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June 10 - 13, 2020
Regina, Saskatchewan (CANADA)
Representatives from the national snowmobile organizations and representatives from the state and provincial snowmobile organizations form the International Snowmobile Council (ISC), which meets annually at the International Snowmobile Congress (also called ISC).
June 10, 2020
Online
The series continues! Join us Wednesdays through June 2020 at 2-3pm ET for focused webinar discussions with panelists on topics specific for outdoor recreation professionals. As the world is in a state of adaptation and change, outdoor recreation experiences and our parks, forests, and public lands are as important as ever. And we are in this together!
June 10, 2020
Online
This webinar is intended for those just starting out on the walking path as well as those interested in learning more about the topic.
June 11, 2020
Advancing Trails Webinar Series
This webinar will provide attendees with ideas and solutions for getting projects implemented through creative coalitions and engagement activities.
June 17, 2020
Online
The series continues! Join us Wednesdays through June 2020 at 2-3pm ET for focused webinar discussions with panelists on topics specific for outdoor recreation professionals. As the world is in a state of adaptation and change, outdoor recreation experiences and our parks, forests, and public lands are as important as ever. And we are in this together!
June 17, 2020
Online
This webinar will discuss quantitatively measuring the pedestrian environment with case studies from Fort Worth, Oregon, and Montgomery County, MD. We'll also discuss how pedestrian infrastructure often gets pushed around to accommodate better signal timing and reduce vehicle delay. We'll explore a number of ways the City of Toronto evaluates pedestrian infrastructure and look at the case study of a missing crosswalk link at a major downtown intersection.
June 17, 2020
Online
Join Adam Gillenwater with the American Battlefield Trust to learn how they partner with communities to conserve historic sites and battlefields, some of which took place in town.
June 18, 2020
Advancing Trails Webinar Series
The session will provide an overview of the new statewide California Vegetation Treatment Program (CalVTP) and provide practical and helpful “how to” information about using the CalVTP Program EIR (instead of your own!) to streamline fire fuel projects.
June 19 - 25, 2020
Online
Anyone interested in using drones for mapping or data collection? Super low registration for 4 days of content! General admission – $50; Academic rate – $30
June 20 - 21, 2020
This innovative training offered in partnership with Flagline Trails teaches valuable skills to volunteers, including those who have been involved in trail projects for many years. Drawing upon thousands of hours on the trail and in the classroom, including some of the most daunting trail projects you can imagine, professional trail builders will inspire, educate, and give you the skills you need to be an effective steward and trail volunteer.
June 23 - 25, 2020
Denver, Colorado
We have made the difficult decision to cancel Summer Market 2020. Our community's health and safety is our number one priority.
June 23, 2020
Online
Join America Walks and our partners from the tribal community planning world on Tuesday, June 23rd for Part 1 in our Walking Towards Justice in Indian Country series.
June 24, 2020
Online
The series continues! Join us Wednesdays through June 2020 at 2-3pm ET for focused webinar discussions with panelists on topics specific for outdoor recreation professionals. As the world is in a state of adaptation and change, outdoor recreation experiences and our parks, forests, and public lands are as important as ever. And we are in this together!
June 25, 2020
Advancing Trails Webinar Series
The impact of COVID-19 has heightened the role that greenways and conserved greenspace play in providing critically important outdoor space for human activity, while at the same time promoting public health, safety, and well-being.
June 30, 2020
Advancing Trails Webinar Series
This webinar will summarize the main findings from multiple interviews on the dynamics with state and local stakeholders in government, business, and nonprofit who work in rural communities on outdoor recreation.
July 09, 2020
Advancing Trails Webinar Series
Hear the story of how a trail was created by a small group in nine months for $600 and learn the trail components incorporated to make the trail so popular.
July 09 - 12, 2020
North Cascades National Park Visitor Center, near Newhalem, WA
A 4-day entry-level course that covers leading a backpacking experience with a youth group. ($120, scholarships available)
July 15, 2020
Online
The World Health Organization characterizes traffic deaths as a “preventable health epidemic”. Yet, this issue has not generated a widespread, longstanding call to action. Why not? The field of media studies offers potential insights. News coverage is known to shape public opinion by framing issues for the public and via sentence‐level editorial choices. With this in mind, we reviewed 200 local news articlesband found that coverage tends to shift blame towards vulnerable road users and away from drivers.
