NRT Designations:

NRT application process:

Help with NRT Designation Process

Contact a staff person with the appropriate agency for help with NRT applications for designation and other aspects of the NRT Program:

Bureau of Land Management: Rob Perrin at 202-912-7243 or rperrin@blm.gov
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Peppino Persio at 202-761-0036 or Peppino.J.Persio@hq02.usace.army.mil
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: Nathan Caldwell at 703-358-2205 or Nathan_Caldwell@fws.gov
If your trail is on a National Forest or other land administered by the US Department of Agriculture, work with appropriate USDA Forest Service contact or Jonathan Stephens at 202-205-1701 or jstephens02@fs.fed.us.
Trails on all other lands should use the Department of the Interior contact. This includes private, local government, or state lands.
The National Recreation Trail Program Coordinator is Helen Scully: 202-354-6910 or helen_scully@nps.gov
To update information on your trail in the NRT database, contact NRT@americantrails.org

NRT Annual Designations Index includes year-by-year details of annual designations and links to featured trails

Contacts for National Recreation Trail designation

There are two application procedures depending on whether the trail is on land administered by the US Department of Agriculture (typically National Forests), or on any other land (US Department of the Interior).

U.S. Department of the Interior
Contacts for National Recreation Trails

For trails on private, city, county, or state land, or lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, US Fish & Wildlife Service

Alaska Office (AK)
Lisa Holzapfel • lisa_holzapfel@nps.gov • (907) 644-3586 • Fax: (907) 644-3807

Seattle Office (ID, OR, WA)
Sue Abbott • sue_abbott@nps.gov • (206) 220-4116 • fax: (206) 220-4116

Pacific Great Basin Office (CA, HI, NV)
Anne Dove • anne_dove@nps.gov • (323) 441-9307 • Fax: (323) 226-9235

Intermountain Office (AZ, CO, MT, NM, OK, TX, UT, WY)
Attila Bality • attila_bality@nps.gov • (505) 346-2871 X213 • Fax: (505) 346-2523

Midwest Office (AR, IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, WI)
Rory Robinson • rory_robinson@nps.gov • (330) 657-2951 • Fax: (330) 657-2955

Philadelphia Office (DE, MD, NJ, PA, VA, WV)
Peggy Pings • mpings@wvu.edu • (304) 293-7528 • Fax: (304) 293-2441

Boston Office (CT, ME, MA, NH, NY, RI, VT)
Lelia Mellen • lelia_mellen@nps.gov • (802) 457-3368 Ext. 14 • Fax: (802) 457-3405

Southeast Office (AL, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN)
Stacye Palmer-McBride • stacye_palmer-McBride@nps.gov • (504) 589-3882 ext. 140 • Fax: (504) 589-3851

National Capital Office (DC, and parts of MD, VA, WV)
Beth Porter •beth_porter@nps.gov• (202) 690-5169

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Contacts for National Recreation Trails

For trails on National Forests, National Grasslands, and National Recreation Areas and associated lands

Region 1 (MT, ND, northern ID)
John Favro • jfavro@fs.fed.us • (406) 329-3150 • Fax: (406) 329-3132

Region 2 (CO, WY, SD, NE, KS)
Greg Warren • gwarren@fs.fed.us • (303) 275-5054 • Fax: (303) 275-5366

Region 3 (AZ, NM)
Jeni Bradley • jbradley@fs.fed.us • (928) 717-8441 • Fax: (928) 717-8407

Region 4 (UT, NV, southern ID)
Sean Harwood • sharwood@fs.fed.us • (801) 625-5205

Region 5 (CA, HA)
Kathy Mick • kmick@fs.fed.us • (707) 562-8837 • Fax: (707) 562-9055

Region 6 (OR, WA)
Gail Throop • gthroop@fs.fed.us • (503) 808-2443 • Fax: 503-808-2429

Region 8 (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, OK, PR, SC, TN, TX, VI, VA)
Deb Caffin • dcaffin@fs.fed.us • (404) 347-4033 • Fax: (404) 347-6217

Region 9 (CT, DE, IL, IA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VT, WV, WI)
Leon LaVigne • llavigne@fs.fed.us • (414) 297-1313 • Fax: (414) 297-3808

Region 10
Jaime Schmidt • jtschmidt@fs.fed.us • (907) 743-9443 • Fax: (907) 743-9477

The National Recreation Trails program is jointly administered by the federal land management agencies (National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) in conjunction with nonprofit partners, notably American Trails, which hosts the National Recreation Trails website at http://www.americantrails.org/nationalrecreationtrails.

For more about the new designations and details of many featured trails, please visit:
www.AmericanTrails.org/nationalrecreationtrails.

Each year nominations for designation of new National Recreation Trails may be submitted. Details of the program may be found on the NRT website hosted by American Trails. The National Recreation Trail Program recognizes trails that provide opportunities for all Americans to enjoy the out-of-doors and improve the quality of life of our communities.