The beginning of the year may seem like a slower time for hikers who are nestled away inside dreaming of longer and warmer days to get out on the trail. For American Hiking Society’s advocacy efforts it’s the busiest time of the year as we get ready for and host Hike the HillⓇ our annual advocacy event that takes place throughout the first few months of the year! 

For 27 years, AHS has joined with Partnership for the National Trails System to bring trail organizations, advocates, and federal land management partners together. It’s the hiking and trail community’s biggest opportunity of the year to collectively come together and advance our legislative and agency priorities by being face to face with congressional decision makers and agency leadership at the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, and the U.S. Forest Service. 

This year was no different as we expanded our meetings, …