So far I’ve visited with 5 Senate offices (Klobuchar, Peters, Baldwin, Sanders, Leahy) and 7 House members (Nolan (D-MN), Cramer (R-ND), Huizenga (R-MI), Welch (D-VT), Thompson (R-PA), Duffy (R-WI). Our strategy is to (1) try to get as many Republican co-sponsors as we can (we only have Paulsen from MN as an “R”); and (2) […]

Each February the National Trails community converges on Washington DC for a series of meetings on Capitol Hill with Members of Congress, and with the federal agencies that administer the trails. For our North Country National Scenic Trail community, that means meetings with as many of the 46 Senators and Representatives, in the states and […]

What is Michigan’s Iron Belle Trail? We’ve been asked this more times than we can count and we’ve wondered ourselves. More than two years ago, the Detroit Free Press ran an article about Governor Snyder’s idea for a “showcase” trail, connecting Belle Isle to Ironwood, and declaring Michigan “THE Trails State”. The map accompanying that […]