Over the weekend of July 13-15, Friends of Allegheny Wilderness teamed up with the Harrisburg-based Keystone Trails Association and others in a trail stewardship blitz.

Volunteers cleared virtually the entire hiking-only trail system in the 9,700-acre proposed Tracy Ridge Wilderness Area in the Allegheny National Forest, which includes more than nine miles of the ubiquitously-cherished North Country National Scenic Trail.

This was a focused event that KTA formally terms a “Trail Care Weekend,” and this was the first ever KTA Trail Care Weekend in the Allegheny National Forest.

The 2006 Allegheny National Forest Draft Land and Resource Management Plan Tracy Ridge this way-- “There are few places on the Forest that offer as high quality scenery, natural integrity and wide-scale ecosystem function as Tracy Ridge. The presence of a significant old tree component enhances the scenic quality of the area for potential wilderness. Tracy Ridge has high potential to provide the wilderness attributes and values appropriate for wilderness designation.”

Members of KTA, FAW, the Butler Outdoor Club, the Pennsylvania North Country Trail Association, and the Allegheny National Forest Chapter of the North Country Trail Association supported the project.

The above photo was taken first thing Friday morning and represents just a small sample of the trail stewards who helped out over the course of the weekend. Others joined later in the day on Friday, and still others joined on Saturday.

For more information on programs, initiatives and other upcoming events, visit the Friends of Allegheny Wilderness website, send email to: info@pawild.org, or call 814-730-3629.  Click Here to support their work.

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[Posted: July 16, 2018]

7/23/2018