Teens to Trails Conference

In the 12 March 2007 updates to the KeepMeCurrent.Com web site (which, it appears, is backed up by a variety of newspapers in Maine), there's a story out of Windham, Maine under the headline "Teens To Trails conference first of its kind" and the byline "National Teens to Trails Conference."

Sounds pretty interesting: "A new organization calling themselves Teens To Trails wants to ensure increased opportunities for teens to get away from their TVs and video games and back outside. The conference will be their kick-off event."

And here's the Appalachian Trail tie-in sentence: "Also on hand will be knowledgeable staff from Maine’s premier trail systems including Baxter State Park, the Allagash Wilderness Waterway, Maine Island Trail, and Appalachian Trail."

The conference is on 24 March at the high school. In hunting around for the group's obligatory web site, I found mention of the conference at a lot of other places, so the publicity is pretty widespread. Again, I think it sounds pretty interesting. Where was this sort of stuff when I was a kid?