Excerpt from Erosion Control magazine article: PROJECT BACKGROUND The American Tobacco Trail is a 20-mile Rails-to-Trails project that runs from Durham County to Chatham County in North Carolina along an abandoned railroad bed originally constructed for the American Tobacco Company in the 1970s. The trail is part of the East Coast Greenway, used by pedestrians, cyclists, and equestri- ans. The trail crossed over a 25-foot high, wooded em-

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