It seems the news on the AT is getting better and better. Not only is there an agreement to add more land to Baxter State Park, but the City of Hagerstown, Maryland will be selling an $800,000 easement, which would conserve nearly three miles of the Appalachian Trail, to the National Park Services. This land is the largest segments of the AT that still lacks federal protection. In the coming week Hagerstown's City Council will vote to make the offer official.
I grew up in Virginia near the AT in Roanoke. I had some great hiking trips to Dragon's tooth ridge. Such a beautiful area. Speaking of...the new movie THE NEW WORLD was filmed in Virginia and it has some beautiful nature photography. Worth a theater viewing.