Word: appalachian
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...goal of this youth program and 48 others is for kids to come away with a solid understanding of the activities, an appreciation for what they've done for themselves, and a respect for the environment with which they've interacted," says Greg Auch, education field coordinator for the Appalachian Mountain Club, one of the nation's oldest nonprofit conservation and recreation organizations...
...action in this $1400 program will occur in the rugged Mahoosuc Range. They'll construct "water bars" from felled timber or rocks to divert water from the trails, and create rock-filled wood boxes, called cribs, to raise the treadways above marsh lines. They may even repair the Appalachian Trail, which runs through the middle of the range...
...Appalachian Mountain Club...
While one such skirmish can sink a campaign, both supporters and rivals will find much more to debate in the character and record of Lamar Alexander, from his idyllic Appalachian boyhood through a public career driven by a steel-willed, bland-faced ambition...
Blackberry Farm, a romantic $200-a-night inn and restaurant in the Appalachian foothills, was one-third owned by Alexander when he became president of the university. Having informed school officials that he had disposed of his interest in the inn, he began recommending it for university functions--14 of them that eventually cost $64,626. What he didn't disclose was that he had transferred his interest in the inn to his wife. Had they known of Honey Alexander's interest in the inn, university officials "would have continued their objections," according to a 1992 state report...