RTCA works collaboratively, by invitation, with partners on a wide variety of conservation and recreation projects. These partners include nonprofit organizations, community groups, tribes or tribal governments, and local, State, or federal government agencies. RTCA provides a variety of assistance tailored to the partner’s needs, but does not provide direct grants.
RTCA often acts as a catalyst to help assemble the necessary pieces to achieve on-the-ground conservation success. RTCA helps identify what types of aid a partner needs and either supplies or locates sources for the assistance. RTCA
helps partners navigate the planning process, converting ideas into actions, and often provides assistance in conceptual planning, organizational development and capacity building.
RTCA offers an outside perspective, encouragement and experience from a database of hundreds of projects and thousands of partners from around the nation. Projects are primarily focused on organization-building, planning, and coordination for conservation and outdoor recreation.
On average, our partners protect more than 700 miles of rivers, created over 1400 miles of trails, and conserved more than 63,700 acres of open space each year. By working side-by-side with grassroots groups and local governments in communities throughout the country, the National Park Service is building a nationwide system of parks, open spaces, rivers, and trails. |
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"Berkshire Bike
Path Council has been most fortunate to have had
the support of Rivers & Trails and their positive
energy and talents. We had hoped that your consultation
would steer us in the right direction and it certainly
did."
-Marge Cohan, President,
Berkshire Bike Path Council. |
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