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An Important Update from the NCTA Board President

Posted on December 22, 2025 by Kate Lemon

Hello, trail community. Andrea Ketchmark, Executive Director, has chosen to step down from her role with the North Country Trail Association on January 15, 2026, having accepted another professional opportunity. Andrea has laid a strong foundation for our future, and I am sincerely grateful for her leadership, dedication, energy, and vision. Andrea began her […]

New York State Land Acquisitions

Posted on April 16, 2022April 1, 2022 by Kate Lemon

Join us in congratulating two awesome organizations on their recent land acquisitions in New York State: the Finger Lakes Trail Conference (FLTC) and the Finger Lakes Land Trust (FLLT). In late 2021, the FLTC completed the largest land acquisition in the organization’s 60-year history: 140 acres in Chenango County. The purchase was made possible […]

A State Line, Railroads, Red Clay, Pipelines, and New Partnerships

Posted on June 26, 2021June 10, 2021 by Kate Lemon

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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