1st Place, People on the Trail – Duncan Hoge, Running the MST at Falls Lake One thousand miles connecting mountains to sea.

1st Place, View from the Trail – Brenden Kjar, Rays of Light on the MST near Craggy Gardens

ANNUAL REPORT January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012 Dear Members and Friends of the MST: trail from the mountains to Thirty-five years after Howard N. Lee gave a speech proposing a the MST one of the great trails in the United States. the sea, momentum continued to build to make e people followed footpaths and back More people completed the MST than in any previous year. Thes y of our wilderness, small towns, farmlands, and historic roads for almost 1000 miles to experience the beaut sites and to meet people who call North Carolina home. A record breaking 64 miles of new MST opened in 2012—in Watauga, Surry, Alamance,ains Orange, and brought Durham, l linked 300 miles of continuous trail in the mount Wake and Johnston counties. This new trai who of the new miles were built by 850 FMST volunteers us close to 150 miles in the Triangle. The majority also maintain more than 400 miles of the trail. - te, FMST also worked to help break the impasse on build While new trail opened and hikers crossed the sta ing trail where the MST leaves the Great Smoky Mountain National Park (GMSNP) and in the Coastal Plain. We urged State Parks to undertake a new planning process to involve citizens, local governments and the national parks in looking for new routes out of the GSMNP. While the planning process was underway, FMST provided two new routes in the area. One “Great Smoky route” takes hikers on a beautiful, challeng- ing trek through the GSMNP. On the other “river valley route,” hikers follow trails through the GSMNP and Plott Balsam Mountains and back roads past farms and small towns in the Tuckaseegee River Valley. FMST also focused on the Coastal Plain where MST hikers have been walking 175 miles of back roads to connect existing sections of trail. The FMST Board voted to accept paddling the Neuse as an option for completing the trail and also began developing a new hiking route through the Cape Fear Arch in Sampson, Bladen, Pender and Onslow counties. This part of North Carolina is considered one of the “biological hot spots” of the United States. Because of our impatience to speed completion of the MST, the FMST Board undertook a study of 15 long-distance trails to learn more about what has worked in other areas. We found that successful trails have a clear vision and plan, dedicated funding and staff, and strong partnerships between the lead government agency and a nonprofit like FMST. Although it is officially part of the NC State Park system, the MST has no master plan, dedicated funding, nor framework for how FMST and State Parks can best work together. FMST urged State Parks to develop a master plan to focus on these critical issues. In 2013, FMST is continuing to work hard for this extraordinary trail which allows people to experience the diversity and wonders of North Carolina. Supporting the volunteers who build and maintain the trail are always a central part of our mission, and we are also expanding our work to help people explore the trail and to develop the new hiking route in the Coastal Plain. In early 2013, we were delighted that State Parks agreed to our request for a first-ever MST master plan, and we have continued to work with them to define the scope of the plan and to strengthen our working relationship. If you are an FMST member, volunteer, or you sport an MST license plate on your car, we thank you personally for the difference you are making. We could not build, protect and promote this trail without you. If you are not a member or volunteer yet, please use the enclosed envelope to join or visit our website or call our office to find ways to get involved. Your support will speed our work to open new trail and help you and others explore this beautiful state.

Happy trails to you,

Jerry Barker William W. Sadler FMST Board President FMST Board President 2013 2011–2012

Crossing the Catawba. Photo by Randy Moore. irty-five years after Secretary Howard Lee gave a speech pro- posing that North Carolina build a trail from the mountains to the sea, momentum continued to build to make the MST one of the great trails in the United States.

