Here is a spotlight on some of the critical TrailNation project advances we made in 2018—and how they are bringing to life our vision of trails at the heart of healthy, thriving communities.

Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) and the national trail community put itself on the front lines to protect and defend trails in 2018. Here are five ways we mobilized in communities this year.

It’s officially the Year of the Trails in Ohio, and the Buckeye State is building significant momentum on trail projects, from Cleveland to Cincinnati and beyond.

Nestled into the gentle greens and golds of a vast prairie, rolling under leafy branches arched overhead like cathedral rooftops, and connecting small towns with friendly Midwestern charm, the Flint Hills Trail State Park proves there’s no place like Kansas.

For walkers and bicyclists along the town’s scenic Animas River Trail, the white-and-gray plumes of steam rising from the old locomotives and the echo of train whistles are common sights and sounds.

Nebraska’s Cowboy Recreation and Nature Trail offers an authentic Old West experience, small towns and picturesque landscapes.

This Green Infrastructure Guide encourages partnerships between park and stormwater agencies to promote green infrastructure on park lands.

Establishing a New Jersey State Infrastructure Bank (SIB) can help finance bicycle, pedestrian and trail projects with the TIFIA program.

In 2016, RTC celebrated its 30th anniversary and the birth and evolution of the American Rail-Trail Movement.

This guidebook increases awareness of the linkages between flood resilience and greenspace protection.