Authors & Presenters



posted Feb 5, 2018

Jeff Parker

Jeff Parker is the Executive Director of Northwest Youth Corps, based in Eugene, Oregon. Started in 1984, NYC works throughout a 4 state area, serving over 1,000 diverse youth and young adults each year in outdoor conservation programs that combine e...


posted Feb 1, 2018

Sarah Hippensteel Hall, PhD

Sarah believes that water is a critical element for community health and prosperity and communities who enjoy their rivers are more likely to protect their water. She currently serves as the Manager of Watershed Partnerships for the Miami Conservancy...


posted Feb 1, 2018

Lelia Mellen

Lelia Mellen works for the National Park Service Rivers & Trails Program as the National Water Trail Leader and the Director of New Hampshire Projects. This is a position she has held for over 20 years and as such she works with national water-or...


posted Feb 1, 2018

Rita Hennessy

Rita Hennessy, longtime trails administrator and National Park Service veteran, is the new program manager for the Service’s National Trails System. Hennessy’s signature project at the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, or the AT, as it is called, wa...


posted Feb 1, 2018

Laura Belleville

Laura Belleville is Senior Director of Conservation, for the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. As a conservation specialist with more than 25 years of experience including field research, resource management and conservation program development, she joi...


posted Feb 1, 2018

Julie Clark

Julie provides leadership and oversees the delivery and execution of TART Trail's mission to enrich the Grand Traverse region by providing a network of trails, bikeways and pedestrian ways; and encouraging their use. Active in trail development and p...


posted Feb 1, 2018

Elizabeth Riggs

Elizabeth Riggs serves as Deputy Director for the Huron River Watershed Council, a research and education not-for-profit recognized internationally for its collaborative approach to integrated river basin management. She manages RiverUp!, a public-pr...


posted Feb 1, 2018

Sam Demas

After over 40 years working in college and university libraries, Sam Demas' reinspirement project is studying huts. He travels the world learning how other nations shelter long distance human powered travellers. He writes about what he learns and put...


posted Jan 31, 2018

Craig Della Penna

Craig Della Penna is the Executive Director with Norwottuck Network, an Associate Broker with The Murphys Realtors, Trailside Team, as well as the Owner of Sugar Maple Trailside Inn in Florence, MA. For 12 years, Craig marketed rail freight and oper...


posted Jan 27, 2018

Martha Manning

Martha Manning is an artist who is inspired by the out-of-doors, and her work has appeared in national shows and publications. Bob and Martha have lived, worked, and walked extensively in the national parks. ...