[at-l] AT Funding

[icw39@ncfreedom.net (Clark)]

damn good idea - I know a NCDOT board member, and will run it by him and
see what his reaction is!

thru-thinker

Steve Landis wrote:

> CAUTION: Actual idea based on a working model is contained in this message!
>
> Idea:  "Friends of the AT" license plate which could be available in
> each state that the trail passes thru.
>
> Model: http://www.thedailytimes.com/sited/story/html/114145
>
> Sponsoring Organization:
> http://www.friendsofthesmokies.org/html/about_us.html
> (Note that this organization has only 2000 members, AT-L has about 1000
> we are half way there)
>
> They seem to have worked out the interface with federal funding.
>  From their website...
> <snip>
> Governing the Friends are guidelines established by the incorporating
> charter, the Bylaws of Friends of Great Smoky Mountains National Park,
> and a Memorandum of Agreement with the National Park Service. Friends
> works closely with the National Park Service in its work in the Smokies.
> The NPS develops an annual needs list from which Friends operates.
> <snip>
>
> This idea could be applied to any of the National Scenic Trails.
>
>
> Steve
>
> "I May Be Wrong but I Doubt It" - Charles Barkley
>
>
> Draggin' Anchor wrote:
>
>> I think all the various respondents to the AT Income Tax checkoff are
>> missing one point which, from my experience, makes any effort to
>> supplement
>> federal funding for scenic trails or the AT an exercise in futility.
>
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