The Sheltowee Trace Association
A 501c(3) non-profit formed to protect, preserve and promote the Sheltowee Trace National Recreational Trail as a significant national resource for the enjoyment of hikers, bikers and equestrians, and for the value that wild and scenic lands provide to all people.
 
Discover and Enjoy Kentucky's Long Trail
 
Sheltowee Trace Association, 63 Burtonville Rd., Tollesboro, Ky. 41189   Phone: 606-584-7744 
Email: director@sheltoweetrace.org

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ONE DOWN AND SEVEN TO GO! KY GIVES DONATIONS PUT CLOSE THE GAP FUND OVER $1000.00! 

April 24th was Kentucky Gives Day across the state and the STA benefited from support across the state.  Thanks to our generous friends, the Close the Gap fund received over $400.00 and is now over $1,000.00.  

Still we need at least $7,000.00 more in order to see 5 new miles added to the Sheltowee and the John Muir Trail in the Big South Fork completed.  Please consider giving your tax-deductible gift today.  Send your check to the STA office or you can give using our PayPal account tradingpost@sheltoweetrace.org.

We appreciate your support.  Thank You again to our Ky Gives Donors!  

           Fund Balance to Date
              $1,000.00

Help us get over the first thousand hump by donating to the Close the Gap Fund. 


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HELP US BUILD FIVE NEW MILES OF TRACE IN 2013!  GIVE TO THE STA TRAIL ACCESS FUND!

In 2013, working with our land management partner, the Big South Fork NRRA, the STA hopes to extend the Trace five additional miles down the existing John Muir Trail from the O & W rapids to the Honey Creek Overlook. This five mile section will require funding to be constructed in addition to volunteers willing to give several days in the summer of 2013 to see it completed. With tight budgets at the Federal level, the STA is endeavoring to raise $8,000.00 to $10,000.00 to see this section completed and the Sheltowee Trace and John Muir trail connected and extended.


Your charitable, tax-deductible gift to the STA's Access Fund will help us see this trail constructed. If you will give, please send your check,, marked "Access Fund" to the office or you may give through our Paypal account tradingpost@sheltoweetrace.org.  





Your donations are welcomed to the work of the Sheltowee Trace Association. 100% of what you give goes toward the preservation, protection and promotion of the Sheltowee Trace NRT. Thank you for your support. 

You can either donate by check to;
Sheltowee Trace Ass.
63 Burtonville Rd.
Tollesboro, Ky. 41189 

or via Paypal to
tradingpost@
sheltoweetrace.org


HERRINGTON CHAPTER OF STA GATHERING 
   
FRIDAY, MAY 17
6:00 to 8:00 
Boyle County Cooperative Extension
99 Corporate Dr, Danville, KY 40422.

Members, friends, interested Sheltowee Trace users, you are invited to a local gathering of the Herrington Chapter of the STA, Friday, May 17 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.  

Here is your opportunity to let us know how we are doing and share your idea on how we can do better? Are we meeting your expectations as a member of the STA or a friend or user of the Trace? Do you have a friend out there who is interested in our work and would like to have more information?

Come on out this Friday night and join us for an evening of great food and beverage. This is a pot-luck affair with the STA providing the meat and drinks.   Come on out and put faces to the names you see on Facebook. 
Bring a friend who's interested in the ST and hear the latest news on trail relocations and other issues concerning the STNRT at the Herrington Regional Gathering of STA.

We are meeting with others from the Herrington region (Boyle, Mercer, Garrard, Lincoln, Casey, Marion, Washington counties)  at the Cooperative Extension Office, 99 Corporate Drive.   Door prizes will be given and a "50 - 50 raffle to support our Close the Gap" fund will make available other gifts to those attending.

To better prepare for the Gathering and to give a heads up to our host, if you have not registered please take a moment to register your attendance at the Herrington Gathering by contacting Jason Gaines at 859-338-4401 or email  jgaines@sheltoweetrace.org. Let Jason know what you can bring for the pot-luck.  

Additional regional Gatherings are being planned for upcoming months across the state.  Watch here for details. 
THE STA IN MAY

May 4 - 5   Hiker Challenge Team 2 Section 4 
May 6 - Morehead Public Trail Town Meeting
May 17th -  Herrington Chapter -
                  STA Cooperative Extension Office- 6 pm
May 17 - 19  Hiker Challenge Team 1 Section 5
May   20 - STA Presentation to NKy. Sierra Club
June 1 - TRAIL DAYS - S-Tree Trail Hardening 
June 1 - 2 Hiker Challenge Team 2 Section 5

For info on any of these activities contact the director of the STA by phone or email. 

BEAR ALERT!!!

With a growing population of black bears in eastern Kentucky, the Daniel Boone National Forest has issued a food storage order for campers and other visitors. The order is applicable forest-wide.

Read the order here .  There is more to being "bear aware" than hanging your food bag or storing food in a bear proof canister.  Click on Closing - Trail Alerts page for our guidance on how you should safely prepare for a possible encounter with a bear.

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TRAIL BLAZES

 

Welcome to Our 2013 Newest STA Supporting Members

James Ross, Lexington
Bryan Mattingly, Rush
Paul McKenzie, Ashland
Jim Mischner, Lexington
Craig Myer, Winchester
Jamie Myer, Winchester
Preston Ausbrook, Lexington
Jim Scheff,Berea
Steve Burkich, Danville
Andy Niekamp, Kettering Oh
Max Berman, Lousiville
Donna Klingman, Lousiville
Leslie Green, Nashville, In
Arlene Davidson, Sizerock
Rick Davidson, Sizerock, Ky
Robert Davidson, Sizerock
Frank Davidson, Sizerock
Randy Block, Lawrenceburg, In.
Susan Block, Ian Block, Rachel Block
Nathan & Jessa Turner, Berea
Geoffrey Stillwell, St. Ann, Mo.
Gary Rue, Frankfort,Ky.
Thomas & Alesia Wilger, Cincinnati, 
Sheila Campbell, Olympia, Ky. 
Chris & Amy  Napier, Gilbert, Az.
Eric Grulke, Lexington, Ky
John Hall, Louisville, Ky
Denise Kosin, Georgetown
Jesse Church, Manchester
Tom Rogers, Elizabethtown
Bill Adkisson, Lancaster
Jim Mabry, Morehead
Ed Walker, Old Hickory, Tn
Susan Netzeband, Old Hickory, Tn
Cecil McFarland, Lawrenceburg, Ky
Randy Napier, Georgetown
Doug & Melodie Hoff, Morehead
Ron Sipe, Franklin, Oh
The Anstett's, Wilmore
The Colten's, Frankfort
David & Tali Hunt, Lexington
Traci Westerfield, Lexington
Adam White, Lawrenceburg, In. 
Matt Lariscy, Versailles
The Kirkwood-Barnett's Morehead
John Miller, Alexandria
Louis Michael, Louisville
Austin Williams, Philadelphia, Pa
Madeline Landry, Philadelphia, Pa
Dexter Alexander, Somerset
John Blankenship, Berea
Kevin Cox, Lexington
Angel Clemons, Fisherville, Ky.
Catherine Appel, Lebanon, Oh.
Jeff Darpel, Sharonville, Oh.
Tom Grady, Louisville 


Thanks to all for showing your support to the STA!   How about you?  Please help us continue the work of the STA by becoming a supporting member.  Visit the membership page for details. 


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