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Urban trails and shared use pathways; Planning for bicycles and pedestrians; Training for Bike/Ped issues; State and Federal programs; Projects using transportation funding; and design of facilities:

Volunteering as a Gateway to Physical Activity, from American Journal of Health Education, Jan/Feb 2005

The Proper Care and Feeding of Club Volunteers, by Dan Stra and Del Albright

Steady increase in the hourly value of volunteer time

Building the community into the trail: volunteer development on the Baltimore and Annapolis Trail

Outdoor Recreation as a Motivational Tool for Youth

Invisible Volunteers: Behind the Scene

Two articles on trail rangers and mountain bike patrols in Colorado

Managing volunteers: developing and implementing an effective program
Enlisting youth for public lands projects from Toolbox for the Great Outdoors
Sample volunteer agreement and waiver of liability form

Sending out the troops: Ozark Trail volunteers
B.R.I.D.G.E. Alternative High School students build Hancock trail

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Building Successful Interagency Wilderness Citizen Stewardship Programs

Hybrid Contracting: Extending resources with trail contractors

Mobile Skills Crew supports Ice Age Trail volunteers

AMC Guide to Outdoor Leadership (book) available from Appalachian Mountain Club

Draft Crew Leader Manual by Volunteers for Outdoor Arizona

Touching Lives: our job as trails advocates by Pam Gluck, Executive Director, American Trails

Dale Lloyd, advocate for trails and snowmobilers

George and Vie Obern honored for life-long advocacy

Hulet Hornbeck Trail honors longtime advocate and American Trails Board member

Bicycle activist Bill Bliss rides into the sunset

Remembering Kathy Jenkins, former member of American Trails staff

National Trails Awards recognize advocates who have made a difference for trails

Trail Adopters Handbook, from Appalachian Trail Conservancy (pdf kb)

Missouri Department of Conservation Adopt-A-Trail Program, with forms for Volunteer Agreement, Volunteer Reports, and Tool Loan

Canalway Trail Adopt-a-Trail Agreement, New York State Canal Corporation (PDF 23 KB)

San Jose (CA) Adopt-A-Trail Training Handbook

Colorado Trail Foundation Adopt-A-Trail Program

Share your photos and examples of "Cool Trail Solutions" and volunteers and youth at work!

For more on training opportunities for trail design, construction, and management, see the National Trails Training Partnership area.

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