Series: Lewis and Clark Trail 2024 Annual Report

Highlights include forward strides on Big Medicine: The York Project, a recap of the trail's Native Speaker Serices: Our Voices Remain, updates on natural resource protection strategies, and the yearly spending and projects report.

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Article 1: Looking Back on 2024: from Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Superintendent

I really enjoy looking back at the previous year and recalling all the great work done by Lewis and Clark Trail staff and all the folks and organizations who combine their efforts. No one agency, organization or individual can claim the achievements that have taken place. It is always a team effort. Read more
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Article 2: Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Spending and Budget Report 2024

Budget, project, and spending report for the Lewis and Clark Trail in 2024. Read more
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Article 3: Across the Lewis and Clark Trail 2024

Updates on the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail for 2023. Read more
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Article 4: Proactive Protection of Natural Resources on the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail

Although NPS staff do not directly manage the land and resources along the Trail, we are able to positively impact land management through collaboration with partners and participation in planning efforts. Read more
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Article 5: A visit with the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska

This May, Brye Lefler, Trail Tribal Partnerships Specialist/Cultural Anthropologist, travelled to the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska’s Ponca Community Grounds, near Niobrara, Nebraska. Read more
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Article 6: Native Speaker Series: Our Voices Remain

This year, Indigenous perspectives of the Lewis and Clark Expedition were reawakened through Our Voices Remain, a Native speaker series organized in part between Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail and Partnership for National Trails System (PNTS). Read more
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Article 7: Big Medicine: The York Project

Website user analytics indicate a growing interest in York, a member of the Corps of Discovery and enslaved by Captain William Clark, who may have been the first African American to journey across the continent. Read more
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Article 8: Lewis and Clark Trail Partnerships 2024

We thank all of our partners for their work in 2024 to commemorate and protect the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail. Read more
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Article 9: Expanding Programming at the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Headquarters

This year marked significant growth for the Omaha Lewis and Clark Visitor Center, with interpretive programming expanding through many valuable partnerships. Read more
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Article 10: The Trail's VIP content creator Kent Schlawin

Throughout the National Park Service, volunteers, known as VIPs (Volunteers-In-Parks), serve in many capacities, even filling virtual positions, working from home. Read more
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Article 11: Lewis and Clark Trail Updates 2024

2024 updates for the Lewis and Clark Trail. Read more
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Article 12: Virtual Student Federal Sevice Interns at the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail

During the 2023-2024 school year, the Trail Tribal Partnerships Specialist/Cultural Anthropologist and Trail Geographer led geospatial research conducted by Virtual Student Federal Service intern, Joe Johnson, then a senior at the University of Oregon. Read more