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Trail Moments: Healing Through Nature Along Rail-Trails
November 06, 2025

We are raising awareness for the need for accessible trails for the disabled, and rail-trails are ideal for connecting all abilities.

Photo courtesy Cindy Ross
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Remembering Heart Mountain
November 04, 2025

Explore what life was like at Wyoming’s Heart Mountain WWII Japanese American Confinement Site in 1942 through the memories of Sam Mihara.

Sam Mihara, a surviving incarceree of the Heart Mountain WWII Japanese American Confinement Site (as of 2025) | Courtesy Mihara Family Collection
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Pathways to Purpose
October 25, 2025

Explore how Rachel Jones, Ed Talone, Isaiah Maxi, Brooke Pavek and Bobby Whittaker made their lives extraordinary on America’s pathways.

Rachel Jones at her 1,000 Club party | Photo courtesy Rachel Jones
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“From Rails to Trails”: The Origin Story of America’s Beloved Pathways 
October 09, 2025

“From Rails to Trails” is a documentary by filmmaker Dan Protess that airs on PBS.org that explores the origins of America’s trails movement.

Marianne Fowler of Rails to Trails Conservancy, Co-Founder of RTC Peter Harnik, rail-trail advocate and author Karen-Lee Ryan, and current RTC President Ryan Chao | Photo by Ben Kolak
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A Nebraska Legacy: Examining the Cowboy Trail’s Impact Across Three Decades
October 07, 2025

Michael and Pam Swanson and Ashley Schafer take in the view from the longest of 221 bridges along Cowboy Recreation and Nature Trail.

Trestle on Nebraska's Cowboy Trail | Photo by Jonathan Egan
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A Look at Railbanked Trails Across America
October 07, 2025

Congress passed an amendment to the National Trails Systems Act that enshrined railbanking—preserving railway corridors in perpetuity.

Iowa's Sauk Rail Trail | Photo by TrailLink user yiams
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Rails to Trails Conservancy Announces 2025 Trail Grants
October 06, 2025

Rails to Trails Conservancy announced it awarded $398,000 in funding through its 2025 Trail Grants program to community orgs and agencies.

Iowa's River's Edge Trail | Photo by TrailLink user rkc1954
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Minnesota’s Mesabi Trail: October 2025 Trail of the Month
October 01, 2025

Traversing the scenic Iron Range of northern Minnesota, the Mesabi Trail spans 165 miles “from the Mississippi River to the Boundary Waters” between Grand Rapids and Ely.

Minnesota's Mesabi Trail | Photo courtesy Visit Grand Rapids
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Valentine Bike Share—The Most (?) Remote Bike Share in the World
September 30, 2025

In Valentine, Nebraska, population 2,631, you can find the most rural and remote bike share program in America, or the world—at least that’s what Benny Foltz, CEO of the nonprofit ROAM Share-claims.

Valentine bike share bike on Nebraska's Cowboy Trail | Photo courtesy ROAM Share
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The Very Real Challenges Facing America’s Trails
September 10, 2025

New actions being taken at the federal level seek to undermine—or even eliminate—the crucial funding sources and corridor preservation law that make trails and active transportation networks possible. Rails to Trails Conservancy will continue working to protect the federal programs that make it possible for the country to create, connect and maintain its trails.

Texas' A-train Rail Trail | Photo courtesy Denton County Transportation Authority