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<br /> Rivers and Trails Program Aids Local Projects
<br /> M The National Park Service ' s Rivers and servation techniques, recreation develop.
<br /> Trails program helped 200 communities last ment, public engagement and consensus
<br /> year develop 418 miles of trails, protect 1 ,409 building . Staff also help evaluate significant
<br /> miles of waterway and preserve 11 ,013 acres. natural, cultural and recreational resources .
<br /> Typical projects include those that link Typical projects
<br /> The 8511nImember staff, located in 29 of- parks, schoolyards, open spaces and residen- include those
<br /> fices around the U . S . , uses their $7. 7 million tial areas with greenways; rehabilitate ne- that link arks,
<br /> budget to provide expertise to locally-led glected waterways; restore cultural and p
<br /> conservation efforts . Originally focused on historic assets; convert abandoned railways schoolyards , open
<br /> river and trail projects, the program (202 / into trails; and preserve open space , spaces and
<br /> 5654200, www .ncrc .nps . gov / rtca) now of- A sampling : F
<br /> Y2S 'dential areas
<br /> fers guidatice on greenways, scenic byways a Florida—worked with Sarasota Bay
<br /> and heritage areas as well. National Estuary Program to develop a 150- ZU 'th greenways .
<br /> The staff offers assistance, on a competi- mile trail system from northern Manatee
<br /> tive basis, to groups who apply for long- County to southern Sarasota County. Con-
<br /> term help, typically one to three years, to get tact: Jaime Doubek-Racine (941 / 330-8047) .
<br /> projects started , They also provide informal o Massachusetts—worked with local
<br /> consultations to nonprofits; local or state- land trust to protect 20 miles of riparian land
<br /> government-appointed commissions and lo- along the Taunton River . Contact : Charles
<br /> cal government agencies . Nationwide, the Tracy (617 / 223-5210) .
<br /> staff works on more than 200 projects a year, a Nevada—helped the River Mountains
<br /> including 70 new projects , Applications are Trail Partnership complete a 30-mile loop
<br /> due in July for work starting in October , trail connecting Lake Mead National Recre-
<br /> Assistance takes various forms : assess- ation Area and Hoover Dam with Boulder
<br /> ing resources and mapping; developing pro- City, Henderson and the Las Vegas Valley .
<br /> motional brochures and events; facilitating Contact: Barbara Rice (415 / 4274449) .
<br /> meetings; coordinating projects; and serving • Ohio—assisted Ohio Greenways in de~
<br /> as a liaison with non-profit agencies and lo- veloping a statewide greenway network in
<br /> cal, state and federal agencies , partnership with nonprofits and state agen-
<br /> Personnel also help local coalitions de- cies . Contact: Paul Labovitz (330 / 657-2950) .
<br /> velop strategic plans, bring together neigh- e Utah—assisted Virgin River Land
<br /> bors and other stakeholders, identify poten- Preservation Association in developing a 90-
<br /> tial sources of funding and build partner- mile trail connecting 14 communities in
<br /> ships to achieve community conservation, Washington County with Zion National Park
<br /> preservation and recreational goals . They and Gunlock State Park. Contact: Hugh
<br /> conduct workshops and give advice on con- Osborne (303 / 969-2781 ) .
<br /> The Conservation Fund would like to thank the following recent contributors
<br /> to the COMMON GROUND Research Fund:
<br /> Anonymous x 4 Walter Cook Jr. John Hanes Jr. & W. Kent Olson Richard Watkins The Ed & Marianne
<br /> Joy Archer Robert Daly Elizabeth Hanes Harrison Payne Seward & Susan Weber Pollak Fund of The
<br /> Henry Baker Jr. Charles Deknatel Edward Hauser Edward Pollak David & Meg West Ayco Charitable Found
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<br /> Tom & Paula Bartlett Kathleen Donaghue & James Higgins Richard Pritzlaff J.C. Whetzel Jr. The Nathaniel Reed
<br /> Matthew Bender IV Kimball Simpson Kenneth Hill William Raup Sam & Stephanie White Family Fund
<br /> Tate Betz Tony Dorrell Alix Hopkins Nathaniel Reed Elsa Williams Southern California
<br /> Sarah Bogdanovitch Phoebe Driscoll Robert Huckins Ala Reid Jeremy Wintersteen Agricultural Land
<br /> Eleanor Bookwalter Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Eastman William Huffman Lois Renthal The DeCoster Group Foundation
<br /> Bill & Peg Briney Elizabeth Garst Gen. P.X. Kelley Robert Rivet Eastern Shore Land Taos Land Trust
<br /> Hamilton Brown Hellmut & Marcy Golde Charles & Anita King Janel Avery Rogers Conservancy Tarco Inc.
<br /> Ted Brown Richard Goodwin Tom Kovalicky Pearle Sandstrom-Smith James S. & Lucia F. Treasure Coast Regional
<br /> Peter Brussard Evan & Sascha Greenberg George Lamb Darla Sather Gilliland Advised Fund Planning Council
<br /> Carol Bryan Noel Grove W. Michael Lane Ronald Sharpin Group for the South Fork Two Rivers-Attauquechee
<br /> Mr. & Mrs . Ronald Castle Steven Hamburg Philip Levin George Siehl Iowa Natural Heritage Regional Commission
<br /> James Clarke Doreen Hamilton Russell Lukas David Snowden Foundation Williamsburg Land
<br /> Marilyn Magid John & Mary Ann Spence Islesboro Islands Trust Conservancy
<br /> Barnabas McHenry St. Louis Audubon City of Lakewood, Colo.
<br /> More than 100 donors have given $4,645 Ed McMahon Society Land Conservancy of
<br /> to the COMMON GROUND Research Fund Jim & Meg Meiklejohn Stewart Stainman West Michigan
<br /> this year . If you have not made your gift, John Morrill John Strickler Louisville & Jefferson
<br /> Francis Moul Ken Svitko County Metropolitan
<br /> please don't delay. Send your check c/ o Mr. & Mrs. John Mulvey John Syverud Sewer District
<br /> The Conservation Fund, 1800 N. Kent St. , Maria Nierstedt Elizabeth Tilbury- National Waterways
<br /> Suite 1120, Arlington, VA 22209-2156 . Daniel O'Connell Marquard Conference
<br /> John Oliver Dorothy & Fred Waltz Partners in Parks
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