On Nov. 10, 1978, the U.S. Congress established the Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail as part of the National Trails System. Who currently owns and manages the designated corridor, almost 1,300 miles long?
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The Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail, which commemorates the 1846-47 journey of Pioneers from Nauvoo, Ill. to the Salt Lake Valley, is managed as a cooperative effort among private landowners, trail associations, state and local agencies, the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service. A total of 822 miles or 64 percent of the 1,300-mile trail is on private land, 264 miles (20 percent) is under federal management and 214 miles (16 percent) is owned by state and local entities.
Source: "Mormon Pioneer Trail" pamphlet
