Preserving Historic Trails: Conference Proceedings
Coffin Brown M (ed). 2000. Preserving Historic Trails: Conference Proceedings. Acadia National Park, Maine. October 17-19, 2000. National Park Service, Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation. Boston, MA
For three colorful fall days in October, trail enthusiasts and historic preservationists from across the country met at Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island in Maine for a conference on historic hiking trails. The Friends of Acadia, Acadia National Park, and the NPS Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation sponsored the conference to focus on appropriate rehabilitation and maintenance techniques for preserving the historic character and features of trails. Acadia, with over 100 miles of marked historic hiking trails and many more miles of unmarked trails, offered an ideal setting to discuss the challenges faced in managing trails trodden by millions of feet a year. The conference included five sessions: (1) an overview of historic hiking trails in the United States and other countries, (2) a close look at the major trails rehabilitation underway at Acadia, (3) field sessions on Acadia National Park trails to discuss issues and see work in progress, (4) case studies on historic trail preservation projects across the country, with an emphasis on documentation, implementation and management, and (5) poster sessions and information sharing on topics such as new techniques for protecting historic resources, strategies for grants and fund sources, advocacy groups, and implementation of work.
- Type
- Conference Proceeding
- Authors
- Coffin Brown, Margaret
- Date of Issue
- 2000
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation
- Units
- ACAD , HIST
- Keywords
- CLR, cultural landscape, documentation, Historic Resources, historic trails, international perspectives, Inventory, Maintenance, Management, National Register, OCLP, Olmsted Center for Landscape Preservation, Rehabilitation, trailwork