{"id":8393,"date":"2018-07-23T10:42:27","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T15:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/?p=8393"},"modified":"2019-05-18T08:05:12","modified_gmt":"2019-05-18T13:05:12","slug":"blm-fws-nps-launch-story-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/blm-fws-nps-launch-story-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"BLM, FWS, NPS launch story maps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>by Partnership for the National Trails System<br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adapted from BLM, FWS, NPS, and Trails50 websites<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nps_story_map.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8395\" src=\"http:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nps_story_map-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nps_story_map-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nps_story_map-768x429.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nps_story_map-1024x571.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nps_story_map-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nps_story_map-250x140.jpg 250w, https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/nps_story_map.jpg 1489w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>As the 50th Anniversary of the National Trails System Act approaches, several Federal agencies have launched interactive story maps to encourage people to discover, connect, and explore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) National Conservation Lands Office created an ESRI story map featuring 50 notable sites and segments within the National Trails System. <a href=\"https:\/\/blm-egis.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/MapTour\/index.html?appid=44b77f1ef231446a91f912e6c2973fcf\">\u201cAuthentic adventures on BLM-managed trails\u201d<\/a> features a brief background on the location, a photograph, and a link to the relevant recreation information page. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, the National Park Service (NPS) created a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/gis\/storymaps\/mapjournal\/v2\/index.html?appid=0fd54ceaad1a4d418e140e6e2021bb5b\">story map<\/a>, developed by Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Geographer Ryan Cooper, which celebrates America\u2019s National Trails System. The 50th anniversary and each of the 30 national scenic and historic trails are featured with links, videos, photos, maps, and information about partner agencies and organizations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And Bill O&#8217;Brian with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) co-authored and designed a story map of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/refuges\/features\/lewis-and-clark\/\">National Wildlife Refuges along the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail<\/a>, that was published on the FWS home page and also on the webpage of the National Wildlife Refuge System. O\u2019Brian\u2019s colleague, Susan Morse, wrote the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/refuges\/features\/trails_for_non-hikers\/index.html\">\u201cTrails for Non-Hikers\u201d<\/a> piece featuring paths in the National Wildlife Refuge System that focus on art, history, culture, nature, water, and even scat.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Unless otherwise indicated, all material in Pathways Across America is public domain. All views expressed herein are perspectives of individuals working on behalf of the National Trails System and do not necessarily represent the viewpoint of the Federal agencies.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Partnership for the National Trails System Adapted from BLM, FWS, NPS, and Trails50 websites As the 50th Anniversary of the National Trails System Act approaches, several Federal agencies have launched interactive story maps to encourage people to discover, connect, and explore. The Bureau of&hellip; <\/p>\n<div class=\"button right\"><a class=\"button more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/blm-fws-nps-launch-story-maps\/\">more &raquo;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":742,"featured_media":8395,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[323,122,384,325,242,188,172,383],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8393"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/742"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}