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Counties
Alexandria, VA
Arlington County, VA
Charles County, MD
Fairfax County, VA
Fayette County, PA
Frederick County, MD
Fredericksburg, VA
King George County, VA
Loudoun County, VA
Montgomery County, MD
Northumberland County. VA
Prince George's County, MD
Prince William County, VA
St. Mary's County, MD
Somerset County, PA
Stafford County, VA
Washington County, MD
Westmoreland County, PA
Westmoreland County, VA

• Federal & Regional Agencies

Anacostia Watershed Society
The George Washington House
4302 Baltimore Ave
Bladensburg, MD 20710-1031
Robert E. Boone, President
Ph (301) 699-6204
Fx (301) 699-3317
Robert@anacostiaws.org
www.anacostiaws.org

C&O Canal Association
P.O. Box 366
Glen Echo, MD 20812
Ph (301) 983-0825

C&O Canal National Historical Park
P.O. Box 4
Sharpsburg, MD 21782
Ph (301) 739-4200
www.nps.gov/choh/

East Coast Greenway Alliance, Inc.
135 Main Street
Wakefield RI 02879
Karen Votava
kvotava935@aol.com
Ph (401) 798-1706

Friends of the Potomac
1730 K Street, N.W. Suite 300
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 467-4000
Fax: (202) 467-4007
Info@potomacfriends.org
www.potomacfriends.org

George Washington University
International Institute of Tourism Studies
600 21st Street, NW.
Washington, DC 20052
Dr. Philip Ogilvie
Ph (202) 994-1814
Fx (202) 994-1630

Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin
6110 Executive Blvd.
Rockville, MD 20582
Joseph Hoffman, Executive Director
Ph (301) 984-1908
www.potomacriver.org

Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
777 North Capital St., NE, #300
Washington, DC 20002
Jim Sebastian, Transportation Planner
Ph (202)962-3760
Fx (202) 962-3201
jsebastian@mwcog.org

National Capital Planning Commission
801 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 301
Washington, DC 20576
Ph (202) 724-0174

National Park Service
National Capital Parks-East
1900 Anacostia Dr., SE
Washington, DC 20020
Stephen W. Syphax, Chief
Resource Management Division
Ph (202) 690-5160
Fx (202) 690-0862
Stephen_syphax@nps.gov

National Park Service
National Capital Parks-West
Bob Ford, Chief
Resource Management Div.
Ph (202) 426-6834

National Park Service
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail Office
Don Briggs, Superintendent (Coordinator)
P.O. Box B
Harper's Ferry, WV 25425
(304) 535-4014
www.nps.gov/pohe/

National Park Service
Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program
Robert Potter, Director
200 Chestnut Street, 3rd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19016
Ph (215) 597-1787

Parks and History Association
126 Raleigh Street, SE
Washington, DC 20032
www.parksandhistory.org

Potomac Appalachian Trail Club
118 Park Street, SE
Vienna, VA 22180
(703) 242-0693
Tom Johnson, PTC Liaison
johnts3@juno.com
www.patc.net

Potomac Conservancy
Matthew Logan, Executive Director
1730 North Lynn St., Ste 403
Arlington, VA 22209
Ph (703) 276-2777
www.potomac.org

Potomac Heritage Partnership, Inc.
1623 28th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007
Harry L. Belin, President
Janice Artemel, Executive Director
Ph (202) 333-4478
php1623@aol.com

Potomac Review
P.O. Box 354
Port Tobacco MD 20677
Eli Flam, Editor
www.meral.com/potomac

Potomac River Greenways Coalition, Inc.
Bill Niedringhaus, President
Ph (703) 821-0975
www.mindspring.com/~potomacgreenways/

Potomac River Basin Consortium
c/o Burton K Kummerow
10110 Falls Road
Lutherville, MD 21093
Ph (410) 583-5715
patburt@flash.net

Potomac Water Trail Association
P.O. Box 480
Accokeek, MD 20607
Steve Swartz, President
Ph (301) 952-7753

Trail Riders of Today
P.O. Box 1069
Beltsville, MD 20704

Trust for Public Land
Chesapeake Field Office
666 Pennsylvania Ave., SE
Washington, D.C. 20003
Debi Osborne, Director
Ph (202) 543-7552

