Virginia Tech professor to lead team studying hiker impact on Appalachian Trail - Kin

[ChinMusic]

While I am not advocating spending OPM wildly, I would much rather have people seeking that money write individual grant requests justifying the need for instead of funding a full-time Federal Department of Recreational Trails.

Sadly, this will be the next step. Think of a massive GSMNP.

[rafe]

Sadly, this will be the next step. Think of a massive GSMNP.

You already have Baxter State Park that's far more regulated than GSMNP. And it is pristine, for just that reason.

One does not simply arrive at the JMT to hike it; one applies for access over a specific range of dates.

I don't see either of these as signs of "government overreach."

[ChinMusic]

You already have Baxter State Park that's far more regulated than GSMNP. And it is pristine, for just that reason.

One does not simply arrive at the JMT to hike it; one applies for access over a specific range of dates.

I don't see either of these as signs of "government overreach."

That will TOTALLY change the AT from what we know it as today. In my eyes this is a sad thing, and it will be gone.