Miles Of New Trail Open Secretary Howard Lee and NC Trails Committee Chair Doris Hammett at A record breaking 63.6 miles of new MST Lee’s 1977 speech proposing the MST. opened in 2013 including: • 7.5 miles along the A in Watauga County • 12.6 miles in Pilot Mountain State Park B in Surry County • 3 miles along the in C Alamance County ST Founder Allen • 0.5 miles along the Eno River in Task Force Leader John Lanman hands FM e linking of 300 D Hillsborough DeHart a golden spike to commemorate th • 23 miles on the south shore of Falls Lake miles of the MST in the mountains. Photo by Shelton Wilder. E in Durham and Wake counties • 17 miles along the Neuse River in TASK FORCE HOURS F Raleigh and Clayton Carolina Mountain Club 5,765 Central Blue Ridge/Bald Knob 1,519 e new trail built in Watauga County linked Tanawha/Moses Cone 308 together 300 miles of continuous trail in the Watauga 632 mountains from Balsam Gap near Waynesville South Ashe 843 to Stone Mountain State Park. e new miles North Ashe 280 in Hillsborough, at Falls Lake and along the Alleghany 57 Neuse River in Raleigh and Clayton bring us Hanging Rock/Pilot Mountain 355 Guilford County volunteers learn to rock armor the trail. Photo by Laura Peoples. close to 150 continuous miles of trail between Sauratown Trails Association 1,192 Hillsborough and Clayton. anks to funds Greensboro 291 donated by the Great Outdoor Provision Co., Guilford 1,887 FMST was able to make a grant to the Eno Alamance 198 River Association to focus on acquiring the Orange 51 final tracts of land needed to complete the Hillsborough 291 MST in the Triangle. Eno River 881 Falls Lake 3,732 Other communities showed their strong com- Carteret Wildlife Club 308 mitment by stepping up efforts to extend the TOTAL HOURS 18,586 G trail. e Elkin Valley Trail Association began building trail to link Stone Mountain State H Park to the Town of Elkin. Guilford County Seeking Solutions To Long-Term recruited and trained a volunteer crew to build Routing Challenges trail to link the MST along the Greensboro FMST focused on establishing new routes in watershed lakes to Haw River State Park. Ala- two areas where no progress has been made in C mance County continued its steady work to building trail for thirty years. build a continuous trail along the Haw River. One of these areas is in the mountain west Trail Volunteers Make The where the trail leaves the Great Smoky Moun- Trail Possible tain National Park (GSMNP). For years, the anks to each of the 851 volunteers who trail was envisioned to parallel the Blue Ridge worked more than 18,500 hours for 17 “task Parkway (BRP) after leaving the GSMNP at forces” to build and maintain the Mountains- Oconaluftee, but we were never able to get to-Sea Trail. permission to build trail in this area. Because G

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Main Street in Sylva is on the new River Valley Route at the western end of trail.

of the impasse, FMST urged State Parks to determine whether they were viable or too undertake a new planning process to involve flooded for hiking. citizens, local governments and the national parks in looking for new routes. At the end of the year, FMST was excited to make a grant to the NC Coastal Land Trust so While the planning process was underway, that it could focus on making the trail link be- FMST provided two new options for hikers to tween Havelock and Newport identified in use to complete the MST in this area. One this plan. e grant was made possible “Great Smoky route” takes hikers on a beauti- through funds raised by the Great Outdoor Diane Van Deren runs the MST through Stokesdale. ful, challenging trek on existing trails and back Provision Co. during Diane Van Deren’s run Photo by Chuck Millsaps. roads through the GSMNP. On the other of the MST the previous spring. “river valley route,” hikers follow trails through ative, fun ideas were used to promote the plates the GSMNP for 20 miles and then back roads e FMST Board also took steps to improve including Bull City Running Co.’s decision to past farms and small towns along the Tuck- the route that people use now in the Coastal put an image of the plate on all t-shirts and pint aseegee River before ascending trails through Plain. First, they voted to accept paddling the glasses distributed to runners at their annual the Plott Balsalm mountains to reconnect to Neuse as an option for completing the trail. race on the MST at Falls Lake. the Blue Ridge Parkway at . Second, FMST began work to develop a new FMST’s other area of focus has been in the hiking route that will follow the Neuse River In May, national attention was focused on the Coastal Plain where MST hikers have been to Smithfield and then cut overland through MST as Diane Van Deren, a 2010 National walking 175 miles of back roads to connect the Cape Fear Arch, one of the “biological hot Geographic Adventurer of the Year, set out to existing sections of trail. Our goals have been spots” of the United States. is route, which complete the MST in record time. Her run to 1) develop improved routes for people seek- will take hikers through Wake, Johnston, was sponsored by e North Face and by ing to complete the trail now and 2) work Sampson, Bladen, Pender, Onslow and Craven long-time friend of the MST, Great Outdoor with State Parks, local governments and citi- counties, will be published in 2014. Provision Co. In honor of its 40th anniversary, zens to develop a plan for building more trail Great Outdoor used Diane’s run as a way to in this fascinating part of the state, filled with FMST thanks REI for a generous $20,000 raise $40,751 for the trail. Despite encounter- sites of great natural and historic significance. grant in 2012 that made our work on these ing unusually challenging weather including two routes possible as well as our continuing cold, steady rain in the mountains and Tropi- To build support for a trail plan, FMST or- efforts to build new bridges, boardwalk and cal Storm Beryl on the coast, Diane summited ganized a meeting at Mt. Olive College for campsites in the Triangle and along the Blue Jockey’s Ridge 22 days, 5 hours and 3 minutes park and planning leaders from a 16-county Ridge Parkway. after she left Clingmans Dome. region to discuss options. In addition, FMST worked closely with the planners developing a We were delighted by the extraordinary entries trail plan for the and Raising Awareness into the 2nd annual MST Photo Contest. e surrounding counties to identify an MST And Funds winning photos and several other contest entries route through this beautiful, diverse but wet As the year opened, FMST continued its are displayed in this annual report. It is such a and challenging terrain. FMST volunteers strong push to pre-sell the 300 plates required pleasure to see the trail through the eyes of the John Jaskolka and Terry Smith provided par- before the NC Division of Motor Vehicles photographers who entered. anks to Great ticularly valuable help by “ground truthing” would establish a special license plate to raise Outdoor Provision Co. for donating the prizes routes that the planners identified on maps to awareness and funds for the MST. Many cre- for the contest. H C D B E

