Trail Club See also Appalachian Development Highway System ADHS in the eastern US External links http www.appalachiantrail.org AppalachianTrailConservancy http www.doristomaselli.net Doris Tomaselli ... his retirement in 1948. Today, the trail is maintained by the Appalachian Mountain Club . ref http www.shermanhistoricalsociety.org ... 2. ref Affiliated trail maintenance clubs Georgia AppalachianTrail Club Nantahala Hiking Club Smoky ... AppalachianTrail Club Piedmont AppalachianTrail Hikers Outdoor Club of Virginia Tech Roanoke AppalachianTrail Club Natural Bridge AppalachianTrail Club Tidewater AppalachianTrail Club Old Dominion AppalachianTrail Club Potomac AppalachianTrail Club Mountain Club of Maryland Cumberland Valley AppalachianTrail Club York Hiking Club Susquehanna AppalachianTrail Club Blue Mountain Eagle Climbing Club Allentown Hiking Club Philadelphia Trail Club Appalachian Mountain Club AMC Delaware Valley Chapter Batona Hiking Club Wilmington Trail Club New York New Jersey Trail Conference Appalachian ... Conference, New York, N.Y., 1999. Category AppalachianTrail Category Hiking organizations Category Environmental organizations based in the United States US trail stub US org stub fr AppalachianTrailConservancy ...Image Boiling springs AT house.JPG thumb ATC office in Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania The AppalachianTrailConservancy ATC formerly AppalachianTrail Conference is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of the AppalachianTrail , which runs from Maine to Georgia U.S. state Georgia . The Conference works to protect the trail s convert 2179 mi km , 250,000 acre 1,000 km 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 ... A Great Trail from Maine to Georgia the idea was quickly adopted by the new Palisades Interstate ... more details
Use mdy dates date April 2012 about the trail the conservation group AppalachianTrailConservancy the train station AppalachianTrail Metro North station Infobox Hiking trail Name AppalachianTrail Photo Map of Appalachian Trail.png Caption Map of AppalachianTrail Location Appalachian Mountains Length .... MacKaye then called for a two day AppalachianTrail conference to be held in March 1925 in Washington, D.C. This resulted in the formation of the AppalachianTrailConservancyAppalachianTrail Conference now called the AppalachianTrailConservancy . ref http www.appalachiantrail.org about the trail ... website of the AppalachianTrailConservancy points out that the number of violent crimes is extremely ... 30, 2008 title 2,000 Milers Facts and Statistics publisher AppalachianTrailConservancy ref The first ... to the AppalachianTrailConservancy that they completed it. ref Cite news last Comeau first Zack ... by the AppalachianTrailConservancy ATC organization. In total, the AT passes through eight national ... Ferry, West Virginia Harpers Ferry , headquarters of the AppalachianTrailConservancy . Harpers ... Scenic Trail , generally known as the AppalachianTrail or simply the AT , is a marked hiking trail ... at at faq.cfm AppalachianTrail FAQs Outdoors.org accessed September 14, 2006 ref It is approximately ... September 12, 2006 ref and managed by the National Park Service and the nonprofit AppalachianTrailConservancy . ref January 1985 , A Fork in the Trail . Audubon magazine Audubon . 87 1 140 141 ref ..., roads and cross rivers. The AppalachianTrail is famous for its many hikers, some of whom, called ... AppalachianTrail , continues north into Canada and to the end of the range, where it enters the Atlantic Ocean. The AppalachianTrail, the Continental Divide Trail and the Pacific Crest ... International AppalachianTrail ref ref name Adams cite news url http www.washingtonpost.com wp srv ...&sec &spon &pagewanted 1 title Earl Shaffer, First to Hike Length of AppalachianTrail in Both Directions ... more details
The Georgia AppalachianTrail Club , Inc. GATC is a non profit organization that was organized in 1930 in Dahlonega , Georgia U.S. state GA . Its membership consists of individual volunteers who share a love for the AppalachianTrailAppalachianTrail AT . The GATC is responsible for the management and maintenance of the AppalachianTrail AT in Georgia U.S. state Georgia . This is accomplished through cooperation with the AppalachianTrailConservancyAppalachianTrailConservancy ATC and the U.S. Forest Service U.S. Forest Service USFS . The GATC is active in the Conservation ethic conservation community on issues relating to the protection of the AppalachianTrail . It also conducts a wide range of outdoor recreational events for its membership. See also List of Peaks on AppalachianTrail in Georgia U.S. Georgia Peaks on the AppalachianTrail External links http www.georgia atclub.org Georgia AppalachianTrail Club http www.appalachiantrail.org AppalachianTrailConservancy http www.fs.fed.us U.S. Forest Service nonprofit org stub Category Hiking organizations Category Organizations established in 1930 Category AppalachianTrail ... more details
