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Southeast Conservation Blueprint for Ecosystem Resilience
Event date April 23, 2024. Learn about the Southeast Conservation Adaptation Strategy (SECAS) partnership, a regional conservation initiative working to design and achieve a connected network of lands and waters across the Southeast and Caribbean. Learn about the Southeast Conservation Blueprint, a living, spatial plan that identifies priority areas for shared conservation action across the region. The Blueprint is based on a suite of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine indicators, as well as a connectivity analysis. See examples of how the Blueprint is being used to strengthen grant proposals and inform decisions by more than 350 people from over 140 organizations. So far, the Blueprint has helped bring in more than $100 million in conservation funding to protect and restore over 200,000 acres.
Young Adult Engagement at Historic Sites
Event date April 9, 2024. Learn about how you can help young adults connect with historic sites. Katie Rispoli Keaotamai, the Executive Director of the We Are The Next, will share techniques that you can use to engage youth before, during, and after visits to sites to help them build a connection and feel valued, while also providing feedback to sites that will help them improve their programming and interpretation.
Agents of Discovery: Increase Visitor Engagement on your Trail using 3D Learning Platforms
Event date March 19, 2024. Learn about how you can increase awareness and visitor engagement on your trail, public lands, sites, preserve, museum or nature center with Agents of Discovery‘s 3D learning platform that uses augmented reality to engage players with their environment.
The Role of Mega Trails in Nature Conservation
Event date March 6, 2024. Learn about Ernesto Viveiros de Castro’s PhD research that evaluates the contribution of mega trails to nature conservation. The research tests three arguments frequently used in favor of trails: Trails generate a sense of place, connection to nature and pro-environmental behavior in users; Trails generate opportunities, benefits and wealth in gateway communities; and, Trails can serve as ecological corridors. Based on extensive surveys and more than 600 interviews along the Appalachian, Pacific Crest, and Continental Divide trails, the study combines different approaches and also discusses the special scale of these potential benefits of mega trails. You can read the full report here: A Path to Nature Conservation: The Role of Mega Trails in Connecting Hikers, Communities, and Landscapes
Native Lands National Trails Project
Event date September 20, 2023. Learn how to integrate Native Lands National Trails Data Into Your Own Maps. This webinar was co-hosted with the Indigenous Mapping Collective. Webinar partners include Native-Land Digital, Mapbox, and Esri. View the Native Lands National Trails page for more information.
Preserving the Stories of the North Country National Scenic Trail
Event date May 16, 2023. Learn about how the North Country Trail Association has elevated interpretation, engagement, and promotion along the North Country National Scenic Trail by preserving the stories and experiences along the trail using StoryCorps.
Using a Traveling Map Exhibit for Engagement and Promotion on the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
Event date March 14, 2023. Learn about how the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation traveling map exhibit, Reimagining America: The Maps of Lewis and Clark, has elevated interpretation, engagement, and promotion along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail.
Engagement & Education with the Indigenous Mapping & Research Project
Event date November 15, 2022. Learn about the Indigenous and ancestral lands your trail or public land overlaps with and how to engage with these communities through the resources and map created with PNTS’s Indigenous mapping and research project (IMRP). The IMRP map showcases the intersection of ancestral lands and national trails and their relationship with Indigenous lands. The IMRP provides resources to help advance National Trail System awareness and education of Indigenous knowledge and stewardship. View the Native Lands National Trails page for more information.
Engaging Trail Users through Interactive Mapping with TERRAIN360™
Event date October 11, 2022. Learn about how TERRAIN360™ can create street-level imagery for your hiking, biking, auto-route, waterway or ecologically sensitive location. You will also learn how the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail imagery project started and how it could translate to other National Trails or public lands; benefits of having your trail or land mapped by TERRAIN360™, including, but not limited to, press, tourism, showcasing ecologically sensitive areas, digitally comparing locations over time, and integration into apps or GIS tools with video, audio, images & stories; how you can use TERRAIN360™ to potentially work with Indigenous communities to map culturally significant resources; and, where funding opportunities could exist for you to work with TERRAIN360™ to create a map for your trail or lands.
