Jane and Walt Daniels are hikers, devoted to the outdoors, and committed to the protection of open space. They have lived in Westchester County since 1968 and raised two daughters. As a family project, they climbed the 46 high peaks in the Adirondacks, becoming 46ers in 1986. In 2007, Jane and Walt finished section hiking the 2175-mile Appalachian Trail, a journey taking 15 years to complete.  

They began volunteering for the New York New Jersey Trail Conference in 1979, both as a team and with separate responsibilities. Walt moves rocks and Jane moves people.

Jane is a retired reference librarian. She has served on the Trail Conference board including six years as board chair and on the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) board from 1993-1999. In 2007, she chaired a committee hosting the Appalachian Trail Conservancy's 36th Biennial Conferece, an eight day event with over 850 attendees and 376 volunteers. Having built and managed trails, she understands trail issues from the shovel to the board room.

Walt, a retired computer researcher from IBM, he serves on the Town of Yorktown's Conservation Board and is co-chair of the Open Space advisory Committee. He had previously served on ATC's Board of Mangers form 1999-2005. He has been involved with the Dutchess Putnam AT Management Committee since 1983. Walt continues to be active with trail crews and instructing others, including Eagle Scout projects.