2015 AMERICAN TRAILS INTERNATIONAL TRAILS SYMPOSIUM

Celebrating trails and partnerships Thank you to our Symposium

Cooper Mountain Nature Park in Aloha, OR, owned and operated by Metro; photo by Bruce Forster Here is a sampling of some of our international sessions:

Planning Partners The American Trails International Trails Symposium would not be possible without the support— both monetary and in-kind— of all of our sponsors as well as our major planning partners!

Thank you to our major partner, the Professional

Trailbuilders Association and our local host and major plan- ning partner, Metro, as well as to our major sponsors to date: Oregon State Parks and Recreation, REI, MIG, Inc., The

Intertwine Alliance, Northwest Youth Corps, Alta Planning + Design, the Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, US Fish & Wildlife Service, and the USDA Forest Service.

International Participation

Network with trail leaders from around the world at the 22nd International Trails Symposium! We are thrilled to have over 17 countries represented, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Lebanon, Nepal, Nicaragua, Panama, Russia, South Africa, Spain, and Turkey. The program will feature international sessions, drawing on the unique expertise and experience of trail professionals and organizations from across the globe.

18 SPRING 2015 AmericanTrails.org

  Capital of Chile

  Recession: The Tools for Success

 Successful Trail Marketing

 Hiking Trail Across the Middle East

 Routes

 Tool

   Networking: Unexpected Solutions and Opportunities from an Internationally Networked Trails Industry

 the Fire Burning

Spain: UNESCO World Heritage Way of St. James Pilgrimage  Breathe Life into Turkish Mountain Villages

 Leadership for a Strategic Snapshot