"The Register" Blog

Volunteers give their time to keep the Appalachian Trail open, accessible, and protected. One way they do that is introducing the Trail to the public, at Visitor Centers along the A.T.

Find ideas for A.T. Clubs and A.T. Communities to join the nation’s largest one-day celebration of public lands by hosting a National Public Lands Day (NPLD) activity.

The impacts of a well planned trash clean-up event.

A good tailgate safety session doesn’t need to be unnecessary lengthy, though it should cover some essentials. This post includes a mnemonic to help frame your next safety briefing, an easy way to introduce safety talks for volunteers, and a video that samples tailgate safety session topics.

A Register Flashback with a few ways to assess possible hazard trees on the trail.

Learn some tips and tricks for properly using rifting hammers, sledge hammers, stone busters, chisels, and hand points as well as what it means to “read the rock.”

Recently there was an unfortunate death of a volunteer work trip not affiliated with the Appalachian Trail, but provides important insights that A.T. volunteers can benefit from knowing. Here are some of the “Lessons Learned,” noted by the trip leader on that day.

Being prepared is a virtue of any avid outdoors person. Knowing how to care for yourself or anyone else when an accident occurs is a key part of being prepared. In this article the differences between basic urban first aid and wilderness first aid are laid out, along with some a few additional perks of taking a wilderness first aid course.

In this article we explore the detrimental impacts of the emerald ash borer on ash trees and why it is important for trail maintainers and volunteers to be knowledgeable about these, and similar impacts.