largest and most celebrated of its kind, but there are local hiking groups who sponsor area events year-round. One of the most active trail maintenance groups is the Alabama Trails Association. Full Article
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