the trail, an effort coordinated largely by the AppalachianTrailConservancy ATC , assisted ... publisher AppalachianTrailConservancy ref Georgia Counties crossed Fannin County, Georgia ... accessdate 2012 04 07 title Terrain By Region Georgia publisher AppalachianTrailConservancy ref ... 2012 04 07 title Terrain By Region Virginia publisher AppalachianTrailConservancy ref including ... title Terrain By Region West Virginia publisher AppalachianTrailConservancy ref not including about ... Ferry, Virginia Harpers Ferry , headquarters of the AppalachianTrailConservancy . Harpers Ferry is considered ... 2012 04 07 title Terrain By Region Pennsylvania publisher AppalachianTrailConservancy ref ... 2012 04 07 title Terrain By Region New Jersey publisher AppalachianTrailConservancy ref This makes ... title Terrain By Region New York publisher AppalachianTrailConservancy ref contain very little elevation ... AppalachianTrailConservancy ref lie almost entirely along the ridge s to the west above the Housatonic ... publisher AppalachianTrailConservancy ref The entire section of trail is in western Massachusetts ... accessdate 2012 04 07 title Terrain By Region Vermont publisher AppalachianTrailConservancy ref ... AppalachianTrailConservancy ref The New Hampshire AT is nearly all within the White Mountain National ... maine accessdate 2012 04 07 title Terrain By Region Maine publisher AppalachianTrailConservancy ...The Appalachian National Scenic Trail spans fourteen U.S. states during its journey that is convert 2179 ... AppalachianTrail Club . See List of Peaks on AppalachianTrail in Georgia U.S. Georgia Peaks on the AppalachianTrail North Carolina Counties crossed Clay County, North Carolina Clay County ... TrailConservancy ref not including more than 200 miles 325 km along the Tennessee border ... by region tennessee accessdate 2012 04 07 title Terrain By Region Tennessee publisher AppalachianTrail ... Mountains , the AppalachianTrail crosses the Nolichucky River and enters the Unakas, gradually ascending ... more details
refimprove date October 2011 Infobox Hiking trail Name International AppalachianTrail Photo ECT AMT Route Map.jpg Caption The International AppalachianTrail is the br Eastern Continental Trail s northern ... Katahdin LowPoint Cap Gasp Difficulty Season Months Sights Hazards The International AppalachianTrail IAT lang fr Sentier International des Appalaches , SIA is a hiking trail which runs from the northern terminus of the AppalachianTrail at Mount Katahdin , Maine , through New Brunswick , to the Gasp ... of the AppalachianTrail at Katahdin, Maine to Mars Hill, Maine Mars Hill , Maine, before following ... International AppalachianTrail http www.iatnl.ca International AppalachianTrail Newfoundland and Labrador http www.appalachiantrail.org AppalachianTrailConservancy http www.sia iat.com Information center for the trail in Quebec Canadian Trails coord missing Canada Category Appalachian ... tip of the Appalachian Mountains at Belle Isle Newfoundland and Labrador Belle Isle , Newfoundland ... in 1994 by Richard Anderson, a Maine fisheries biologist, with plans to traverse the portions of the Appalachian Mountains in Maine, New Brunswick, and Quebec that the AppalachianTrail did not cover. Following route selection, construction of the trail took place through the late 1990s. The first ... did this as part of his thruhike of the Eastern Continental Trail starting in Key West, Florida. He was the first person to thruhike the entire Eastern Continental Trail. The Newfoundland and Labrador ... an additional 1,200 km of trail. The official opening of the first trail section of the IAT ... in Forillon National Park . Image Forillontrail.JPG thumb right End of the trail in Quebec at Cap .... Lawrence to Newfoundland, where the trail picks up again at Channel Port aux Basques, Newfoundland ... over the Strait of Belle Isle to the northern terminus of the Appalachian Mountain chain at Belle Isle. Extension to Europe and North Africa Geological evidence shows that the Appalachian Mountains and the mountains ... more details
The AppalachianTrail Museum commemorates pioneer trail builders and hikers including Earl Shaffer , Grandma Gatewood , Gene Espy , and Ed Garvey . ref name About Cite web title About the Museum url http www.atmuseum.org About.htm publisher AppalachianTrail Museum Society accessdate 2011 08 08 ref The museum was conceived in 1998 and is located in the former grist mill at Pine Grove Furnace State Park . ref name PN2010 Cite news last Schneck first Marcus date June 4, 2010 title History, legend and lore of the AppalachianTrail packed into Pennsylvania s newest museum url http www.atmuseum.org grand 20opening 20articles more 20latest Harrisburg 20Patriot 20News 20 20History, 20legend 20and 20lore 20of 20the 20Appalachian 20Trail 20packed 20into 20Pennsylvania 27s 20newest 20museum 20 206 4 2010.pdf publisher The Patriot News accessdate 2011 08 08 quote while the 12 years that have passed since the idea for a museum first surfaced Restoration of the 200 year old grist mill led by the Potomac Applachian Trial Club s North Chapter Yankee Clippers crew. ref The museum includes a Children s Discovery Area and is open free from http www.atmuseum.org intro.htm noon to 4 p.m. seven days a week from Memorial Day to Labor Day and noon to 4 p.m. on weekends until October 31 and reopens April 1. Parking is adjacent to the Furnace Stack Picnic Pavilion. Artifacts include a 1959 trail shelter from Peters Mountain ref name PN2010 and vintage hiking equipment such as canes. ref name About References Reflist External links official http www.atmuseum.org intro.htm coord 40.042395 77.262518 type landmark globe earth region US PA display title Category AppalachianTrail M Category History museums in Pennsylvania Category Museums established in 2010 Category Museums in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Category 2010 establishments in the United States ... more details
