Posted: June 14th, 2011
Improving the North Country Trail in Pennsylvania
The Allegheny National Forest chapter of the North Country Trail Association celebrated National Trails Day with a camp night June 3 at Amsler Springs shelter and a volunteer work day June 4 near Guiton Run, off Salmon Creek in Forest County.
The chapter provided tools and hard hats to two crews totaling 18 members.
A trail crew worked a half-mile stretch of trail brushing and side-hill benching and a Student Conservation Association crew worked on a deep ditch, but both were forced off by thunderstorms about 1:30 p.m. June 4. The trail crew returned Sunday morning and was done with its work by noon.
Read more about the effort from volunteers who were there.
The North Country Trail in the Allegheny National Forest runs from the New York border through McKean County, Warren County and Forest County.
Front row, kneeling: Bert Nemcik holding Strawberry the Dog; Tina Toole; Sam Sharka (Tucson, Ariz., SCA crew); Eli Logan (Manhattan, Kanas, SCA crew); Maggie Cackler (Memphis, Tenn., SCA Crew). Back row: Jode Vickerman; Sharon Tewksbury-Bloom and Jay Holt, from www.servicedriven.org, Arizona); Mike Toole; Patti Houston; Dylan Johnston (Mount Kisko, N.Y., SCA crew); Jeff Anderson (Richmond, Va., SCA crew); Melissa Pack; Kay Thompson and Ton Teftt; and Keith Klos, president of the NCT in the ANF.