Tribal Consultation Webinar Series. Part 3 of 3: Tribal Engagement: Distinguishing Consultation from Coordination
Event date September 29, 2022. Learn about the differences between Tribal consultation, coordination, and engagement, and the responsibilities of different entities to engage in each practice. Hear about successes, failures, and best practices for engaging Indigenous communities from an Indigenous perspective. Resources
Tribal Consultation Webinar Series. Part 2 of 3: Foundations of Tribal Consultation & Visions of Its Future
Event date August 24, 2022. In this training you will hear from Susan Johnson (Tribal Projects Coordinator, U.S. Forest Service), Dorothy Firecloud (Native American Affairs Liaison, Assistant to the Director, National Park Service), and Eric Chiasson (Regional Tribal Liaison, Tribal and Cultural Affairs-Region 1, National Park Service) about the history of Tribal consultation, the basics of the process, the cultural injustice inherent in the process, and what it could look like in the future.
Tribal Consultation Webinar Series. Part 1 of 3: Foundations of Federal Indian Law
Event date July 13, 2022. In this training you will hear from Brett Lee Shelton (Oceti Sakowin Oyate- Oglala Sioux Tribe), Senior Staff Attorney and Joe M. Tenorio (Santo Domingo Pueblo), Staff Attorney with the Native American Rights Fund about the history of Tribal – U.S. Government relations, Federal Indian Law, recent trends in federal Indian Affairs, and Tribal perspectives regarding protection and access to Sacred Places. You’ll walk away with an understanding of the main components of Federal Indian Law, how your work relates to it, and what your responsibilities are in Tribal engagement.
Successful Youth Engagement and Partnership on the Iditarod National Historic Trail
Event date May 18, 2022. iTREC! is a yearlong professional development program, with eleven years of success, that provides teachers with place-based, service-learning skills to help today’s youth become lifelong stewards of Alaska’s public lands, natural resources, and cultural heritage. Learn about the structure and goals of the program, how the Iditarod Historic Trail Alliance fostered partnerships that were essential to the success of the education program, teacher success stories and how educational materials and incentives for teachers were developed, and COVID adaptations and challenges encountered.
A Comprehensive Approach to Inform User Management on Trails and Public Lands
Event date March 1, 2022. Learn about exciting ‘recreation ecology’ research by the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative and partners as well as how researchers and agencies are working to study recreation in western Canada to:
- Map, measure, and model how, where, and when people recreate on trails and public lands (i.e., human footprint and intensity of use)
- Help trail and public land managers gain a more comprehensive understanding of users to inform management and planning needs
- Identify how agencies and volunteer groups can best use multiple sources of data to better preserve trails and public lands and reduce conflict among people and wildlife, and between user groups
More information at https://y2y.net/ and https://recreationecology.opened.ca/
*2022 Key Milestones and 2023 Project Updates
Make the Most of National Public Lands Day: NEEF Resources and Sponsorship Opportunities
Event date July 20, 2021. The National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) will give an overview of the 2021 National Public Lands Day celebration, including important deadlines, links to NPLD planning resources, and information about applying for sponsorship opportunities for organizations hosting NPLD events. NEEF will also provide examples of past NPLD events hosted by trail organizations, both small and large, as potential inspiration for projects on National Trails.
Land Acquisition 101
Event date May 13, 2021. Learn from J.T. Horn from the Trust for Public Land and Joe Sobinovsky, Realty Specialist at the National Park Service National Trails Land Acquisition office in Martinsburg, WV, about how to begin the land acquisition process, what the process entails, and how LWCF money can be utilized in collaboration with your agency partners. Additionally, you will learn what the role of a Land Trust is in the land acquisition process and how you can work alongside land trusts for successful acquisition.
