Thursday, April 15, 2010
Recreation Trail Work Finished
KENTUCKY...
Volunteers have finished making improvements to Kentucky's longest recreation trail. A total of 64 volunteers helped the U.S. Forest Service blaze and clean up 200 miles of the Sheltowee Trace National Recreation Trail inside the Daniel Boone National Forest. The trail runs nearly 300 miles, or the entire north-south length of the forest, and is named for the Shawnee word for "Big Turtle," which is what the Shawnees called Daniel Boone. Work began in the beginning of March to install nearly 2,000 white plastic diamonds on trees along the trail. The diamonds mark the trail's location for users. While most of the Sheltowee Trace, including its northernmost point, is located in the Daniel Boone National Forest, the southernmost point is in Pickett State Resort Park in Tennessee.
Volunteers have finished making improvements to Kentucky's longest recreation trail. A total of 64 volunteers helped the U.S. Forest Service blaze and clean up 200 miles of the Sheltowee Trace National Recreation Trail inside the Daniel Boone National Forest. The trail runs nearly 300 miles, or the entire north-south length of the forest, and is named for the Shawnee word for "Big Turtle," which is what the Shawnees called Daniel Boone. Work began in the beginning of March to install nearly 2,000 white plastic diamonds on trees along the trail. The diamonds mark the trail's location for users. While most of the Sheltowee Trace, including its northernmost point, is located in the Daniel Boone National Forest, the southernmost point is in Pickett State Resort Park in Tennessee.
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