Following the murder of a hiker last month, the Appalachian Trail Conservancy has redesigned safety features on its website . Here’s the latest: The conservancy website now features call buttons for 911 and the park service. Additionally an incident report form can now be sent as an email - instead of having to be mailed in as a pdf. Franklin-hostel owner Colin Gooder says these new safety measures are a welcome change. “It looks like they have provided people with several different methods for