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	Appalachian National Scenic Trail (National Park Service)
		It was designated as the first National Scenic Trail by the National Trails System Act of 1968.
		The Trail is currently protected along more than 99 percent of its course by federal or state ownership of the land or by rights-of-way.
		Annually, more than 4,000 volunteers contribute more than 185,000 hours of effort on the Appalachian Trail.
	www.nps.gov /appa

	The Global Encyclopedia : Hotels : Travel
		During the 19th century, many new states were added to the original thirteen as the nation expanded across the North American continent and acquired a number of overseas possessions.
		After long debate, this was supplanted by the Constitution of a more centralized federal government in 1789.
		Two of the major traumatic experiences in the nation's history were the American Civil War ( 1861 - 65) and the Great Depression of the 1930s.
	united-states.asinah.net /american-encyclopedia/wikipedia/n/na/nationa...

	Boston.com / News / Local / Mass. / Appalachian Trail vulnerable to new forest rules, environmental group claims
		Designated as the first National Scenic Trail in 1968, the Appalachian Trail draws an estimated 2 million hikers each year, including about 500 who travel its entire length over several months.
		Most of the trail is protected by the Forest Service's existing management plans and by the National Park Service, which also manages the trail with backcountry users in mind, said David Startzell, executive director of the Appalachian Trail Conference.
		About one of every 13 miles of the Appalachian Trail between Maine and Georgia passes through national forests where a Bush administration plan could allow clear cutting of wooded areas, an environmental group said Tuesday.
	www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/08/31/appalachian_trail_vulnerable_to_new_forest_rules_environmental_group_claims

	Florida Trail
		Trail status reports (last updated 11-16) will resume as soon as more are received.
		More than 80 hikers kicked off the long walk at Pahokee, with 20 successfully circumnavigating the Florida Trail around Lake Okeechobee.
		The Florida Trail Association established the FLORIDA TRAIL HURRICANE FUND for donations to assist in hurricane assessment, cleanup and recovery statewide for trails and projects where federal funds may not be available.
	www.florida-trail.org

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		The International Appalachian Trail celebrated its 10-year anniversary this month as people from Canada and the United States gathered for a weekend in Nictau, New Brunswick, to mark the milestone.
		In plenty of time for the year 2000 A.T. thru-hiking season, the seventh edition of the �Appalachian Trail Thru-hiker�s Companion� is available for purchase through the Appalachian Trail Conference in Harpers Ferry, as well as at outfitter shops and selected book stores around the country.
		Brian had already finished the Pacific Crest Trail and Continental Divide Trail and was just 442 miles shy of finishing the A.T. when he walked into Hanover, N.H., on Oct. 6 and spent 24 hours visiting us at our Gathering.
	www.aldha.org

	Georgia Appalachian Trail Club, hiking, trail maintenance, backpacking
		The Appalachian Trail, designated a National Scenic Trail in 1968, is a footpath over 2,100 miles long.
		The Trail in Georgia extends some eighty miles through the primitive areas of the Chattahoochee National Forest.
		The Georgia Appalachian Trail Club, Inc. (GATC) was organized in 1930 in Dahlonega, GA. It is an organization of individual volunteers who, because of their love for the Appalachian Trail, has assumed responsibility for its management and maintenance in Georgia.
	www.georgia-atclub.org

	Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail (National Park Service)
		There is currently 63 miles of the Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail open for use in four areas along the Natchez Trace Parkway.
		Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail (National Park Service)
		At the northern end of the Parkway there is 24 miles of trail within the Leipers Fork district, near Franklin, Tennessee, extending from the Garrison Creek parking area (milepost 427.6), south to Tennessee Highway 50 (milepost 408).
	www.nps.gov /natt

	Encyclopedia: National Scenic Trail
		Additionally, most of the trails need some sort of page (or at least a stub).
		Once this is done, the stub tag can probably be removed.
		Seychelles ranks low on crime rankings like murder, fraud, robbery and burglary, but ranks up there in rapes per capita.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/National-Scenic-Trail

