Notice2023-13158
Selection of the Route of the New England National Scenic Trail and Publication of the Land Protection Plan
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Published
June 21, 2023
Effective
June 21, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
Pursuant to the National Trails System Act, the National Park Service is publishing notice of its selection of the New England National Scenic Trail route and a Land Protection Plan for said route. Congress established the trail in 2009, which has been in use as a long-distance trail since the 1950s.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 118 (Wednesday, June 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40329-40330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13158]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-NER-NEEN-FR00000057; PPNENEEN00/PPMPSAS1Z.Y00000]
Selection of the Route of the New England National Scenic Trail
and Publication of the Land Protection Plan
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National Trails System Act, the National Park
Service is publishing notice of its selection of the New England
National Scenic Trail route and a Land Protection Plan for said route.
Congress established the trail in 2009, which has been in use as a
long-distance trail since the 1950s.
DATES: The effective date of this route selection is June 21, 2023.
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ADDRESSES: This Federal Register notice announces the route for the New
England National Scenic Trail following the routes generally depicted
on the map referenced in the Act. The legislative map depicting this
route is available for inspection at the following locations: National
Park Service, Land Resources Program Center, Interior Region 1, 1234
Market Street, 20th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107 and National Park
Service, Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW, 2nd Floor, Room
2342 (MIB 2340), Washington, DC 20240. The route is depicted in more
detail in the National Park Service Geographic Information System
database as the ``NEEN_BND_NationalScenicTrailCenterline_ln,'' updated
April 7, 2023, and listed as the Authoritative Feature Layer,
published, and managed by the National Park Service, which is available
at <a href="https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=2732c458d1d64bfda9b0bbc82de8cc7e">https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=2732c458d1d64bfda9b0bbc82de8cc7e</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kelly Fellner, Superintendent; New
England National Scenic Trail; National Park Service; One Armory
Square, Suite 2, Springfield, MA 01105; via email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c7aca2ababbe98a1a2ababa9a2b587a9b7b4e9a0a8b1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="244f4148485d7b424148484a4156644a54570a434b52">[email protected]</span></a>; or via phone at (413) 734-8551.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 2009, Congress established the New
England National Scenic Trail as a component of the National Trails
System as part of Public Law 111-11, Sect. 5202 (Act) which amended the
National Trails System Act to include the trail. The law references the
trail route as generally depicted on legislated Map No. T06/80,000,
dated October 2007. The map indicates an extension to the Long Island
Sound, which was approved as part of the designation. Prior to
designation, the New England Trail had been continuous in its entirety
and in use as a long-distance trail since the 1950s. Post designation,
the Long Island Sound extension was completed, as well as other minor
relocations to comply with landowner requests. The trail route has been
largely unchanged since its ten-year anniversary in 2019.
Pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 1244(a) and 1246(a)(2), the Secretary of the
Interior must select the route for the trail and publish notice of the
availability of appropriate maps or descriptions in the Federal
Register.
To guide the protection of this trail route, legislated trail
partners in Connecticut and Massachusetts, the Connecticut Forest &
Park Association and Appalachian Mountain Club respectively, conducted
various land protection planning efforts and held workshops with
interested stakeholders between 2018 and 2022, resulting in a trail
protection strategy in each state. Stakeholders participating included
state and local government agencies, nonprofit organizations, land
trusts, and private entities. The National Park Service has combined
these two strategies, including additional information required by
policy and various Federal Register notices into a trailwide Land
Protection Plan. This Land Protection Plan provides the local criteria,
data, and prioritization process for working with willing sellers and
partners to protect the trail using various methods. The plan is
available at <a href="https://www.nps.gov/neen/learn/management/land-protection-plan.htm">https://www.nps.gov/neen/learn/management/land-protection-plan.htm</a>.
Gay Vietzke,
Regional Director, Interior Region 1.
[FR Doc. 2023-13158 Filed 6-20-23; 8:45 am]
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