Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs, Land and Water Conservation Fund & Recreation Trails Program Alabama Department of Transportation’s Transportation Alternatives Programs U.S. Department of Transportation TIGER Discretionary Grants Program Alabama Association of RC&D Councils Alabama’s Mountains, Rivers, and Valleys RC&D Council ALA-TOM RC&D Council Coosa Valley RC&D Council Gulf Coast RC&D Council Mid-South […]

Alabama Trails Commission Alabama Trails Foundation Trust for Public Land American Trails Urban Land Institute Rails to Trails Conservancy National Park Service Rivers, Trails, & Conservation Assistance Program Outdoor Nation The Conservation Fund International Mountain Biking Association Appalachian Mountain Club Equestrian Trails and Conservation Awareness Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals

How to Get Started Building a Trail Creating a trail is something you can probably do right now with the resources around you. A trail of any kind doesn’t need to wait on a committee or agency to get it going. Trails have been created hundreds of times in Alabama. There’s no need to reinvent […]

Economic Publicly accessible open space and trails generate economic activity Health Increased rates of physical activity Reduces obesity and obesity-related disease Reduces health care costs Community / Quality of Life Increased physical connections increases social connections More activities available makes for happier people Environment Trails create choices for getting from point A to B Conservation […]