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American Hiking Society

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Area served
  
United States

Employees
  
Approximately 10

Revenue
  
1.036 million USD (2013)

Members
  
Over 7,500

Founded
  
1976

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Location
  
Silver Spring, Maryland

Slogan
  
Promoting and protecting hiking trails, the natural lands around them, and the hiking experience

Website
  
http://www.americanhiking.org/

Motto
  
Promoting and protecting hiking trails, the natural lands around them, and the hiking experience

Founders
  
Jim Kern, Paul Pritchard, Bill Kemsley

Similar
  
Appalachian Mountain Club, National Parks Conserva, Green Mountain Club, National Park Foundation, International Mountain Bicycling

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The American Hiking Society is a Maryland-based non-profit dedicated to preserving trails, the areas that surround them and the hiking experience. It was founded in 1976.

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Programs

The American Hiking Society has three main avenues of action:

  • Volunteerism and Outreach including Volunteer Vacations, which began in 1978 to mobilize volunteers to work on trail maintenance, and National Trails Day, which is held the first Saturday every June to spread awareness and celebrate hiking.
  • Policy and Advocacy: working with Congress to develop hiker-friendly legislation and various federal agencies on implementation.
  • Trail grants and assistance: the Society provides grants to local organizations for building and maintaining trails, providing nearly $50,000 of funding in 2007. Also, this organization heads up the Alliance of Hiking Organizations, a network of hiking and trail clubs from all over the country.

    • References

    American Hiking Society Wikipedia
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