Benton Mackaye

Benton MacKaye was the impetus for the Appalachian Trail and the founder of its central management organization, as well as a founder of The Wilderness Society. A Harvard-educated forester, he worked in the early Forest Service but soon turned to somewhat utopian regional planning in the 1920s, writing and organizing until his death in 1976.

Benton MacKaye was the impetus for the Appalachian Trail and the founder of its central management organization, as well as a founder of The Wilderness Society. A Harvard-educated forester, he worked in the early Forest Service but soon turned to somewhat utopian regional planning in the 1920s, writing and organizing until his death in 1976. See less