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Julie Judkin’s Comparison of Trail Communities on AT and Pennine Way
Julie Judkins summarizes her work on M.A. thesis at Duke University comparing methods of developing community on the Pennine Way in U.K. and Appalachian Trail. In particular she studies methods of promoting trail stewardship and the development of conservation advocates through the development of community on trail.
Trail towns: Deciding on Trails by Amy Camp
A review of this first (and only!) book on trail towns outlines the history of the concept, discusses its future, and, best of all, distills what Amy Camp has learned in 13 years of working with towns that decided to make a trail part of their culture.