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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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Calendar No. 129
115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session SENATE 115-99
NORTH COUNTRY NATIONAL SCENIC TRAIL ROUTE
ADJUSTMENT ACT
JUNE 8, 2017.-Ordered to be printed
Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 363]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 363) to revise the authorized route of the North
Country National Scenic Trail in northeastern Minnesota and to
extend the trail into Vermont to connect with the Appalachian Na-
tional Scenic Trail, and for other purposes, having considered the
same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 363 is to revise the route of the North Country
National Scenic Trail in northeastern Minnesota and to extend the
trail into Vermont to connect with the Appalachian National Scenic
Trail.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
The North Country National Scenic Trail (Trail) was designated
and added to the National Trails System on March 5, 1980 (Public
Law 96-199). The Trail traverses seven states: North Dakota, Min-
nesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York.
Portions of the Trail cross four National Parks, 10 National For-
ests, and numerous other Federal, State, and lands administered
by local governments. The Trail also crosses many miles of pri-
vately owned lands. The National Park Service (NPS) administers
the Trail. The comprehensive management plan for the Trail was
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