Register Archives

The Register

The Register was launched as a monthly newsletter in 1978 as a way to strengthen communications among the Appalachian Trail management partners: ATC, Trail clubs, and federal and state agencies. Back issues are archived here for reference, as available.

Past Editors of The Register
Thurston Griggs	April 1978–September 1981
Maurice Forrester	November 1981–December 1984
Nancy Shofner	January 1985–July 1988
Ed Kohinke	November 1988–March 1989
Reese Lukei	August 1989–December 1994
John Morgan	February 1995–Summer 2003

2007

Fall 2007 Register (text-only PDF)

Summer 2007 Register (text-only PDF)

Spring 2007 Register (text-only PDF)

Winter 2007 Register (text-only PDF)

2006

Fall 2006 Register (text-only PDF)

Summer 2006 Register (text-only PDF)

Spring 2006 Register (text-only PDF)

2004

Fall 2004 (PDF). Includes: Act now! Public-comment deadlines fast approaching on roadless areas, OHV use - Big changes afoot - New managers at ATC - New associate regional representatives - The rich history of the Appalachian mountains - Chainsaw training abounds along Trail - Environmental monitoring—a new Trail tool - Take precautions against hantavirus - Seasonal program evaluation - Forest Service trails info on the Web

2003

Spring-Summer 2003 (PDF). Includes: Message from an old saw - Trail monitoring - Remember the rare - Be alert for Lyme disease - Revised draft chain-saw and crosscut-saw training and certification policy - Corridor monitoring - A.T. "summit" participants plan for Trail's future - Honoring a volunteer monitor - 2002 volunteers impress NPS and President's ranger corps - Staff changes at ATC

2002

Winter 2002-03 (PDF). Includes: The future: your thoughts? - Draft policy on worker safety and skills - USDA Forest Service release draft accessibility guidelines for trails - Hikers accidentally shot along the Appalachian Trail - Crew news for 2002 season - New Churchill Scott shelter fills "missing link" in Vermont

Fall 2002 (PDF). Includes: How much does one blowdown cost? - Volunteers of the year - National Trails Day 2002 - Penn. gameland regulation changes affect hikers, maintainers - Hard work at the "Hard-Core"

Summer 2002 (PDF). Includes: Club leaders look ahead - Avoiding lightning danger - "Devil's" Ravine - Sanitation manual - A taste of 2002 ridgerunner training - 2003 grants announcement

Spring 2002 (PDF). Includes: Chain-saw injuries rare among A.T. workers - The limits of volunteerism - Volunteer hours on the A.T. - Developing a resource management plan for the A.T. - A.T. user survey - Lyme disease: risks for maintainers - Natural heritage summary

2001

Winter 2001 (PDF). Includes: Board adopts advertising policy, cuts 2002 spending - Forty miles in Pennsylvania: a summer ridgerunner discovers the trail world - Leave No Trace national conference - Counting plants in the Berkshires - Crews hammer out 22,907 hours in 2001 - LNT field trip to Annapolis Rocks

Fall 2001 (PDF). Includes: Are volunteers being marginalized? - Draft policy on invasive exotic species - Encroachment in Great Barrington - Georgia A.T. Club tries new site technique - A.T. user survey: a sampling of results

Summer 2001 (PDF). Includes: "Compassionate response"—when it's not an emergency, should maintainers go the extra mile? - Crosscut saws—old tools that still have some teeth - When a hike goes bad - Sharpening gauge - Responding to critical incidents - Accident reports from 2000 - New draft policies on ads, ridgeline development

Spring 2001 (PDF). Includes: Trekking poles: can you save your knees—and the environment? - Grants deadline announced - Discouraging the collectors - The Coweeta Dip: a sidehill construction style - The "why" question: education planning as a key to trail protection

2000

Winter 2000/01 (PDF). Includes: Endangered species and trail maintenance: "Do no inadvertent harm" - Coddling Appalachian Trail hikers - Ridgerunners and crews report productive seasons - Maine Trail Crew reorganizes - Turning a Trail disaster into a desirable outcome in Maryland - Now "Stairway to Heaven" is only a song - Draft policy: Trail club reassignment procedure - Volunteer hours, numbers set record highs - A.T. partners, neighbors thwart ORVs

Fall 2000 (PDF). Includes: A.T. meets "A.T."—Accessible trail section opens in Falls Village - A formula for old-time construction—old wood + old methods (+ ATC grant) = new shelter - Comprehensive A.T. users' study compiled - Campsite design, maintenance, and rehabilitation workshop - Quarry permit in N.C. revoked - A.T. maintainers praised for National Trails Day work - Helpful hints from the field

Summer 2000 (PDF). Includes: Hard labor: "Repeat offenders" help Konnarock crew break new ground - Hantavirus now in 31 states - A.T. named planning landmark - Remembering Bill Foot - The big bridge that Bill built - Black bears in Smokies kill woman: Attack occurred miles from A.T. - Volunteer honor roll - A crosscut-saw workshop - Training the trainers

Spring 2000 (PDF). Includes: New edition of "Maintainer's Bible" - Keeping history alive along the A.T. - Ensign Phillip Cowall Memorial Shelter - Tennessee Eastman Hiking Club projects - A day out—the work of a Trail monitor - What do you carry in your pack?