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Help for trails and greenway advocates: promotion, publicity, and events; developing organizations and partnerships; working with the system, agencies, and Congress; celebrating activists and volunteers.

Partners build mountain biking trail system at Oak Mountain State Park
Partnership works to improve Appalachian Trail in Bear Mountain State Park
Duthie Hill Park partnership between King County Parks and Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance
Aboite New Trails works to grow and support Indiana trail system
Triad Partnership protects and manages the Ice Age Trail in Wisconsin
Greenway and park districts cooperate across river and state lines in St. Louis area
The Power of Partnerships: Two Arkansas Success Stories (pdf of PowerPoint 1.9 mb)
Partnership improves trails and habitat along Salinas River
IMBA partnerships improve trails on Army Corps land
IMBA Signs Breakthrough Agreement with National Park Service
Gardner Junction Park partnership celebrates historic trail sites
Bringing together a coalition of partners to develop your water trail (pdf of PowerPoint 1.2 mb)
Partnering to Manage Roads and Trails in the Chippewa Area (pdf of PowerPoint 9.3 mb)
Sample agreement among land manager, landowner, and trail organization (Austin, TX area)
SEAtrails: a regional effort to plan, promote, and build a trail system in southeast Alaska
The "Collaborative Process" for recreation access issues
Arizona Trail Association wins Trails for Tomorrow Award
Trails Action Guide, by the North Carolina Horse Council
Arkansas faces a trails funding crisis: the benefits of working collaboratively

National Trails Day frequently asked questions

Five "Best Practices" for Increasing Trail Usage by Walkers and Hikers

Promoting trails in the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor

Why Host the National Trails Symposium?

Marketing and publicity efforts are key for Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers
June is Great Outdoors Month: promoting trails in Washington, DC
Conferences promote equestrian Issues
A Vision for Future Equestrian Trails Conferencing
New map puts BATCO "on the map:" a tale of perseverance and reward
Close the Gaps ride promotes completion of East Coast Greenway
Trails of Lights: Events in Texas and Missouri
Tips on improving your trails website, by Christopher Douwes
Hit the Web: promoting your trail in cyberspace
Santa Fe Trail Scenic & Historic Byway Marketing Plan (pdf 116 kb)
Events on the trails promote NRT designation
Congress Gets Behind IMBA's Take a Kid Mountain Biking Effort
Utah Trails Promotion: Planning your event (pdf 188 kb)
Planning events to showcase trails
Cedar Falls, Iowa, Trails Festival highlights trail system
Event Organizers Manual International Trails Day: First Saturday in June (pdf 138 kb)
Ideas for statewide trails events by Stuart Macdonald
Write more effective letters to elected officials and politicians
Writing the persuasive letter to the editor
Giving the knock-out media interview

photo: Trails advocate Joan Hobson working with Florida's Governor and state legislature

Trails advocate Joan Hobson working
with Florida's Governor and state legislature

TRACKS works for better trail systems in Arizona
Forever Green Tennessee campaign passes real estate transfer tax for parks and open space
Ten Steps for the future of trails, greenways, and open space in America
Half-baked trails? The Case For Trails: Well Done, Medium Rare, and Works in Progress, by Bob Searns
Touching Lives: our job as trails advocates by Pam Gluck, Executive Director, American Trails
Champions fight the good fight in quest for trails; by Robert Searns
How to be a Better Trail Advocate, NYC Greenways System (pdf 4.2 mb)
A Facilitator's Guide for AmeriCorps members (pdf 765kb)
Tips on Meeting with Congressional Offices
The 10 Habits of Highly Successful Advocates
Finding More Advocates
Building Mountain Bike Mecca: IMBA's New Ride Center Initiative
Teton Valley grows a trail system
O. L. "Leff" Moore and the development of the innovative Hatfield-McCoy Recreation Area
Equestrian Land Protection Guide is now available from Equestrian Land Conservation Resource
Trails 101: A primer on trail building
The History of Horse Trails: equestrians join the fight for trails and access, by Denise Maxwell
Mountain Bikers: How to Preserve Your Access to Public Trails
Mountain bikers: environmentally aware, socially responsible, individually proactive
Ski resorts can advance mountain bicycling opportunities
Top 10 Ways (Plus 1) to Work with a Developer
CDTA Rounds Up Congress for Trail Funding
Northern New Mexico throws up political roadblock to the Continental Divide Trail
Contact your Members of Congress

Creating and Managing Greenway and Trail Organizations from Virginia Greenways and Trails Toolbox (pdf 176 kb)
Closing Gaps in the East Coast Greenway
The Multi-Objective Values of Trails, By Steve Elkinton, National Park Service
Developing the Equestrian Land Conservation Resource
Trail horse users: a perspective on progress
Saving Trails is What They Do – Back Country Horsemen of America ~ EquestrianMag.com
Broadening Trails Constituencies
Partners and Cooperation
Partnership brings success to Nebraska trails
The Pikes Peak Model
Forging alliances: the role of state trail organizations
How to build an advocacy organization
Of Boards and Bureaucracies, and Why So Many Friends Type Groups Are Cropping Up
Resolving Problems in Recreational Clubs By Del Albright

Remembering Jessica Terrell, trails activist and state program manager
John Roth, founder of The Ozark Trail, passes on
Tammy Jamieson, Silverthorne, CO advocate for parks, trails, and open space
Brian O'Neill, longtime superintendent of Golden Gate National Recreation Area
George's Send Off: remembering George Cardinet
Remembering Bill Spitzer, Park Service mentor
George and Vie Obern honored for life-long advocacy
Bicycle activist Bill Bliss rides into the sunset
We've come a long way... Activism at American Trails
National Trails Awards recognize advocates who have made a difference for trails

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