Infobox station name AppalachianTrail style MNRR Harlem logo logo size image AppalachianTrail train station.jpg image size 300px image caption Hikers awaiting southbound train address New York State Route 22 Route 22 , Pawling town , New York Pawling, NY coordinates coord 41.5929 73.5880 type railwaystation region US NY display inline,title line rail color box system MNRR line Harlem other platform 1 side platform tracks 1 parking bicycle passengers pass year 2006 pass percent 0 opened 1991 rebuilt ADA code owned zone 8 services s rail title MNRR s line system MNRR line Harlem previous Pawling next Harlem Valley Wingdale The AppalachianTrail Metro North Railroad station serves campers and hikers destined for the AppalachianTrail in Dutchess County, New York via the Harlem Line . Trains stop at AppalachianTrail on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays only. It is the only train station along the 2,175 mile length of the trail. It was built by Metro North Railroad in 1991 for the cost of 10,000. ref cite news title For Hikers, The Train To the Trail first Michael last Pollak url http www.nytimes.com 1996 06 23 nyregion for hikers the train to the trail.html newspaper New York Times date 1996 06 23 accessdate 2010 02 21 ref Its creation was the suggestion of George Zoebelein, who was an avid hiker and a veteran of the NY NJ Trail Conference as well as both the NY NJ AppalachianTrail Conferences, and also served as a member of the Metro North Railroad Commuter Council MNRCC of the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee PCAC to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority New York Metropolitan ... Metro North Railroad AppalachianTrail Category Metro North Railroad stations in New York Category AppalachianTrail Category Stations along New York Central Railroad lines Category Pawling, New York ... New York State Route 55 NY 55 is only steps away from the station. The trail itself crosses the track ... the trail crosses a swamp y area and then climbs a smaller ridge. This station is the first ... more details
This is a list of the peaks along the Georgia portion of the AppalachianTrail starting at Springer Mountain . Almost seventy six miles of the AppalachianTrail AT is in Georgia U.S. state Georgia , where it mostly follows ridges, but does climb a few peaks, including the sixth and seventh highest points in Georgia Blood Mountain and Tray Mountain . Peaks Image with inadequate rationale removed Image ANST Triangle Logo 1.jpg frame right Image Map of trails of Georgia.png thumb right 130px Map of trails in Georgia Image Springer Plaque.jpg thumb right 130px Plaque on Springer Mountain Image Spinger view.jpg thumb right 130px View from Springer Mountain Image Blood Mountain view.jpg thumb right 130px View from Blood Mountain border 1 cellpadding 4 class wikitable Table showing peaks crossed by the AppalachianTrail in Georgia Peak Elevation County Topo map colspan 4 Notes Springer Mountain convert 3782 ft m Fannin County, Georgia Fannin http www.topozone.com map.asp?lat 34.62722&lon 84.19361&datum nad27&u 4&layer DRG&size l&s 50 link colspan 4 Southern terminus of the AT Sassafras Mountain Georgia Sassafras Mountain convert 3342 ft m Union County, Georgia Union http www.topozone.com map.asp?lat 34.65286&lon 84.09377&datum nad27&u 4&layer DRG&size l&s 50 link colspan 4 About convert 10 mi km in, first real peak after Springer Mountain Justus Mountain convert 3222 ft m Lumpkin County, Georgia Lumpkin http www.topozone.com map.asp?lat 34.65583&lon 84.08028&datum nad27&u 4&layer DRG&size ... www.georgia atclub.org trail trailguide.htm Georgia AppalachianTrail Club trail description Category Mountains on the AppalachianTrail Georgia Category Lists of mountains of the United States Georgia, AppalachianTrail Category Mountains of Georgia U.S. state Category Georgia U.S. state related lists Peaks on AppalachianTrail Category Protected areas of Fannin County, Georgia Category Protected ... areas of Rabun County, Georgia Category Hiking trails in Georgia U.S. state AppalachianTrail ... more details
Appalachian Highway can refer to the following Appalachian Highway Ohio Appalachian Development Highway System Appalachian Highway auto trail dab ... more details
