On our cover: A multi-use trail in Dayton, Ohio (photo courtesy of Five Rivers MetroParks)


American Trails Contents


FEATURES 6


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Symposium heads to Dayton, Ohio Learn more about the 2017 American Trails


International Trails Symposium


National Park Service turns 100 The NPS is providing connections to all public lands and trails to celebrate 100 years


Alabama’s Autauga Creek Alabama’s newest NRT gives health and


connections to a community


Building better trails with less Illinois Trail Corps aims to build better trails for less money


Philadelphia’s newest trail link 


exclusively pedestrian and cyclists bridge over the Schuylkill River


NEWS AND RESOURCES


New life for Recreational Trails Program funding RTP reauthorized by FAST Act through 2020


NRT photo contest winners See the winners of the annual National


Recreation Trails photo contest


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


Hut systems for America? A Trail Tracks editoral imagines a new hut


system for America’s National Parks 22 18 6


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