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Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (USA)
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy is an American nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., whose mission it is to create a nationwide network of trails from former rail lines and connecting corridors to build healthier places for healthier people. They have been operating since 1986. The web site offers information on finding existing trails, building new trails, resources to help in trail building and active transport.
- They advocate and influence policy at the national and state levels, making trail building possible.
- They provide information, technical assistance and training for local trail builders.
- They are the leader in protecting and increasing the federal Transportation Enhancements program—the largest source of funding nationally for trail development.
- They steadfastly defend the federal railbanking statute in the U.S. Congress and the courts through the RTC Legal Program as an essential tool to preserve unused rail corridors.
- They encourage trail use and development by providing trail access, information, maps and resources free to the public through our online trailfinder, TrailLink.com.
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