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E-Footnotes Summer 2011.Indd Delaware Valley Chapter • Appalachian Mountain Club Summer 2011 • Volume 49 • Number 3 Summer at the shore PA Highlands Trail update Spring Fling: story and photos Gasland fi lmmaker addresses issues Annual Picnic, Leaders’ Social and more Appalachian Mountain Club • Delaware Valley Chapter www.amcdv.org Page 1 Appalachian Footnotes the magazine of the Come to our Annual Picnic! Delaware Valley Chapter Saturday, June 18 at Noon, Tohickon Valley Park Appalachian Mountain Club Hiking! Biking! Food! Games! Family Fun! Free! published using recycled electrons. Free hamburgers, hotdogs and veggie burg- ers with fixings! Many activities such as hiking Chair Craig Smith [email protected] bicycling, softball, volleyball, horseshoes, etc., 610-868-8905 will be available as part of the picnic. Bring the Vice-Chair Allen Male [email protected] whole family! No fee! Pool swimming is avail- 267-733-7607 able for a fee. Pre-picnic hike and bicycle road and trail rides, see chapter web site for details. Secretary Kathy Ciliberti [email protected] Please bring a covered dish, salad or dessert; 215-477-5580 enough to feed four or more people. Don’t for- Treasurer Rhoda Eisman [email protected] get to let me know what you are bringing. 610-659-2726 Bring a reusable plate, utensils and a cup. This Backpacking Peter Fox [email protected] is our little bit toward becoming greener. Glass- 302-994-3164 ware, alcohol are not allowed in the park. Bring your equipment to play softball, volley- Bicycling Bill Steinmetz [email protected] ball, or horseshoes if you’d like. 610-694-8677 Well-behaved dogs are allowed but they must Conservation Al Schwartz [email protected] be kept on a leash six feet or less in length. 610-258-0959 RSVP to Stephanie Wall, stephaniewall3@ Family Activities OPEN [email protected] gmail.com or 215-421-5660. Tohickon Valley Park, 127 Cafferty Road, Point Pleasant, PA, 215-297-0754. Hiking Rick Hudson [email protected] 215-441-8082 Membership Information Leadership Lennie Steinmetz [email protected] Moving? Please remember to change your address 610-694-8677 and desired chapter affi liation by going to the AMC Member Center at www.outdoors.org/membercenter Membership Joan Aichele [email protected] or call AMC Member Services at 800-372-1758. This 215-257-3372 will correct your address for AMC Outdoors and for Footnotes. Address corrections cannot be made by Paddling Eric Pavlak [email protected] the newsletter editor. 610-650-8926 Joan Aichele, Membership Chair L Smith Shelter Patrica Sacks [email protected] 215-257-3372, [email protected] 620-437-3227 Lehigh Valley area: Phill Hunsberger, 610-759-7067, [email protected] Social Stephanie Wall [email protected] AMC Information Sources: 215-421-5660 Delaware Valley Chapter Web Site: amcdv.org Trails Phil Mulligan [email protected] DV Paddler’s Web Site: paddlenow.com 215-247-8658 Chapter E-mail: [email protected] E-mail Hotline: [email protected] Webmaster Rich Wells [email protected] 908-521-0374 AMC General Web Site: outdoors.org Chapter Ombudsman Winter Activities Lennie Steinmetz [email protected] Questions, complaints, concerns or comments 610-694-8677 about the Delaware Valley Chapter of AMC should be directed to Chapter Ombudsman, Jane Shepard, 610- Young Members Phillip Yu [email protected] 584-4408, or [email protected]. 215-237-7185 Lehigh Valley Phill Hunsberger [email protected] Editor: Eric Pavlak Box 542, Oaks, PA 19456 610-759-7067 610-650-8926 e-mail: [email protected] S. Regional Dir. Chris Rapacki [email protected] Copyright 2010-2011 by the Delaware Valley Chapter, 908-400-5500 Appalachian Mountain Club Appalachian Footnotes is published as a service to its members by the Delaware Ombudsman Jane Shepard [email protected] Valley Chapter of the Appalachian Mountain Club. Opinions expressed are those 610-584-4408 of the listed authors and do not necessarily refl ect those of the AMC. We are not responsible for errors or omissions, except to acknowledge them in a subsequent issue. The accuracy of prices, descriptions, availability and safety of all products A detailed directory can be found on our web site. and services advertised in this publication is solely the responsibility of the ad- vertisers. The Editor welcomes and encourages submissions refl ecting all view- points for publication in the Newsletter but reserves the right to edit. Material may be submitted as typed hard copy by mail, or by e-mail at [email protected]. Appalachian Mountain Club • Delaware Valley Chapter www.amcdv.org Page 2 AMC, partners, working to develop PA Highland Trail net By John P. Brunner, AMC Mid-Atlantic Recreation Planner sharing include the Delaware & Lehigh Trail, Saucon Valley Rail The Appalachian Mountain Club is working with several part- Trail, Perkiomen Trail, and Schuylkill River Trail. The Horse- ner organizations, plus local, state and county governments and Shoe Trail will be the fi rst