Recent Events

• RTCA Gets Congressional Recognition (12/9/2008 Texas)

• RTCA Assists Trail Project along Idaho's Largest Lake (10/29/2008 Sandpoint, ID)

• RTCA, Baylor University, and City of Waco Parks and Recreation Work Together to Improve the Brazos and Bosque River Corridor (10/24/2008 Waco, TX)

• Working With the National Park Service - Interview with IMBA's Jenn Dice (8/1/2008 Dirt Rag Magazine)

• Susquehanna River Water Trail gets National Designation (09/16/2008 York County, PA)

• Trail development opportunities touted in WV (8/13/2008 Southern WV)

• Konocti Regional Trails system Takes Shape (8/3/2008 Lake County, CA)

• Birding, Wildlife Partnership Now Organized in Southern Nevada (8/1/2008 Laughlin, NV)

• Alabama Scenic River Trail Receives National Designation (7/28/08 Birmingham, AL)

• Susquehanna Trail Added to National Roster (7/20/08 PA)

• River Trail Opens in Alsea, OR (7/15/08 Alsea, OR)

• National Parks Conservation Association Features Article on Wild and Scenic Rivers in National Parks Magazine (7/08 NPCA.org)

• RTCA Celebrates National Trails Day (6/7/08 Nationwide)

• Trail Project Gets National Award (2/27/08 Hooper Bay, AK)

• Whitney Hill Could be Preserved as Conservation Area (2/27/08 Watertown, MA)

• Art and Community Landscapes: A report on public art projects that creatively engage communities and national park visitors in addressing their relationship to the environment
  (1/30/08)
  

• Video: Youth Partnership Stories (1/08, El Paso, TX)

• Thousands Gather to Celebrate 30 New Miles on Shafer Butte Mountain Bike Trail System
  (1/08, outside Boise, ID)

• Rockefeller, Rahall Announce Wyoming County Selected As GroundworkUSA Pilot Community (10/11/07, Wyoming County, WV)

• Plan in the works to link Missouri River trails (8/31/07, Sioux City, IA)

• Coast may get more natural spaces
  (8/15/07, Biloxi, MS)

• Hackensack River is getting cleaner
  (8/27/07, Hackensack, NJ)

• Greenway planning under way - NPS assisting

• RTCA Celebrates National Trails Day!

• Secretary Kempthorne Designates
  40 New National Recreation Trails in 22 States
  1000th Trail Will Honor Hero of September 11, 2001

• Relaying positivity on the Passaic
  (5/13/07, Hackensack, NJ)
  

• IMBA and NPS Partnership Enters Third Year
  (4/27/07)
  

• Officials cites trails' values in usage as well as dollars
  (4/21/07, Westfield, IN)
  

• Group studies 'rail-with-trail' plan
  (4/3/07, Norwich, NH)
  

• Greenway gets grant for trail mapping
  (1/16/07, Webster, MA)

• Council updated on trail, trestle and state parks
  (11/30/06, Fort Bragg, CA)

• Keeping Walker County green: Greenways? Greenspace? What's it all about?
  (11/30/06, Walker County, GA)

• "Island Ways" - Telling Catalina's Story
  (11/21/06, Catalina Island, CA)

• New river trail connects beach, falls, more
  (10/10/06, Rochester, NY)

• ACA Announces 12 ACA-Recommended Water Trails
  (9/13/06, Springfield, VA and nationwide)

• Full stream ahead
  (8/13/06, Lodi, CA)

• Secretary Kempthorne Announces Designation of 36 New National Recreation Trails in 24 States
  (6/1/06, Washington, DC)

• Happy Trails, Officials hope an ambitious effort to create a bike path connection two national parks will bring more tourism to Homestead and South Miami-Dade (6/25/06, Homestead, FL)

• Bird to Gird, Pribilof trails join elite list
  (6/17/06, Anchorage, AK)

• Amenities, environmental protection first steps, with road permits still pending
  (6/12/06, Catalina Island, CA)

• Ceremony launches the 740-mile Northern Forest Canoe Trail
  (6/6/06, Saranac Lake, NY)