A Comprehensive Approach to Inform User Management on Trails and Public Lands
Event date March 1, 2022. Learn about exciting ‘recreation ecology’ research by the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative and partners as well as how researchers and agencies are working to study recreation in western Canada to:
- Map, measure, and model how, where, and when people recreate on trails and public lands (i.e., human footprint and intensity of use)
- Help trail and public land managers gain a more comprehensive understanding of users to inform management and planning needs
- Identify how agencies and volunteer groups can best use multiple sources of data to better preserve trails and public lands and reduce conflict among people and wildlife, and between user groups
More information at https://y2y.net/ and https://recreationecology.opened.ca/
*2022 Key Milestones and 2023 Project Updates
Agents of Discovery: Increase Visitor Engagement on your Trail using 3D Learning Platforms
Event date March 19, 2024. Learn about how you can increase awareness and visitor engagement on your trail, public lands, sites, preserve, museum or nature center with Agents of Discovery‘s 3D learning platform that uses augmented reality to engage players with their environment.
Engagement & Education with the Indigenous Mapping & Research Project
Event date November 15, 2022. Learn about the Indigenous and ancestral lands your trail or public land overlaps with and how to engage with these communities through the resources and map created with PNTS’s Indigenous mapping and research project (IMRP). The IMRP map showcases the intersection of ancestral lands and national trails and their relationship with Indigenous lands. The IMRP provides resources to help advance National Trail System awareness and education of Indigenous knowledge and stewardship. View the Native Lands National Trails page for more information.
Engaging Trail Users through Interactive Mapping with TERRAIN360™
Event date October 11, 2022. Learn about how TERRAIN360™ can create street-level imagery for your hiking, biking, auto-route, waterway or ecologically sensitive location. You will also learn how the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail imagery project started and how it could translate to other National Trails or public lands; benefits of having your trail or land mapped by TERRAIN360™, including, but not limited to, press, tourism, showcasing ecologically sensitive areas, digitally comparing locations over time, and integration into apps or GIS tools with video, audio, images & stories; how you can use TERRAIN360™ to potentially work with Indigenous communities to map culturally significant resources; and, where funding opportunities could exist for you to work with TERRAIN360™ to create a map for your trail or lands.
Land Acquisition 101
Event date May 13, 2021. Learn from J.T. Horn from the Trust for Public Land and Joe Sobinovsky, Realty Specialist at the National Park Service National Trails Land Acquisition office in Martinsburg, WV, about how to begin the land acquisition process, what the process entails, and how LWCF money can be utilized in collaboration with your agency partners. Additionally, you will learn what the role of a Land Trust is in the land acquisition process and how you can work alongside land trusts for successful acquisition.
Make the Most of National Public Lands Day: NEEF Resources and Sponsorship Opportunities
Event date July 20, 2021. The National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) will give an overview of the 2021 National Public Lands Day celebration, including important deadlines, links to NPLD planning resources, and information about applying for sponsorship opportunities for organizations hosting NPLD events. NEEF will also provide examples of past NPLD events hosted by trail organizations, both small and large, as potential inspiration for projects on National Trails.
Native Lands National Trails Project
Event date September 20, 2023. Learn how to integrate Native Lands National Trails Data Into Your Own Maps. This webinar was co-hosted with the Indigenous Mapping Collective. Webinar partners include Native-Land Digital, Mapbox, and Esri. View the Native Lands National Trails page for more information.
Preserving the Stories of the North Country National Scenic Trail
Event date May 16, 2023. Learn about how the North Country Trail Association has elevated interpretation, engagement, and promotion along the North Country National Scenic Trail by preserving the stories and experiences along the trail using StoryCorps.
Southeast Conservation Blueprint for Ecosystem Resilience
Event date April 23, 2024. Learn about the Southeast Conservation Adaptation Strategy (SECAS) partnership, a regional conservation initiative working to design and achieve a connected network of lands and waters across the Southeast and Caribbean. Learn about the Southeast Conservation Blueprint, a living, spatial plan that identifies priority areas for shared conservation action across the region. The Blueprint is based on a suite of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine indicators, as well as a connectivity analysis. See examples of how the Blueprint is being used to strengthen grant proposals and inform decisions by more than 350 people from over 140 organizations. So far, the Blueprint has helped bring in more than $100 million in conservation funding to protect and restore over 200,000 acres.
