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National Recognition for your Local Trail
This session will provide a brief history and overview of the NRT program, as well as highlight the growing benefits available to trail managers.
by Helen Scully, National Recreation Trails Coordinator (retired), National Park Service, Stuart Macdonald, Trail Consultant, American Trails
The National Recreation Trails (NRT) Program recognizes the diversity of trails across America that connect people to local resources and improve their quality of life. This session will provide a brief history and overview of the NRT program, as well as highlight the growing benefits available to trail managers. Program benefits include promotion, technical assistance, networking, and access to funding opportunities. More than 1,000 trails have been designated on Federal, State, local, and privately owned land throughout the country.
Everything you need to know about the positive impact of trails on health, environment, economics, and more.
Deciding on Trails: 7 Practices of Healthy Trail Towns
A book review of Amy Camp's 2020 book of ideas to help fulfill dreams of developing a trail town program.
Five Iconic Trails Under 50 Miles
A trail need not be over 100 miles in length to become a travel destination. Plenty of people desire shorter trail experiences and are willing to design a trip around them just the same.
Assessment of the Effects of Mountain Biking
The purpose of this co-learning plan was to identify the relationships that have added to the development of the sport of mountain biking as an ecotourism economy in the Marquette area.