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posted Jan 16, 2018

Montana: Bill Howell

While Bill is nationally recognized as a leader in development and maintenance of snowmobile trails, he has also served as a local and state promoter of cross country ski trails and other non-motorized trails.


posted Jan 16, 2018

Massachusetts: Craig Della Penna

Craig Della Penna works tirelessly to promote rail trail development, share information among different groups, and advocate for changes in policy to make rail-trail development easier and faster in Massachusetts.


posted Jan 16, 2018

Louisiana: John Tarver

John Tarver, his late brother, Donald Tarver, both of Baton Rouge, and Robert Hopkins of Shreveport organized the L&A Trail, Inc.


posted Jan 16, 2018

Kentucky: Mike Dulin

Mike is a champion of sustainable trail design and multi-use trails.


posted Jan 16, 2018

Illinois: Kandee Haertel

Kandee is nationally known as a trails advocate, especially among the equestrian groups.


posted Jan 16, 2018

Florida: Linda Crider

A leading trails advocate in Florida for many years, Linda is the Project Director for the FL Traffic and Bicycle Safety Education Program and is a research associate for the University of Florida, Department of Urban and Regional Planning.


posted Jan 16, 2018

Delaware: Paul H. Morrill, Jr.

Paul Morrill has a remarkable ability to forge partnerships with the most unlikely people for the good of trail projects statewide.


posted Jan 16, 2018

District of Columbia: Julie Childers

Julie Childers isn’t shy, nor is she quiet about her love for trails; first as a hiker, trail runner, then as a mountain biker and now as a mother.


posted Jan 16, 2018

California: The Redding Foundation, Brent Owens and Kimberly Hawkins

Brent Owens and Kimberly Hawkins are principals in the philanthropic Redding Foundation, and have been volunteering for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) the last two years.


posted Jan 16, 2018

Arizona: Dale Shewalter

The vision of a continuous border-to-border trail traversing Arizona's unique landscapes and historic areas had been on the minds of trail users through the years.