Public Law 90-543 : An Act to Establish a National Trails System, and For Other Purposes
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Resource ID
1121
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Open
Contributed by
Appalachian Trail Museum Library
Date
02 October 1968
Tags - Places
Entire Trail
Document Types
Federal, Law, Ordinance, or Regulation
Document Extract
SEC. 5. (a) National scenic trails shall be authorized and designated only by Act of Congress. There are hereby established as the initial National Scenic Trails:
(1) The Appalachian Trail, a trail of approximately two thousand miles extending generally along the Appalachian Mountains from Mount Katahdin, Maine, to Springer Mountain, Georgia. .... The Appalachian Trail shall be administered primarily as a footpath by the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture.