All About the Appalachian Trail by Leonard Adkins

Author:Leonard Adkins
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781681571188
Publisher: Blue River Press
Published: 2019-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

Pitcher plants can typically be found in bogs, but wild ones are being threatened by people draining the bogs, picking their flowers, and taking the plants to keep indoors.

Stiff hairs trap insects that end up falling into the pitcher. The plant’s water has a chemical process that lets it “eat” the insects. This is how the plant gets nourishment to continue to grow.

Bogs are also places where there is the chance of seeing many different animals. Moose and deer live here. So, too, do a number of small creatures that like being near water. Hikers have been known to see otters, minks, weasels, and fishers.

Fishers are not named for the food they eat. Their name comes from the French word, fichel. This originally referred to a pelt, or the skin and fur, of another animal. Amazingly, one of the fisher’s favorite foods is porcupine.

The northern end of the Appalachian Trail is on Mount Katahdin in Baxter State Park. This area is preserved because of a thoughtful governor of Maine, Percival Baxter. He started buying the land in the 1930s. He later gave it as a present for all people to enjoy.

Katahdin is an Abenaki Indian word that means “greatest mountain.” This is appropriate as it is a monadnock, a mountain that stands alone. There are no other mountains around it. Thru-hikers also think it is the greatest mountain. It is where their journey of over 2,000 miles ends—or begins.

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