2021 Distinguished Service Award Bruce Johnson. A retired science teacher, Bruce joined the Itasca Moraine Chapter in 2006. Not afraid of heavy work, he eventually celebrated with his Chapter the completion of the NCNST from Itasca State Park to the Chippewa National Forest in 2009. Bruce was then up to the task of maintaining […]
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2021 Friend of the Trail Award: Volunteer Spotlight
2021 Friend of the Trail Award Kathy Baer and Todd Frerichs, Audubon National Wildlife Refuge. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) staff at the Audubon National Wildlife Refuge in North Dakota, primarily Kathy Baer and Todd Frerichs, were instrumental in the development of a new 12-mile segment of the NCT within the Refuge between […]
2021 Thomas L. Gilbert Lifetime Achievement Award: Volunteer Spotlight
2021 Thomas L. Gilbert Lifetime Achievement Award Mike Stafford. Mike joined the Heritage Chapter in 1999 and has been an active member since, despite living in the Milwaukee area, over 300 miles from the Heritage Chapter’s Trail section. For 22 years he has traveled this distance, while maintaining his interest, enthusiasm, and energy to […]