2013

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  • Dover and Pawling in Dutchess County, N.Y., are designated jointly as an Appalachian Trail Community by the Appalachian Trail Conservancy and the Trail Conference. They become known as the Harlem Valley A.T. Community. 
  • The Trail Conference welcomes its first class of AmeriCorps members in the inaugural season of the organization’s Conservation Corps. Members are assigned to three separate projects: invasives monitoring and removal, and trail building at Bear Mountain and Sterling Forest. 
  • In an effort to keep hikers safe, a Trail Steward program is launched at Breakneck Ridge. 
  • The first phase of the Kaaterskill Rail Trail project opens on National Trails Day. 
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2013