	AllRefer.com - Appalachian Trail, United States (U.S. National Park System) - Encyclopedia
		Appalachian Trail, officially Appalachian National Scenic Trail, hiking path, 2,144 mi (3,450 km) long, passing through 14 states, E United States.
		The Appalachian and Pacific Crest scenic trails, both designated in 1968, were the first two components in the National Trails System.
		In 1999 the International Appalachian Trail, a 690-mi (1,110-km) extension of the trail north and east from Mt. Katahdin into New Brunswick and Quebec to Cape GaspE, was dedicated.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/AppalachTr.html

	National Scenic Trails Mailing Lists
		The AT, the most famous of National Scenic Trails, is a footpath running from Georgia to Maine over 2100 miles long.
		I'm Ryan Brooks, and over eight years ago I started the Appalachian Trail email list, the AT-L. It's been through several iterations, and I've since added lists for the Continental Divide Trail, the North Country Trail and the Florida Trail.
		Many of the list subscribers have asked for web-based information on the lists, so here it is. We'll be adding additional features so be sure to stay tuned.
	www.backcountry.net

	Appalachian Trail Conference - Hike the Appalachian Trail
		From Katahdin in Maine to Springer Mountain in Georgia, the Appalachian National Scenic Trail wanders the ridges and valleys of the Appalachian mountain ranges for more than 2,174 miles.
		Trail Updates • Thru-Hiking Statistics • 2005 Seasonal Jobs
		Building, protecting, and managing the Appalachian Trail since 1925.
	www.appalachiantrail.org

	Buckeye Trail
		The North Country National Scenic Trail follows the Buckeye Trail through most of its route in Ohio.
		The Buckeye Trail predates both of these national trails by over 20 years.
		A single blaze marks the trail where the route is fairly straight or obvious, while a double blaze marks a turn with the upper blaze offset to indicate the new direction.
	www.buckeyetrail.org

	The Sand Creek Massacre on the Santa Fe Trail National Scenic and Historic Byway Mountain Branch
		Two hundred Cheyenne men, women and children were slaughtered, and their corpses often grotesquely mutilated, in a massacre that shocked the nation, bringing a new wave of Indian-white conflict to Colorado's high plains along the Santa Fe Trail.
		The remainder is under private and state ownership, and until enough land has been acquired to establish the National Historic Site, it is not yet open to the public.
		It happened in a place where the land rises and falls like ocean swells, and what the earth didn't claim, souvenir-hunters did, until all that remained were trail fragments, faded memories and the restless winds of the prairie.
	www.santafetrailscenicandhistoricbyway.org /scmasacre.html

	North Country Trail Association Home Page
		The mission of the North Country Trail Association is to develop, maintain, preserve and promote the North Country National Scenic Trail through a national network of volunteers, chapters, partner organizations and government agencies.
		The North Country National Scenic Trail is a premier footpath that stretches over 4,000 miles linking communities, forests, and prairies across seven northern states.
		National Headquarters is located in Lowell, Michigan, near the geographic center of the Trail.
	www.northcountrytrail.org

	National Scenic Trail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		National Scenic Trail is a designation for protected areas in the United States that consist of trails of particular natural beauty.
		National Scenic Trails were authorized by the National Trails System Act of 1968.
		National Scenic Trail sign found on a post along the Florida Trail
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/National_Scenic_Trail (80 words)

	About the Appalachian National Scenic Trail
		The Trail, which is itself part of the national park system, also meanders through lower hills and valleys full of farm-land and even urban sprawl.
		It cuts through two national parks, eight national forests, many state parks and multi-use forest lands, one national historic park, and is capped by a true uninhabited Wilderness area in central-Maine.
		The Trail is marked with white blazes, which are rectangles of paint on trees, rocks, and man-made objects.
	www.moon-monster.com /trail.htm (922 words)