• Hyde Park trails link to network
  (6/5/06, Hyde Park, NY)

• Adding to the river trail
  (6/1/06, Salem, OR)

• Taking steps toward a bike path
  (5/25/06, Danvers, MA)

• Greenways plan aims for linkup of nature areas
  (5/22/06, Toledo, OH)

• Great Eastern Trail,
  the story of a cross-country footpath
  (Spring 06, Southeastern US)

• An 8-mile Looping System of Mountain Bike Trails Dedicated (3/18-19/06, KY)

• 39 Acres added to San Gabriel River Network(1/23/06, Azusa, CA)

• Northwest Discovery Water Trail Makes a Blue Debut (Aug. 2005- Oct. 2006, WA/OR/ID) Contact: Sue Abott

• Mauna Loa Proposed as Site for World-Class Trail System (12/8/05, Honolulu, HI) Contact: Helen Felsing

• New publication "Groundswell - Stories of Saving Places, Finding Community" highlights RTCA projects
  (11/1/05, Nationwide)

• Opportunity to Join the Groundwork USA Network (11/1/05, Nationwide) The National Park Service RTCA Program is pleased to announce the next round to select 1 - 2 new communities for Groundwork USA Pilot Funding and Technical Assistance.

• Park Service chooses Polk to receive trails assistance (10/24/05, Polk and Rutherford Counties, NC)

• Trail mended from Larsen Bay to Karluk River (10/13/05, Kodiak, AK)

• RTCA and the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) sign a general agreement
  (10/3/05, a national partnership)

• Southern Nevada Interagency Volunteer Program Receives 2005 Take Pride in America Award
  (9/30/05, Washington, DC)

• Daylighting and Restoring Streams in Rural Community City Centers, publication posted online
  (9/05)

• Water Trails Database on American Canoe Association site!
  (8/05, Springfield, VA)

• The Newest Jewel in Cleveland's Emerald Necklace
  (8/05, Cleveland, OH)

• Singletrack Mountain Biking Takes a Giant Leap Forward in Tennessee
  (7/17/05, Chattanooga , TN)

• Rail-trail could be path to progress
  (8/9/05, Eufala, AL)

• Art & Community Landscapes Awards $50,000 for an Environmentally Inspired Art Project Along the Schuylkill River Water Trails
  (6/6/05, Pottstown, PA) (Click to learn more about ACL)

• Forum to consider building of ditch trails
  (6/13/05, Albuquerque, NM)

• Hardening the Trails
  (6/05, Bethel, AK)

• Step by step, ground work for Astoria Trails Master Plan gets a hike
  (6/8/05, Astoria, OR)

• Kokosing State Scenic River Designated as Ohio's First Water Trail
  (6/5/05, Ohio)

• Rivers & Trails Celebrates National Trails Day 2005!
  (6/4/05, across the country)

• Making way for county's greenspaces
  (5/28/05, Lafayette, GA)

• Regional Trail Link Constructed with Persistence.. (4/23/05, San Bernadino, CA)

• NPS Agreement with International Mountain Biking Association (5/2/05, Washington, DC/Boulder, CO)

• Cheat Canyon Land Swap (3/05, Albright, Preston County, WV)

• Pine Mountain Trail Conference to Recieve $10,000 (4/4/05, Chattanooga, TN)

• Baker Community Hosts Trails Partnership Workshop (3/7/05, Baker, NV)

• Slaughter Creek Riparian Restoration (2/5/05, Austin, TX)

• North Yarmouth Recreation Commission Receives Assistance Grant from National Parks Service (2/17/05, North Yarmouth, ME)

• National Park Service sets up shop in Western NC (2/9/05, Blue Ridge, NC)

• Doctors Prescibing Excercise to Fight Fat (Upper Valley Trails for Life) (2/7/05, Concord, NH)

• Visionaries: Art and Community Landscapes (1/31/05, Pacific Northwest) (scroll down the page to: Visionaries: Art and Community Landscapes)

• Federal program gets involved with Cumberland Trail State Park (1/17/05, Knoxville, TN)

• Cyclist wants to link NC counties to East Coast Greenway (1/14/05, Elizabeth City, NC)