July 21, 2020
Advancing Trails Webinar Series
This webinar will introduce participants to new tools and technologies being used to advance trail projects around the country.
July 28 - 30, 2020
Kansas City, MO
Plan to join peers from across the U.S. for networking sessions, panel presentations, and training workshops on current projects and trending topics in rural and small urban transportation.
August 04 - 07, 2020
Indianapolis, IN
Walk/Bike/Places is North America's largest active transportation and placemaking conference.
August 06, 2020
Advancing Trails Webinar Series
This webinar will share a spectrum of data analysis and scenario planning tools that can be used to help plan and design new or existing trails.
August 09 - April 11, 2020
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Land Conservation & Greenways Conference Postponed to August 9-11, 2020
August 10 - 13, 2020
Indianapolis, IN
It’s not too early to mark your calendar for the next NCSL Legislative Summit Aug. 10-13, 2020, in Indianapolis. Join your colleagues at this annual gathering of state lawmakers to explore innovative policy solutions, network and add to your legislative toolbox.
August 13, 2020
Advancing Trails Webinar Series
This webinar will share how the City of Modesto, CA, dealt with the challenge of homelessness and vagrancy in their parks and trails.
August 17 - 22, 2020
Knoxville, TN
Thanks to our partners in Nevada the 2019 NOHVCC Annual Conference was a huge success! Now we turn our focus to the 2020 Conference in Knoxville. We will once again strive to provide a fun and informative experience that you will not want to miss. The dates for the 2020 conference are August 17-22 – put them on your calendar now. The Conference hotel is the Crowne Plaza in Knoxville.
August 19, 2020
Online
This webinar will cover: a review of principles for integrating walking and cycling with major transit stations (BRT, LRT, commuter rail); examples of successful integration in other jurisdictions; and an overview of a process for identifying connectivity gaps to stations for people walking and cycling; and how municipal government can establish an organizational process to close gaps.
August 30 - September 02, 2020
Grand Rapids, MI
The Mid-America Trails and Greenways (MATAG) Conference is an opportunity to connect with trail advocates from a nine-state regional area, including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
September 14 - 18, 2020
Trinidad State Junior College
Introduces sustainable trail concepts, including ways trails impact the landscape and ecology, land management and recreation, basic geography and maps, types of trails and trail users, basic sustainability concepts, and implementation of a new trail project. Instructor: Tony Boone
September 16, 2020
Online
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September 20 - 24, 2020
Leipzig, Germany
World Canals Conference is an international platform for topics related to inland waterways. This event is organized under the patronage of “Inland Waterways International”, an organization, which stands up for the protection, development and sustainable management of inland waterways.
September 21 - 25, 2020
Trinidad State Junior College
Introduces sustainable trail maintenance practices including evaluation of trail condition, coordinating with land managers; tool selection, use and maintenance, and personal and crew safety considerations. Developing maintenance plans and basic trail maintenance techniques are also covered in this course. Instructor: Tony Boone
September 22 - 23, 2020
Atlanta, GA
2020 Leadership Summit: Where & When. The 2020 Children & Nature Network Inside-Out Leadership Summit will be held September 22-23, 2020 at the Atlanta Hyatt Regency, 265 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, Georgia 3030.A block of discounted rooms will be available at the Hyatt.
October 01, 2020
Advancing Trails Webinar Series
Learn how trail steward and trailbuilding programs have worked to make the public better informed, more responsible trails users while protecting the resource.
October 02 - 05, 2020
Miami, FL
Learn, celebrate, and connect at the world’s largest gathering of landscape architects! Explore hundreds of new products, services, technology applications, and design solutions—all under one roof!
October 03, 2020
Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, WA
A 6-hour entry-level course focused on leading a successful hike with a youth group. ($30, scholarships available)
October 07, 2020
Asheville, NC
The Outdoor Economy Conference is the southeast's premier event for those looking to grow the outdoor industry in their communities, and craft an economy that's intimately tied to the quality and health of their places.
October 08 - 10, 2020
Portland, OR
Rally is the exciting annual gathering of nearly 2,000 inspired and passionate land conservation practitioners from the US, Canada, South America and beyond, who are dedicated to conserving cherished places in local communities. The Land Trust Alliance is proud to be hosting its 33rd year of Rally: The National Land Conservation Conference, being held in Portland, OR, October 8-10, 2020, at the Oregon Convention Center.
