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The 25th anniversary of the Blackwater Heritage State Trail in February was bittersweet for Richard Collins. In 1996, the Pace man earned recognition as a National Conservation Hero for helping create the trail.
Richard Collins helped lead the push to create the Blackwater Heritage State Trail in the 1990s.
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