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Organizations that provide training and resources

The following organizations provide opportunities for trails training and volunteer development. Send your groups information and website or other contact information to nttp@americantrails.org. See the Featured Training page for some examples of trail education in action and special programs by our Partners. See training resources in your state.

REGIONAL and STATEWIDE ORGANIZATION Partners

ALASKA

• Alaska Trails, Inc.

ALABAMA

• Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham

ARIZONA

• Volunteers for Outdoor Arizona

BRITISH COLUMBIA

• Capilano College Sunshine Coast Campus

CALIFORNIA

• Angeles District. Fire and Trails Program
• Catalina Island Conservancy
• Tahoe Rim Trail Association
• The Trail Center

COLORADO

• Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado sponsors trail design and crew leader classes.
• Colorado Off-Highway Coalition sponsors a statewide workshop every year and encourages participation from both motorized and non-motorized trails interests and land managers.
• The Colorado Trail Foundation recruits and trains volunteers for trail construction, coordinates the Adopt-A-Trail maintenance program.
• Colorado Outdoor Training Initiative is working to coordinate trails training throughout the state and has a new Crew Leader Training curriculum.
• Colorado Youth Corps Association provides training for youth corps crew leaders and other who lead trail and conservation crews.
• With 3,100 miles of trail to manage and 30% yet to be built, the Continental Divide Trail Alliance trains volunteers and operates an Adopt-A-Trail program.

CONNECTICUT

• Connecticut Forest & Park Association trains volunteer trail maintainers

FLORIDA

• The Florida Trail Association
• Florida Four Wheel Drive Association
• Center for Urban Transportation Research, Univ. of South Florida

MASSACHUSETTS

• Amherst Conservation Department

MICHIGAN

• Michigan Mountain Biking Association

MISSOURI

• Ozark Greenways, Inc.
• Ozark Trail Association

MONTANA

• Ninemile Wildlands Training Center

NEVADA

• Tahoe Rim Trail Association

NEW HAMPSHIRE

• Trailwrights, Inc. sponsors trail maintenance workshops and hiking/backpacking workshops: http://www.trailwrights.org/

NEW JERSEY

• The New York-New Jersey Trail Conference

NEW MEXICO

• New Mexico Volunteers for the Outdoors

• Gotham City Land Cruisers
• The New York-New Jersey Trail Conference
• Parks and Trails New York

PENNSYLVANIA

• PA Recreation & Park Society

TENNESSEE

• Cumberland Trail Conference

WASHINGTON

• The Pacific Northwest Trail Association is developing a 1,200 mile trail
• Volunteers for Outdoor Washington
• The Washington Trails Association

WASHINGTON, DC

• The Potomac Appalachian Trail Club is a volunteer trails organization with a membership of over 7,000 which maintains and improves nearly 1,000 miles of hiking trails.

WISCONSIN

• The Glacial Drumlin Horse Trail Association

This material is based upon work supported by the Federal Highway Administration under Cooperative Agreement DTFH61-06-H-00023. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the Author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the Federal Highway Administration.

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