MRATC Activities and Information, Week – Sept. 20 – 26, 2026
PUBLIC LANDS DAY EVENT:
Friday, Sept. 25, Damascus Trail Center, starting 2 p.m.
Help needed!
See flyer at bottom for details on this event.
Sign up using this link to help greet visitors to MRATC booth (3 hr. shifts, 2 people each, to allow for breaks):
or reply to this notice and you will be written in! Thanks!
TRAIL WORK:
Sat. Sept. 26: The group will meet at Elk Garden at 9:30 and shuttle up to the Whitetop AT lot. We'll work on the section from the Whitetop AT lot to Elk Garden. The upper (southerly) portion of this section has been getting more sunlight since Helene and foliage along the trail is thriving. We will use loppers and shears to try and trim back some of the recent growth. RSVP: Trailwork Sat Sept 26th | MRATC
MRATC HIKES:
Friday, Sept. 25: Hungry Mother State Park Lake Loop Trail (5 miles, easy): This trail is relatively easy. We will start in the most shaded wooded area and finish in the open along the roadway back to our starting point. Please carpool if possible with those members who have a parking pass for the state parks. Parking and starting point will be the first parking lot on the right once you pass through the Contact Station. Hike leader is Neva Johnson. Meet up locations are Abingdon Lowe's @ 9AM or HMSP Parking Lot 1 @ 9:40AM.
RSVP using this link:
FALL NATURALIST RALLY COMING SOON! OCT. 16-18
For registration and information on field trips, visit:
ATC REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP MEETING, SAT. OCT. 24
The RPC Fall 2026 Meeting will be held on October 24, 2026, at the Henderson School of Appalachian Arts in Marion, Virginia from 9 - 5PM.
While a Zoom option will be available, we encourage participants to join us onsite if possible. Regardless of how you plan to attend, please register using the link below:
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