Hiking and Backpacking News

Three charged with arson of historic cabin
WBRC
... grand jury Wednesday indicted three people in connection with the 2009 fire of a historic building in the Talladega National Forest near Anniston. ...
Federal grand jury in Birmingham hands down indictments on child porn, arson ...al.com (blog)

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Three charged with arson of historic cabin
WBRC
The cabin site was a trail head for the Dugger Mountain Wilderness, as well as a connector to the Pinhoti Trail, which extends along the Appalachian ...

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al.com (blog)
A refuge from the storm: In 2005, Hurricane Katrina sent 27000 evacuees to Alabama
al.com (blog)
They slept on cots at the BJCC, lived in FEMA trailers at Oak Mountain State Park and crowded into their friends' and families' basements and living rooms. ...

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Going out to pasture: 'The best thing to improve the quality of my life ...
Anniston Star
We put it on a hill smack dab in the middle of our 320 acres, bordering the Talladega National Forest. I remember our first Christmas out in the boonies in ...

Hiking the Pinhoti Trail
Daily Home Online
Patty Hackett, 47, of Prattville hikes across makeshift bridge over a creek along the Pinhoti Trail in the Talladega National Forest. ...

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Hiking the Pinhoti Trail
Daily Home Online
He drives by Bankhead National Forest in North Alabama to hike the Pinhoti Trail. “Up there, you have to hike loop trails,” Gilham said. ...

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Hiking the Pinhoti Trail
Daily Home Online
Patty Hackett, 47, of Prattville hikes across makeshift bridge over a creek along the Pinhoti Trail in the Talladega National Forest. ...
Think light when hikingDaily Home Online

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Green briefs (August 26, 2010)
Birmingham Weekly
... hawks have now returned to the skies around Birmingham, thanks to the efforts of the Alabama Wildlife Center (AWC) at Oak Mountain State Park in Pelham. ...

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Silver Comet Trail drives local tourism
Cedartown Standard
There, it connects with the 33-mile long Chief Ladiga Trail. Both are open to bikers, joggers, walkers and other users. Ramona Ruark, director, Cedartown ...

Farmers market to reopen in October
Jacksonville News
Smith also announced that the city is working on getting a grant that would make some changes to the Chief Ladiga Trail. “Now on (Alabama Highway) 204, ...

Connecting it all through books
Montgomery Advertiser
Since "Alabama Moon" is about three boys camping in the Talladega National Forest, I saw a natural connection there. "Alabama Moon" was adapted into a movie ...

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Danville "horse heroes" save a life
WAFF
One day, they received a call about a Fayette man who was riding his horse in the Bankhead National Forest and disappeared, "We have a mutual friend that ...

Application signed for project grant
istockAnalyst.com (press release)
... Lawrence County officials a $500000 check to install public water on Ridge Road, a rural road following the mountain ridge in Bankhead National Forest. ...

Boston Globe
Rural Alabama lures students and sightseers
Boston Globe
... as a tranquil garden retreat, a large latticed truss for a pedestrian bridge, constructed with forest thinnings from nearby Talladega National Forest. ...

Miss B sweeps in downtown Heflin recently. Photo: Wayne Ruple
Cleburne News
Phillips was a housekeeper for many years and then worked as a volunteer with the Talladega National Forest where she picked up trash and cleaned up areas.

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Festival planned at Cheaha State Park
Cleburne News
Call now and enter the Chili Cook off at 256-488-5115 or 1-800-846-2654 alapark.com Another great attraction is the the Pinhoti trail located on Cheaha ...

On (and off) trail
Anniston Star
We've been singing the virtues of the Chief Ladiga Trail for some time. Of course, that shouldn't cause us — or anyone else — to downplay the center's ...

Hudson to speak to Sierra Club
Gadsden Times
Hudson, a member of the Sierra Club's Cahaba Group since 1996, has led numerous outings for the Cahaba Group, including the Pinhoti Challenge series of ...

Chief Ladiga Trail draws visitors in record numbers
Anniston Star
For the past three months, the Eubanks Welcome Center, just off the Chief Ladiga Trail in Piedmont, has recorded a record number of visitors. ...

Chief Ladiga Trail draws visitors in record numbers
Anniston Star
The 33-mile trail is paved and intersects with the Pinhoti hiking trail, which links to the Appalachian Trail. It also connects at the state line with ...