	Ice Age Park & Trail Foundation
		Working cooperatively with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, National Park Service, many local governments, businesses and private landowners, IAPTF staff and volunteers work to protect, promote, build and maintain the many segments of the Ice Age Trail — a thousand-mile national and state scenic trail located entirely in Wisconsin.
		The purpose of the Trail is to tell the story of the Ice Age and continental glaciation along a scenic footpath.
		The Ice Age Park and Trail Foundation (IAPTF) is a non-profit, volunteer- and member-based organization headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
	www.iceagetrail.org (922 words)

	Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail on Encyclopedia.com
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		Take your choice ofoutings on the astonishing 2,600-mile Pacific Crest Trail.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/X-P1acificC1.asp (922 words)

	Florida National Scenic Trail
		Designated as a Florida National Scenic Trail in 1983 by Congress, the Florida Trail, when completely certified, will meander from Gulf Island National Seashore near Pensacola to Big Cypress National Preserve near Miami and Naples.
		Portions of the trail are officially designated as components of Florida's Statewide System of Greenways and Trails, and the entire trail is considered a major statewide connector.
		Listed below are the maps currently offered in the Florida Greenways and Trails Guide that highlight segments of the Florida Trail.
	www.dep.state.fl.us /gwt/guide/fnst.htm (922 words)

	CHAPTER 452 APPALACHIAN NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL
		It is declared to be the policy of the state of Connecticut that the Connecticut portion of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail be preserved in its natural character as proposed by Public Law 90-543, October 2, 1968.
		No person who has granted a right-of-way for said trail across his land, or his successor in title, shall be liable to any user of the trail for injuries suffered on said right-of-way unless the injuries are caused by his wilful or wanton misconduct as covered in the provisions of sections 52-557f to 52-557i, inclusive.
		Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the right of the public to pass over existing public roads which are or may become part of the trail, nor prevent the department from performing such work as is necessary for the purpose of forest fire protection, insect, pest and disease control.
	www.cga.ct.gov /2005/pub/Chap452.htm (251 words)

	Appalachian Trail in Georgia
		The designation of the Appalachian Trail as a National Scenic Trail was a long political battle lasting 15 years, ending with President Lyndon Johnson signing the National Trails System Act in 1968.
		The trail is a microcosm of the natural history of the North Georgia mountains.
		The Appalachian Trail begins in Georgia at Springer Mountain and leaves the Peach State 79 miles later at Bly Gap.
	georgiatrails.com /features/apptrail.html (759 words)

	Sherpa Guides Georgia Mountains Appalachian Trail
		The establishment of the Appalachian Trail was to be the culmination of many years of their hopes and dreams.
		Trail enthusiasts, some of whom had also suggested a "grand trunk" trail along the Appalachian ridges, were galvanized into action by MacKaye and his inspiring article.
		The original southern terminus of the trail was Mt. Oglethorpe, near Tate, but development and chicken farming on private land between Amicalola Falls and Mt. Oglethorpe intruded on the wilderness experience of hikers, forcing the terminus to be moved in 1958 to Springer Mountain.
	sherpaguides.com /georgia/mountains/long_trails/appalachian_trail.html (9214 words)

	Appalachian Trails .com - Area Travel Guides - National Historic Trails - American Historic Trails -
		The Appalachian National Scenic Trail is a 2,167-mile footpath along the ridge crests and across the major valleys of the Appalachian Mountains from Katahdin in Maine to Springer Mountain in north Georgia.
		The Appalachian National Scenic Trail is currently protected along more than 99 percent of its course by federal or state ownership of the land or by rights-of-way.
		The Appalachian National Scenic Trail was developed by volunteers and opened as a continuous trail in 1937.
	appalachiantrails.com (202 words)

