[at-l] Shelter Improvements

[landis@epix.net (Steve Landis)]

This is from http://www.thedailytimes.com/sited/story/html/113458

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The third grant from the Haiman Foundation will provide $14,000 to
renovate the Mollie's Ridge shelter, which is located on the Appalachian
Trail near the western end of the park. This grant will also provide
funds to install sanitary facilities at eight different shelters along
the Smokies' section of the Appalachian Trail.

These projects are part of an ongoing effort to renovate all of the
park's trail shelters to provide hikers with safer, cleaner, and more
comfortable shelters. The newer shelters are also designed to minimize
potential problems with black bears.

This is the fifth shelter rehabilitation project funded by the Haiman
Foundation, including the renovation of the Mount LeConte shelter
earlier this year.

Richard Haiman was an avid hiker and long-time supporter of Great Smoky
Mountains National Park. Haiman gave $65,000 to Friends of the Smokies
after Hurricane Opal damaged many of the park's trails in 1996.
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Steve