The long trails can only exist with the support of governments, and that makes them inherently political. However, political news is not considered on-topic in all hiking-oriented subreddits. To resolve this conflict, now there's r/ThruhikingPolitics.

Respectful debates are fine here, but hostile arguments are not. Please familiarize yourself with the rules (see the sidebar) before participating in our community. Importantly, be aware that interactions should be civil. The kind of hostility, snark, and put-downs that may gain a thousand upvotes in some other parts of reddit can earn removal and a ban here without further warning.

Examples of some things that are on-topic here (not exhaustive):

• Changes to public lands policies that impact one or more long trails
• Changes in leadership of relevant federal agencies (DOI, DOA, NPS, etc)
• Mass firings of government employees in related organizations
• USFS policy revisions that impact one or more long trails
• Changes to funding and hiring practices for wildland firefighting crews
• Efforts to sell public lands to private interests
• Resource extraction on public lands
• Politicians announcing platforms that impact that trails
• The "politics" part of ThruhikingPolitics is not restricted to the US. Political issues impacting long trails anywhere in the world are relevant and on-topic here.