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About
the HHC:
HHC Accomplishments
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its foundation in 1995, the Hoosier Hikers Council
has made a significant impact on Indiana's hiking
resources:
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before
the bridge...
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Trail-Building Volunteer Clock: over 1,000
hours of work contributed yearly since 1995; 15,500
hours in its first 10 years.
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The first HHC crews replaced all the steep, eroding
trail sections with switchbacks on Morgan-Monroe State
Forest Trails between 1995 and 1998. In 1998 we built
3 footbridges there and in 1999 helped rebuild the
Nature Trail.
- The hallmark of HHC trail work has become sustainable trails, with grade drains, contour and switchback designs, and protective embankments to prevent erosion.
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HHC has been asked to design and build more than 40
new miles of trails:
- The Tecumseh Trail (1997-2001)
- Adena Trace at Brookville Reservoir (1998-2002)
- Yellowwood Lake Trail (1998)
- Bloomington Parks' Leonard Springs Nature Trail (1999)
- Brown County State Park backcountry Trail #9 extension (2004 and continuing)
- Trail system rehabilitation projects include:
- Yellowwood State Forest trails (1998--2001)
- Minnehaha Fish & Wildlife Boy Scout Trail (1998, 2001, 2004)
- Harrison-Crawford State Forest Adventure Trail (survey, 1998)
- Brown County State Park trails (survey 2002; work is continuing)
- Original Knobstone Trail (survey 2002; work is continuing)
- Hoosier National Forest Pate Hollow trail (2004)
- The HHC trains and supervises Scouts (4 Eagle Scout projects to date), university students, and youth and school groups in the standards of trail work, enabling them to make worthwhile contributions to improve the environment.
- A Build Indiana Fund Grant of $50,000 in 1999 enabled the HHC to buy land to help complete the Tecumseh Trail. A fundraising drive in 2004 raised $32,000 to help buy land for the Pioneer Trail.
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