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The Appalachian Trail Conference, headquartered in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, is a federation of local hiking and outdoors organizations that manages the Appalachian Trail and its adjacent lands and promotes responsible enjoyment of the legendary 2,160-mile footpath. Its Mount Abraham acquisition is part of a larger project to protect the hiking experience in that area. The Department of Conservation's Bureau of Parks and Lands, which oversees the management of 32 state parks, 12 historic sites, and more than 480,000 acres of public reserved lands, will manage all of the Plum Creek holdings acquired by the State.