	Appalachian National Scenic Trail - History
		The Appalachian National Scenic Trail is one of the longest scenic trails in America.
		The total trail length is 2,174 miles according to the National Park Service.
		Each year over three million hikers enjoy a hike along a potion of the trail, but according to the Appalachian Trail Conference there is a small group that actually completes the entire trail each year.
	www.classbrain.com /artmonument/publish/appalachian_scenic_trail_vermont_history.shtml (213 words)

	Pennsylvania's Appalachian Trail: Free Hiking & Camping in Schuylkill County, PA (pictures, videos [Real Audio & MPEG4], sights, sounds [MP3] and maps)
		The Trail is managed by volunteers in 32 local clubs under Appalachian Trail Conference auspices through a cooperative agreement with the National Park Service.
		The Appalachian Trail is a 2,158-mile (3,480.6 km) footpath along the ridge crests and across the major valleys of the Appalachian Mountains (from Maine and traversing through New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina and Georgia.)
		This section of the Trail is known for its rocky terrain, as well as, being a marvelous place to view the finest in Pennsylvania flora (plants) and fauna (wildlife).
	ygraine.membrane.com /philflix/appalachian_trail.html (407 words)

	GORP - Fall Hikes - Appalachian Trail - National Scenic Trails
		Over the past 20 years he has thru hiked the Appalachian, Pacific Crest, and Continental Divide National Scenic Trails as well as footpaths in Europe, Britain, East Africa, and Nepal.
		You've probably heard the Appalachian Trail called the "long green tunnel." The first time I completed the Appalachian Trail was during a series of section hikes lasting from 1977 to 1980.
		As a result, I got to visit many small communities located along the trail, to visit with local people and to have the types of encounters that are less frequent when one is thru hiking and rarely has the opportunity to stray far beyond the trail corridor.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_trail/at_fall.htm (1175 words)

	Appalachian Trail - National Scenic Appalachian Trail Hiking GORP
		The Appalachian Trail is a public footpath across 2,160 miles of Appalachian Mountain ridgelines from Maine to Georgia.
		The Trail is protected along more than 96 percent of its course by federal or state ownership of the land itself or by rights-of-way.
		Their trail dispatches provide personal and inspiring narratives of life on this great American trail.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_trail/appalach.htm (367 words)

	US CODE: Title 16,1244. National scenic and national historic trails
		(7) The Iditarod National Historic Trail, a route of approximately two thousand miles extending from Seward, Alaska, to Nome, Alaska, following the routes as depicted on maps identified as “Seward-Nome Trail”, in the Department of the Interior’s study report entitled “The Iditarod Trail (Seward-Nome Route) and other Alaskan Gold Rush Trails” dated September 1977.
		The Appalachian Trail shall be administered primarily as a footpath by the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture.
		Overall administration of the trail shall be the responsibility of the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to subsection (d) of this section.
	www.law.cornell.edu /uscode/16/1244.html (5028 words)

	Directory - Regional: North America: United States: Travel and Tourism: National Parks and Monuments: A: Appalachian National Scenic Trail
		The Appalachian National Scenic Trail is a 2,167-mile footpath along the ridge crests and across the major valleys of the Appalachian Mountains from Mount Katahdin in Maine to Springer Mountain in north Georgia.
		It was completed in 1937 and designated as the first National Scenic Trail in 1968.
		Appalachian Trail - GA and NC Sections · cached · Source with photos giving a feel for the Southern portion of the trail from the Springer Mtn.
	www.incywincy.com /default?p=118834 (444 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Appalachian National Scenic Trail
		Appalachian National Scenic Trail, footpath in the eastern United States for outdoor enthusiasts, extending 3,473 km (2,158 mi) from Maine to...
		Earl Shaffer, the first person to hike the entire Appalachian Trail, successfully repeated his trek from Georgia to Maine in 1998 at the age of 79....
		Appalachian Region : pictures of the Appalachian region: Ozark National Forest
	encarta.msn.com /Appalachian_National_Scenic_Trail.html (157 words)

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