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American Trails Executive Committee


John Favro, Chair, TrailsGuy, LLC Trails Consulting Jenny Rigby, Vice-Chair, The Acorn Group Marianne Fowler, 2nd Vice-Chair, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Terry Hanson, Treasurer, Terry Hanson Trails Consulting Mike Passo, Executive Director


Directors


Jim Dailey, Flake & Kelley Jan Hancock, Equestrian Representative Marie Walker, The Corps Network


Advisory Board


Steve Anderson, Pima County (AZ) Parks & Rec. Dept. Peter Axelson, Beneficial Designs, Inc. Roger Bell, Trails Consultant Nathan Caldwell, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service James Coffman, RLA, ASLA, Coffman Studio John R. Collins, Jr., PhD, University of North Texas Christopher Douwes, Rec. Trails Program Mgr., FHWA Troy Duffin, President, Alpine Trails, Inc. Steve Elkinton, Partnership for the National Trails System Mylon Filkins, DVM, Back Country Horsemen of America Chuck Flink, President/Owner, Greenways Inc. Erik Larsen, President, Rec-Creation, LLC Kay Lloyd, Past Chair, American Trails Board Stuart Macdonald, Editor, American Trails Magazine Roger Moore, Associate Professor, NC State University Gil Penalosa, 8-80 Cities Deb Salt, Bureau of Land Management Rodger Schmitt, Retired, Bureau of Land Management Michael Schuett, Assistant Professor, Texas A & M Bob Searns, The Greenway Team, Inc. Jaime Schmidt, Trails Program Mgr., U.S. Forest Service Joe Taylor, Quad Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau Karen Umphress, Trails Consultant Jim Wood, FL Department of Transportation


American Trails Magazine


American Trails Magazine (ISSN 1082-8303) is the magazine of American Trails, the nonprofit organization dedicated to quality trails and greenways within 15 minutes of every American home, school, and workplace.


Editor: Stuart H. Macdonald


Subscriptions are $30 per year or free with membership– see www.AmericanTrails.org/join for details.


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4 SPRING 2018 AmericanTrails.org


Trails are everywhere— is everyone welcome?


about the future of trails and greenways and outdoor recreation will get a more enthusiastic outlook. One of the ways we are making trails better for everyone is to make them more accessible. No one is promoting asphalt in the wilderness or blasting every bump. Nor are we required to line every pathway with handrails, in spite of the uninviting barriers you may see along some trails. Accessibility is more about a way of seeing through the eyes, and hearts, of others. This issue of American Trails Magazine brings you some their personal experiences as we address vari- ous aspects of accessibility. And interestingly, a lot of the stories are about health and healing. Accessibility is more than accommodating wheelchair users. There are people with all kinds of abilities, older people with less mobility, and families with strollers and toddlers. And the trails are not just dirt and concrete but water and snow. And people are using all kinds of technology, both to get out on the trail and to find the best trails to suit their needs. The big goal is to make trails more inviting to everyone. That goes beyond surfaces and mobility concerns to the ways we pres- ent our trails and public lands. Are we letting people know about all the kinds of experiences they’ll find on our trails? American Trails has made a point of including all trail users, both winter and summer, city and mountains, water and snow, and motorized and nonmotorized. We also need to extend an invitation to all corners of our remarkably diverse society to get outdoors. Join us, you’re welcome on the trails.


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One of the ways we are making trails better for everyone is to make them more accessible.


— Stuart Macdonald, American Trails Magazine Editor Identification Statement


Publication's title and number: American Trails Magazine (ISSN 1082-8303) Issue date: April 10, 2018 Statement of frequency: Published three times a year Authorized organization's name, address, phone number: American Trails, P.O. Box 491797, Redding, CA 96049-1797 Physical address: 2400 Washington Ave., Suite 400 Redding, CA 96001 - Phone (530) 605-4395 Issue number: Volume 47 Number 1 Subscription price: $30 per year or free with membership


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s we Americans muddle along in our swirls of controver- sy and the world’s most interesting form of democracy, some people wonder about the future. But asking them


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