Trail development is once again alive and well in Kent County, Michigan, the home of the NCTA national office. While a wide range of strategies to get the route of the trail off road are underway, the first few new miles built in the past ten years have completed and are ready for certification and […]

Bruce Matthews represented the NCTA at the America’s Great Outdoors Conference on April 16, 2010 in Washington DC. The following is a follow up note we received, that we would like to share with you. Thank you for participating in the America’s Great Outdoors Conference on April 16, 2010. The day was an extraordinary opportunity to hear […]

Complied by Tana Turonie, Chequamegon Chapter of the North Country Trail Association Invasive species of plants, animals and pathogens are on the landscape and thus our trails.   The following Best Management Practices  (BMP) are intended to: a)help reduce the likelihood of invasive species introductions, and,  b)help control the effects of invasive species when they do arrive. BMP-1   […]