The Career Pathways Portal is a centralized hub of career information. Emerging and established trails professionals can explore career development options, find learning opportunities and jobs. Click the infographics below or keep scrolling to learn more.
Learn about the specific competencies important for a career in trails and explore the professional development opportunities American Trails offers. Check our current and back issues of our Pathways Professional Development eNewsletter.
The Trail Skills Project serves as the workforce hub for the trails community providing connections to trails education, trail expertise, professional development, and job opportunities.
This micro-learning course discusses what it means for a trail to be sustainable. It also describes the lifecycle of sustainable trails and each of the stages of that cycle.
The Summit is the largest gathering of all trail interests— professionals, managers, and users who believe their combined voices are the best way to strengthen trails for everyone.
On this page: Career Profiles | Skills & Training | Job Opportunities | Learning Credits & Scholarships | Articles & Resources
Explore the following profiles of working professionals to learn the pathways they took into the trails world.
On this page: Career Profiles | Skills & Training | Job Opportunities | Learning Credits & Scholarships | Articles & Resources
Our sister website, TrailSkills.org has a frequently updated list of job opportunities in the trails industry.
USAJOBS connects job seekers with federal employment opportunities across the United States and around the world.
The Bridge Program is a candidate hub focused on Black, Indigenous, People of Color, LGBTQ folks, people with disabilities, and those from other underrepresented communities in the environmental sector.
The American Society of Landscape Architects JobLink board includes dozens of outdoor-related jobs.
On this page: Career Profiles | Skills & Training | Job Opportunities | Learning Credits & Scholarships | Articles & Resources
Find out more about the learning credits American Trails offers, the scholarships available for attending the International Trails Summit, and other opportunities
American Trails offers learning credits for our Advancing Trails Webinar Series, our International Trails Summit, and other trail-related conferences, workshops, and webinars.
American Trails and the Professional TrailBuilders Association are proud to offer Emerging Trail Leaders (ETL) Scholarships to worthy recipients, both domestic and international, to attend the International Trails Summit.
The Latino Heritage Internship Program is designed to provide internship opportunities to young adults in diverse professional fields in the National Park Service. The program helps raise awareness of our national parks and historic sites, their accessibility, and the need for the Latino community’s involvement in their preservation and in meaningful and relevant science-based internships.
On this page: Career Profiles | Skills & Training | Job Opportunities | Learning Credits & Scholarships | Articles & Resources
The American Trails Resource Library has articles on careers on trails-- from creating a resume to an FAQ graduate programs
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