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Peavine and Iron King Trails | Photo by Scott Ash

Arizona's Peavine and Iron King Trails

Posted 07/01/10 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in America's Trails | Tagged with Arizona, Best Of, Hall of Fame, Trail Destinations, Trail of the Month

The 5.2-mile Peavine Trail begins just south of Watson Lake at the gravel parking lot by the lush Watson Woods Riparian Preserve (just off Prescott Lakes Parkway). The preserve is teeming with green along the crushed stone and dirt trail. Through the trees you may even hear the rush of Granite Creek after a bout of rain.

Photo © M.V. Jantzen/Rails-to-Trails Conservancy

A School Garden Begins to Bloom Along D.C. Rail-Trail

Posted 06/14/10 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Building Trails | Tagged with District Of Columbia, Local Organizing, Urban Pathways

As part of the Meet the Met grand-opening celebration on Saturday, June 5, DC Prep Academy Charter School and Rails-to-Trails Conservancy teamed up to add another school garden into the growing rolls of urban agriculture taking place around the country. The 1,000-square-foot garden, set in Northeast D.C.’s Edgewood community, will combine an edible forest of fruit trees, perennial vegetables, herbs, insectary plants and dynamic accumulators with a large space for growing annual crops like collards, corn, squash, tomatoes and more.

Image © Transportation for America and the Surface Transportation Policy Partnership

Ask State Leaders to Improve Safety for Florida's Pedestrians

Posted 11/24/09 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Policy | Tagged with Florida, Safety and Law Enforcement

According to "Dangerous by Design," a report released on November 9, 2009 by Transportation for America and the Surface Transportation Policy Partnership, Florida has the dubious honor of being home to the four most dangerous communities in the country for pedestrians.

Photo © City of San Jose Department of Parks, Recreation & Neighborhood Services

San Jose's Annual Trail Count Sees Usage Increase 10 percent

Posted 11/09/09 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Trail Use | Tagged with California, Case Studies, Facts and FIgures, Mode Shift, Trail Communities

For the past three years, the Department of Parks, Recreation & Neighborhood Services of the city of San Jose, Calif., has conducted an extensive user count and survey of its major trails and greenways. This year's count, which was conducted on September 23, has resulted in some encouraging statistics.

Photo © Rails-to-Trails Conservancy/Stephen Miller

RTC Partners with D.C. After-School Program for Bike Giveaway Along Rail-Trail

Posted 10/28/09 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Trail Use | Tagged with District Of Columbia, RTC in Action, Schools and Young People

On Friday, October 23, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) partnered with Beacon House, a tutoring and mentoring organization in the Edgewood neighborhood of Washington, D.C., to give free bicycles, locks, helmets and safety instruction to 40 students enrolled in Beacon House programs.