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Building a bridge with the help of 10 mules on North Dakota's Maah Daah Hey Trail

BILLINGS COUNTY, N.D. — When it comes to building a bridge, there are two obvious necessities: people and equipment. If that bridge is in the western North Dakota Badlands, a crew of pack mules can ...
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The Messy Business of Building Trails in the Era of Trump Cuts

In 2022, a conservation nonprofit called the Deschutes Trails Coalition (DTC) started working with the U.S. Forest Service to build and maintain hundreds of miles of hiking trails in central Oregon.
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Former Florida Trail deputy administrator says Forest Service cuts could have ‘huge fallout’ on hiking magnet

Woodsy and winding, the Florida National Scenic Trail is a beacon of the Sunshine State. It draws 400,000 people annually, from casual walkers out for an evening stroll to die-hard thru-hikers ...
Alaska Public Media

Southeast Alaska trail work organizations want to pick up fired Forest Service workers, if they can raise the money

Juneau’s Peterson Lake trail is known for being a bit wet. It winds through muskeg to a lake, where a U.S. Forest Service cabin hosts overnight visitors. “The trail over time has just gotten soggier ...