This panel will pair land managers with horse riders for a discussion of how each can help the other in meeting their goals.
Case studies of what works, best practices and techniques of building the correct type of trails, and information regarding the creation and maintenance of sustainable trail systems.
Making trails attractive to hikers.
by Roger Bell, Pam Johnson with Rancho Sonado, Jennifer Rigby with The Acorn Group, Inc.
Fresh ideas that will get more children off couches and into nature.
by Stuart Macdonald, Kim Frederick with Chinook Associates LLC
This session will present educational opportunities, training providers, and a wide range of resources for land and water trails.
Learn how two communities have used GPS/GIS technology to accurately depict locations along their trails in partnership with emergency services and learn alternative methods that can help trail users connect to first responders when resources are limited.
This session will highlight how Garver Engineering transformed its wellness program to improve overall health while reducing company healthcare costs.
These two stories provide valuable lessons in multiple user groups working together, multiple agencies cooperating, and users and agencies teaming for success.
This session will focus on the big and innovative thinking necessary to retrofit an urban environment for a multi-use trail system.
This session will highlight design development of the Urban Arts Leg of the City of Jackson’s (MI) Riverwalk Trail on the Grand River, complemented by a survey of several recent National Park Service trail projects that integrate public art.
Connecting many of northwest Oregon’s iconic attractions and creating a potentially international tourist magnet.
How to organize a successful progressive food stop fundraiser on your trail