Appalachian Trail Conservancy

Appalachian Trail Conservancy

The Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) (formerly "Appalachian Trail Conference") is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of the Appalachian Trail, which runs from Maine to Georgia. The Conference works to protect the trail's 2,175 miles (3,500 km), 250,000-acre (1,000 km²) greenway, and coordinates the work of some thirty hiking clubs performing trail maintenance.

The trail was originally conceived by forester Benton MacKaye who envisioned a grand trail that would connect a series of farms and wilderness work/study camps for city-dwellers. In 1922, at the suggestion of Major William A. Welch, director of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission, MacKaye's plan was publicized by Raymond H. Torrey with a story in the "New York Evening Post" under a full page banner headline reading "A Great Trail from Maine to Georgia!"; the idea was quickly adopted by the new Palisades Interstate Park Trail Conference as their main project, and on January 4, 1924, the first twenty mile stretch from the Hudson to the Ramapo Rivers was complete. The entire trail was completed in 1937.

The ATC was formed in Washington, DC on March 2 and 3, 1925, with Major Welch as chairman and Torrey as treasurer. In 1927, Welch was replaced by Judge Arthur Perkins and in 1928, J.A. Allis became Treasurer.

Its headquarters are located in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.

Affiliated trail maintenance clubs

*Georgia Appalachian Trail Club
*Nantahala Hiking Club
*Smoky Mountains Hiking Club
*Carolina Mountain Club
*Tennessee Eastman Hiking and Canoeing Club
*Mt. Rogers Appalachian Trail Club
*Piedmont Appalachian Trail Hikers
*Outdoor Club of Virginia Tech
*Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club
*Natural Bridge Appalachian Trail Club
*Tidewater Appalachian Trail Club
*Old Dominion Appalachian Trail Club
*Potomac Appalachian Trail Club
*Mountain Club of Maryland
*Cumberland Valley Appalachian Trail Club
*York Hiking Club
*Susquehanna Appalachian Trail Club
*Blue Mountain Eagle Climbing Club
*Allentown Hiking Club
*Philadelphia Trail Club
*AMC-Delaware Valley Chapter
*Batona Hiking Club
*Wilmington Trail Club
*New York - New Jersey Trail Conference
*AMC-Connecticut Chapter
*AMC-Berkshire Chapter
*Green Mountain Club
*Dartmouth Outing Club
*Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC)
*Maine Appalachian Trail Club

ee also

*Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) (in the eastern US)

External links

* [http://www.appalachiantrail.org/ Appalachian Trail Conservancy]

References

*Myles, William J., "Harriman Trails, A Guide and History.", The New York-New Jersey Trail Conference, New York, N.Y., 1999.


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