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National Park Service Protected Species Webinar

  In early March 2022, Steph Liguori from the National Park Service hosted volunteer information sessions about the protected species that make areas around the North Country National Scenic Trail their home. The sessions provided an overview of threatened and endangered species’ regulation and compliance, the imperiled species that could live on or near the […]

Phil Anderson, Joe Hardisky, and Mark VanHornweder: Volunteer Spotlight

  2020 Distinguished Service Awards   Phil Anderson. Phil has served as the Brule-St. Croix Chapter Trail Maintenance Coordinator for ten years, while tending his own section of trail and participating regularly on the Wisconsin Roving Trail Crew to build major projects all across the state. So it was his job to convey quality standards to all two dozen of his trail caretakers, train new people, […]

57 Continuous Miles

  This new 3.17-mile section of Trail traverses through various types of vegetation, runs along a river, takes in views of two lakes and runs through two wetlands. This section also allows for nearly 57 continuous miles of off-road Trail…   by Kenny Wawsczyk Late last year work began on the infamous Echo Drive reroute. […]