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Legend Current Route F Hikers will see many carnivorous plants Trails on the new Cape Roads Fear Arch route in River Valley Route Great Smoky Mountain Route the Coastal Plain.

Neuse River Paddle Photo by Major Waterbodies Richard LeBlond. Municipal Boundary County Boundaries Parks & Open Space

Future Route Options Coastal Plain Hiking

2012 was the second year that FMST was an Learning From Other Long- option in workplace giving campaigns all over Distance Trails North Carolina thanks to our membership in Because of our strong belief that the MST can EarthShare. e generous donations and the be one of the most popular trails in the coun- increased visibility for the trail and FMST are Paddling the Neuse is an option to complete the MST in the try, FMST set out to learn more from other Coastal Plain. Photo by Jim Hallsey. a tremendous boost for our work. long-distance trails about what has worked in other areas. Board members conducted initial Record Number Of Hikers interviews with 15 trails and then more in- funds for trail maintenance and construction Complete The Mst depth studies of five trails that use different and for acquiring land for the trail has been Ten people completed the MST in 2012—the models for building and promoting a trail. provided entirely through grant funds applied largest number in a single year to date. Com- ose five trails included the Appalachian, for by FMST or local governments. ese pleters included Jim Hallsey, the “MST archi- Arizona, Florida, Ice Age (Wisconsin) and Pal- grants have become rarer in recent years. tect” who developed the original plans and metto (South Carolina) trails. route for the trail when he worked as the State Based on our findings, the FMST Board de- Trails Manager in the 1970s. Fittingly, he fin- Our study revealed that successful trails all cided to urge State Parks to develop a master ished just as we celebrated the 35th anniver- have a clear vision and plan, dedicated funding plan for the trail which will build a consensus sary of the trail’s genesis in a September 9, and staff, and strong partnerships between the about funding, staffing, vision, standards and 1977 speech by Howard Lee, then NC Secre- lead government agency and a nonprofit like practices, governance and other critical issues tary of Natural Resources and Community FMST. Although the MST is part of the NC facing the MST. We believe that this construc- Development. In another first, Jim became the State Park System, it does not have a master tive dialogue and decision-making is necessary first person to paddle the Neuse River as a way plan nor any dedicated funding or staffing to help the MST reach its full potential as one to complete the trail in the Coastal Plain. other than what FMST raises privately. State of the great trails in the United States.

