This spring, the National Park Service (NPS) and Trust for Public Land (TPL) achieved a major milestone in the effort to protect Lake Superior Falls: an iconic natural landscape along the South Shore of Lake Superior in Northern Wisconsin. Together, they conserved 213 acres of land for public access, ecological preservation, and expanded recreational […]
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Mike Cunningham: NCNST Long Distance Hiker
Mike “Hiker Miker” Cunningham Central patch + Vermont and the Mackinac Bridge So why do I want to hike the North Country Trail? I am a member of the Finger Lakes Trail Conference (FLTC) and back in 2020 (I think) I joined the NCTA. That year I got the 100-mile patch by hiking 5+ miles […]
Trail Protection with Steiger-Sage Timber
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 […]
