Here is some great news—You can turn bottles into trails! As a North Country resident (or when you visit), you can recycle your bottles and cans and make a donation to Champlain Area Trails (CATS) at the same time. Rapid Returns, the new redemption center in Elizabethtown, has … [Read more...] about Recycle Bottles and Donate to CATS
Chris Maron
Westport Hotel to Essex Inn: The Grand Hike on Champlain Area Trails
Three months ago, Rick Dalton, owner of the Essex Inn, and Chris Maron, executive director of Champlain Area Trails (CATS), sat down to talk about creating an inn-to-inn hike that would be the first of its kind in the Adirondacks. The hike would be on trails that CATS is … [Read more...] about Westport Hotel to Essex Inn: The Grand Hike on Champlain Area Trails
CATS Announces Trail and Natural History Events
Our next "Saturday on the Trail" will be on February 22, 2014. Depending on the weather, we may take a hike in the snow together, or we may scope out the area for the new trail we will be creating on Coot Hill in Crown Point. Stay tuned for more information to come. If you … [Read more...] about CATS Announces Trail and Natural History Events
Good News and Sad News from CATS
Our conservation partnership with Open Space Institute (OSI) just conserved 290 acres in Willsboro. Thank you to Reg and Jenny Bedell for donating a conservation easement to OSI that protects farmland, forest, and wetlands and allows for a hiking trail. Stay tuned for upcoming … [Read more...] about Good News and Sad News from CATS
CATS Hamlet-to-Hamlet Hike Success, Future Plans, & Saturday Trail Project
"Fabulous day!" barely describes Champlain Area Trails' first Hamlet-to-Hamlet hike from Wadhams to Essex. About 60 people met at Dogwood Bakery to hike the 12-mile trail on the most beautiful day of the year. Perfect temperatures, amazing colors, and crisp, clear air. Twenty-one … [Read more...] about CATS Hamlet-to-Hamlet Hike Success, Future Plans, & Saturday Trail Project