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Funding
and stewardship
Recognition
and awards for trails and greenways Stewardship
and education Planning,
building, and managing trail systems
Accessible
trails and outdoor recreation
Federal
funding and regulations
- The
Forest Service Travel Management Initiative: one of the
greatest tasks ever undertaken by the U.S. Forest Service; by Deborah
L. Napier
Opinions and Ideas
- The
mythical off-highway vehicle user, by Karen Umphress,
American Trails Board member
- The Trail Ahead Needs All of Us, by Roger Bell, Vice-Chair,
American Trails
- "Get Out,
White OUt!" — Poetry by Roger Bell: Nature runs
the show in the high Sierras
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