Impacts of Trails Webinars

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Trails Move People: Articulating the Impact and Amplifying the Voice of the Trails Community

March 25, 2020

In partnership with the National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council (NOHVCC), American Trails and NOHVCC will discuss how trails, for too long, have been taken for granted and the true measure of their impact has not been calculated or shared.

Trail Towns - Leveraging Trails for Community and Economic Development

March 21, 2019

Take an in depth look at Trail Towns through programs in Kentucky and Michigan. Learn how community partners work to implement economic development, recreation and quality of life planning through Trail Towns.

Working Together to Develop, Promote, and Fund Active Tourism

October 11, 2018

This webinar explores how to work with tourism officials and/or economic development councils to drive economic development.

Leveraging People and Places: Trails as Economic Development

June 28, 2018

This webinar will discuss urban trails and what cities are doing to provide economic development opportunities for the properties that lie along former industrial corridors.

Communicating the Benefits of Trails

January 11, 2018

This webinar will introduce attendees to free resources designed to help them communicate the legal issues surrounding trails, as well as the best research on the potential benefits from different types of trails.

Reducing Crime One Trail at a Time

August 31, 2017

This webinar explored methods for enhancing trail security and safety perceptions through environmental design. This webinar was a concurrent session at the 2017 International Trails Symposium.

Getting to “Yes” on Greenway Trails in Your Community

July 20, 2017

This webinar explored many of the social barriers that can make it difficult to get community support for multiuse trail projects.

Huts for Hiking, Skiing, and Biking: Why, Where, and How?

January 17, 2017

An overview of hut systems in USA and around the world, which includes a wide range of accommodations systems such as shelters, yurts, platform tents, inns and B&B's, hostels, and mountain huts of every size and kind.

Economic Impact of Livable Communities with Active Transportation Options

October 20, 2016

This webinar explores the concept of "Livable Communities" which include trails as a part of the transportation infrastructure.

Trails and Towns Together

May 19, 2016

Efforts to link “trail-to-town” have played a part in remaking communities. This webinar will include a case study of the first known “trail town” initiative - the Trail Town Program® along the Great Allegheny Passage.

Trails for Heroes

March 24, 2016

This webinar explores how trails are helping injured service members recover from both the physical and unseen wounds of war.

Towards a Mountain Trail Sustainability Ethic ~ Part 3 of 3

December 16, 2014

The goal of a trail sustainability ethic is the protection of natural and cultural resources, inspired by federal land management agency trail management traditions, and implemented with consideration to a wilderness ethic of minimum alteration of the natural system.