By Jordan A. Bowman
Appalachian Trail Conservancy
November 20, 2019
Stretching from the Potomac River to Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania, the South Mountain Range is home to 60 miles of the Appalachian Trail (A.T.) and a diversity of landscapes, environments and historic communities. The Pennsylvania portion of this unique range is promoted and protected by the South Mountain Partnership, an alliance between the ATC, the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and dozens of businesses, non-profits, academic institutions, and local, state and federal government agencies and officials. These entities work together to promote and preserve this irreplaceable landscape for future generations.
“The South Mountain landscape is our home,” said Katie Hess, Director of South Mountain Partnership. “And despite the different opinions, perspectives and worldviews that each of us carry, we all share a common trait: we call the South Mountain landscape home. The Partnerships believes in the power of this common ground to build conversation around the future of this landscape, and our future while living within this landscape.”