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The Keystone Hiker - November 2016
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Keystone Trails Association seeks submissions for our Winter Trails Photo Contest. Please e-mail your favorite photos (limit 3 per person) of Pennsylvania hiking trails in winter to shaxby@kta-hike.org by 7 AM on Monday, November 14, 2016.
The winner of the contest, held on KTA's Facebook page, will receive a one-year complimentary KTA Membership!
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Subscription Notice: We are updating our email lists based on the emails you provided us on your last renewal or registration. If you are receiving duplicate emails or
The Keystone Hiker is going to the wrong email address, please let us know at shaxby@kta-hike.org. Thank you!
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We had a blast in Emlenton!
Thanks to the North Country Trail Association - Butler and Clarion Chapters, and the Butler Outdoor Club
KTA's 2016 Fall Hiking & Meeting Weekend
held October 13-16 at Whitehall Camp & Conference Center, with over 100 people in attendance
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KTA's 2016 Fall Hiking & Meeting Weekend
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Dave was elected to the KTA Board of Directors during the Council Meeting held October 15th. Dave had served as a Representative-At-Large for the prior year.
He introduces himself to the KTA community,
HERE.
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Iceland is a nation of superlatives. With superb trails leading to towering volcanoes, massive glaciers, thundering waterfalls, roaring rivers, hot springs, geysers, smoky fissures, and icebergs, it is certainly among the world's great hiking destinations. Our adventure starts in Reykjavík, the world's northernmost capital, where highlights include Harpa, the new state-of-the-art concert hall, and Hallgrímskirkja, the skyline-dominating church built to resemble a mountain of basaltic lava. Before leaving Reykjavík, we will visit the enormous Gullfoss waterfall, the Geysir hot springs, and Þingvellir, Iceland's most historical site and the place where the North American and European tectonic plates are visibly tearing apart.
Keep reading (and looking)...
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Jeff Mitchell led a hike for KTA's first annual Quehanna Elk Quest - here are the photos he took:
Flickr Link
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by Joe Neville, KTA Executive Director
During the 2016 Fall Meeting of the Keystone Trails Association Council, it was decided that KTA would oppose the legislation that opened Wilderness Areas to mountain bicycles. The following letter was written and sent to Senators Casey and Toomey, following the meeting.
Click/Tap
to read.
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VOLUNTEER / MAINTAINER'S CORNER
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Contests from the Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation: Graffiti Busters
While we continue to remove graffiti and monitor our public lands, we know that the only way to combat graffiti in the long run is through a program of education and community involvement. If the presence of graffiti and litter and illegal fire rings and other evidence of bad behavior on our public lands troubles you as much as it does our Graffiti Busters, consider taking a few steps.
Middle School Students - create a poster!
Learn more
High School and College Students - make a video!
Learn more
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November 4-6, on the Bucktail Path
Volunteers will stay at the Brooks Run Tower Cabin
Interested? Contact the crew leader,
Rick Hiemenz (mustardgarlic@hotmail.com)!
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Louisa Amsterdam, reporter for
Fly, the hip magazine out of Lancaster, participated in the KTA Trail Challenge 25k on September 10.
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by Travis Lau, Pennsylvania Game Commission Press Secretary
Here's a
handy page on visibility for the 2016-2017 Hunting Season, via SATC's Trail Mail.
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2016 PA's Trail of the Year is the Standing Stone Trail....
What should it be in 2017?
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by Ann Pinca, Save the Loyalsock Coalition
We began in historic Masten (click to read a brief history) with brief presentations on drilling impacts and efforts for stream maintenance and restoration in the Clarence Moore lands. Then everyone hit the Old Loggers Path for just under a four-mile hike, stopping along the way to make note of tree species, springs, nearby bogs, and the remnants of old logging roads and rail beds.
Read the full report
(pictures and flyer about the history of Masten, too)
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Join Cumberland Valley Appalachian Trail Club's volunteers and local Girl Scouts, to work along the Children's Lake in Boiling Springs.
More details...
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The Franklin Township, PA Board of Supervisors recently approved a temporary re-route or detour of the Mason-Dixon Trail through Franklin Township Park since the Century Lane Bridge in front of the park is still out. This temporary detour will be in effect until the Century Lane Bridge is rebuilt. Read about it
HERE.
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KTA's AT Section Workday!
Join KTA's AT Section Committee for a workday on the Appalachian Trail, November 19th at 9 am at the Lehigh Gap Parking Lot in Palmerton, Carbon County. Contact
KTALehighGapAT@gmail.com
to sign up or with questions.
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now available at our online store!
Featuring the newest addition to our collection of guidebooks, Heather Houskeeper's
A Guide to the Edible and Medicinal Plants of the Finger Lakes Trail, paired with 1 or all 5 of KTA's exclusive patches! Check them out
HERE.
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2 Ways to Shop and Support Keystone Trails Association
KTA publishes and sells maps, guidebooks, books, and patches related to hiking trails in Pennsylvania. Members receive at least a 10% discount!
Or- choose KTA when you shop on Amazon Smile. Click the ad to sign up. It doesn't cost
you any extra: Amazon donates 0.5% of the purchase price to Keystone Trails Association.
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Newsletter Submissions
This newsletter is published monthly by Keystone Trails Association. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis. Opinions expressed are those of the listed authors. The Editor encourages submissions reflecting all viewpoints, but reserves the right to edit material. You are encouraged to submit material (even just a trail closing or care alert!) to the Program Administrator, Sara Haxby, at shaxby@kta-hike.org. The deadline for newsletter submissions is the 15th of the prior month. Submissions received after that time will be considered for the next month.
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