On our cover: Visitors with a range of accessibility requirements on the All Persons Trail at Mass

Audubon’s Habitat Education Center, Belmont, MA. (photo from Mass Audubon/Kristin Foresto)

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Trails to nature for all Mass Audubon develops a manual for

universally designed interpretive trails

Ohio’s Great Miami River Land and water trails follow the 157-mile stream

Technology on the Great Trail Making the trek across Canada with a new

phone app

The Backbone Trail, California The 67-mile National Recreation Trail spans the Santa Monica Mountains

Horsepower: where it all started Trails on our public lands were largely built

with the power of mules and horses NEWS AND RESOURCES

A billion dollars for trails! Celebrating 25 years of Recreational Trails Program funding

Join us in Dayton in May, 2017 American Trails hosts the 23rd International

Trails Symposium in Dayton, Ohio

Best Practices: new resources Highlights of recent articles and studies available online at www.AmericanTrails.org

Trails training opportunities PCTA’s Trail Skills Colleges, webinars, and

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American Trails

FALL 2016