Title and Affiliation: Director, National Landscape Conservation System, Bureau of Land Management
Trail: National Trails System
In 2007, Elena was awarded the Partnership for the National Trails System’s Extraordinary Trail Partner Award for her steady support of the National Trails System as an articulate spokesperson for the values that these trails represent, for ensuring that national scenic and historic trails are fully recognized as components of the National Landscape Conservation System, for support of Bureau of Land Management’s National Scenic and Historic Trails Strategy, and for fostering a constituent network to support the National Landscape Conservation System.