Hike the Hill with American Hiking Society - Trails Advocacy Week 2010

On Saturday February 20th, the American Hiking Society will kick off its 13th annual Hike the Hill Trails Advocacy Week which brings hiking and trail advocates together to learn grassroots lobbying skills and to promote increased funding for our national heritage, the hiking experience, and our nation's system of trails. Specifically, trail advocates will meet with federal land management agencies, members of Congress, and the Obama Administration to advocate for funding and policies that protect and promote trails and the hiking experience, and related conservation benefits.

The American Hiking Society is inviting the public to participate in the week's signature event: the first annual Hike on the National Mall. Everyone is invited to help celebrate our nation's trails by hiking from the Lincoln Memorial to the U.S. Capitol Building. Hike participants include local high school students, university students, hiking groups, The Conservation Fund, Student Conservation Association, National Park Foundation, The Wilderness Society, American Trails, Outdoor Alliance, Congressional Trails Caucus, The Trust for Public Land, and Partnership for the National Trails System.

Hike participants are asked to gather at Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool steps (east steps) at 8:30 am on Monday morning. At 9 am, American Hiking Society President Gregory Miller will kick-off the event with introductions. The hike will begin at 9:40 am and end at approximately 11:30 am; at which time members of Congress will speak to the hike participants.

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Follow the American Hiking Society on Facebook and Twitter. Hike participants are asked to share their photos on the American Hiking Society Facebook page.