Trail with a tale to tell.The Appalachian Trail Appalachian Trail, officially Appalachian National Scenic Trail, hiking path, 2,144 mi (3,450 km) long, passing through 14 states, E United States. , which spans 2,200 miles through 14 states from Maine to Georgia, could provide clues to our changing environment, according to the 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 Times. The trail is a living laboratory of protected slices of land that could reflect environmental changes such as higher ozone levels, acid rain, smog, and other air quality indicators. Now an effort is underway to better understand changes along the trail and use that information to help people understand environmental changes. The monitoring effort is being undertaken by a diversity of citizen groups, among them the Appalachian Trail Conservancy and the American Hiking Society The creator of this article, or someone who has substantially contributed to it, may have a conflict of interest regarding its subject matter. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. , and supported by the National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, Cornell University, the National Geographic Society National Geographic Society U.S. scientific society founded in 1888 in Washington, D.C., by a small group of eminent explorers and scientists “for the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge. , and Aveda Corporation. Trail hikers should be able to volunteer to help with this monitoring program within the next year. |
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