Wielding a jackhammer on a recent bureau trail project, Renee Catherine, trail coordinator for the Sawtooth National Forest, said she works closely with the bureau manager because she values cooperation between agencies in a place where trails cross boundaries.
The trail project, introduced in 2005 as a Web site with maps, directions and information about the associated artists and paintings, has nearly tripled the number of its sites this year, expanding on those in the Hudson River Valley of New York to include the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts and the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
Devoted to conservation, she was part of the Great Baikal Trail project, an environmental NGO dedicated to promoting ecotourism in the Baikal area.
An example of a cross-border initiative that fits with pastoral concerns is the Ox Trail project (Projekt Oxenweg; http://www.oxenweg.net/) which aims at reviving the use as well as the culture associated with an ancient trail used by pastoralists that crosses central Europe.
The Lower Corral Trail project in Lake Tahoe is a good example of such cooperation.
Wilton Wildlife Preserve & Park (Gansevoort, NY) - Funding will support the start of the organization's accessible trail project.
The trail project was funded by $2.9 million (equivalent to $ in ) in federal grants and $300,000 (equivalent to $ in ) from the Frederik and Lena Meijer Foundation.
A third pipeline protest led by Native Americans and others is gathering strength in Florida against the 515-mile Sabal Trail project.
Though the Napa Valley Vine Trail project (vinetrail.org), a 44-mile paved bike path that's to stretch from the Vallejo ferry station to Calistoga, has yet to be fully realized, part of the project has already been completed in Yountville, where it runs parallel to Highway 29.
Funding is a perennial problem for rail-to-trail projects.
