The AmeriCorps crew prepares to haul and install gravel along the Crane Lake trail on Aug. 26, 2025. From L-R: Keenan Hughes, Lohma Gronau, David Beltrao.
On the Three Lakes trail system south of Petersburg, hikers can follow miles of mostly boardwalk pathways around lakes and trees that lead deep into the Tongass National Forest on Mitkof Island.
Some sections of the trail system got upgraded this summer, with help from seasonal workers contracted by the U.S. Forest Service.
Recreation Specialist Tyler Shaw said some of the wooden boards that make up the Three Lakes trail system were installed in the 90s. That style of trail is called step-and-run - planks of wood with netting on top that create a winding, usually single-file path through muske...
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