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Digital Junior Rangers: Student project brings historic trails to life online
by Hannah Schaefer Tibbett and Ashley O’Hara, Digital Junior Ranger team in partnership with NPS Do you love junior ranger programs? So do we! We are the Digital Junior Ranger team—a mixture of graduate, undergraduate, and high school students from Gunnison, CO. We’re guided by…
Collaborating during COVID-19: Trails community shares resources, adjusts to change amid global pandemic
by Samantha Haas, Communications Coordinator, Partnership for the National Trails System Maybe COVID-19 won’t spread throughout the whole country. I think many Americans held onto that hope until March 11, 2020, when the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus a global pandemic. Time seemed…
Navigating times of change for the Partnership – by Kathy DeCoster
by Kathy DeCoster, Advocacy and Policy Director, Partnership for the National Trails System Talk about trial by fire! I began my tenure as the Partnership’s Advocacy and Policy Director in late January 2020 by testifying before Congress on trail funding needs, followed immediately by the…
Navigating times of change for the Partnership – by Karen Crossley
by Karen Crossley, Interim Executive Director, Partnership for the National Trails System Greetings from Madison, WI. I imagine many within the PNTS family and community have never visited the Partnership’s office—a light and airy second floor suite we share with an international microfinance organization. We…
Fall Workshop: Willingess to Travel Survey – Due June 7
From RG Absher, Chair of the Fall Workshop Committee: Friends – As you know, the Partnership’s Fall National Trails Workshop has been scheduled for October 27, 28, and 29th, 2020 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. As the host organization for this event, we have been working…
Enjoy a national trail today!
Now more than ever we need our trails, natural areas and public outdoor spaces. Together we can build and improve accessibility and put the national scenic and historic trails on the map and into your home! Every day, the staff of the Partnership for the…
A time of transition and momentum for trails during Hike the Hill 2020
By Kathy DeCoster, PNTS Advocacy and Policy Director, and Samantha Haas, PNTS Communications Coordinator More than 100 people representing 40 trail organizations and advocates from throughout the country traveled to Washington, D.C. this February to “Hike the Hill.” Now in its 23rd year, Hike the Hill®…
PNTS Cancels Spring National Trails Workshop
UPDATE 3/20/2020: PNTS Cancels Spring National Trails Workshop Regrettably, we have decided by consensus among PNTS leadership and workshop leads to cancel the Partnership’s Spring National Trails Workshop scheduled for May 18-22, 2020 at Ghost Ranch in New Mexico. This is highly unfortunate and yet…
COVID-19 Updates for National Scenic and Historic Trails
Trail friends, advocates and partners: As you know, the COVID-19 situation is evolving quickly. Public health experts urgently advise those at lower risk of illness to take proactive precautionary measures (like social distancing, self-quarantining when sick, washing hands) not just to protect themselves, but to…