American Hiking Society: Protecting the Trails Our Dogs Love
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Every great dog adventure starts where the pavement ends. The trailheads, the switchbacks, the summit snack with your co-pilot, none of it happens without someone protecting and maintaining those trails. That someone is the American Hiking Societyfeatured in our Pit Stops for a Purpose directory.
What the American Hiking Society Does
Founded as the national voice for America's hikersthe American Hiking Society works on three fronts:
- Advocacyworking with Congress and federal agencies to secure trail funding and protect public lands.
- Volunteer programsorganizing trail maintenance and construction crews nationwide.
- Educationequipping hikers with the resources to explore safely and responsibly.
The Impact
AHS volunteers have contributed an estimated $98 million in volunteer labor and supported 46,000+ miles of trail maintenancethe unglamorous, essential work that keeps trails open for every hiker and every trail dog in the country.
Why Sniff and Shift Backs Them
Our whole brand is built around getting out there with your dog. Public lands and maintained trails are the infrastructure of adventure, as essential to us as good tires and a full tank. Protecting them is a no-brainer for our Shift Gears for Good garage.
How to Donate to the American Hiking Society
Donate directly on their secure site: americanhiking.org/join-donate/donateor join their Summit Club for monthly giving. Your donation goes straight to the organization; Sniff and Shift never collects or handles any portion of it.
Disclosure: Sniff and Shift is a for-profit business and is not affiliated with the American Hiking Society. Details above come from the organization's public materials. See our Giving Disclosures.
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