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NEW GUIDEBOOKS FOR 2008:
LONG ISLAND
 NORTHWEST FLORIDA
 PITTSBURGH/SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
 CLEVELAND/NORTHEAST OHIO
December 2008. In this issue:
















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Feature

Doggin’ America’s Big Trees
This is the time of year where we are all out on the hunt for that perfect Christmas tree. But this need not be the only time you build an adventure with your dog out of hunting trees. Today, almost all of the forests we hike through have been regenerated on land where all the trees have been cut down in the past. Most eastern states whose slopes were cut bare in the 1800s now boast of more than 50% forestland. In a land of second- and third-growth woodlands “old growth forests” where trees have stood unmolested since the dawn of the America have become magical places...


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Beach of the Month
Fire Island, Fire Island National Seashore, New York

Dogs are restricted at the Fire Island during piping plover nesting season from March 15 to Labor Day so this is prime time for an adventure with your dog in the Otis Pike High Dune Wilderness Area, established by Congress in 1980 to protect 1,400 acres on a seven-mile stretch of oceanfront. Starting at the Wilderness Visitor Center at the eastern end...



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On The Trail At...
Notchview, Massachusetts

Hiking with your dog in snow and cross-country skiing are not a good mix. Dogs tend to seek out the compacted grooves cut by the skis rather than try and bound through what may well be face-high snow and damage the tracks. Notchview, in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts is a premier nordic ski destination with more than 40 kilometers of cross-country trails spread over more than 3,000 acres. They average more than 80 days a year of trail skiing and dogs are banned from all 27 trails - EXCEPT one. You can even ski with your dog on a 2-kilometer loop south of Route 9...



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Quick Tip
Let the US Government Plan your Next Trip With Your Dog - For Free

As you know, our national park system is not a particularly dog-friendly organization with dogs banned on the trails of just about every national park. But as we have pointed out in the past for some reason our national historic sites are welcoming places to hike with our dogs. The Federal Government provides a vast wealth of free information and one of our favorites comes from the National Park Service who have designed...



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