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2008
Projects - New MST Trail Construction and Planning Listed West to East
The
Friends of the Mountains to Sea Trail hosts worktrips to complete
special work projects so that we can meet our annual
goals for creating new trail sections
and rehabilitating older trail sections. Project worktrips are a lot
of work, but also a lot of fun, and consist of both regular and occasional
volunteers. Worktrips generally run through the weekend, with crews meeting
near the work site on Friday evenings and departing on Sunday. The FMST
includes Task Forces that work all the time on the MST. To find a Task
Force near you, click here!
Responsibility
for Safety:
Certain risks are inherent in any FMST activity. Each FMST patron member,
guest, or non-member hiker agrees to accept responsibility for his or
her own safety and the safety of minors accompanying such person. The
FMST cannot ensure the safety of any participants on work trips. Each
person agrees to hold harmless and free from blame the task force leaders,
and FMST, Inc. its officers and patron members, for any accident, injury,
or illness which might be sustained from participation in hikes, worktrips
or other FMST activities.
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Blue Ride
Parkway
Haywood
and Jackson Counties
Contact: Piet Bodenhorst
(828) 298-8371
The Carolina
Mountain Club will focus on trail
construction from Balsam Gap South to Soco Gap (12.5 miles)
this year. |
Lunch Break
on the BRP |
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Bald
Knob - Marion,
NC
Central
Blue Ridge Task Force
Task Force Leader:
Phil Piaski
(828) 465-2755
This section of the MST is open and ready for hiking. The FMST will continue some minor tread work on this section
of the MST from the North Fork of the Catawba River to the top of
Bald Knob in 2007. We supply the tools; we just
need volunteers to assist on this trail section.
With the assistance of grant money from the North Carolina Trails
Commitee's Federal Grant program; the FMST in conjunction with the
Grandfather Ranger District the construction of the foot bridge
across the north fork of the Catawba River. Click here
to see construction photos of the bridge. |
Tool Roundup
Bald Knob, McDowell County
The
view from the top of Bald Knob. Table Rock, Hawksbill, and Grandfather
Mountains are seen from the top on clear days. |
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Blue
Ridge Parkway
NC-16 to US-421
South
Ashe Task Force
Contact:
Jim Hallsey
336-877-8831
The
focus along the Blue Ridge Parkway for 2008 will be continuing trail
construction of the MST from NC-16 as we work west to US-421. Click here for all of the workday details.
Tent-camping
facilities are available to MST trail crews at Doughton Park at
no cost during worktrips, courtesy of the NPS. |
MST
at Air Bellows Road
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MST Piedmont
Plan - Plans are taking place to show potential MST routes from
Greensboro, NC to the town of Hillsborough, NC. For more information
on this planning and meetings you can contact Kim Douglass, Central
Region Trail Specialist, DENR at (919) 715-1846 or susan.carl@ncmail.net.
NEW! - View this PDF file to see the options for the MST from Greensboro to Durham. This map is the result of the hard work of local city and county governments coming together around the table to discuss trail options. Click here to view this PDF file (7.5 MB).
The town of
Hillsborough, NC has adopted this Resolution in support of the MST,
click here to
view this PDF file. |
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MST
Trail Construction - West Point on the Eno to Penny's Bend (3 miles) and Penny's Bend to NC-50 (35 miles) - Falls Lake, Durham County.
Contact: Jeff
Brewer (919) 868-6274 or jdbrewer@bellsouth.net
The
Falls Lake West Task Force will continue to construct the MST from NC-50 to Penny's Bend. Workdays are held once a month. For more info click here. |
Eno River, Durham County
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MST
East Plan - Plans keep moving ahead as the MST East Plan (Falls
Lake to New Bern) comes to be a major project for the MST. This
is a 250 mile trail corridor for the MST. Click here to learn more
about the MST East Plan view the plan
as PDF files.
On
Friday, July 29, 2005, Congress passed a $286.5 billion transportation
bill for the US. We are glad to report that Johnston County will
receive $1.6 million dollars for the Neuse River Greenway/MST.
This is a "huge shot in the arm" for the MST
East Plan. For more information on the
TEA-Bill - click here!
The
FMST releases this Press
Release about the MST East Plan (PDF file).
See the development of the MST East Plan in Wake
and Johnston Counties as of April 2005 - click here to see the (PDF
map).
MST
East Plan Segments in Planning are:
Wake/Johnston
County Line to I-95 Corridor
Contact:
Tom Norman, NC-DOT - (919) 733-2804 or tnorman@dot.state.nc.us
Selma, NC to
Goldsboro, NC - Little River Route
The FMST supports the Little River Corridor Routing from Selma to Goldsboro. Read all about it - click here.
Contact: Bob
Getchell - (919) 735-6529 or littlerivertours@yahoo.com
New Bern, NC
into the Croatan Forest to intersect the Neusiok Trail/MST
Contact:
John Jaskolka - (252) 637-6737 or jajask@always-online.com
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