FMST Accomplishments

2010 highlights include:

• More than 1000 volunteers contributed 18,295 hours to build 15.5 new miles of trail and maintain more than 400.
• Nearly 200 people attended the October dedication of 25 new miles of trail built by the South Ashe and Watauga task forces along the Blue Ridge Parkway near Boone.
• Among the thousands of hikers who used the trail during the year were President and First Lady Obama who hiked near Asheville and three people from Guilford County who completed the entire trail.
• FMST's "Put Another Log on the Fire" fundraising campaign met its $40,000 goal. The funds are being used to strengthen operations, establish a permanent endowment, and begin participation in statewide employee workplace giving campaigns in Fall 2011.
• In November 2010, the Board of Directors developed FMST's first three-year strategic plan. Goals are focused in four areas, including spurring trail building progess in the Coastal Plain.
• As part of FMST's annual Mountains-to-Sea Trail Month in October, more than 500 people participated in the "Clues on the Neuse" scavenger hunt along a newly-built section of the MST in downtown Smithfield. Overall more than 1600 people participated in 23 events across the state.
• A critical gap for the trail aong the Eno River was closed with a year-end land donation by LinkBros LLC to the Eno River Association. Alamance County acquired four tracts along the Haw River which will help the trail connect two historic mill villages.

For more information about FMST's accomplishments over the years, please read our annual reports:

2010 Annual Report (1.5 MB PDF)

2009 Annual Report (0.9 MB PDF)

2008 Annual Report (2.4 MB PDF)

2007 Annual Report (0.4 MB PDF)

2006 Annual Report (0.4 MB PDF)