2020 Sweep Awards Mary Berube and John Schrock. The 60 miles of Trail tended by the Brule-St. Croix Chapter of Wisconsin offered blazing that was suffering from old age, so Mary and John volunteered to reblaze the whole thing and keep it all on a recommended five-year rotation. In addition they are active Chapter […]
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400-Hour Awards 2020: Volunteer Spotlight
The following volunteers have [respectively] donated over 400 hours of their time to the North Country National Scenic Trail. The National Park Service and North Country Trail Association thank them tremendously for their work, and have presented them with NPS Volunteer-in-Parks (VIP) awards. Please join us in congratulating and thanking them! Terry Blackstone (OH) […]
NCTA Joins Michigan DNR’s Forest Management Advisory Committee
For quite some time, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has been wanting a “trails” voice on their Forest Management Advisory Committee (FMAC). Now, NCTA Regional Trail Coordinator for Michigan, Kenny Wawsczyk, is one of those voices. The FMAC helps the DNR “balance environmental, social and economic issues in managing Michigan’s forest resources.” The […]