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Trail Caucus Kicks Off to Connect Wisconsin as New Projects Build Momentum
October 10, 2018

An active and enthusiastic crowd of trail advocates gathered to kick off the state’s newly formed Legislative Trails Caucus.

Dave Schlabowske, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Bike Fed, discusses the value of building a Trails Caucus | Photo by Brian Housh, courtesy RTC
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Pete Raynor, Railbanking Author, Named 2018 Rail-Trail Champion
September 27, 2018

Pete Raynor, central author of Railbanking legislation, was named 2018 Rail-Trail Champion. The 1983 Railbanking Act helped make many trails.

2018 Doppelt Family Rail-Trail Champions Award ceremony honoring Pete Raynor | Photo by Hung Tran
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Las Reglas de Oro: Seis Cosas Que Debes Saber Para La Temporada de Senderos
September 10, 2018

Sendero: Un sendero es un camino o rastro de uso recreativo, típicamente en lugares cerca o dentro de la naturaleza.

Photo by Bob Wick, Public Domain
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Indiana’s Cardinal Greenway
September 06, 2018

The Cardinal Greenway is Indiana’s longest rail-trail and the newest member of the Rail-Trail Hall of Fame by RTC.

Trail crossing over the White River along the Cardinal Greenway near the McCulloch Riverview Trailhead in Muncie, Indiana | Photo by Tony Valainis
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1,400-Mile LandLine Plan Is Building Active Transportation Momentum in Boston
August 29, 2018

The LandLine Vision Plan—a newly proposed plan by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) that aims to complete a 1,400-mile connected network of regional trails.

Weekly summer Landline ride at the newly rebuilt trail and boardwalk around the Needham Reservoir in Massachusetts | Photo by David Loutzenheiser
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Georgia’s Augusta Canal Trail
August 13, 2018

Like the fabled yellow brick road, Georgia’s Augusta Canal Trail unfolds with a soft orange hue and unexpected delights with every footstep or turn of the wheel.

View from the Augusta Canal | Photo courtesy Augusta Convention and Visitors Bureau
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These Farm Markets and Gardens Are Inspiring Health on America’s Trails
August 09, 2018

What’s better than a farmers’ market or community garden for providing locally grown food and encouraging good eating? Why, a market or garden next to a trail, of course!

Urban Tilth community garden | Photo courtesy Urban Tilth
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2020 Vision: New York’s “Empire State Trail” Is Making Trails a Main Attraction
August 09, 2018

Empire State Trail (EST): Shaped like a giant sideways T intersecting near Albany, the EST will connect three corners of the state: Manhattan, Buffalo and the Canadian border near Lake Champlain.

A jogger on the Hudson River Valley Greenway catches the last rays of the day’s light as the sun sets behind the New Jersey skyline. | Photo by Scott Stark
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Four Friends, Five Days, and 372 Miles: A Journey on the Ohio to Erie Trail
July 30, 2018

This summer, three friends from Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) and another pal pedaled the length of the Ohio to Erie Trail, which runs right down the middle of Ohio at a diagonal from the shores of Lake Erie to the mighty Ohio River.

Ohio to Erie Trail adventurers (left to right)- Marty Cader, Eric Oberg, Eli Griffen and Willie Karidis | Photo by Eric Oberg
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A Journey Into History: Five Pathways to Explore the Historic Oregon Trail
July 27, 2018

Made possible thanks to the National Trails System Act, the Historic Oregon Trail joins numerous other trails as a National Historic Trail, a category that was added 10 years after the original act was established in 1968.

Great Platte River Road Archway Monument on Kearney Hike and Bike Trail | Photo by John Scharantz