Original research date October 2011 Appalachian Americans are Americans living in Appalachia . ref Dwight Billings and David Walls, Appalachians, in Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups , ed. Stephan Thernstrom Harvard University Press, 1980 , pp. 125 128. ref While not an Demographics of the United States official demographic used or recognized by the United States Census Bureau , Appalachian Americans, due to various factors, have developed their own distinct culture within larger social groupings. Included are their own Appalachian English dialect , Appalachia music , Appalachian Granny Magic folklore , and even sports teams as in the case of the Appalachian League . Furthermore many colleges and universities now grant degrees in Appalachian studies . ref Appalachian Studies Association, US Programs in Appalachian Studies http www.appalachianstudies.org syllabi programs.php Appalachian Studies Association Website. 2000 2005. Retrieved July 11, 2009 ref The term has seen growing usage in recent years, possibly due in opposition to the common use of hillbilly derogatory term s still used to describe people of the region. References Reflist See also AppalachianTrailAppalachian Studies Association Bluegrass music Category Ethnic groups in the United States ... more details
Primary sources date October 2009 The Westmoreland Conservancy , located in Murrysville, Pennsylvania Murrysville , Pennsylvania in the United States , was established in 1991 in order to preserve rural and rustic open spaces for the use, enjoyment and benefit of everyone. This non profit organization presently owns seven reserves spanning convert 261 acre km2 of wilderness. Each of these six reserves Caywood 43 acres , King 96 , McGinnis 52 , Potter 3 , Tomer 18 , Walter 29 are crossed by miles of hiking trails and are home to a variety of wildlife, including deer, skunks, foxes and coyotes. They are available for year round individual hiking. The convert 20 acre m2 adj on Flinn Reserve currently has no hiking trails and will be used for nature study. Activities Throughout the year, the Westmoreland Conservancy sponsors free nature hikes through the reserves. These hikes will often have a special focus of interest such as wildflowers, birds, butterflies, nature photography, or local history. Projects The Westmoreland Conservancy has partnered with the Municipality of Murrysville to establish an east west community trail. That trail, known as the Don Harrison Community Trail, makes use of both Conservancy and Municipal properties and utilizes two private Right of Way links to create a passage more than 6 miles long. Beginning at the Walter Reserve on Weistertown Road at the western edge of Murrysville, the trail passes through the Murrysville Community Park, the Caywood Reserve, two ROW passages and the King and Potter Reserves the trail crosses both Hills Church and Crowfoot Roads. Once the Sloan School segment of trail is completed it will then cross Sardis Road and pass along a municipal connector to reach Townsend Park at the eastern side of the community. External links http www.westmorelandconservancy.org Westmoreland Conservancy official website http www.paconserve.org Western Pennsylvania Conservancy official website Category Environmental organizations based ... more details
File Aclogo.gif right thumb 400px The Athens Conservancy is a 501 c 3 land trust based in Athens County, Ohio . It was founded in 2003. It owns and manages four nature preserves in Athens County Blair Preserve, convert 75 acre ha adjacent to Strouds Run State Park . This preserve was purchased in two sections using Clean Ohio Clean Ohio Conservation Fund moneys. Tucker Run Preserve, convert 47 acre ha adjacent to Strouds Run State Park . This preserve was purchased privately. Bluebell Preserve, convert 65 acre ha adjacent to the Hockhocking Adena Bikeway . This preserve was donated to the Conservancy ... ,. ref cite web url http www.athensnews.com ohio article 28170 conservancy creates new preserve in the plains will connect to bike path.html title Conservancy Creates New Preserve in The Plains, Will Connect ... 6 page 125 ref Image Bakertract1.jpg right thumb Rock exposure on the Baker Tract In addition, the Conservancy holds a conservation and trail access easement on the convert 264 acre ha adj on Baker .... This easement was purchased using Clean Ohio Conservation Fund moneys. The Conservancy is also working on acquiring land for a trail head area for the Moonville Rail Trail , and has acquired additional right of way from the former B&O Railroad to expand rail trail options in the area, using ... b935 001cc4c002e0.html title Land purchased to create hiking, biking, horse trail accessdate 2011 03 05 ref One of the Conservancy s greatest successes to date was the establishment of the Riddle State ..., but the Athens Conservancy initiated and coordinated the project, and raised 40,000 in public ... and Preserves . The Conservancy operates the Southeast Ohio Mapping Center on line see at the website, below as a public service. The Conservancy also offers a backpacking campsite on the Blair Preserve ... easement s have also been negotiated with the Conservancy, in order to enhance private property holders ... Athens Conservancy website Category Protected areas of Athens County, Ohio Category Nature reserves ... more details
