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Several federal land management agencies provide the setting for a wide variety of trails and outdoor recreation activities. Key legislation and federal regulations guide programs that affect trails. Also see News & Alerts for current agency and federal legislation issues, Federal Funding for grants and budgets, and Federal Land Management.
Understanding
Congress and the legislative process:
The Coalition for Recreational Trails, a federation of national and regional trail-related groups, presents its Achievement Awards in Washington each year.
- America’s Great Outdoors Fifty-State Report from Department of the Interior
- President proclaims June 2011 as Great Outdoors Month
- Report on the America’s Great Outdoors Initiative
- President's message on "America's Great Outdoors" inspires trail supporters, by Robert Searns
- Report on a listening session for America’s Great Outdoors Initiative from ARRA
- White House Conference on America’s Great Outdoors held to launch new Initiative
- Childhood Obesity Task Force Unveils Action Plan: are trails part of the solution
- Federal agency leaders discuss 2009-10 issues and initiatives for trails and recreation
- Natural resource figures share views on recreation program prospects in new administration
- What the November 2006 election means for parks, trails, and recreation
- Tell it to Congress: where to call, write, email
- Online database of congressional contact information
- Congressional committees and members
- Find bills currently in Congress
- The House Trails Caucus mission is to increase awareness of the national system of trails
- House and Senate Bike Caucuses work to educate Congressional leadership on cycling issues
- Current information on ADA issues affecting recreation
- Summary of Trail Accessibility Guidelines proposed by the Regulatory Negotiation Committee
- USDA proposes Forest Service Trail Accessibility Guidelines
- President Clinton issued an Executive Order on Trails for America in the 21st Century
- Secretary Norton looks back on five years of Interior accomplishments
Betty's
Kitchen
National
Recreation Trail
managed by BLM
in Arizona
The National
Trails System Act provides for
designation of national scenic, historic,
and recreation trails:
- National Discovery Trails Act of 2010 would create third category of long-distance trail
- Federal railbanking in National Trail System Act of 1983: successes, statistics, and landowner impacts
- National Trails System celebrates 40th anniversary
- Facts and history of the National Trails System
- The National Trails System: a grand experiment
- How we are all stewards of our national trails system, Lynn Scarlett, Deputy Secretary of the Interior
- Where Trails Lead: Our Heritage by Stewart Udall, Former Secretary of Interior
- Hiker completes 16,500-mile trek along all National Scenic Trails
- Partnership for the National Trails System supports national scenic and historic trails
- Overview of the National Trails System Act
- The National Trails System: What It Is And How It Came To Be
- Text of the National Trails System Act
- American Discovery Trail Bill text as passed by the Senate
- The American Discovery Trail: Connecting America, By Senator Frank H. Murkowski
- Congress adds civil rights trail to National Trail System
- National Recreation Trails Program information
Bicycle/pedestrian
and trails programs:
- Rep. Ray LaHood, Secretary-Designate, US Department of Transportation, before Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, United States Senate - January 21, 2009
- Recreational Trails Program legislation
- FHWA Bicycle and Pedestrian Program information
- Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
- Scenic Byways Program: www.byways.org
- Public Lands Highways Program
- FHWA Environmental Guidebook
- How the Recreational Trails Program Works and permitted use of funds
- National Parks for a New Century: Supporting core principles shared by supporters of our national parks
- 2012 President’s Budget Requests $2.6 billion for National Park Service
- Jonathan Jarvis Confirmed As NPS Director
- Centennial Challenge Initiative projects announced for National Park Service
- Mississippi River Trail proposes National Park Service Centennial Initiative
- Interagency pass for recreation on federal lands announced
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