[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 66 (Monday, April 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 16604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8715]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


North Country National Scenic Trail

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of final trailway plans for Kent County, 
Michigan, and Columbiana and Carroll Counties, Ohio.

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SUMMARY: A public planning process has been conducted in Kent County, 
Michigan, and Columbiana and Carroll Counties, Ohio, to select a 
specific route or trailway for the North Country National Scenic Trail 
in those counties. The planning process identified and mapped a 
specific ``corridor of opportunity'' within which public and private 
partners working to establish and manage the trail will work to secure 
lands on which the actual footpath can be constructed. This will 
require the cooperation of willing landowners. Lands may be secured by 
outright purchase, easement, lease, or voluntary use agreements. The 
identified corridor is several landowners wide to allow flexibility in 
working with willing landowners to find a mutually agreeable alignment 
for the trail. A copy of either trailway plan can be obtained by 
writing to the National Park Service, 700 Rayovac Drive, Suite 100, 
Madison, Wisconsin 53711, or by calling 608-264-5610.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent Tom Gilbert, Ice Age, 
North Country, and Lewis and Clark National Trails, at the address or 
telephone number given above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In March 1980, Federal legislation 
authorized the establishment of the North Country National Scenic Trail 
(NST) as a component of the National Trails System (16 U.S.C. 1241 et 
seq.). The trail will extend more than 3,200 miles across seven north 
States: New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, 
and North Dakota. Approximately 1,321 miles are completed and open to 
public use. A comprehensive management plan, published in September 
1982 identified a general route for the trail.

    Dated: March 18, 1997.
David N. Given,
Deputy Regional Director, Midwest Regional Office.
[FR Doc. 97-8715 Filed 4-4-97; 8:45 am]
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