Northern Forest Canoe Trail Announces Timberland Donation.WAITSFIELD, Vt. -- The Northern Forest Canoe Trail The Northern Forest Canoe Trail is a 740-mile marked canoeing trail in the northeastern United States and in Canada, extending from Old Forge, New York to Fort Kent in Maine. Along the way, the trail also passes through the states and provinces of Vermont, Quebec, and New Hampshire. (NFCT NFCT Non Federal Control Tower (Aviation) ), a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. devoted to creating a 740-mile paddling trail stretching from Old Forge, New York Old Forge is a hamlet on Route 28 in the Town of Webb in Herkimer County, New York. Old Forge was formerly a village, which dissolved its incorporation, but it is still the principal community in the region, and, along with the adjacent community Thendara, forms an extensive to Fort Kent, Maine Fort Kent is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The town is home to the campus of the University of Maine at Fort Kent. Fort Kent is also home to an Olympic biathlete training center, an annual CAN-AM dogsled race http://can-am.sjv. , is excited to announce its receipt of a grant of $10,000 from the Timberland Company's competitive community investment program. "Timberland believes strongly that by partnering with effective non-profit organizations, we can assist in strengthening communities around the world," says Timberland's Community Investment Manager, Celina Adams. This support is realized in the form of community investment grants, which support organizations whose innovative leadership results in lasting, positive change. Timberland's grant to the Northern Forest Canoe Trail is linked to sales of its newly released Native Waters Sandal, which features information about the Trail on its hang-tag. Following historic Native American routes American Routes is a public radio program hosted by Nick Spitzer that explores connections between the many musical styles that have blossomed in the United States. It began in the late 1990s, and normally originates from studios in the French Quarter of New Orleans, , the Northern Forest Canoe Trail links waterways through the Adirondacks, Vermont, Quebec, New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). , and Maine. The Trail is the first recreational multi-watershed project of its kind and the longest inland water trail in the Northeastern United States. NFCT is also recognized as a national model for community-based water-trail design and management, working with an active network of over 100 volunteers to map and steward the Trail. "We are thrilled to receive this level of support from Timberland," says NFCT's executive director, Kate Williams. "We see this as an outstanding partnership model, and we are excited to put these funds to work on behalf of the communities through which our Trail passes." NFCT serves travelers and benefits neighboring communities by: encouraging canoe / kayak travel and recreation; promoting economic development by attracting a wide range of visitors to the region's communities; improving local access to and providing stewardship of regional waterways - rivers, streams, and lakes; enabling travelers to experience the Northern Forest's full range of diverse landscapes, from working cities and towns to farms, forests, and mountains; supporting community-based services and local arts, education and environmental programs that educate and inspire residents and visitors alike; and enhancing quality of life by creating opportunities for people to reconnect with place The Northern Forest Canoe Trail is a nonprofit organization devoted to creating a 740-mile paddling trail along a historic waterway through the Northern Forest. Our mission is to celebrate the rich human heritage and diverse natural environment of the Northern Forest by establishing and stewarding a water trail tracing historic Native American travel routes across New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Vermont, Quebec, New Hampshire and Maine. |
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