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Landowners change; so does land usage. A landowner who has not previously objected to public use of a trail on his land may change his mind or sell to someone else who posts it off-limits. Development may cut off public access to a trail. Or a reexamination of boundaries may reveal that a trail long thought to be on public land is in fact on private property, and the trail may be closed off and abandoned.

Change is the only thing that’s constant in this world, so that guidebook authors and publishers always play “catch up” with Nature and with agencies. We want to keep the guidebooks up to date, but we are always at least one step behind the latest changes. The day when you’ll have constantly revised books online at your wristwatch/computer terminal isn’t here yet. So it’s possible that a few trail descriptions are becoming obsolete even as this book goes to press.

Get the latest official information

It’s a good idea to use this book in conjunction with the latest information from the agency in charge of the areas you plan to hike in. The principal statewide agency in charge of areas that offer hiking opportunities is the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), particularly two of its subordinate branches: the Division of Forestry and Wildlife, and the Division of State Parks. Each of these branches has a subdistrict for each island.