Successful Youth Engagement and Partnership on the Iditarod National Historic Trail
Event date May 18, 2022. iTREC! is a yearlong professional development program, with eleven years of success, that provides teachers with place-based, service-learning skills to help today’s youth become lifelong stewards of Alaska’s public lands, natural resources, and cultural heritage. Learn about the structure and goals of the program, how the Iditarod Historic Trail Alliance fostered partnerships that were essential to the success of the education program, teacher success stories and how educational materials and incentives for teachers were developed, and COVID adaptations and challenges encountered.
The Role of Mega Trails in Nature Conservation
Event date March 6, 2024. Learn about Ernesto Viveiros de Castro’s PhD research that evaluates the contribution of mega trails to nature conservation. The research tests three arguments frequently used in favor of trails: Trails generate a sense of place, connection to nature and pro-environmental behavior in users; Trails generate opportunities, benefits and wealth in gateway communities; and, Trails can serve as ecological corridors. Based on extensive surveys and more than 600 interviews along the Appalachian, Pacific Crest, and Continental Divide trails, the study combines different approaches and also discusses the special scale of these potential benefits of mega trails. You can read the full report here: A Path to Nature Conservation: The Role of Mega Trails in Connecting Hikers, Communities, and Landscapes
Tribal Consultation Webinar Series. Part 1 of 3: Foundations of Federal Indian Law
Event date July 13, 2022. In this training you will hear from Brett Lee Shelton (Oceti Sakowin Oyate- Oglala Sioux Tribe), Senior Staff Attorney and Joe M. Tenorio (Santo Domingo Pueblo), Staff Attorney with the Native American Rights Fund about the history of Tribal – U.S. Government relations, Federal Indian Law, recent trends in federal Indian Affairs, and Tribal perspectives regarding protection and access to Sacred Places. You’ll walk away with an understanding of the main components of Federal Indian Law, how your work relates to it, and what your responsibilities are in Tribal engagement.
Tribal Consultation Webinar Series. Part 2 of 3: Foundations of Tribal Consultation & Visions of Its Future
Event date August 24, 2022. In this training you will hear from Susan Johnson (Tribal Projects Coordinator, U.S. Forest Service), Dorothy Firecloud (Native American Affairs Liaison, Assistant to the Director, National Park Service), and Eric Chiasson (Regional Tribal Liaison, Tribal and Cultural Affairs-Region 1, National Park Service) about the history of Tribal consultation, the basics of the process, the cultural injustice inherent in the process, and what it could look like in the future.
Tribal Consultation Webinar Series. Part 3 of 3: Tribal Engagement: Distinguishing Consultation from Coordination
Event date September 29, 2022. Learn about the differences between Tribal consultation, coordination, and engagement, and the responsibilities of different entities to engage in each practice. Hear about successes, failures, and best practices for engaging Indigenous communities from an Indigenous perspective. Resources
Using a Traveling Map Exhibit for Engagement and Promotion on the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
Event date March 14, 2023. Learn about how the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation traveling map exhibit, Reimagining America: The Maps of Lewis and Clark, has elevated interpretation, engagement, and promotion along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail.
Young Adult Engagement at Historic Sites
Event date April 9, 2024. Learn about how you can help young adults connect with historic sites. Katie Rispoli Keaotamai, the Executive Director of the We Are The Next, will share techniques that you can use to engage youth before, during, and after visits to sites to help them build a connection and feel valued, while also providing feedback to sites that will help them improve their programming and interpretation.
Collaboration and Engagement
Agents of Discovery: Increase Visitor Engagement on your Trail using 3D Learning Platforms
Event date March 19, 2024. Learn about how you can increase awareness and visitor engagement on your trail, public lands, sites, preserve, museum or nature center with Agents of Discovery‘s 3D learning platform that uses augmented reality to engage players with their environment.
Engagement & Education with the Indigenous Mapping & Research Project
Event date November 15, 2022. Learn about the Indigenous and ancestral lands your trail or public land overlaps with and how to engage with these communities through the resources and map created with PNTS’s Indigenous mapping and research project (IMRP). The IMRP map showcases the intersection of ancestral lands and national trails and their relationship with Indigenous lands. The IMRP provides resources to help advance National Trail System awareness and education of Indigenous knowledge and stewardship. View the Native Lands National Trails page for more information.
