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Funding Winning Trail Fund Projects 2023 Legacy Trails Program winners announced!

Funding Winning Trail Fund Projects 2023 Legacy Trails Program winners announced!

International Trails Summit Impact Report The largest gathering of trail professionals, managers, and users.

International Trails Summit Impact Report The largest gathering of trail professionals, managers, and users.

Advancing Trails Webinar Series Diversity Engaging, Enabling, and Motivating Families and Diverse Trails Users

Advancing Trails Webinar Series Diversity Engaging, Enabling, and Motivating Families and Diverse Trails Users

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Trail Design Details: The Wins and Losses

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Trail Design Details: The Wins and Losses

Guidelines for Managing and Restoring Natural Plant Communities along Trails and Waterways

These guidelines are designed to assist resource managers in conducting management activities that enhance the quality of natural plant communities, wildlife habitat, regional landscape integrity and visual quality, particularly as related to planning, development, and maintenance of trails, water trails, and water access sites.

Guidelines for Managing and Restoring Natural Plant Communities along Trails and Waterways

These guidelines are designed to assist resource managers in conducting management activities that enhance the quality of natural plant communities, wildlife habitat, regional landscape integrity and visual quality, particularly as related to planning, development, and maintenance of trails, water trails, and water access sites.

Razorback Greenway, Northwest Arkansas

The Razorback Greenway consists of 40 miles of shared-use paved trails connecting seven communities throughout the Northwest Arkansas region and providing access to world-class art museums, multiple downtown entertainment districts, parks, and classic Ozark Mountain scenery.

Razorback Greenway, Northwest Arkansas

The Razorback Greenway consists of 40 miles of shared-use paved trails connecting seven communities throughout the Northwest Arkansas region and providing access to world-class art museums, multiple downtown entertainment districts, parks, and classic Ozark Mountain scenery.

Beyond Greenways: The Next Step for City Trails and Walking Routes

Jim Schmid reviews Robert Searns' new book "Beyond Greenways: The Next Step for City Trails and Walking Routes"

Beyond Greenways: The Next Step for City Trails and Walking Routes

Jim Schmid reviews Robert Searns' new book "Beyond Greenways: The Next Step for City Trails and Walking Routes"

Why Trails Matter: Outdoor Learning

Getting outside can help you learn, and trails play a critical role in accessing natural places and learning to love them.

Why Trails Matter: Outdoor Learning

Getting outside can help you learn, and trails play a critical role in accessing natural places and learning to love them.

Q&A: Trail Construction Costs, Risks, and Tips for Success

Q&A from the 2021 webinar Trail Construction Costs, Risks, and Tips for Success

Q&A: Trail Construction Costs, Risks, and Tips for Success

Q&A from the 2021 webinar Trail Construction Costs, Risks, and Tips for Success

Naugatuck River Greenway Trail Cost Estimates

The Naugatuck River Greenway (NRG) is an officially designated Connecticut State Greenway, consisting of the open and green spaces along the Naugatuck River. Greenways are corridors of open space that may protect natural resources or provide recreational opportunities, and typically follow a natural feature like a river or manmade features like a canal or disused rail bed.

Naugatuck River Greenway Trail Cost Estimates

The Naugatuck River Greenway (NRG) is an officially designated Connecticut State Greenway, consisting of the open and green spaces along the Naugatuck River. Greenways are corridors of open space that may protect natural resources or provide recreational opportunities, and typically follow a natural feature like a river or manmade features like a canal or disused rail bed.

Non-Motorized Trail Cost Estimator

Trail development cost guide for Oregon Parks and Recreation Departments

Non-Motorized Trail Cost Estimator

Trail development cost guide for Oregon Parks and Recreation Departments

Trails For All Americans

What would it take for all Americans to be able to go out their front doors and within fifteen minutes be on trails that wind through their cities, towns or villages and bring them back without retracing steps?

Trails For All Americans

What would it take for all Americans to be able to go out their front doors and within fifteen minutes be on trails that wind through their cities, towns or villages and bring them back without retracing steps?

Waiver of Buy America Requirements for De Minimis Costs and Small Grants

A long-standing impediment to effective implementation of the Recreational Trails Program (and other federal funding of trail projects) has been addressed by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).

Waiver of Buy America Requirements for De Minimis Costs and Small Grants

A long-standing impediment to effective implementation of the Recreational Trails Program (and other federal funding of trail projects) has been addressed by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).