Constance Cox Connie has been the Lead Naturalist at Itasca State Park in Minnesota for over 20 years, and is a great trail advocate. In 2016, when we celebrated 100 years of the National Park Service and 125 years of Minnesota State Parks and Trails, Connie was the main organizer of commemorative monthly hikes […]
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Category: Volunteer Stories
2023 Volunteer Awards: Vanguard
Andrea Gue Andrea and her colleagues at the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Dakotas Area Office have helped make significant improvements to the NCNST in the past five years. This has included increased collaboration with NCTA staff, the National Park Service, the NCTA Central Flyway Chapter, and local residents, as well as rerouting Trail off-road […]
2023 Volunteer Awards: Outstanding Private Landowner
Tony Keiser When a piece of private property that the NCNST crosses in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania came up for sale in 2022, Tony, through his land trust, made the purchase. He then informed the NCTA Wampum Chapter that the trail route would be secure. If that land had been purchased by someone else for […]