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Holistic Inventory Methods for National Trails

By Carin Farley, National Scenic and Historic Trails Lead, Bureau of Land Management The relationship with place strengthens our understanding of historic events and patterns in North American history. National Scenic and Historic Trails (NSHT) are places of cultural and natural significance, where the landscapes…

Federal Agency 2021 Highlights

National Park Service (NPS) Trail Administration — NPS administered 23 National Scenic and Historic Trails, including two co-administered trails, spanning over 42,000 miles across 48 States, including the District of Columbia. Funding — Operational funding of $15.4 million was provided in support of the National…

2020 Bureau of Land Management Highlights

Trail Administration — BLM administered the Iditarod NHT and co-administered, with the NPS, the Old Spanish and El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro NHTs. Trail Management — BLM managed significant portions of 18 National Scenic and Historic Trails on 6,000 miles of public lands in…

2019 Bureau of Land Management Highlights

Trail Administration — Administered three trails and engaged in the National Trail Administrators Roundtable in Harper’s Ferry, WV (Iditarod, Old Spanish, and El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro NHTs). Trail Management — Managed significant portions of 18 NSHTs on 6,000 miles of public lands in…

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Carin Farley selected as BLM NSHT Program Lead

Adapted from Federal agency emails and news releases Carin Farley (email: cfarley@blm.gov phone: 505-263-9586) began her new position as the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) National Scenic and Historic Trail Program Lead on August 30, 2020. The position was formerly held by Kevin Keeler in an…

Reflections in retirement: PNTS founding Executive Director and Federal agency ‘Trail Buds’ reconnect

Reflections in retirement PNTS founding Executive Director and Federal agency ‘Trail Buds’ reconnect by Samantha Haas, Communications Coordinator, Partnership for the National Trails System (Interviews conducted virtually June 17, 2020) Last summer, when the Partnership for the National Trails System announced the forthcoming retirement of…

Bio: Deb Salt

Deb Salt Bureau of Land Management: 32 Years Deb grew up atop a hill along the Allegheny River in rural western Pennsylvania. The wooded and historic trails (Oil Region National Heritage Area) she often walked as a child led her to a 34-year career of…

BLM publishes Technical References on Inventory, Assessment, and Monitoring

by Kevin Keeler, Acting Program Lead for the National Scenic and Historic Trails, Bureau of Land Management The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) National Trails Program released two companion Technical References on Inventory, Assessment, and Monitoring Methodology (IAM) for National Scenic and Historic Trails in…

BLM selects new Director for NHTIC

Submitted by the Bureau of Land Management The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) selected Dennis Kuhnel to be the Director of the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center (NHTIC) in Casper, WY in October 2019. The NHTIC is a 11,000-square-foot facility that educates and interprets the…

NSHT IAM: A method for capturing trail resources, qualities, values, and settings

by Deb Salt, Trails Program Lead, Bureau of Land Management, and Christopher Douwes, Community Planner, Federal Highway Administration In 2018, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) agreed to cost-share a contract to develop a standardized, resource integrated national scenic and…