[at-l] 445 new AT acres! :O)

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>From the A.T.C.'s Trail News page:
http://www.appalachiantrail.org/trailnews/index.html

Ovoka Farm Acres Transferred to A.T. Corridor
U.S. Rep. Frank R. Wolf of Virginia is joining representatives of the 
National Park Service, the Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC), and the Appalachian 
Trail Conference (ATC) today to celebrate the transfer to the Appalachian 
Trail corridor of 445 acres of the Ovoka Farm after more than a decade's work by 
the several parties. That will allow relocation of the Trail from a heavily 
forested route to the Piedmont ridgeline near Ashby Gap (U.S. 50), bringing in 
new views of the valley's farms and forests from open fields. The breakthroughs 
in acquiring that portion of the 1,490-acre farm began in 1998, when the new 
owner initiated ATC-backed talks with the PEC, which bought or optioned the 
property in December 2000 with funds from private donors. Wolf shepherded 
legislation to fund NPS' purchase of the Trail portion through the House 
Appropriations Committee, with ATC support and work on the terms of land's use.
October 24, 2003 
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