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The North Country Trail Association’s Itasca Moraine, Star of the North, and Arrowhead Chapters along with the Chippewa National Forest are looking for some new volunteer trail adopters for the NCT within “the Chip” in 2011.  The specific sections that need adopters include: FR2687C to FR3790 – about 1 mile, near Hackensack, MN FR3790 to […]

The North Country Trail booth at Canoecopia was a big success. Canoecopia is the world’s largest outdoor exhibition with over 22,000 people in attendance.  Volunteers from 4 NCTA Chapters helped out at the booth.  On Friday night Gaylord Yost (Heritage) and Mikie Kuhman (Chequamegon) worked the booth.  The Saturday and Sunday crews consisted of Phil […]