Name/Title
Political ButtonEntry/Object ID
2009.14.2Description
Pale green round button pin. The pin reads, "SAVE THE / LONG / TRAIL" in black.Context
No information was found to explain the purpose of this pin. However, the following excerpt from the Green Mountain Club's website (https://www.greenmountainclub.org/conservation/protecting-long-trail/)
explains the ongoing efforts to protect the trail from one end of the state to the other.
"Since the 1980s, the Green Mountain Club has sought to secure a permanent route for the Long Trail. While in the early years, the club could rely on simple handshake agreements with landowners, a few threats of trail closure and development near the trail inspired the club to kick off its Long Trail Protection Campaign.
The Long Trail Protection Campaign has resulted in the conservation of more than 25,000 acres of Vermont forest land through which the Long Trail and its side trails cross. The club has protected more than 78 miles of the Long Trail and continues to strive to conserve the remaining 6.5 miles of the trail (Note: much of the trail was conserved before this campaign thanks to the national forest and state lands). With only a few miles left unprotected, the club continues to work with willing landowners to provide the public with long term certainty that the trail will never close.
The club’s Long Trail Protection Campaign has always relied exclusively on willing landowner sales and easements. The club has partnered with the state of Vermont to transfer many of the lands it has conserved into the state forest system."Acquisition
Accession
2009.14Source or Donor
VHS LibraryAcquisition Method
TransferMade/Created
Manufacturer
Badge-a-MinitDate made
2000 - 2009Place
City
LaSalleState/Province
IllinoisCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Button, PoliticalNomenclature Primary Object Term
Symbol, PoliticalNomenclature Sub-Class
Belief SymbolsNomenclature Class
Personal SymbolsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Green Mountain ClubRelated Places
Place
* Untyped Place
Long TrailState/Province
VermontCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North America