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The Florida Campaign Rolls On – Are You Aboard?

Posted 07/15/14 by Ken Bryan in Taking Action | Tagged with Florida, RTC in Action

Our promise to Florida was to take on the big battles and win. For any Floridian who loves trails, biking and walking, 2014 is a year of massive significance.

Photo © Cleo Fogal

What Happens When a Member of Congress Attacks Trail Funding?

Posted 07/14/14 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Policy, Taking Action | Tagged with Federal, Pennsylvania, RTC in Action, Threats to Trail Building

Though it may not have made news headlines in your community, last Friday a significant battle was won in our never-ending defense of America's trails.

Photo © Richard Anderson

Making the Most of the Met (Metropolitan Branch Trail, That Is!)

Posted 06/26/14 by Amy Kapp in Trail Use | Tagged with Capital Trails Coalition, District Of Columbia, Local Organizing, RTC in Action, Urban Pathways

On June 25, Kathy Blaha, board member extraordinaire for both RTC and City Parks Alliance, posted this great blog on the programs helping to make the Metropolitan Branch Trail a true neighborhood gem. Programming is a valuable strategy for increasing trail use among individuals and families in local communities across the U.S., as RTC's trail development director, Kelly Pack, discusses in the blog.

Photos © Jake Lynch/RTC

RTC's 2014 Sojourn Kicks Off!

Posted 06/23/14 by Katie Harris in Trail Use | Tagged with Community Events, RTC in Action, Sojourn Series, Tourism and Economic Stimulus

On Sunday, more than 250 trail enthusiasts from across the country convened in Maryland to start RTC's 12th annual Greenway Sojourn.

Photo © Ed Yourdon

RTC Launches Development of Game-Changing Trail Planning Tool

Posted 06/12/14 by Tracy Hadden Loh in Building Trails | Tagged with Case Studies, Connected Systems, Facts and FIgures, Mapping and Technology, RTC in Action

Earlier this month, RTC announced the launch of T-MAP (Trail Modeling and Assessment Platform), a three-year, $1.2-million initiative with the potential to set a new standard for trail planning in America. In partnership with researchers and trail managers in 12 U.S. cities, RTC will lead the first-ever nationwide survey of urban trail use and produce planning models and metrics that can forecast the returns on investment that trails stimulate around the country.

Photos © Rails-to-Trails Conservancy

RTC’s Marianne Wesley Fowler Named 2014 Rail-Trail Champion

Posted 06/06/14 by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy in Taking Action | Tagged with Champions, Rail-Trail Champion, RTC in Action, State and Federal Programs

RTC is excited to announce Marianne Wesley Fowler of Alexandria, Va., as this year’s Doppelt Family Rail-Trail Champion—a designation honoring Fowler’s incredible contributions to RTC and the rail-trail movement over the past two-and-a-half decades.

Photo by Jason Barnette – Southeastern Traveler/Courtesy Abingdon Convention and Visitors Bureau

The 2014 Inductee to the Rail-Trail Hall of Fame Is…

Posted 04/30/14 by Jake Lynch in America's Trails | Tagged with Best Of, RTC in Action, Tourism and Economic Stimulus

RTC is very pleased to announce that the Virginia Creeper National Recreation Trail is to be the 2014 inductee to the Trail-Trail Hall of Fame.

Photo © Forest Preserve District of Will County

Illinois' Old Plank Road Trail

Posted 10/01/13 by Laura Stark in America's Trails | Tagged with Illinois, Local Organizing, Overcoming Opposition, RTC in Action, Trail Destinations, Trail of the Month

Traveling along the tranquil Old Plank Road Trail today, you would never know the site was once the cause of heated debate and a contentious struggle lasting 20 years. The paved 22-mile rail-trail now offers a canopy of oak trees and sugar maples rustling overhead, delicate prairie grasses that stir with the passage of bicyclists, and soft purple wildflowers that peek up through the green underbrush.

New Faces at RTC Lend New Perspective in Changing Times

Posted 02/20/13 by Keith Laughlin in Taking Action | Tagged with Champions, RTC in Action

Never an organization to rest on its laurels, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy is always looking to bring new energy and ideas to the work we do - to reinvigorate our mission and keep it relevant in a changing world. One of the ways we do that is by keeping our volunteer Board of Directors fresh, injecting the skills and perspectives of new people on a regular basis and broadening the professions, regions and backgrounds we tap into.

RTC Opens the Door to a Bold New World

Posted 02/13/13 by Kevin Mills in Taking Action | Tagged with Cross-Sector Collaboration, RTC in Action, State and Federal Programs

Rio Grande Trail, Colorado

Posted 01/01/13 by Laura Stark in America's Trails | Tagged with Colorado, Overcoming Opposition, RTC in Action, Trail Destinations, Trail of the Month

During Colorado's silver mining boom more than a century ago, two railroads struggled for supremacy over the Roaring Forks Valley, in a competition to see which could first finish the tracks into Aspen and lay claim to the rich silver deposits there.

Photo © Rails-to-Trails Conservancy

From Jersey, With Love - RTC's Newest Team Member Has Big Plans for His Own Neighborhood

Posted 11/28/12 by Jake Lynch in Taking Action | Tagged with New Jersey, Pennsylvania, RTC in Action, Young Champions

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