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Benefits of Trails

Trails have many benefits of health and economic basis. Here are studies and articles on the benefits of trails.

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posted Jan 16, 2018

Illinois: Steve Buchtel

Enthusiasm for his job, for trails and for partnerships are the hallmarks of Steve.


posted Jan 10, 2018

Pemberton Camp School, Australia

Pemberton Camp School is a residential camp school that provides outdoor educational programs for children.


posted Jan 10, 2018

Michigan Trail Riders Association

Since its creation in 1963, the Michigan Trail Riders Association (MTRA) has continually worked toward developing, maintaining, and expanding a system of camps and trails stretching across the State of Michigan.


posted Jan 10, 2018

Wildlands Conservancy’s Bike and Boat Program

The Bike & Boat Program is a model of experiential Environmental Education programming that has connected tens of thousands of kids to the Lehigh River Water Trail and the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Trail.


posted Jan 10, 2018

Governor's 100 Missouri Miles

In celebration of Missouri being named the “Best Trails State” by American Trails, Gov. Jay Nixon and First Lady Georganne Nixon launched the 100 Missouri Miles Challenge in June 2013.


posted Jan 10, 2018

Get Your Tail on the Trail

The Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor (D&L) has partnered with St. Luke’s University Health Network (SLUHN) to create the Get Your Tail on the Trail program.


posted Dec 29, 2017

Arizona Conservation Corps Mogollon Rim Ancestral Lands Trail Crew - Arizona

Through the Ancestral Lands program, Conservation Legacy supports trail improvement on the Mogollon Rim in the Coconino National Forest while providing jobs and experience for local Native American youth.


posted Dec 29, 2017

Chattahoochee Nature Trails - Florida

The completed project involves three trails and a new trailhead within the park’s trail system.


posted Dec 29, 2017

Iron Range OHV Recreation Area - Minnesota

The Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) Recreation Area was once a taconite mine pit in Minnesota’s Iron Range, an area that had a depressed economy for decades.


posted Dec 29, 2017

MKT Trailhead Project - Missouri

Polluted site to trailhead park!

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Oregon housing development along the Willamette River Greenway in Portland, Oregon

Oregon housing development along the Willamette River Greenway in Portland, Oregon

Oregon housing development along the Willamette River Greenway in Portland, Oregon

Homes are essentially right on the trail near downtown Portland, Oregon

Homes are essentially right on the trail near downtown Portland, Oregon

Homes are essentially right on the trail near downtown Portland, Oregon

The trail zigzags through development with both cyclists and walkers using the route near downtown Portland, Oregon

The trail zigzags through development with both cyclists and walkers using the route near downtown Portland, Oregon

The trail zigzags through development with both cyclists and walkers using the route near downtown Portland, Oregon

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