[pct-l] When is the mission of the PCTA complete?

[Henry Shires]

> In response to the poster who asked:? "Will the mission [of the PCTA] ever be complete?"
> 
> In a word:? no.

Very true.  Trail maintenance aside, the PCT is about 10% privately owned in the sense that a very narrow public trail easement passes though something like 300 miles of private land. As such the PCT is inherently incomplete and unprotected and will remain so long after we're all pushing up daisies.  There are many locations where there is just no other place to put the trail onto public land.  Putting the full trail into public ownership, even if all the land owners became willing sellers, will require hundreds of millions of dollars.  If anyone knows a billionaire who wants to leave an incomparable legacy, I'm sure the PCTA would be happy to help.

To those still kvetching about compensation, this is not the place.  Please get yourself on the PCTA Board.  The Board takes PCTA short and long term financials very seriously.

-H