Six PCTA volunteers and seven staff members spent last week in Washington D.C. visiting with members of Congress and their staff, federal agency partners and other trail groups to advocate for continued funding for trails, land protection and other important issues that affect our national trails.
We also were joined ... Read more
By Ben Echt and Roger Sweet
Coming from backgrounds of all shapes and sizes, it’s safe to say we were mostly prepared for being unprepared. Our 11-person team, Gold 4 of AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps, set off on an amazing adventure, not through space and time, but to the ... Read more
The Pacific Crest Trail Association has hired two experts to lead the organization’s outreach efforts.
In January, Scott Wilkinson became the PCTA’s first director of communications and marketing, a position funded by a $250,000, three-year grant from the Vancouver, Washington-based M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. The association also hired Mark Larabee ... Read more
Tax season is here! If you plan on using H&R Block to prepare your taxes, you can help PCTA receive a $20 contribution.
H&R Block will donate $20 to PCTA each time a new client has their taxes prepared at a local H&R Block office and presents this referral form.... Read more
Under the warm light of the Mission Inn’s Spanish Art Gallery in Riverside, California, an emotional crowd watched as the Pacific Crest Trail Association thanked and honored the legendary Pete Fish for his 20-plus years of volunteer work on the Pacific Crest Trail. It was the highlight of an evening ... Read more
Academy Award-winning actor, musician and director Jared Leto, much lauded for his work championing causes to protect wildlife and the environment, is also a staunch Pacific Crest Trail Association supporter.
Today he launched a $5,000 fundraising campaign benefitting the Pacific Crest Trail on the popular crowd funding site, Razoo.
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We are taking our news and information newsletter on the trail with us and we want you to come along.
Join us as we bring together local volunteers, members and partners with PCTA staff and board members in a social setting at Trail Dirt Live. We will share news of ... Read more
By Allyson Wiley
I’m in college in the Midwest and am anxious to get on the Pacific Crest Trail. It’ll be another two years before I can take my shot at thru-hiking, so in the meantime, I’m seeking any possible way to connect with the trail.
One day last summer ... Read more
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