major connection once the PHTN individuals to develop the Pennsylvania Highlands Trail Network crosses the Schuylkill River. (PHTN) within the 1.9-million acre, 13-county Pennsylvania Two trunk routes Highlands region. This past winter members of the PHTN Steering Committee When completed the Highlands Trail will stretch more than 130 (Bucks-Northampton-Lehigh Group) recognized the advantages miles through the PA Highlands from the Delaware River to the of developing two main trunk routes, the most important being Whiskey Springs Uplands, where it will connect with the Appala- that the Northern Route would be co-aligned on existing multi-use chian Trail near the Maryland border. trails and trails that are under construction or “shovel ready.” This The PHTN will be an extension of the existing 150-mile High- would allow a signifi cant portion of the PHTN to be established lands Trail that runs from the Hudson River near Storm King relatively quickly. Mountain in New York, through Northern New Jersey to the Dela- The southern trunk route will require more time to develop be- ware River at Riegelsville, PA. Characterized as a “rugged foot- cause of the need to establish landowner agreements and ease- path,” the NY/NJ Highlands Trail is a combination of new trails, ments, but will offer a high quality hiking experience, some of co-alignment along estab- it in a relatively secluded, lished trails and road walking. mostly forested setting. The NY/NJ Trails Confer- The two distinct trail trunk ence led the multi-year effort routes would each begin to establish the northernmost at Riegelsville, PA and be reach of the Highlands Trail, rejoined near Quakertown, and in May 2009 joined with Milford Township and the AMC and several other or- Unami Hills. ganizations and government The Northern Route of the representatives to hold a Wel- PHTN will follow the Dela- come to Pennsylvania celebra- ware Canal Towpath (D&L tion and ribbon cutting cer- Trail) from Riegelsville to emony at the Roebling Bridge Easton where it will join in Riegelsville. the Lehigh Canal Towpath It’s all about the network upstream to the new Beth- How do you plan a new 130 lehem Greenway, which is mile trail? That question is under construction. frequently asked about the PA From there, it will join the Highlands Trail, and the short Saucon Valley Rail Trail at answer is: You don’t. Plan- Hellertown and continue ning forty three-mile trails is down to Coopersburg and a more accurate description of Quakertown. Trail connec- tions are in the process of the process. For a variety of reasons, the being established between PA Highlands Trail experi- Quakertown, Trumbauers- ence will be somewhat different from the NY/NJ Highlands Trail. ville and Milford Township, Bucks County, and ultimately the Un- The topography of the northern Highlands, especially in New Jer- ami Hills. Most of the Northern Route will follow multi-use non- sey, features more well-defi ned and contiguous ridgelines, with motorized trails used primarily for walking and bicycling. These Musconetcong Mountain in Hunterdon County being a prime ex- trails are already providing recreational opportunities for a mix of ample. rural, urban and suburban populations. Where the trail crosses into Pennsylvania at Riegelsville, the The Southern Route will follow the Delaware Canal Towpath Highlands becomes a more irregular landscape of hills and small south to a point just below the Nockamixon Cliffs, where it will mountains that overlook farmland and developed areas. then head west towards Nockamixon State Park, Quakertown Swamp and on to Milford Township and the Unami Hills. Establishing a main trail route from Riegelsville to Maryland is the big picture goal, but this will be accomplished in large part by Discussions are already underway to consider a few key prop- connecting a network of existing trails. Some of these trails (the erties for potential preservation and trails. Some sections of this Delaware and Lehigh, Perkiomen and Schuylkill) are based on ei- route will consist of secluded, rugged footpaths with spur and loop ther canal or rail systems. The Horse-Shoe Trail and Mason Dixon routes to iconic Highland features such as Ringing Rocks Coun- Trail meander great distances across the landscape, hop-scotching ty Park, while other sections will likely follow back roads. The from one opportunity to another through a complex maze of pri- Northern and Southern Routes of the PHTN will form a great 70 vate and public lands. The PHTN will include all of these. mile loop within Bucks, Northampton and Lehigh Counties. The PHTN will likely feature new trails that follow the model of This year AMC staff and volunteers will install interpretive ki- the rugged footpath found in the NJ Highlands. Other sections will osks for the Pennsylvania Highlands Trail Network and the Bor- be co-aligned with established non-motorized multi-use trails that ough of Riegelsville.
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