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‘National Trails Day’ Maps Show U.S.’s Best Trails at Risk:
An Overview
June 5th marks National Trails Day, a day set aside to celebrate the nation’s great outdoors and a day that draws outdoor enthusiasts to settings in some of the nation’s most precious wild national forests. Unfortunately, parts of the nation’s best trails could vanish forever. The Bush Administration, along with the encouragement of its allies in the timber industry, are poised to weaken current federal protections and open portions of national forests known as "roadless areas" to logging, mining and drilling.
Maps released by the Heritage Forests Campaign document the great trails that would be threatened by regulatory changes; among them the Appalachian Trail, the Lewis and Clark Trail, the Pony Express Trail, the Pacific Crest Trail, the California Trail and many others.
The Appalachian Trail
Total miles of trail at risk: 163.3
Total roadless areas at risk: 38
- goes through three roadless areas in Georgia, for a total of 5.7 miles
- goes through four roadless areas in North Carolina, for a total of 17.8 miles
- goes through seven roadless areas in New Hampshire, for a total of 57.4 miles
- goes through five roadless areas in Tennessee, for a total of 13.2 miles
- goes through 16 roadless areas in Virginia, for a total of 60.5 miles
- goes through two roadless areas in Vermont, for a total of 6.6 miles
- goes through one roadless areas in West Virginia, for a total of 2.2 miles
National Park Service AT Information Page
National Park Service AT Map
The California Trail
Total miles of trail at risk: 39.6
Total roadless areas at risk: seven
- goes through two roadless areas in California, for a total of 10 miles
- goes through one roadless areas in Idaho, for a total of 9.9 miles
- goes through two roadless areas in Nevada, for a total of 5.3 miles
National Park Service CA Information Page
National Park Service CA Map
The Lewis And Clark Trail
Total miles of trail at risk: 96.5
Total roadless areas at risk: 18
- goes through eight roadless areas in Idaho, for a total of 58.5 miles
- goes through eight roadless areas in Montana, for a total of 16.8 miles
- goes through two roadless areas in Oregon, for a total of 21.2 miles
National Park Service Lewis & Clark Information Page
National Park Service Lewis & Clark Map
The North Country Trail
Total miles of trail at risk: 68.2
Total roadless areas at risk: seven
- goes through three roadless areas in North Dakota, for a total of 31.3 miles
- goes through three roadless areas in Pennsylvania, for a total of 35.5 miles
- goes through one roadless areas in Wisconsin, for a total of 1.5 miles
National Park Service North Country Information Page
National Park Service North Country Map
The Pacific Crest Trail
Total miles of trail at risk: 44.8
Total roadless areas at risk: 11
- goes through 11 roadless areas in Oregon, for a total of 44.8 miles
Pacific Crest Trail Association Home Page
Pacific Crest Trail Association Oregon Map
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