41. Shenandoah National Park's New Superintendent
(The Stacks/News Archives)

... in North Carolina, and Congaree National Park in South Carolina. She has worked as a dispatcher, park ranger, outdoor recreation planner, interpretive specialist, and chief of visitor services, as well ...

42. Getting Trail Tools
(Maintenance/Trail Maintenance)

... URL Discussion A M Leonard http://amleo.com/ I bought a nice pole saw there (used on one PATC project) Gemplers www.gemplers.com I probably bought K1000 shears and replacement blades ...

43. Doing the Dips
(The Stacks/Flying McLeods Archives)

What’s going on with this August weather? Where’s the heat? Where’s the humidity? Today’s only hangup was the fog we valley-siders had to drive through to get to the park. Then, from the overlooks, above ...

44. First Annual South District Trail Maintenance Workshop
(The Stacks/News Archives)

... the power of their spare time at the first annual South District Trail Maintenance Workshop. In addition to the fourteen PATC volunteers, we were privileged to have Roger Dovel and his NPS trail crew ...

45. Regrading the AT at Ivy Creek
(The Stacks/Flying McLeods Archives)

An astonishingly large crew of nine people turned out on yet another hot day to dig in the dirt on the Appalachian Trail going north from the Ivy Creek crossing. Liz Young, Michael Groah, Mike ...

46. A Massive Case of Frustration
(The Stacks/District Manager Archives)

Gas prices+ If there’s one thing that really frustrates me, it’s when I confront a problem for which I can find no real solution. What’s caused this recently? Petroleum and petroleum speculation, ...

47. How Many Times...
(The Stacks/District Manager Archives)

... itself, which must be reviewed and approved by the Supervisor of Trails and PATC and then by the Appalachian Trail Conservancy and Appalachian Trail Park Office (NPS) and the Commonwealth of Virginia and… ...

48. Privacy Statement
(Admin/Policies)

... is privately owned and maintained and is not owned in part or in whole by the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club (PATC), Inc. Information published on this site is protected by copyright and may be downloaded ...

49. Terms of Use
(Admin/Policies)

...  Names and contact information of individuals on this site are published to facilitate contact among and with Appalachian Trail maintainers, trail crews, PATC chapters, and hikers of the Appalachian Trail ...

50. Clearing Little Calf Mountain summit
(The Stacks/News Archives)

... it be said that the PATC Charlottesville Chapter’s trail maintenance outings are a drag. Our May 31 excursion included an awesome wildlife sighting, followed by a picnic, and capped off by a visit to a ...

51. Poison Ivy on Steroids?
(Overseers/Health & Safety)

A bed of poison ivy in a forest If you’ve noticed anything different about the poison ivy you encounter while hiking or working on a trail, you’re not dreaming. Reports issued last year (2007) provide ...

52. We Arrived, We Met, We ATE!
(The Stacks/District Manager Archives)

The Brazen Band of PATC Picnicers Not the Associated Press, June 6, 2008: At least 17 of 20 known, card-carrying members of the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club, an organization recognized for its ...

53. Hut? Shelter?
(History/Park History)

... Park) Office, and PATC, one hut in each of the three administrative districts of the Park was set aside for the exclusive use by PATC trail overseers (maintainers) when working on their trail sections. ...

54. The Tempest
(History/PATC History)

... of will and persuasiveness, he led the ATC (and PATC) to support the Drive and to cooperate with the federal authorities whose commitment to the Drive was unshakeable. Although other issues, including ...

55. It’s a Living Trail!
(The Stacks/News Archives)

Those Who Braved the Elements on Calf Mountain On Sunday, April 4th, a hardy group of PATCers (plus one suspected NPS resource manager) gathered in the fog, mist, and rain at the Beagle Gap Parking ...

56. Ivy Creek Maintenance Hut
(Overseers/Support)

Ivy Creek Maintenance Hut Ivy Creek Maintenance Hut provides shelter for PATC overseers and crews who work in the South District of Shenandoah National Park. All PATC overseers and crew leaders ...

57. A.T. Mega-Transect Chestnut Data Project
(The Stacks/News Archives)

Scientists and volunteers from The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) and Potomac Appalachian Trail Club (PATC) will train PATC volunteers to collect data on American chestnut trees identified along the ...

58. What's Happening?
(The Stacks/District Manager Archives)

... McLeods, a new PATC volunteer trail crew that works on the A.T. in our South District. 2007, their inaugural year, was fruitful and 2008 promises to be even more so. After all, there’s never a dearth of ...

59. Branded: One Trail Crew
(The Stacks/District Manager Archives)

We are pleased to announce that…members of the Flying McLeods, the new PATC trail crew who work in the South District of Shenandoah National Park, will not have to be individually branded! There had been ...

60. Revised Cabin Use Policy
(Overseers/Support)

PATC has changed the policy governing the use of cabins for worktrips. The revised policy states, in part: “Trail work trips of a public nature (that is, advertised through some PATC publication)—reservations ...