Specific skills used in trails and greenways work: construction of trails; construction of various trail elements; construction of trailheads and related facilities.
California Conservation Corps crew at work on building an accessible trail overlooking Lake Tahoe
Skills for Natural Surface Trail Construction
Skills for Trail-related Facility Construction
Skills for Accessible Trail Construction
Skills for Urban Trail and Bike/Ped Facility Construction
Skills for Trailhead Facility Construction
Skills for Design of Structures
19 new National Recreation Trails added to the National Trail System
19 new National Recreation Trails in 17 states, adding more than 370 miles to the national recreation trails system of more than 1,000 trails in all 50 states.
FAQ: Our roads are in bad shape... why spend money on trails?
There is a huge amount of evidence that trails add value to properties and bring in significant increases in tourism spending, that roads just do not have.
North Bay National Recreation Trail, St. Petersburg, Florida
The North Bay Trail is a multi-use recreational path that runs along the spectacular waterfront of St. Petersburg, Florida.
North Central State Trail, Gaylord to Mackinaw City, Michigan
The 62-mile rail trail in the northern Lower Peninsula is managed by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. It is open to bicycling, walking, and horseback riding, as well as snowmobiles in the winter months.
Barclay Farm National Recreation Trail, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Barclay Farm Trails are an interconnected system of trails totaling three-quarters of a mile located on a National Register of Historic Places designated eighteenth century farmstead that is now Cherry Hill Township Open Space land.
The American Tobacco Trail, North Carolina
The American Tobacco Trail is a 22.6-mile long Rails-to-Trails project located in the Research Triangle region of North Carolina, running along an abandoned railroad bed originally built for the American Tobacco Company in the 1970s.
