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TJ aka Teej
10-24-2003, 15:26
From the A.T.C.'s Trail News page:
http://www.appalachiantrail.org/trailnews/index.html

Ovoka Farm Acres Transferred to A.T. Corridor
U.S. Rep. Frank R. Wolf of Virginia is joining representatives of the National Park Service, the Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC), and the Appalachian Trail Conference (ATC) today to celebrate the transfer to the Appalachian Trail corridor of 445 acres of the Ovoka Farm after more than a decade's work by the several parties. That will allow relocation of the Trail from a heavily forested route to the Piedmont ridgeline near Ashby Gap (U.S. 50), bringing in new views of the valley's farms and forests from open fields. The breakthroughs in acquiring that portion of the 1,490-acre farm began in 1998, when the new owner initiated ATC-backed talks with the PEC, which bought or optioned the property in December 2000 with funds from private donors. Wolf shepherded legislation to fund NPS' purchase of the Trail portion through the House Appropriations Committee, with ATC support and work on the terms of land's use.
October 24, 2003