Protecting the Trail in the US Supreme Court

The never-ending threats to the Trail continue (which is what "never-ending" means, I guess).

Anyway, the Atlantic Coast Pipeline builders want to run the pipeline through the George Washington National Forest and across the Appalachian Trail at the same time. It can't legally do that. Because the Trail is in the National Park System.

This article by Sharon Buccino and Gillian Giannetti, titled "A Walk in the Woods: Pipelines and the Appalachian Trail" appears on the National Resources Defense Council blog, and does a good job of explaining the legal issues and the state of the suit before the honorable court. Case is currently scheduled to be heard on 24 February.