No footnotes date February 2010 A cave conservancy is a specialized land trust that primarily manages ... Society BCCS established in 1968 was the first true cave conservancy. The National Speleological Society NSS , when founded, was not intended to be a cave conservancy however, over its more than sixty ... to as nature preserves. While it is probably not a cave conservancy according to the above definition, it is close enough to be considered a cave conservancy by some people. McFails, the first NSS Preserve, was donated to the NSS in 1967. Other land trusts, such as the Nature Conservancy also own caves ... for fifteen years after the founding of BCCS with the addition of three conservancies the Appalachian Cave Conservancy ACC , formerly the Perkins Cave Conservation and Management Society PerCCAMS , 1977 Northeastern Cave Conservancy NCC , 1978 and Cave Conservancy of the Virginias , 1980. CCV was founded with the intent of being a cave owning conservancy however, leadership changes in its early history brought people with a different priority. Only recently has CCV come back to its original conservancy ... conservancy movement spread to other parts of the country in the 1980s with the addition of Pennsylvania Cave Conservancy PCC , 1983 Michigan Karst Conservancy MKC , 1983 New Jersey Cave Conservancy NJCC , 1984 Indiana Karst Conservancy IKC , 1985 Texas Cave Management Association TCMA , 1985 Ellis Cave Conservancy ECC , 1985 and Greater Cincinnati Grotto Great Saltpetre Preserve GSP , 1989. The professionalization of Cave Conservancy The Southeastern Cave Conservancy Inc. SCCI , 1991 established ... of a professionally run organization. SCCI was the first conservancy to use re occurring donations ... Cave Conservancy TCC , 1994, became the first to appoint a professional executive director. The move ... Conservancy MCKC , 1995 Mid Atlantic Karst Conservancy MAKC , 1997 West Virginia Cave Conservancy WVCC , 1997 Carroll Cave Conservancy CCC , 1998 Karst Conservancy of Illinois KCI , 1998 Cave Conservancy ... more details
Orphan date October 2011 Infobox mountain pass name Appalachian Gap photo photo caption elevation m 724 traversed Vermont Route 17 location Chittenden County, Vermont Chittenden County , Vermont , USA range Green Mountains coordinates coord 44 12.65 N 72 55.86 W display inline,title type pass topo United States Geological Survey USGS Mount Ellen Appalachian Gap , is a mountain pass in the Green Mountains of Vermont . The drainage divide highest point of the pass is located in Chittenden County, Vermont Chittenden County , about convert 0.2 mi km abbr on east of the boundary between Chittenden and Washington County, Vermont Washington County . The pass is in the Camel s Hump State Park . On the east side, Appalachian Gap is drained by Mill Brook, which drains into the Mad River Vermont Mad River , the Winooski River , and into Lake Champlain . To the west, the gap is drained by Beaver Meadow Brook, which drains into the Huntington River , another tributary of the Winooski River. Lake Champlain drains into the Richelieu River in Quebec , thence into the Saint Lawrence River , and into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence . The Long Trail , a convert 272 mi adj on hiking trail running the length of Vermont, crosses Appalachian Gap between Stark Mountain Vermont Stark Mountain to the south, and Baby Stark Mountain to the north. The Gap is a very popular route for tourists and affords excellent views of the Champlain Valley, Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains. It is also a popular motorcycle and road biking destination. The ride from either side up route 17 from is several kilometers with sustained pitches of 15 plus. The summit of Appalachian Gap is the finish point for the road race stage stage 3 of the annual Green Mountain Stage Race. The Mad River Glen ski area is just south of the gap, on the east side of Stark Mountain. External links gnis 1460528 Category Mountain passes of Vermont Category Geography of Chittenden County, Vermont Category Geography of Washington County ... more details
Taxobox name Appalachian elktoe image Alasmidonta raveneliana.jpg image caption Alasmidonta raveneliana ... authority Isaac Lea I. Lea , 1834 synonyms The Appalachian elktoe , scientific name the Alasmidonta ... Unionidae , the river mussels. Description The Appalachian elktoe has a thin, kidney shaped shell ... the rarity of the species, and the lack of information about the Appalachian elktoe, their habitat is very ... with clay or silt on the bottom. Appalachian elktoe mussels do not survive well in areas of streams ... a combination of all three. Appalachian elktoe need stability in order to survive, so they are not found .... Fish and Wildlife Service Life cycle Many aspects of the life cycle of the Appalachian ... what the Appalachian Elktoe feed on, what fish they use as host fish, or how long their life ... Like other mollusks, the Appalachian Elktoe feeds itself by picking out particles of food that are in the water. The specifics of their diet has yet to be determined, but it has been assumed that the Appalachian ..., and zooplankten Churchill and Lewis, 1921 . The reproductive cycle of the Appalachian Elktoe is also similar to other native freshwater mussels. First, the male releases a trail of sperm ... themselves in a suitable area. Only one species of fish has been identified as a host fish for the Appalachian ... The Appalachian elktoe is endemism endemic to mountain river streams in western North Carolina ... systems. Currently, the Appalachian elktoe has very fragmented populations the mussels survive in scattered ... to be very spread out in wherever it survives. This can make it difficult to find Appalachian elktoe ... Broad River , and the Swannanoa River , but the Appalachian elktoe have not been spotted in these bodies ... studies at that site proved that a similar species of mussel was found in the area, but not the Appalachian ... today. As of 1996, only two populations of Appalachian elktoe were known to be surviving. One ... Endangerment The Appalachian elkoe was added to the Federal Register of Endangered Species on November ... more details
