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Healthy Air Means Healthy Hikers

AMC Applauds PA Air Quality Announcement January 21, 2016 – Four million Pennsylvania residents and families live in communities that fail to meet national clear air standards for pollutants like ozone.

New Rail Trail in Bucks County Approved by Commissioners

The Bucks County Commissioners voted on January 6, 2016 to select the Doylestown based firm Boucher & James to provide design and engineering services for the planned Upper Bucks Rail Trail, which will be developed along a 3.3-mile stretch of unused track between Veterans Park in Richland Township, and the Bucks-Lehigh County line near Coopersburg.

Quakertown Approves Highlands Trail Route

Development of the Pennsylvania Highlands Trail Network marked another milestone in November when the Quakertown Borough Council unanimously voted to approve the proposed Highlands Trail route, after a number of public meetings and presentations to gather community input.

1,100 Acre Eagle Tract added to Michaux State Forest

Micheaux State Forest gained another 1,100-acre this August, bringing its total acreage to 85,500. The addition of the land, known as the Eagle Rock Tract, was made possible with $1.5 million in funding from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, as well as with funding from DCNR and Greene and Franklin Counties.

National Trails Day Hike

Twenty-one hikers came out to Upper Bucks County on National Trails Day for a hike along the D&L Trail and the soon-to-be opened Ringing Rocks Trail.