Appalachian Trail must be protected - Pocono Record

[WhiteBlaze]

Appalachian Trail must be protected Pocono Record, PA - 1 minute ago It may be too late to stop the Alpine Motorsports Car Club in Eldred Township, but it isn't too late to protect the Appalachian Trail from future projects ...

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[mystic]

Ahhh... to have $54,000 for membership, a $250,000 sports car, the morality of a land developer and $282,600 for lobbyists.

Looks like other land in that area along the trail has also been developed. This ski resort is just down the ridgeline from the proposed car track. The red line along the bottom of the picture is the AT.

Looking at the design maps of the car track it appears it will butting up against the trail much like this. Should make for a nice peaceful walk through nature smelling car fumes and hearing german engines whining up and down the mountain.

This is between Leroy A. Smith shelter and George W. Outerbridge shelter.

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