POV date February 2011 Infobox Non profit Non profit name Mara Conservancy founded date February, 2001 br location country Kenya area served Mara Triangle focus Environmentalism homepage http maraconservancy.org dissolved footnotes unreferenced date June 2010 The Mara Conservancy manages the Mara Triangle , which is the northwestern part of the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya . History of Mara Conservancy In the year 2000 some of the local leaders became concerned about levels of mismanagement in the Mara Triangle . As a result the Mara Conservancy, a not for profit management company, was established to manage the Triangle on behalf of Trans Mara County Council. A five year management agreement was signed on the 25th May 2001 and the Mara Conservancy started operations in the Mara Triangle on the 12th June. This created the first public private sector partnership of its kind in the region and has led to an active and cooperative partnership between conservation professionals and the local Maasai community. It has also introduced an initiative to improve the conservation and overall management of one of the most visited and well known protected areas in the world. External links http www.maraconservancy.co.ke Mara Conservancy coord missing Kenya Category National parks of Kenya Category Protected areas established in 1995 National Parks of Kenya ... more details
About the US charitable organization the Canadian organization The Nature Conservancy of Canada the former UK government organization Nature Conservancy UK Infobox Non profit Non profit name The Nature Conservancy Non profit logo Image Logo Nature.png The Nature Conservancy Protecting nature. Preserving life. The Nature Conservancy logo is copyright 2007 The Nature Conservancy Non profit type founded ... USD 2009 ref name annualreport http www.nature.org aboutus annualreport files the nature conservancy ... nature.org The Nature Conservancy is a United States US charitable organization charitable environmental ... aboutus http www.nature.org aboutus About The Nature Conservancy ref Founded in 1951, The Nature Conservancy works in more than 30 countries, including all 50 states of the United States. The Conservancy ... miles of rivers worldwide. The Nature Conservancy also operates more than 100 marine conservation projects ... billion as of 2009. ref name annualreport The Nature Conservancy is the Americas third largest nonprofit ... Forbes.com ref The Nature Conservancy rates as one of the most trusted national organizations in Harris ... rated The Nature Conservancy s fundraising efficiency at 88 in its 2005 survey of the largest U.S. charities. ref http www.forbes.com lists 2006 14 pf phil 06charities Nature Conservancy CH0127.html Nature Conservancy Forbes.com ref The Conservancy received a four star rating from Charity Navigator ... 4208 Charity Navigator Rating The Nature Conservancy ref and was named by that organization in 2005 ... gives the Conservancy an A rating and includes it on its list of Top Rated Charities . The Nature Conservancy is led by President and CEO Mark Tercek, a former managing director at Goldman Sachs ... pressroom leadership art24763.html Mark Tercek Bio Nature Conservancy ref The organization ... forces during the Gulf War First Gulf War , was a member of the Conservancy s President s Conservation ... August 2010 Approach Unreferenced section date August 2010 The Nature Conservancy takes a scientific ... more details
The Language Conservancy is a nonprofit organization that provides language revitalization support to the world s endangered language s, restoring them to health and stability, and safeguarding them for future generations. The LC supports several ongoing language restoration efforts through its affiliate organizations, and includes the Lakota language and the Hidatsa language. The Language Conservancy raises funds for and revitalizes these languages. Native American language crisis The Language Conservancy is currently focused largely on indigenous languages in the United States, where only a dozen or so of the original 400 500 have a chance of surviving beyond the next thirty years. Government aid to this problem is limited and the few grant proving foundations are over burdened. Partner organizations http www.lakhota.org Lakota Language Consortium External links http www.languageconservancy.org The Language Conservancy http financialtimes.printthis.clickability.com pt cpt?action cpt&title FT.com 2F Comment 26 analysis 2F Letters While threat facing the bald eagle lifts 2C languages remain in danger of extinction&expire &urlID 17508213&fb Y&url http 3A 2F 2Fnews.ft.com 2Fcms 2Fs 2F6f2bf9e4 b0a4 11da a142 0000779e2340 2Cs01 3D1.html&partnerID 1744 Financial Times Languages remain in danger of extinction DEFAULTSORT Language Conservancy, The Category Linguistics organizations ... more details
