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From Mountain to Shore, a Race for Rail-Trails: Rainier-to-Ruston (R2R) Relay & Ultra to help raise money and momentum for 50-mile rail-trail project and RTC's 2010 Campaign for Active Transportation.

Oregon Rail-Trail Project Revives Community's Mining Past: Mining history meets recreation on a rail-trail project in Jacksonville, Ore., where rich gold strikes in the mid-1800s once set off a commercial boom.

Tips for Trail Funding: From auctioned guitars to music festivals to traditional grants, RTC highlights how some trail organizations have addressed shortfalls in project funding.

Looking for Trail Funding in California? Caltrans planning grants support wide-ranging transportation projects from traffic-calming measures to urban bicycle lanes to livable communities.

California Extends Safe Routes to School: Popular SR2S program directs $25 million a year to build safe trails, sidewalks and bike lines to give kids healthy, environmentally friendly ways to get to school.

Regional Stats

Number of Open Trails::	180
Miles of Open Trails::	1,451
Number of Trail Projects::	177
Miles of Trail Projects::	1,456

Quick Links

Berkeley Santa Fe Vision Document
Looking for trail funding in California? We're keeping track of the opportunities: 2008 California Trail Funding Guide
Mission Creek Bikeway Bay Trail Connector Study

Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
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Photo Credits (left to right, top to bottom):: R2R Relay © Adam Henley/Foothills Rails-to-Trails Coalition; Bullis Logging railroad accident © Jacksonville Woodlands Association; guitar REM autographed to auction for Ferry County Rail Trail © Ferry County Rail Trail; Monterey Recreation Trail, Calif. © Bryce Hall/Rails-to-Trails Conservancy; strollers gathered on Minuteman Bikeway, Mass. © Karl Wirsing/Rails-to-Trails Conservancy.