During a regular Monday morning meeting of his most senior staff members, U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell picked up a heavy plaque made of green and white granite inscribed with some very special words: “Ian Nelson” and “Wilderness Champion.”
Nelson is PCTA’s longest serving regional representative, covering Southern Oregon ... Read more
We’re hiring three Trail Crew Technical Advisors. Lead the nation’s premier volunteer-based trail crew programs on the spectacular Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail. This is a great career-building opportunity for rising professionals.
In this position you will have the opportunity to:
Work with youth and volunteer trail crews, teaching excellent... Read more
As any ol’ trail hound can attest to, a trail crew is a unique family that typically begins as a group of strangers and over the course of days, weeks and months evolves into a tightly knit weave of independent characters bonded by sweat, successes, strange smells, bad jokes, long ... Read more
“Two Bar Betty” Wheeler’s report about our summer’s work in the Goat Rocks appears in the winter issue of the PCT Communicator magazine. We didn’t have space to include these pictures in the magazine, but they’re too glorious not to share.... Read more
Ryan Lawrence and Andrew Post, North Cascades Wilderness Rangers, joined us on one of our trail projects this summer. Didn’t know that our program rocks? Neither did they.
Read their excellent account on the Mt. Adams Institute blog.
... Read moreAndrew and I just finished working on a Pacific Crest Trail Association
Our friends at Trailspace.com just published a Q&A with PCTA Trail Rep and Advocate, Anitra Kass. It’s a great interview with our very own Southern California Regional Representative.
We’re especially in love with these classic Anitra answers:
... Read moreWhat do you personally like to do outdoors?
Take a nap..
Anything unusual
The federal government is open again. See here.
Unfortunately, the shutdown’s effect on the PCT remains unclear. At PCTA, we share your disappointment over the situation.
In general, all buildings and gates that can be locked on public land – including bathrooms – are closed. However, critical safety personnel, such ... Read more
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