Earlier this year, the NCTA secured a trail license from Tim Steiger across his commercial forest land in Michigan’s Western Upper Peninsula. This license – along with another agreement with Sage Timber – allows the NCTA to reroute a trail segment onto these private lands, drastically reducing the current 19-mile roadwalk to less than […]
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Author: Kate Lemon
2026 Spring Cleaning Recap
This is a sampling of NCTA Chapter-led trail building and maintenance successes in the spring of 2026. Star of the North Chapter, New Trail: The Star of the North Chapter began construction on a new 11–mile segment of the NCT in Minnesota’s Chippewa National Forest last fall. Volunteers from five different NCTA Chapters helped […]
NCTA Welcomes New Executive Director
Introduction The North Country Trail Association (NCTA) is pleased to welcome Kate Hagner as its new Executive Director. Mid-June, she will begin leading the Association from her home in Vermont. Kate comes to the NCTA from nearly 20 years of service with the Student Conservation Association. Most recently, she was the Senior Director for […]
