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Recreational Trails Program (Rtp)



posted Jul 11, 2022

Recreational Trails Program Highlight: Tonto Recreation Alliance's (TRĀL) Adopt-a-trail Program

by Sue Crowe

TRĀL’s mission is to recruit, train, and coordinate a volunteer workforce to help the Tonto National Forest manage OHV recreation in the forest.


posted Dec 20, 2019

Recreational Trails Program Highlight: Whiskey Run Mountain Biking Trail

by American Trails Staff

The Whiskey Run Mountain Biking Trail located in Bandon, Oregon was awarded $214,618 in Recreational Trails Program funds in the year 2016.


posted Dec 29, 2017

Red Creek Bridge - Michigan

New bridge improves snowmobile trail safety.


posted Jun 6, 2018

Rim Butte OHV Trails - Oregon

Deschutes County 4 Wheelers are providing volunteer time and donations to develop a system of designated technical four-wheel drive trails in cooperation with the Deschutes National Forest.


posted Dec 29, 2017

River Bluff Trail Project - Indiana

An abandoned railway becomes a new trail.


posted Dec 29, 2017

Rock Creek Park Bridge Project - District of Columbia

The Student Conservation Association worked with the National Park Service to build four trail bridges at Rock Creek Park in Washington, DC.


posted Dec 29, 2017

Rotary Park Accessible Trail (Phase 2) - Tennessee

Montgomery County used RTP funds to add a universally accessible trail in Rotary Park.


posted Dec 29, 2017

Rountree Branch Trail - Platteville, Wisconsin

This project engaged several partners to complete a trail connection from the Platteville community to the University of Wisconsin campus, fixed infrastructure issues, and paved and lighted the entire three-mile corridor.


posted Dec 12, 2019

RTP Highlight: The Stage Coach Trail

by Taylor Goodrich with American Trails

The Coalition for Recreation Trails (CRT) awarded the 2019 Maintenance and Rehabilitation award to the Vermont ATV Sportsman's Association (VASA) for the Stage Coach Trail Improvement project.


posted Dec 29, 2017

Sam Houston Multiple-Use Trail - Texas

The Sam Houston Multiple-Use Trail (SHMUT) boasts the only designated OHV trail system located on U.S. Forest Service (USFS) lands in Texas.