A State Line, Railroads, Red Clay, Pipelines, and New Partnerships by Matthew Davis, NCTA Regional Trail Coordinator for North Dakota, Minnesota, and Wisconsin (Originally published in the Fall 2020 issue, 39.4, of the North Star magazine.) Patching together landowner permissions for the NCT is sometimes like putting together a very complicated puzzle with […]
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Project Spotlight: Arrowhead Reroute Begins
In the late 80s and early 90s, Minnesota volunteer leaders approached the National Park Service (NPS). In the northeastern part of the state, the North Country National Scenic Trail’s (NCNST) route was far from ideal. Due to extensive wetlands in the Floodwood area, trail leaders were instead hoping the North Country Trail (NCT) could […]
SHTA Trail Renewal Program: Partnership Spotlight
The Superior Hiking Trail Association (SHTA) is responsible for 310 miles of trail in northeastern Minnesota between the Wisconsin border near Jay Cooke State Park and the Border Route Trail near the Canadian border. The Superior Hiking Trail (SHT) stretches down to the Lake Superior coastline from near the Canada-Minnesota border to south of […]