Help Save the Recreational Trails Program!

American Trails has put out an Action Alert to inform the trails community that action is needed to ensure the Recreational Trails Program (RTP) is included in the authorization of the next multi-year surface transportation bill. The RTP has benefited every type of trail, every state, and virtually every community across the country. In North Carolina, the Highland Rail-Trail in Gastonia and the Dunn-Erwin trail have been recipients of RTP grants in recent years. American Trails has formed a Coalition for Recreational Trails (CRT). The Coalition is looking for champions in Congress to support the Recreational Trails Program and to ensure it is included, along with increased funding, in the next authorization bill.