PRESS RELEASE:
North Carolina State Parks and the National Park Service will celebrate their coinciding centennial anniversaries and renew the commitments of each agency to work in partnership to see the completion of the Mountains to Sea Trail in western North Carolina. As part of the day’s events, held on National Trails Day, the Carolina Mountain Club will also be offering two hikes and a chance to help with trail maintenance of the Waterrock Knob Trail during the celebration.
What: NC State Parks & National Park Service Centennial Celebration. Speakers will give brief remarks and participate in a ribbon cutting.
When: Saturday, June 4, 2016
9:15 a.m. Volunteer Maintenance Project organized by Carolina Mountain Club
9:30 a.m. Four-mile hike along MST beginning at Waterrock Knob
1:00 p.m. Centennial Ceremony*featuring invited guests
1:30 p.m. Two-mile hike along MST at Waterrock Knob
Where: Waterrock Knob Visitor Center, Milepost 451.2 on the Blue Ridge Parkway
Who*: Mark Woods, Superintendent, Blue Ridge Parkway; Larry Blythe, Former Vice Chief, Eastern Band of Cherokee; Barbara Morgan, President, Carolina Mountain Club; Steve Metcalf, President Board of Directors, Friends of Mountains to Sea Trail; Scott Crocker, Superintendent of State Trails, North Carolina State Parks
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www.nps.gov
The Blue Ridge Parkway, in linking the Shenandoah and Great Smoky Mountains National Parks, is dedicated to enhancing the outstanding scenic and recreational qualities of the corridor that it traverses; conserving unimpaired its significant natural and cultural resources, and promoting in perpetuity the public enjoyment and appreciation of the central and southern Appalachian Mountains. Learn more about the Parkway at www.nps.gov/blri.
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