This annual report is submitted in accordance with Article IV, Section 1c of FMST’s By-laws. SOURCES OF INCOME Financial Statements TOTAL INCOME: $211,914 January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012 JANUARY 1, 2012 TO DECEMBER 31, 2012 12/31/12 12/31/11 $ Change Other Raffle & Trail Races 1% ASSETS 5% Cash & Cash Equivalents 190,544 219,989 (29,445) Grant/Pledges Receivable 8,917 113,899 (104,982) In-kind services Individuals Other Current Assets 5,428 6,630 (1,202) and goods 26% Fixed Assets 2,442 2,098 344 14% Grants Receivable, Long-term 375 - 375 TOTAL ASSETS $207,706 $342,616 ($134,910) Foundations LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS 35% Current Liabilities 9,354 122,722 (113,910)

Net Assets Corporations Unrestricted 163,587 94,542 69,045 19% Temporarily Restricted 34,765 125,352 (90,587) Total Net Assets 198,352 219,894 (21,542) TOTAL LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS $207,706 $342,616 ($134,910)

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Gregory Smith, Raleigh Raleigh David M. Bracey, Greensboro Gap Todd Hancock, Raleigh Efland Keri Christensen Robert H. Hrozencik, Vilas Robert Branch, Burnsville Jim Tennant, Lynchburg Jerry Hannah, Kinston Mark Smith, Chapel Hill Clayton Jack & Karen James, Vilas F. Cooper Brantley, Greensboro Mike Thompson, Madison Patricia Ann Hanner, Boone Justin Stagner, Greensboro Allen DeHart, Trail Counsel Randy Johnson, Banner Elk Laurabeth "Rusty" Breeding, Jan Thorsen, Fairview Susan A. Hatch, Raleigh Matthew Starr, Raleigh Louisburg Tandy Jones Alison Hill, Pittsboro Hendersonville Bill Thrasher, Clayton Susan H. Hazlewood, Boone Thomas Stender, Greensboro Jerry Barker Robert W. Kilpatrick, Morganton Marcia Bromberg, Asheville Ginger Travis, Hillsborough Robert Hinklin, Cincinnati Edward Stoddard, Raleigh Raleigh Ashok Kudva, Hendersonville Jane K. Brown, Princeton The Van Eerden Family, John Hodges-Copple, Durham Cale Stultz Don Bergey Ayden & Betty Lee, Clayton Trish K. Brown, Asheville Stokesdale Helen W. Holt, Wake Forest Janice Swab, Cary Winston-Salem Howard N. Lee, Chapel Hill Tom S. Bruce, Hendersonville Judi Wagner & Richard Michael Homberg, Clayton Dr. Vic Tapson, Raleigh John Lanman William & Pamela Lemmons, John Bruner, Albemarle Silverstone, Weaverville Richard & Freda Hudson, Raleigh Nicole Terpening, Graham Blowing Rock Stokesdale James C. Carlisle, Jr., Raleigh Rosemary W. Watts, Tampa, FL Julia Insley, Durham Drew Thrasher Carolyn Sakowski Tim Long, Hickory Samuel A. Cathey, Statesville Nancy & Samuel Welsh, Grace Iovine, Raleigh Tani Travis, Raleigh Winston-Salem Fred A. Martin, Valle Crucis James Church, Annapolis, MD Awendaw, SC Nell Joslin, Raleigh Roger Truitt, Raleigh Terry Smith Bonnie McCaig & Clayton Rugh, Barry Clemmer, West Jefferson Courtland White, Asheville Kristen Keane, Charlotte Christine & Witt Tuttell, Fuquay- Morehead City Durham Daniel P. Collins, Asheville John Whitehouse, Burnsville Brock Kehoe, Greensboro Varina Don Walton Margaret McCann, Chapel Hill Russ & Heather Cooper, Robert Wicker, Greensboro Kathi Kemper Todd Wagoner, Pittsboro Mills River John A. McMillen, Sparta Weaverville Matthew D. Winkeler, Raleigh Michelle Kempinski, Hillsborough Marieta Warnstedt, Linda Moore, Winston-Salem Anita Crouse, Palm Beach Greg & Germaine Yahn, Heather (Dreamer) Kierstead, Waterbury, CT David Mouw, Asheville Gardens Greensboro Asheville Greg S. Weaver, Mocksville STAFF Laura & Edward Owens, Raleigh Susan Dabbs, Winston-Salem Harry & Nancy Young, Asheville Robin & Tricia Koeleveld, Raleigh Carroll Webber, Greenville Coin Page, Durham Christopher P. David, Raleigh Jurgen & Karin Zerbock, Justine LaMantia, Durham Elizabeth Werner, Raleigh Kate Dixon Debra R. Palermo, Newark, DE Judy Davis, Jamestown Waynesville Brian Lane, Durham Peter Wetzel, Eldersburg, MD Executive Director Roberta L. 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