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From Trail to Table N a Stewardship Story N Dawsonville, Georgia Journeys from the Editor ❘ the Magazine of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy JOURNEYS THE MAGAZINE OF THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY July — August 2011 INSIDE: From Trail To Table n A Stewardship Story n Dawsonville, Georgia JOURNEYS FROM THE EDITOR ❘ THE MAGAZINE OF THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL CONSERVANCY Volume 7, Number 4 July — August 2011 Mission The Appalachian Trail Conservancy’s mission is to preserve and manage the Appalachian Trail — ensuring STEWARDSHIP STORIES. THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL IS STEEPED IN THEM. that its vast natural beauty and priceless cultural heritage can be shared and enjoyed today, tomorrow, One particularly poignant story involves a kind, generous, and forward thinking woman and for centuries to come. and her beloved Massachusetts summer home — a Trailside farm, set on 90 verdant acres of field and forest. “When Mary Margaret Kellogg donated her cherished farm — known then as ‘April Board of Directors A.T. Journeys Hill’— to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) in 2004, she envisioned her gift J. Robert (Bob) Almand ❘ Chair Wendy K. Probst ❘ Managing Editor being used to foster a conservation, historic preservation, and environmental ethic Destry Jarvis ❘ Vice Chair Traci Anfuso-Young ❘ Graphic Designer through education and pastoral stewardship of the land,” says ATC’s conservation On the Cover: Vivid flowered William L. (Bill) Plouffe ❘ Secretary resources manager Adam Brown. Since then, ATC has been ac- clover blooms in the lush grass between Kennard R. (Ken) Honick ❘ Treasurer Contributors tively engaged in following through on this wish at the Kellogg the A.T. and farmland that parallels the Kara Ball Laurie Potteiger ❘ Information Services Manager Conservation Center (page 20). In an article written some years Trail below South Mountain in Boiling James E. (Jim) Ditzel Chris Loomis ❘ Proofreader ago for ATC about the farm, Mary Margaret wrote: “It is a beau- Springs, Pennsylvania. “I remember the Clark A. Dixon Jr. The staff of A.T. Journeys welcomes tiful area, a special space, and I feel proud that I have done my flowered grass was actually in the border Marcia Fairweather editorial inquiries and comments. best to preserve and protect it and to share it for the future.” of the farmed field and the Trail,” says Brian T. Fitzgerald E-mail: [email protected] As for the continuing story of Mrs. Kellogg and the farm that photographer, and Boiling Springs G. Robert (Bob) Lee now carries her name, a somber note was recently hit. Mary Mar- resident Linda Norman. “There is usually Sandra (Sandi) Marra Observations, conclusions, opinions, and product garet Kellogg passed away on May 23 at the age of 94, just as we grass to set off the Trail. Sometimes the Charles Maynard endorsements expressed in A.T. Journeys are those were putting the finishing touches to the July-August issue of A.T. farmer cuts closer to the Trail and we lose Elizabeth (Betsy) Pierce Thompson of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those Journeys. ATC would like to dedicate this very appropriate issue the [flowers]; but that day, it was Arnold F. (Arnie) Wellman of members of the board or staff of the Appalachian to her, with the hope that it encompasses her exceptional vision, beautiful, and I took this and others in Clark Wright Jr. Trail Conservancy. and exemplifies her own exquisite stewardship story. “For all her the early morning sunrise.” worldly experiences and opportunities, Mary Margaret was very Over the last five years, Linda has David N. Startzell ❘ Executive Director Advertising down to earth. She had a wonderful enthusiasm for the simple, donated countless images to A.T. Stephen J. Paradis ❘ Chief Operating Officer A.T. Journeys is published six times per year. natural beauties of life and was happy when others appreciated Journeys and the Appalachian Trail Stacey J. Marshall ❘ Director of Finance Advertising revenues directly support the them and respected them as she did,” says long-time friend Eileen Conservancy, and once again, her talent & Administration publication and production of the magazine, Vining, whose husband Ted today affectionately tends to the Kel- and generosity has allowed us to bring to Royce W. Gibson ❘ Director of Membership and help meet Appalachian Trail Conservancy logg Conservation Center grounds as its official caretaker. “She our readers the pastoral scenes that & Development objectives. For more information and advertising dearly loved the farm and wanted it to be active and alive with agricultural activity. She Mary Margaret Kellogg "at intermingle with the Trail in the Laura Belleville ❘ Director of Conservation rates, visit: appalachiantrail.org/advertising. considered it to be a healing place, and was most pleased to share the soothing effects of home" on the farm. Cumberland Valley of Pennsylvania Brian B. King ❘ Publisher its natural beauty. Her efforts to conserve not only her property but a whole tapestry of (“Trail to Table” page 10). Javier Folgar ❘ Marketing & A.T. Journeys is published on Sterling Matte paper that is landscapes around her and along the A.T. leave a stunning legacy for us all.” She continues to hike along this Communications Manager manufactured by NewPage Corporation, responsibly nearby portion of the Trail every morning, sourced, using allocated chain-of-custody certified fiber. Wendy K. Probst ❘ Managing Editor rain or shine, with her two golden It is printed with SoySeal certified ink in the U.S.A. by Steve Paradis ❘ Chief Operating Officer retrievers Bedford and Emmie, and very United Litho, Inc., Ashburn, Virginia. often, her camera. A memorial service for Mary Margaret Kellogg will be held at Simon’s Rock in Berkshire County, Massachusetts in August, 2011. A.T. Journeys ( ISSN 1556-2751) is published bimonthly for $15 a year by the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, A.T. Journeys welcomes your comments, story suggestions and photographs. Queries may be submitted via e-mail to 799 Washington Street, Harpers Ferry, WV 25425, [email protected]. (304) 535-6331. Bulk-rate postage paid at Harpers Ferry, Membership West Virginia, and other offices. For membership questions or to become a member, call (304) 535-6331, ext. 119, Postmaster: Send change-of-address Form 3575 to or e-mail [email protected]. A.T. Journeys, P.O. Box 807, Harpers Ferry, WV 25425. © 2011 Appalachian Trail Conservancy. All rights reserved. Get Social With Us ❘ ❘ 02 A.T. JOURNEYS july — august 2011 july — august 2011 ❘ A.T. JOURNEYS ❘ 03 CONTENts ❘ July — August 2011 features ❘ 36 ❘ 10 From Trail to Table Numerous working farms along the Trail — from Georgia to Maine — offer much more than lush, bucolic scenery. departments 26 16 ❘ TRAILHEAD National Public Lands Day; Dogs on the The Elements of Inspiration A.T.; Conservation Efforts Awarded Ridgerunner John Cammerota keeps an ongoing log of the Trail's diverse visual offerings. 36 ❘ VOLUNTEER PROFILE Judy McGuire is a globe-trotting nutritionist 32 by trade and a hiker by passion. Where Waterfalls are King 38 ❘ TRAIL STORIES At the southern terminus of the A.T. is the town of Dawson- The recipe for a Trail name includes ville, where Mother Nature reigns supreme, and moonshine oatmeal and raisins. has its very own festival. ❘ 40 ❘ 40 ❘ GREENWAY It took an extraordinary partnership to ❘ ❘ ensure the protection of 840 spectacular 20 acres of Pennsylvania land. 03 ❘ FROM THE EDITOR ❘ A stEWARDSHIP stORY 47 ❘ As I SEE It 06 LEttERS Behind the inherent beauty of the Kellogg Conservation Center is a story Two very different books deliver one 08 ❘ OVERLOOK harmonized message. of commitment toward forest health, agriculture, wildlife habitat, and 42 ❘ TRAIL GIVING historic preservation. 46 ❘ PUBLIC NOTICES 04 ❘ A.T. JOURNEYS ❘ july — august 2011 july — august 2011 ❘ A.T. JOURNEYS ❘ 05 ❘ LETTERS Looking for the perfect getaway with THANKS FOR THE ARTICLE BY deserved more space in your magazine, the Gatewoods (Disapearing Giants, especially since they’re up for a vote. outdoor and historic adventures? A.T. Journeys May/June). I was unaware Please, the next time, at least once every that those old [American chestnut] two years, give more space and consider- roots are still sprouting. The fact that ation to important board work. their census territory ended at the Loft Danny Bernstein Mountain Campground [caught my at- ASHville, NORTH CARolina tention]. It was just south of that point along the A.T. that, almost six decades ago, I filmed the silvery skeletons of GREETINGS, AS A RELatIVELY long-dead American chestnut trees. I new member of the Appalachian Trail wonder if those skeletons are still there. Conservancy, I want to thank you for your Woody Thomas service. I look forward to receiving the Naples, NEW YORK magazine every couple of months and keeping up with your efforts to support the Trail. On May 27 I was on the Trail It WORKED. BEcaUSE A .T. section hiking from Springer to the Nan- Journeys carried my “hiking partner tahala Outdoor Center. Specifically, I was wanted” notice in the March-April issue, camped at Chattahoochee Gap, and this I located a partner and finished my final hiked the A.T. and he immediately was the night of [what may have been] the section hike of the Florida National reached under a pile of receipts, newspa- century's largest tornado outbreak in the Scenic Trail in April. Many thanks! Your pers, and other clutter on the counter and U.S. At the time I set up my tent I didn’t magazine performs a great service to excitedly asked, “do you get this maga- know what was coming, but the ferocity hikers by running these. zine?”, while proudly holding up the of the weather revealed itself in due George “Poet” Meek May-June issue of A.T. Journeys. I told course. Quite frankly it was pretty fright- ARlington, VIRginia him that we did, at which point he im- ening but in the end all was okay.
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