October 12 - 16, 2020
Trinidad State Junior College
Covers sustainable trail planning considerations, including route planning, types of trails, an introduction to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and map reading, mathematical calculations, accessibility requirements, and signage. The course also explores trail building opportunities and design constraints, and environmental impact considerations. Instructor: Tony Boone
October 14 - 16, 2020
The 2020 SHIFT Festival, a 3-day conference held Oct. 14-16 in Jackson Hole, WY, is informed by the Center for Disease Control’s determinants of population health.
October 15, 2020
Advancing Trails Webinar Series
Learn the ins and out of developing a program by establishing trust and delegating to a volunteer leader so an employee can manage the project.
October 17 - 18, 2020
This innovative training offered in partnership with Flagline Trails teaches valuable skills to volunteers, including those who have been involved in trail projects for many years. Drawing upon thousands of hours on the trail and in the classroom, including some of the most daunting trail projects you can imagine, professional trail builders will inspire, educate, and give you the skills you need to be an effective steward and trail volunteer.
October 19 - 20, 2020
Mt.Hood Oregon Resort in Welches
The 2020 Oregon Outdoor Recreation Summit will bring together two of Oregon’s premier outdoor recreation events: the Oregon Outdoor Recreation Summit and Oregon Trails Summit. The combined, high-impact event will convene Oregon’s diverse outdoor community to learn, build relationships and find solutions to the challenges in developing and elevating outdoor recreation opportunities for all.
October 19 - 23, 2020
Trinidad State Junior College
Explores sustainable trail design considerations. Topics include safety and risk management, sustainability, control points, user experience, slopes, water control, environmental impact, basic surveying techniques, trail types, and trail standards and guidelines. Instructor Tony Boone.
October 21, 2020
Online
This webinar will provide two perspectives on the human experience: cycle highways, which are an emerging type of long distance, high quality bicycle route, and design methods, tools that practitioners can use develop bikeways that meet the needs of their communities.
October 22, 2020
Advancing Trails Webinar Series
Learn from industry experts, advocates, and practitioners about how to collect and apply trail count data, and how to leverage that data in order to achieve meaningful, tangible changes in your community.
October 26 - 30, 2020
Spartanburg
Regrettably, we have decided by consensus among PNTS leadership and workshop leads to cancel the Partnership’s Spring National Trails Workshop scheduled for May 18-22, 2020 at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico. This is highly unfortunate and yet we believe the right decision under these unusual circumstances.
October 27 - 29, 2020
Orlando, FL
NRPA's annual conference is the premier event of the park and recreation community.
October 28 - 30, 2020
Myrtle Beach, SC
Join us October 28-30th, in the warmth of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, as we gather around the campfire together to make connections among colleagues, partners, industries, and the outdoors.
October 31 - November 01, 2020
This innovative training offered in partnership with Flagline Trails teaches valuable skills to volunteers, including those who have been involved in trail projects for many years. Drawing upon thousands of hours on the trail and in the classroom, including some of the most daunting trail projects you can imagine, professional trail builders will inspire, educate, and give you the skills you need to be an effective steward and trail volunteer.
November 08 - 09, 2020
Augusta, GA
The Georgia Trails Summit has been postponed from May to November 8-9, 2020.
November 09 - 11, 2020
Tucson, AZ
Basecamp is a conference and workshop for outdoor recreation managers, non-profit organizations, researchers, and students to share information on sustaining outdoor recreation resources in the American West while building the region’s recreation economy.
November 18, 2020
Online
The goal of this presentation is to offer assessment findings, create a dialogue on perception of safety and night friendliness of cities, and identify innovative strategies to address women’s mobility issues when walking at night. This presentation will focus on our process of collecting experience‐based data from women living in various neighborhoods of San Diego and overlay this input with the concepts of environmental justice, accessibility, and equity.
December 16, 2020
Online
In this webinar, listen to change‐makers working at the local, state, and national levels to improve speed management practices while including equity considerations. The speakers will discuss managing speeds while being responsive to community input, recent national research, and state efforts to consider alternatives to the 85th percentile for speed setting.
March 07 - 13, 2021
Bentonville, AR
PTBA has decided to postpone their 2020 Sustainable Trails Conference to March 2021 in Bentonville, AR.
May 10 - 14, 2021
Reno, NV
A joint conference between American Trails and the Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals
