Tags: Highlights

Potomac Heritage NST 2017 Highlights

Potomac Heritage Trail Association (PHTA) OUTREACH Documentation — NPS Trail Office published three new brochures illustrating different applications of the PHT concept; PHTA released a new logo. Programs — NPS staff drafted a trip idea to promote continuity of experience throughout the diverse PHT network;…

Ala Kahakai NHT 2017 Highlights

Ala Kahakai Trail Association (AKTA) E Mau Nā Ala Hele (EM) OUTREACH Programs — AKTA used a foundation grant to hold two community outreach education programs on the trail; engaged in three events with a booth to pass out information and talk to community about…

Captain John Smith Chesapeake NHT 2017 Highlights

Chesapeake Conservancy OUTREACH Mobile Visitor Center — Launched the “Roving Ranger” with the NPS. The vehicle features scenes of the Chesapeake Bay on all sides and appears at all Chesapeake Trail locations, public events, and festivals to promote its natural and cultural heritage. Families can…

El Camino Real de los Tejas NHT 2017 Highlights

El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Association (ELCAT) OUTREACH Media — Filmed the trail with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department staff for a weekly PBS series airing in early 2018. The activity was covered extensively on social media and published in the…

El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro NHT 2017 Highlights

Camino Real de Tierra Adentro Trail Association (CARTA) OUTREACH Documentation — Updated and printed trail map and guide; printed the bilingual Dos Caminos 2016 Laredo, TX workshop report. Event — National Trails Intermountain Region (NTIR) participated in the first Camino Real Trade Fair event organized…

Iditarod NHT 2017 Highlights

Iditarod Historic Trail Alliance (IHTA) OUTREACH Education — IHTA’s seventh class of Iditarod Trail to Every Classroom (iTREC!) teachers completed their yearlong place-based service learning professional development program that connects youth and communities along the trail, promoting resource stewardship, recreation, and community engagement. Since 2010,…

Juan Bautista de Anza NHT 2017 Highlights

Anza Trail Foundation (ATF) OUTREACH Interpretive Wayside — Held a ribbon cutting on an interpretive wayside near the entrance to Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park overlooking the Colorado River. Events — Carlos Herrera, ATF Board Member and Director of Imperial Valley Borderlands Institute, gave…

Lewis and Clark NHT 2017 Highlights

Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation (LCTHF) Lewis and Clark Trust, Inc. (LCT) OUTREACH Grants — LCTHF established the Burroughs-Holland/Bicentennial Education and Scholarship Grant Program, developed criteria and an application form, and gave grants from that fund in small amounts of $500 to $1,000; LCTHF…

Mormon Pioneer NHT 2017 Highlights

Mormon Trails Association (MTA) OUTREACH Exhibit — Opened “Pioneer Pathways to Zion, 1846-1890,” a new exhibit at the LDS Church History Museum in Salt Lake City, UT, after a year of work. It features 50 of the museum’s most treasured pioneer artifacts and reflects decades…

Nez Perce (Nee-Me-Poo) NHT 2017 Highlights

Nez Perce Trail Foundation (NPTF) OUTREACH Education — Highest attendance for the annual NPNHT Teachers Summer Tour with educators from five Northwest States who will take historical lessons relative to the Nez Perce War of 1877 back to their classrooms. Exhibits — More than 1,800…