for hikers of the AppalachianTrail . ref http www.trails.com tcatalog trail.asp?trailid HGD044 001 AppalachianTrail Southern Balds Section ref List of major Appalachian Balds class wikitable Mountain ...Image Grassyridgebald north1.jpg right 300px thumb Grassy Ridge Bald in the Roan Highlands In the Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States , balds are mountain summits or crests covered primarily by thick vegetation of native grasses or shrubs occurring in areas where heavy forest growth would be expected. Balds are found primarily in the Southern Appalachians, where the climate is too warm to support an alpine tundra alpine zone &mdash upper areas where trees fail to grow due to short or non existent growing seasons&mdash even at the highest elevations. ref Peter White, Balds, Encyclopedia of Appalachia Knoxville University of Tennessee Press, 2006 , 47. ref The difference between an alpine summit, such as Mount Washington New Hampshire Mount Washington in New Hampshire , and a bald, such as Gregory Bald in the Great Smoky Mountains , is that a lack of trees is normal for the climatic ... High Knob el. 6,285 ft 1,915 m is coated with a dense stand of Southern Appalachian spruce fir forest ... Mountain Communities Southern Appalachian Shrub and Grass Balds last1 Fleming first1 G. P. last2 ... of Appalachian balds remained stable from the time the first naturalists penetrated ... title Megaherbivores and Southern Appalachian Grass Balds journal Growth and Change volume 26 issue ..., Larry L. Fredlund, Glen G. 1998 . Assessing the vegetation history of three Southern Appalachian ... Forest Nantahala Mtns. North Carolina N.C. Grassy Maddron Bald Trail Maddron Bald 5,200 ft 1,585 m ... See also Southern Appalachian spruce fir forest Sods External links http www.learnnc.org lp editions ... balds GPS data and maps DEFAULTSORT Appalachian Balds Category Appalachian Mountains Category Flora ... Category Natural history of Virginia Category Natural history of Georgia U.S. state fr Appalachian ... more details
Appalachian studies is the area studies field concerned with the Appalachia n region of the United States ..., a wealth of excellent Appalachian scholarship has been published. Appalachian Studies is interdisciplinary, as befits the study of a complex and diverse region and people. Appalachian Studies includes .... Appalachian scholarship has addressed and continues to address various issues within all of these academic disciplines. Several academic journals are dedicated to Appalachian Studies, including Appalachian Journal , published by Appalachian State University , Journal of Appalachian Studies , published by the Appalachian Studies Association , Now & Then , published by East Tennessee State University , and Appalachian Heritage , published by Berea College . For a larger list of pertinent Appalachian ... tedesco index.php Marie Tedesco s Selected Bibliography on the Appalachian Studies Association website. Much of the scholarship and research about Appalachia is done by scholars who are members of the Appalachian ... offer http www.appalachianstudies.org syllabi programs.php courses and degrees in Appalachian Studies . These range from a Master of Arts in Appalachian Studies offered at Appalachian State University, to undergraduate minors at a dozen schools. Many schools also have Appalachian Studies http ... Appalachian studies bibliography The following is a brief list of important books in the Appalachian ... a poll of members of the Steering Committee of the Appalachian Studies Association taken in the Spring ... website. For teachers who would like to incorporate Appalachian Studies content into their classroom, the ASA website includes a list of Appalachian Studies http www.appalachianstudies.org syllabi syllabi ... Appalachian Studies Association, http www.appalachianstudies.org resources centers Appalachian Libraries and Archives, Appalachian Studies Association Website. 2007. Accessed May 4, 2007 Appalachian Studies Association, http www.appalachianstudies.org syllabi Appalachian Studies Syllabi, Appalachian ... more details
Infobox organization name The Garden Conservancy image Gardenconservancy.png image border size 250px alt alt text see WP ALT caption Logo map optional msize map size, optional, default 200px malt map alt text mcaption optional abbreviation motto formation 1989 extinction date of extinction, optional type GO, NGO, IGO, INGO, etc status ad hoc, treaty, foundation, etc purpose save and preserve exceptional gardens headquarters 3102 Route 9, Cold Spring, NY 10516 location coords region served United States membership language official languages leader title President leader name Antonia F. Adezio main organ gral. assembly, board of directors, etc parent organization if one affiliations if any num staff num volunteers budget website http www.gardenconservancy.org remarks The Garden Conservancy is an United States of America American nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving exceptional gardens and landscapes. Founded in 1989 by Francis Cabot Frank Cabot , the Conservancy has since helped a number of American gardens to develop preservation strategies, organizational structures, and