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13 <br />November 2016 <br />How can I learn more about the NC Mountains -to -Sea Trail in Orange County and across the state? <br />• Orange County Dept. of Environment, Agriculture, Parks and Recreation <br />Land Conservation Manager 919 - 245 -2510 <br />http: / /www.orangecountync.gov /departments /deapr /mountains to sea trail.php <br />N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation – State Trails Program <br />Smith Raynor, State Trails Specialist <br /><smith.raynor @ncparks.gov> or 919 - 707 -9305 <br />www.ncparks.gov <br />• Friends of the Mountains -to -Sea Trail <br />Kate Dixon, Executive Director <br /><kdixon @ncrost.org> or 919 - 698 -9024 <br />http://www.ncmst.org/ <br />How can I find the Trail? <br />For information on the NC Mountains -To -Sea State Trail, please see the NC Division of Parks and <br />Recreation website at www.ncparks.ggv or http : / /www.ncmountainstosea.org/ <br />The Friends of the Mountains -to -Sea Trail website (http: / /www.ncrost.org /) has general descriptions of <br />trail sections with mileage and information about available guidebooks. <br />When will the entire Mountains -to -Sea Trail be completed? <br />The NC Mountains -to -Sea Trail remains a work in progress. With the help of more volunteers, the pace <br />of progress has picked up in recent years. Since 2008, 195 new miles of trail have opened on the MST. <br />Land along some sections of the trail corridor remains privately owned, and acquisition or easements <br />will be needed to extend the trail. The goal is a 1,000 -mile trail from Clingmans Dome to Jockey's Ridge. <br />How can I get involved? <br />• You can volunteer to build trail by contacting the Friends of the Mountains -to -Sea Trail at <br />http: / /www.ncrost.org/ or contact the Land Conservation Manager with Orange County DEAPR <br />at 919 - 245 -2510. <br />You can sign up for the Friends of the Mountains -to -Sea Trail (FMST) e-mail newsletter to keep <br />informed of progress and opportunities to get involved. You can also become a member of the <br />FMST —a non - profit organization that promotes the trail, coordinates trail building activities and <br />serves as a clearinghouse for information. <br />0 <br />