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The Keystone Hiker - January 2017
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Commit to your New Year's Resolution
by Registering for a Challenge!
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Keystone Trails Association Audit for Fiscal Year
2015-2016
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Save the Date! KTA's Spring Hiking and Meeting Weekend is April 7-9, 2017
Camp Ligonier in the southwest will be our headquarters for the weekend. Details and registration available February 1.
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Dr. Chamberlin donated a copy to the KTA library!
Stop by the office to take a look...
Link to purchase (don't forget to pick Keystone Trails Association for your AmazonSmile charity)
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KTA works for you year-round to monitor these threats- from our state legislature, from industry, and from private development. But we need your help to continue our work. You can make a difference, too.
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VOLUNTEER / MAINTAINER'S CORNER
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by Ed Lawrence, KTA Trail Care Chair
In October, a sizable oak fell and dealt a direct body blow to the bridge spanning Huff Run. The bridge, originally built by a Keystone Trails Association (KTA) Trail Care Crew, is located on the Jack Paulhamus / Garby Trail in Sproul State Forest. It is a yellow-blazed hiking-only trail that connects the Donut Hole Trail to the Chuck Keiper Trail and is also used during the Hyner View Challenge. Keep Reading...
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by Jim Foster, Secretary, KTA Board of Directors
KTA held its Fall Workday on its new section of the Appalachian Trail, at Lehigh Gap, on Saturday, November 19. Eleven volunteers came out on a beautiful day. We got a lot accomplished, mostly in the area of the parking lot off Route 248, on the east side of the Lehigh River. Keep Reading (link to pictures, too!)
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Jason Hall,
Assistant State Forester, Office of Forest Resources, Departmentof Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), provides answers to some questions about color-specific trail blazing. Read them
HERE.
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Trail Care 2017: Calendar to be announced in February Edition of
The Keystone Hiker
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by Jeff Mitchell
A few months ago I learned of a vista on SGL 133, near Trout Run. Google Earth confirmed the existence of a rock outcrop. So, I made it a goal of mine to check it out.
Read more...
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The Keystone Hiker
's newest series with our newest Board member!
Every month, take a walk with Dave Gantz along one of PA's backpacking trails.
Want to thruhike it, too? Stay tuned for KTA's first ever Black Forest Trail Slackpack - offered this spring!
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A few rules will help ensure you sleep warm while backpacking or camping: read them
HERE.
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Sponsored Content for Treks and Trails International, Inc
by Paul Shaw, President, KTA Board of Directors
KTA sponsor Treks & Trails International is offering three hiking trips next summer that follow the footsteps of the Vikings.
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Are you a member organization of Keystone Trails Association? You should have received a copy of our 2015-2016 Annual Report, and an invitation.
By February 1, 2017, please provide KTA with your trail care wishlist. We're applying for another DCNR grant.
Keep Reading...
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Building the 2017 Club Calendar
Please submit a list of your events (ideally with date, time, location, link to web page) that you would like to publicize through
The Keystone Hiker, facebook, and the KTA website, to shaxby@kta-hike.org. Thank you and happy trails!
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Quehanna Area Trails Loses a Friend
Fellow Hikers and Maintainers,
Jim Billotte of Frenchville, Clearfield County, a former maintainer for the former Quehanna Area Trails Club has passed away. Jim and Olive last had the Quehanna Trail in the Wildcat Rocks area off Lost Run Road. He will be missed.
See his obituary below.
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The Cumberland Valley Appalachian Trail Club (CVATC) is a member of KTA and maintains 17 miles of the AT across the Cumberland Valley between Mechanicsburg and Carlisle.Keep Reading for leadership opportunity...
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still 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!
Or, select our Patch Package for just the 5 patches above.
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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!
And - 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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