Virginia Department of Transportation
Northern Virginia District Office
Anne Messner
Ph (703) 383-2337

Washington Area Bicyclist Association
733 15th Street, NW
Ste 1030
Washington, DC 20005
Ellen Jones, Allan Muchnik
Ph (202) 628-2500
www.waba.org

Wilderness Society, The
1615 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Ph (202) 429-2657
Fx (202) 429-8443
Frances A. Hunt, Mid-Atlantic Program Director
Chesapeake Bay Program
fran_hunt@tws.org
www.wilderness.org

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• Maryland Statewide

Maryland Department of Natural Resources
580 Taylor Avenue, E-4
Annapolis, MD 21401
Gene Piotrowski
Ph (410) 260-8405
www.dnr.state.md.us

Maryland Greenways Commission
Lisa Guttierez
Ph (410) 260-8778

Maryland Department of Planning
301 W Preston Street, Room 1101
Baltimore, MD 21201

Mary Abrams
Chief of Planning Coordination and Resource Management
Ph (410) 767-4500

Maryland Department of Transportation
Charlie Adams
Ph (410) 545-8640

Maryland State Highway Administration
Bicycle Advisory Committee
Chairman Thomas J. Roberts
Harvey Muller, Coordinator
Ph (410) 333-1145

Office of Environmental Design
Charles B. Adams, Director
Ph (410) 545-8640

Maryland Environmental Trust
John Bernstein, Director
Ph (410) 514-7900

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• Virginia Statewide

Virginia Bicycling Federation
P.O. Box 5621
Arlington VA 22205
Rob Swennes, President
Ph (703) 532-6101 (H)
swenner@onr.navy.mil

Virginia Dept. of Conservation and Recreation
201 Governor St., Suite 306
Richmond, VA 23219-2010
Bob Munson, Trails Program Manager
Ph (804) 786-6140
Deirdre Clark, State Parks
Ph (804) 786-5054
Richard Gibbons, Scenic Rivers
Ph (804) 786-5046
Darrel Jones, Scenic Byways
Ph (804) 786-9042
John Davy, Water Trail

Virginia Department of Transportation
1221 E. Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
Virginia Bicycle/Pedestrian Coordinator
K. E. Lantz, Jr., PE
Phillip L. Baker
Scenic Byways
Ph (804) 371-6820
Fx (804) 371-6827

Virginia Outdoors Foundation
203 Governor Street, Ste 317
Richmond VA 23219
Leslie D. True, Conservation Easement Specialist
Ph (804) 225-2147
Northern Virginia Office
P.O. Box 322
Aldie VA 20105
Ph (703) 327-6118

Virginia Trails Association
P.O. Box 1132
Ashland, VA 23005
Barbara Nelson, Executive Director
Ph (804) 798-4160
Fx (804) 798-0433
vatrails@aol.com

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• Pennsylvania Statewide

Allegheny Trail Alliance
419 College Ave.
Greensburg, PA 15601
Linda McKenna Boxx
Ph (888) 282-2453
Ph (724) 853-BIKE
www.atatrail.org

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• Virginia Regional

Dominion Virginia Power
Northern Neck ROW Mgr.
Martha Ragland

Northern Virginia Regional Commission
7535 Little River Turnpike
Suite 100
Annandale, VA 22003
Ph (703) 642-0700
Fx (703) 642-5077
www.nvpdc.state.va.us
Doug Pickford
Ph (703) 642-4623
pickford@novaregion.org
Ken Billingsly

Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority
5400 Ox Road
Fairfax Station, VA 22039
Kate Rudacille
Ph (703) 352-5900

Northern Neck Planning District Commission
P.O. Box 1600
Warsaw, VA 22572
Donald McCann
Ph (804) 333-1900
dmccann@nnpdc17.state.va.us

Northern Neck Travel Council
P.O. Box 326
Wicomico Church, Virginia 22579
Carole Harding
(804) 580-2045

Northern Neck Tourism Council
Susan Tipton, Exec. Director
Ph (804) 333-1919
nntc@northernneck.org
Online Visitors Guide

RADCO Planning District Commission
904 Princess Anne St.
P.O. Box 863
Fredericksburg, VA 22404
Ph (540) 373-2890

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• District of Columbia

District of Columbia Office of Planning
801 N Capitol Street
Washington, DC 10002
Ph (202) 442-7600
Fx (202) 442-7637
Robert S. Patten, Coordinator
Anacostia Riverwalk & Trail
Rpatten-planning@dcgov.org

D.C. Dept. of Public Works
2000 14th Street, NW
7th Floor
Washington, DC 20009-4473

District of Columbia Department of Recreation and Parks
3149 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20010
Theodore Pochter
Ph (202) 673-7660
Fx (202) 673-2087

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• Alexandria, VA

City of Alexandria
Department of Recreation, Parks & Cultural Activities
1108 Jefferson Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Ms. Patricia McManus
Ph (703) 838-5041
Fx (703) 838-6344

Friends of Alexandria Archeology
105 North Union Street
Alexandria, VA 22310
Pamela Cressey, PhD
Ph (703) 838-4399
Fx (703-838-6491

Allegany County, MD
Allegany County Dept. of Community Services
Dave Dorsey, Land Development Services
701 Kelly Road
Cumberland MD 21502
Ph (301) 777-5951 ext. 292
ddorsey@allconet.org

Allegheny Highlands Trail (Maryland)
P.O. Box 28
Cumberland, MD 21501
www.ahtmtrail.org

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• Arlington County, VA

Arlington County Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Resources
2100 Clarendon Blvd.
Suite 414
Arlington, VA 22201
Ph (703) 228-4747

Arlington County Department of Public Works
1 Courthouse Plaza
Suite 717
Richard Viola, Bicycle & Pedestrian Coordinator
Ph (703) 358-3699
Fx (703) 358-3694
rviola@co.arlington.va.us

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• Charles County, MD

Charles County Parks and Recreation
Mr. Tom Roland, Chief of Parks Division
1001 Radio Station Road
LaPlata MD 20646
Ph (301-) 932-3470
rolandt@govt.co.charles.md.us

Charles County Tourism
P.O. Box 2150
LaPlata, MD 20646
Joanne Roland
Ph (301) 645-0558 or (301) 638-2408
rolandj@govt.co.charles.md.us

Conservancy for Charles County
P.O. Box 1358
Accokeek MD 20604
Vivian Mills
Ph (301) 283-2410
millsgroup@erols.com

Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland
P.O. Box 745
Hughesville, MD 20637
Ph (301) 870-2520 or (301) 274-1922
David Jenkins, Director
Howard Chang, Chief of Transportation and SMRTABS Project Director
www.tccsmd.org

Thomas Stone National Historical Site
6655 Rose Hill Road
Port Tobacco MD 20677
Martha Walker, Site Manager
Donnie Smith
Ph (301) 392-1776
Martha_walker@nps.gov

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• Fairfax County, VA

Department of Planning and Zoning
12055 Government Center Parkway, 7th Floor
Fairfax, VA 22035
Mr. Sheng Leu, Trails Coordinator
Ph (703) 324-1272

Fairfax County Park Authority
12055 Government Center Parkway, Suite 927
Fairfax, VA 22035
Jenny Pate, Trails Planner
Ph (703) 324-8700

Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 448
Ron Kirkpatrick, Director Planning & Design Division
Ph (703) 324-4365

Fort Belvoir
Directorate of Engineering, Housing and Public Works
Building 1442
9430 Jackson Loop, Ste 107
Fort Belvoir, VA 22060
Patrick McLaughlin, Chief
mclaughlinp@dpw.belvoir.army.mil
Ph (703) 806-4007
Marcia Kicos
Ph (703) 806-0051

Great Falls Park, Mt. Vernon Trail and George Washington Memorial Parkway
Turkey Run
McLean, VA 22101
Ph (703) 285-2600, 289-2500
Audrey Calhoun, Superintendent
Jay Johnstone, Palisades District Ranger

Fairfax Trails and Streams
Bill Niedringhous, President
1532 Wrightson Drive
McLean, VA 22101
Ph (703) 821-0975

