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It’s nice that we have non-profits like the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy.It’s vital that we get a certain level of government support for building trails.It’s important that individuals just like you and me get involved in the purchase and preservation of trail lands. But it’s also essential that we get help from businesses from the mom & …
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Super Rail-Trails Rail trails are fantastic. But how do you turn an ordinary, every-day rail trail (if such a thing exists) into SUPER TRAIL!!! It’s really quite simple; you just connect two good trails and you get one great trail. Here are some examples: C & O Canal trail connects to the GAP trail, the Western Maryland Rail …
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The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy is one of the most important organizations out there. I like what they’ve done in the past, what they’re doing right now, and their vision for the future. In their “Welcome” flyer, they have proposed the following “bold ideas:” They want to, “…double the amount of funds that support trails…” biker on …
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In a pamphlet I recently received from the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, they had brief descriptions of the following trails: McQueen’s Island Historic Trail in Georgia Big River Regional Trail in Minnesota The Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail in Utah The Capital Crescent Trail in the Washington D.C. metro area Cole Harbour Salt Marsh Trail in Nova Scotia, Canada Lake …
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I know it sounds simplistic, but we can always use more trails and there are thousands of people unemployed, so why not utilize an underutilized work force? We are already paying unemployment benefits, so it wouldn’t cost much more than what we’re already paying. It just seems to make so much sense to employ those …
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