RTP Partnerships

• Each State has a State Trail Committee to assist with the program.

• Committees represent both nonmotorized and motorized recreational trail users.

• The committees help trail groups cooperate and communicate with each other.

• New partnerships lead to better projects, and better maintained trails.

Through the RTP, FHWA has worked with:

• Federal Interagency Council on Trails.

• National Trails Day - first Saturday of June: see www.americanhiking.org/events/ntd/index.html.

• US Forest Service Technology and Development Centers to provide trail publications to the public: www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/fspubs/index.htm.

• National Trails Training Partnership to develop trail training: www.NTTP.net.

• Bureau of Land Management trail training course.

• National conferences for trail organizations.

• US Access Board, US Forest Service, and other agencies and organizations to develop accessibility guidelines for trails: see www.access-board.gov/outdoor/outdoor-rec-rpt.htm and www.fs.fed.us/recreation/programs/accessibility/.

• OHV, Mountain Bike, and Equestrian groups to develop trail design and management manuals.

• Snowmobile and OHV safety information.

• Coalition for Recreational Trails for the RTP Database: www.funoutdoors.info/rtphome.html.

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