Trails Act News Today

Fast facts: NALC webinar on Jan.17 will focus on the National Trails System Act Lindsay S. C. Brinton, Meghan S. Largent of Lewis Rice are presenting Registration is online FAYETTEVILLE …

Since the establishment of the National Trails System Act in 1968, current usage of railroad rights-of-way has been transformed by the federal law enabling rail-to-trail conversion including railbanking and interim

Stewart, Wald & McCulley, a Missouri law firm specializing in Rails-to-Trails litigation, has recovered $2,623,894.00 resulting from a settlement with the federal government on behalf of landowners in Tillamook and

Veteran telecom attorney Edward “Smitty” Smith is headed to T-Mobile to help head up the company’s lobbying operation.

The Transit to Trails Act is an effort to create a program that awards grants to groups that can provide transportation from critically underserved urban and rural communities to the countries’ green spaces.

With spring settling in across the U.S. and days lengthening, many people are ready to spend more time outside. But after a walk outdoors, have you ever found seeds clinging to your clothes? Lodged in your socks and shoelaces? Perhaps tangled in your pet’s fur? While most of us don’t give these hitchhikers much thought, seeds and burrs may be the first signs of invasive plant spread.

Alberta’s plans to put two OHV groups in charge of the province’s trail system has set off some environmental groups’ alarms.

The province has granted $8 million over four years for volunteer groups to maintain and improve a network of trails for off-highway vehicles and snowmobiles, but some public lands users are crying favouritism.

The province is downloading responsibility of trail management onto volunteer groups.

Alberta’s government is improving access to snowmobile and off-highway vehicle trails by collaborating with recreational organizations.