funding plans. In some cases, the Conservancy takes the lead in transitioning the garden to a sustainable, nonprofit status. Headquartered in Cold Spring, New York , the Conservancy s current president is Antonia F. Adezio and the director of preservation is William Noble of Norwich, Vermont . ref name johnson cite journal title A Design Sprouted From Aged Ruins author Raver, Anne date July 23, 2009 ..., New Jersey Yew Dell Gardens, Crestwood, Kentucky Open Days Since 1995 the Conservancy has sponsored ... an opportunity to visit private gardens not generally open for viewing. Conservancy members receive .... References Reflist 2 External links Portal Gardening http www.gardenconservancy.org The Garden Conservancy DEFAULTSORT Garden Conservancy Category Non profit organizations based in New York Category ... in 1989 es Garden Conservancy ... more details
Mohlabetsi Conservancy , borders the Klaserie Game Reserve , which in its turn borders the Kruger Park , close to Hoedspruit , in the Limpopo province, South Africa . See also Protected areas of South Africa coord missing South Africa Category Protected areas of South Africa Category Conservation in South Africa ... more details
Infobox protected area name Soutpansberg Conservancy iucn category IV photo photo alt photo caption photo width map Limpopo map alt map caption Location of the Soutpansberg Conservancy in Limpopo map width location Limpopo , South Africa nearest city Louis Trichardt lat d 22 lat m 58 lat s 30 lat NS S long d 29 long m 34 long s long EW E coords ref region ZA LP area 90,000 ha established visitation num visitation year governing body Limpopo Provincial Government world heritage site url Soutpansberg Conservancy , also known as Western Soutpansberg Conservancy , is a protected area situated in the northern part of the Limpopo province of South Africa . The reserve has an area of about 90,000 Ha and consists mostly in the mountainous terrain of the western part of the Soutpansberg Range. The Brak River , a tributary of the Sand River South Africa Sand River , flows beyond the western end of the Soutpansberg Conservancy. The Waterpoort, the deep gorge cut by the Sand River across the range is located in the central part of the protected area. The Soutpansberg or Tha vhani ya muno mountain of salt is in the traditional area of the Venda people . ref http www.mashovhela.com activities venda village tour.html?lang Venda Village Tour ref It is rich in plant diversity with Podocarpus yellowwood trees, twelve acacia species, including fever tree s, giant cabbage tree s, proteas and ancient tree ferns . ref http www.scielo.org.za scielo.php?pid S0075 64582008000100006&script sci arttext Major vegetation types of the Soutpansberg Conservancy and the Blouberg Nature Reserve, South Africa ref The rocky summits are a haven for birds of prey . ref http www.leshiba.co.za leshiba wilderness ... reflist External links http www.gonebirding.info South Africa Soutpansberg Conservancy Soutpansberg Conservancy.html Soutpansberg Conservancy and surrounding areas http www.sa venues.com accommodation soutpansbergconservancy.php Soutpansberg Conservancy Accommodation SouthAfrica stub Category ... more details
Infobox protected area name Shompole Conservancy iucn category map Kenya relief 1 map caption Location of Shompole Conservancy map width location Rift Valley Province , Kenya nearest city Nairobi lat d 2.02188 lat NS S long d 36.045842 long EW E area convert 35000 acre established visitation num visitation year governing body The Shompole Conservancy is a large privately operated conservation area in the south of the Great Rift Valley, Kenya . It is located between Lake Magadi to the north and Lake Natron to the south, two alkaline lakes. The conservancy is in the Magadi, Kenya Magadi division. The lodge is at the end of the Ngurumani escarpment , about convert 5 km mi from Lake Natron on the border between Kenya and Tanzania. sfn Msambweni The conservancy covers part of the convert 62700 ha Shompole group ranch, registered in 1979 and owned by the Loodokilani Maasai with over 2000 registered members. sfn South Rift Association The lodge was closed in September 2011 while the owners discussed its future and that of the conservancy with the local Maasai people Maasai community. sfn Shompole Lodge Closed The conservancy has a dry climate, hottest in October and November and most likely to be wet in April and May. Flora are adapted to semi arid conditions and include umbrella thorn trees and the colorful toothbrush tree . The main source of water is the Southern Ewaso Ng iro Ewaso Ng iro Brown River which originates in the Mau forest to the north and flows into Lake Natron. There are riverine thickets along the banks of the river. Wildlife include giraffe, buffalo, elephants and desert antelope such as gerenuk and oryx. sfn South Rift Association References reflist colwidth 30em Sources refbegin cite web ref harvid Msambweni url http msambweninomad.blogspot.com 2009 04 journey through shompole conservancy.html date 28 April 2009 title Journey through Shompole conservancy ... title Shompole Conservancy last South Rift Association of Land Owners accessdate 2011 12 31 refend ... more details
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