Engaging Trail Users through Interactive Mapping with TERRAIN360™
Event date October 11, 2022. Learn about how TERRAIN360™ can create street-level imagery for your hiking, biking, auto-route, waterway or ecologically sensitive location. You will also learn how the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail imagery project started and how it could translate to other National Trails or public lands; benefits of having your trail or land mapped by TERRAIN360™, including, but not limited to, press, tourism, showcasing ecologically sensitive areas, digitally comparing locations over time, and integration into apps or GIS tools with video, audio, images & stories; how you can use TERRAIN360™ to potentially work with Indigenous communities to map culturally significant resources; and, where funding opportunities could exist for you to work with TERRAIN360™ to create a map for your trail or lands.
Make the Most of National Public Lands Day: NEEF Resources and Sponsorship Opportunities
Event date July 20, 2021. The National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) will give an overview of the 2021 National Public Lands Day celebration, including important deadlines, links to NPLD planning resources, and information about applying for sponsorship opportunities for organizations hosting NPLD events. NEEF will also provide examples of past NPLD events hosted by trail organizations, both small and large, as potential inspiration for projects on National Trails.
Native Lands National Trails Project
Event date September 20, 2023. Learn how to integrate Native Lands National Trails Data Into Your Own Maps. This webinar was co-hosted with the Indigenous Mapping Collective. Webinar partners include Native-Land Digital, Mapbox, and Esri. View the Native Lands National Trails page for more information.
Successful Youth Engagement and Partnership on the Iditarod National Historic Trail
Event date May 18, 2022. iTREC! is a yearlong professional development program, with eleven years of success, that provides teachers with place-based, service-learning skills to help today’s youth become lifelong stewards of Alaska’s public lands, natural resources, and cultural heritage. Learn about the structure and goals of the program, how the Iditarod Historic Trail Alliance fostered partnerships that were essential to the success of the education program, teacher success stories and how educational materials and incentives for teachers were developed, and COVID adaptations and challenges encountered.
Using a Traveling Map Exhibit for Engagement and Promotion on the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
Event date March 14, 2023. Learn about how the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation traveling map exhibit, Reimagining America: The Maps of Lewis and Clark, has elevated interpretation, engagement, and promotion along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail.
Young Adult Engagement at Historic Sites
Event date April 9, 2024. Learn about how you can help young adults connect with historic sites. Katie Rispoli Keaotamai, the Executive Director of the We Are The Next, will share techniques that you can use to engage youth before, during, and after visits to sites to help them build a connection and feel valued, while also providing feedback to sites that will help them improve their programming and interpretation.
Strengthening Organizations and Partnerships
Preserving the Stories of the North Country National Scenic Trail
Event date May 16, 2023. Learn about how the North Country Trail Association has elevated interpretation, engagement, and promotion along the North Country National Scenic Trail by preserving the stories and experiences along the trail using StoryCorps.
Tribal Consultation Webinar Series. Part 1 of 3: Foundations of Federal Indian Law
Event date July 13, 2022. In this training you will hear from Brett Lee Shelton (Oceti Sakowin Oyate- Oglala Sioux Tribe), Senior Staff Attorney and Joe M. Tenorio (Santo Domingo Pueblo), Staff Attorney with the Native American Rights Fund about the history of Tribal – U.S. Government relations, Federal Indian Law, recent trends in federal Indian Affairs, and Tribal perspectives regarding protection and access to Sacred Places. You’ll walk away with an understanding of the main components of Federal Indian Law, how your work relates to it, and what your responsibilities are in Tribal engagement.
Tribal Consultation Webinar Series. Part 2 of 3: Foundations of Tribal Consultation & Visions of Its Future
Event date August 24, 2022. In this training you will hear from Susan Johnson (Tribal Projects Coordinator, U.S. Forest Service), Dorothy Firecloud (Native American Affairs Liaison, Assistant to the Director, National Park Service), and Eric Chiasson (Regional Tribal Liaison, Tribal and Cultural Affairs-Region 1, National Park Service) about the history of Tribal consultation, the basics of the process, the cultural injustice inherent in the process, and what it could look like in the future.