Great Falls Trail Blazers
c/o Eleanor Weck
660 Mine Ridge
Great Falls VA 22066
Ph (703) 759-2059, 3723msg
Fx (703) 759-4726

Mason Neck Citizens Association
11375 River Road
Mason Neck, VA 22079
Lowell Curtis, President
Ph (703) 550-8092
Johan de Leede
Ph (703) 339-6725

Mason Neck, Featherstone, and Woodbridge National Wildlife Refuge
14416 Jefferson Davis Highway
Suite 20
Woodbridge VA 22191
Greg Wieler, Refuge Manager
Ph (703) 491-6255

Friends of Sugarland Run
P.O. Box 1188
Herndon, VA 22070
Diane Hoffman
Ph (703) 324-1460

Northern Virginia Conservation Trust
Packard Center
4022 Hummer Road
Annandale VA 22003
Paul Gilbert
(703) 354-5093

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• Fayette County, PA

Department of Parks and Recreation
Mr. Jack Frith
61 E. Main St.
Uniontown, PA 15401
Ph (412) 430-4031

Planning Commission
Tammy Shell
61 E. Main St.
Uniontown, PA 15401
Ph (412) 430-1210

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• Frederick County, MD

Frederick County Planning<br> 12 East Church Street
Frederick County MD 21701
Jim A. Gugel, AICP
Principal Planner
Ph (301) 694-1144
jgugel@fredco-md.net

Frederick County Trails, Inc.
(Monocacy Water Trail)
P.O. Box 311
Buckeystown, MD 21717

Frederick County Parks and Recreation
Paul Dial, Director
118 North Market Street
Frederick, MD 21701
(301) 694-1652
pdial@fredco-md.net

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• Fredericksburg, VA

Department of Planning
P.O. Box 7447
Fredericksburg, VA 22404-7447
Erik Nelson, Planner
Ph (540) 372-1179
Fax (540) 372-1158

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• King George County, VA

King George County
Grace Bottomly, Assistant Administrator
P.O. Box 169
10459 Courthouse Drive, Room 200
King George, VA 22485
Ph (540) 775-9181

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• Loudoun County, VA

Loudoun County Board of Supervisors Open Space Advisory Committee
Connors, James H.
20870 Trinity Square
Sterling, VA 20165-7232
Ph (703) 404-1754
jamesconnors@att.net

Loudoun County Department of Parks, Recreation and Comm. Services
1 Harrison Street, SE
4th Floor
P.O. Box 7000
Leesburg, VA 20177
Cindy Welsh, Dir.
Suzanne Grobbel, Proj. Asst
Ph (703) 777-0343
sgrobbel@co.loudoun.va.us

Loudoun County Department of Planning
Lee Phillips
Ph (703) 771-2765

Loudoun Tourism Council
108-D South Street, SE
Leesburg VA 20175
Cheryl Kilday, Executive Director
Ph (703) 777-4964
Fx (703) 777-4973
kilday@visitloudoun.org

McMurray, Donald
B&B Bike Trail Group; Chamber of Commerce; Tourism Council; etc.
Leesburg VA 22075
www.norrishouseinn.com

Town of Leesburg
Parks and Recreation
50 Ida Lee Drive
Leesburg VA 20176
Kay Dentler, Director

Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship
www.blueridgecenter.org

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• Montgomery County, MD

Maryland-National Capital Parks and Planning Commission
Montgomery County Planning Department
8787 Georgia Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Ms. Lynn Coleman
Ph (301) 650-4391

Montgomery County Youth Corps
Walter Wolfe

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• Northumberland County, VA

County Administrator
P.O. Box 129
Heathsville, VA 22473
Kenneth D. Eades, Administrator
Ph (804) 580-7666
Cheryl Spence, Parks and Recreation Director
Ph (804) 580-8901

Northern Neck Tourism Council
Patty Long, Executive Director
P.O. Box 1707
Warsaw, VA 22572
Ph (800) 393-6180
nntc@northernneck.org
www.northernneck.org

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• Prince George's County, MD

Accokeek Foundation
3400 Bryan Point Rd.
Accokeek, MD 20607
Wilton Corkern, Executive Director
Ph (301) 283-2113
Fx (301) 283-2049
www.Accokeek.org

Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
Prince George's County Department of Parks and Recreation
Eileen Nivera, ASLA, Park Planner
Ph (301) 699-2522
enivera@pgparks.com

Oxon Hill Bicycle and Trail Club
Jim Hudnall, President
Ph (301) 567-0089
info@ohbike.org
http://ohbike.org

Southern Prince George's Trail Coalition
Mark Holt, Coordinator
Ph (301) 292-0852
mholt@crs.loc.gov

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• Prince William County, VA

Prince William County Park Authority
14420 Bristow Rd.
Manassas, VA 20112
Patrick Mulhern
(703) 792-7060
Patti Pakkala, Planner
Ph (703) 792-4212
Fx (703) 792-4255
ppakkala@pwcgov.org

Prince William County Planning Office
1 County Complex Court
Manassas VA 22192
Thomas Eitler, Long Range Planner
Helena Soprano
Ph (703) 792-6852

Prince William Forest Park
George Liffert, Superintendent
18100 Park Headquarters Road
Triangle, VA 22172-1644
Ph (703) 221-5845
Don Fleming, Maintenance Supervisor
Ph (703) 221-7161

Jim Klakowicz
Leesylvania State Park
2001 Daniel K. Ludwig Dr.
Woodbridge, VA 22191
(703) 670-0372

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• St. Mary's County, MD

St. Mary's County
Tourism Development
P.O. Box 653
23115 Leonard Hall Drive
Leonardtown, MD 20650
Jean M. Goodman
Ph (301) 475-4626, 4414
tourism@co.saint-marys.md.us

St. Mary's County Department of Recreation and Parks
Phillip Rollins, Director
23115 Leonard Hall Drive
Leonardtown, MD 20650
Ph (301) 475-4576
(800) 327-9023
tourism@co.saint-marys.md.us
phil_Rollins@saint-marys.md.us

Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland
P.O. Box 745
Hughesville, MD 20637
Ph (301) 870-2520 or (301) 274-1922
David Jenkins, Director
Howard Chang, Chief of Transportation and SMRTABS Project Director
Ph (301) 274-1922
www.tccsmd.org

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• Somerset County, PA

Laurel Ridge State Park
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Recreation
R.D. #3, Box 246
Rockwood, PA 15557
Bob Hufman, Superintendent
PH (412) 455-3744

Somerset County Planning Commission
Brett Hollern, Trail Manager
Ph (814) 445-1544

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• Stafford County, VA

Stafford County Department of Parks and Recreation
P.O. Box 339
Stafford, VA 22405
Mike Scott
Ph (540) 658-4871
Fx (540) 658-4877

Stafford County Department of Planning
Bill Shelley, Director
Kathy Baker, Planner
Ph (540) 658-8668

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• Washington County, MD

Department of Planning
Robert Arch, Director
100 West Washington Street
Hagerstown, MD 21740
Ph (301) 791-3065

Washington County Dept. of Building, Grounds, and Parks
Jim Sterling, Director
1307 South Potomac Street
Hagerstown, MD 21740
Ph (301) 791-3125

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• Westmoreland County, PA

Parks and Recreation
Regional Trail Corporation
P.O. Box 95
West Newton, PA 15089
Ph (412) 872-5586

Westmoreland County Department of Public Works
Claude Petroy, Director
R.D. 12, Box 203
Greensburg, PA 15601
Ph (412) 830-3955

Westmoreland Planning Commission
Jack Paulick
R.D. 12, Box 203
Greensburg, PA 15601
Ph (412) 830-3968

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• Westmoreland County, VA

County Administrator
P.O. Box 1000
Montross, VA 22520
Ph (804) 493-0130
Norm Risavi, County Administrator

Parks and Recreation Director
Ph (804) 493-8163 or 493-0128
Peter Geis, Director

Planning and Community Development
Trentor L. Funkhouser, AICP, Director
(804) 493-0120

Northern Neck Tourism Council
Patty Long, Executive Director
P.O. Box 1707
Warsaw, VA 22572
Ph (800) 393-6180
nntc@northernneck.org
www.northernneck.org

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