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With the cancellation of projects for 2020 and 2021, the NCHC Partners in the Parks Committee wants to ensure that we create alternatives to projects to continue to foster these meaningful collaborations with NPS to benefit students from NCHC member institutions. From undergraduate student to institutional administration, all with an interest in adventure are welcome to join for these monthly meetings.

This particular meeting will be a conversation with Superintendent Wendy Janssen. She currently serves as superintendent for the Appalachian National Scenic Trail (a/k/a Appalachian Trail, AT). Learn about careers in the National Park Service, and her journey from undergraduate to Superintendent. Learn about the AT, an amazing example of cooperative management between NPS, USFS, 14 states, 31 trail maintaining clubs, and the Appalachian Trail Conservancy.

“The Appalachian Trail is conceived as the backbone of a super reservation and primeval recreation ground covering the length (and width) of the Appalachian Range itself, its ultimate purpose being to extend acquaintance with the scenery and serve as a guide to the understanding of nature.” — Benton MacKaye, founder of the Appalachian Trail

What began in 1921 as the vision of one man, Benton MacKaye, has become the largest collaborative conservation effort in the nation. Known as the A.T., the Appalachian National Scenic Trail stretches along the spine of the Appalachian Mountains through 14 states, six national parks, eight national forests, two national wildlife refuges, and more than 80 state or municipally owned areas. Its approximately 2,180-mile length makes the A.T. one of the longest units in the National Park System.

The Appalachian Trail is cooperatively managed by the National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, several other federal and state agencies, and the Appalachian Trail Conservancy—a non-governmental organization with more than 40,000 members.

Join us for an afternoon hearing tales from the trail by former NCHC Partners in the Parks Committee Co-Chair and current NCHC President-Elect, Christina McIntyre.

Facilitator

Christina McIntyre | Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University

For the past six years, McIntyre has served on the Board of Directors for NCHC, first as a Professional At-Large, and then as Vice President, and now as President-Elect and NCHC21 Conference Chair. She previously served as chair for the Major Scholarships Committee and the Partners in the Parks Committee. McIntyre has led Partners projects in Great Smoky Mountain National Park, the Appalachian Trail, the C&O Canal Trail, and Harper’s Ferry National Historic Park.