Tribal Consultation Webinar Series. Part 3 of 3: Tribal Engagement: Distinguishing Consultation from Coordination
Event date September 29, 2022. Learn about the differences between Tribal consultation, coordination, and engagement, and the responsibilities of different entities to engage in each practice. Hear about successes, failures, and best practices for engaging Indigenous communities from an Indigenous perspective. Resources
Trail Land Protection
A Comprehensive Approach to Inform User Management on Trails and Public Lands
Event date March 1, 2022. Learn about exciting ‘recreation ecology’ research by the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative and partners as well as how researchers and agencies are working to study recreation in western Canada to:
- Map, measure, and model how, where, and when people recreate on trails and public lands (i.e., human footprint and intensity of use)
- Help trail and public land managers gain a more comprehensive understanding of users to inform management and planning needs
- Identify how agencies and volunteer groups can best use multiple sources of data to better preserve trails and public lands and reduce conflict among people and wildlife, and between user groups
More information at https://y2y.net/ and https://recreationecology.opened.ca/
*2022 Key Milestones and 2023 Project Updates
Land Acquisition 101
Event date May 13, 2021. Learn from J.T. Horn from the Trust for Public Land and Joe Sobinovsky, Realty Specialist at the National Park Service National Trails Land Acquisition office in Martinsburg, WV, about how to begin the land acquisition process, what the process entails, and how LWCF money can be utilized in collaboration with your agency partners. Additionally, you will learn what the role of a Land Trust is in the land acquisition process and how you can work alongside land trusts for successful acquisition.
The Role of Mega Trails in Nature Conservation
Event date March 6, 2024. Learn about Ernesto Viveiros de Castro’s PhD research that evaluates the contribution of mega trails to nature conservation. The research tests three arguments frequently used in favor of trails: Trails generate a sense of place, connection to nature and pro-environmental behavior in users; Trails generate opportunities, benefits and wealth in gateway communities; and, Trails can serve as ecological corridors. Based on extensive surveys and more than 600 interviews along the Appalachian, Pacific Crest, and Continental Divide trails, the study combines different approaches and also discusses the special scale of these potential benefits of mega trails. You can read the full report here: A Path to Nature Conservation: The Role of Mega Trails in Connecting Hikers, Communities, and Landscapes
Southeast Conservation Blueprint for Ecosystem Resilience
Event date April 23, 2024. Learn about the Southeast Conservation Adaptation Strategy (SECAS) partnership, a regional conservation initiative working to design and achieve a connected network of lands and waters across the Southeast and Caribbean. Learn about the Southeast Conservation Blueprint, a living, spatial plan that identifies priority areas for shared conservation action across the region. The Blueprint is based on a suite of terrestrial, freshwater, and marine indicators, as well as a connectivity analysis. See examples of how the Blueprint is being used to strengthen grant proposals and inform decisions by more than 350 people from over 140 organizations. So far, the Blueprint has helped bring in more than $100 million in conservation funding to protect and restore over 200,000 acres.
Trail Operations Forum
USDA Forest Service Saw Program Updates
Event date April 4, 2023. Pete Duncan, the National Saw Program Manager with the Forest Service, shared about the most recent Forest Service Saw Program updates.
Interagency Visitor Use Management Council Overview & Guidance
Event date March 8, 2023. Maureen Finnerty, the Visitor Use Management Project Manager with the National Park Service, presented about the Interagency Visitor Use Management (VUM) Council framework and related guidance.
Pacific Crest Trail Association’s Saw Program: Challenges and Successes
Event date April 13, 2022. Learn about the successes and challenges of PCTA’s Saw Program.
Appalachian Trail Facility Asset Management & Project Planning
Event date February 8, 2022. Learn from the Facility Manager of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail with the National Park Service (NPS) about how the Facility Management Software System (FMSS) has been utilized on the Appalachian National Scenic Trail.