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Larry Van Meter

Larry Van Meter

Executive Director of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (1981–1986); later Head of School at Moorestown Friends School (2001–2018)

Jul 1, 2026

2:43
it was it was about 800 miles about 200 miles on roads and the rest on private land initially
2:54
right and so and Mercifully, Dave Starzl stayed on because you weren't sure you would stay for a while in the beginning, and then the rest of that is part of the Dave Starzl legend.
3:09
But ultimately, there were case studies, one of which included the AT project done by Interior.
3:19
I think the assumption in setting that up was that these case studies would reveal all kinds of waste and fraud, in these land acquisition programs, including the AT, where we were getting a lot of pushback in some places, like the Cumberland Valley.
3:33
And happily, it turned out that the case study was actually fairly glowing about the AT.
3:42
Not so much some of the other projects, but about the AT.
3:45
In the meantime, Dave's doing his great work on the Hill.
Bill O'BrienMODERATOR
6:57
Did you have anything else to add? Does anyone have any questions for Larry while he's still with us?

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