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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Hike the Hill 2024
by Andrea Ketchmark, NCTA Executive Director A group of North Country Trail Association staff and volunteers headed to Washington DC in February, to meet with members of Congress and federal agency leadership to ensure the North Country National Scenic Trail is recognized when these leaders are making important decisions. Hosted by the American Hiking […]
David and Zoe Sheatz: NCNST Long Distance Hikers
David and Zoe Sheatz Central patch + Pennsylvania When Covid came into our vocabulary in the spring of 2020, my wife Zoe (and now my hiking partner) and I had extra time on our hands because we had chosen to have limited exposure to the general public. We had a beautiful trail near us which […]