What does RTP stand for?

The Transportation Enhancements and Recreational Trails programs are administered through state departments of transportation, which are responsible for the selection of projects on a competitive basis.

In addition to ELCR and NPS RTCA representatives, representatives from the following organizations participated in the process: American Horse Council, Back Country Horsemen of America, Southeast Equestrian Trails Conference, Ohio Valley Equestrian Trails Symposium, Pennsylvania Equine Council, US Forest Service, and the US Department of Transportation Recreational Trails Program.

The Recreational Trails Program is an excellent example of a community, state, and federal partnership that supports a wide variety of local initiatives and the people who implement them.

Trails were the beginning of the Nation's highway system, and they benefit both transportation and recreation today," says Christopher Douwes, manager of the recreational trails program at FHWA.

The legislation is a significant funding source for park and recreation agencies as hundreds of millions of dollars have been provided for park and recreation projects through transportation programs such as the Transportation Enhancements programs, Recreational Trails program, Sport Fishing and Boating Safety Act, as well as other programs contained within the surface transportation legislation.

King County Volunteers sought for trails committee The state Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation needs volunteers to fill vacancies on its National Recreational Trails Program advisory committee.

Three area trail projects awarded grants Three trail projects in Lane County are among 15 statewide that will share $802,107 in Recreational Trails Program grants approved this week by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.

NRPA's focus in the upcoming transportation reauthorization includes preserving and enhancing a number of programs that park and recreation agencies have benefited from, including the Transportation Enhancements program, the Recreational Trails program, Scenic Byways, the Boating Safety and Fishing Education Trust Fund, and Safe Routes to Schools.