2021 Rising Star Award Trevan and Connor Pfennig. Trevan and Connor joined the Sheyenne River Valley Chapter over three years ago, and have since recruited their parents. Both completed their Eagle Scout projects within the Chapter’s NCNST section. Trevan organized and led a five-mile urban signage installation throughout Valley City, N.D. He taught fellow […]
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Lynnae Branham, Marisa Hoffarth, and Austin Horning: Volunteer Spotlight
2020 Rising Star Award Lynnae Branham. Lynnae Branham was a Northern Michigan University (NMU) student majoring in Environmental Studies and Sustainability. At the beginning of the fall semester of 2018 she approached the NCTA North Country Trail Hikers Chapter regarding her interest in trying to start a club called NMU Conservation Crew. The basis […]
2019 NCTA Award Winners
The North Country National Scenic Trail exists only because of the incredible community that supports it. Each spring, NCTA’s Awards Committee takes nominations for a series of Volunteer Awards that celebrate the efforts of the extraordinary individuals that go that extra mile to make the Trail and NCTA what it is today. Whether they build […]