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[pct-l] Report Names Washington?s Top 10 Endangered Hiking Trails



Report Names Washington?s Top 10 Endangered Hiking Trails 
Group Asks Lawmakers to Make Funds Available after Natural Disasters Keep Hikers
at Home 
 
Jun 03, 2004 ? View the Endangered Trails Report. 
 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, June 3, 2004 

Contact: 

Jonathan Guzzo, Washington Trails Association, (206) 625-1367 

Terry DeGrow, Mount Baker Snoqualmie Forest, (425) 744-3400

Vladimir Steblina, Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest (509) 664-9319 

SEATTLE-- Washington Trails Association, the state?s leading hiking trails
advocacy group, today released its annual report of the Top 10 endangered hiking
trails. And as expected, damage from last October?s record-setting flood and
several seasons of intense wildfires have had a devastating impact of many of
the state?s most popular trails. The report finds that the lack of emergency
funding available for repairs from weather-related storm damage could keep some
of the state?s most popular routes closed for years. 

According to the report, the ten most endangered hiking trails in Washington
are: 

1.Pacific Crest Trail, (Suiattle River/Milk Creek Loop) Statewide 
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