Today’s post is by guest blogger Leigh Kane, a Community Development Planner for Horry County Planning & Zoning in Horry County, South Carolina. Over the last two year, Horry County Planning & Zoning, in cooperation with Horry County Parks & Recreation, initiated an update to the county’s Parks and Open Space Plan. Read more…
The 23rd Annual International Trails Symposium is May 7 – 10, 2017 in Dayton, Ohio! Do you have a success story you would like to share? Submit your presentation proposal and help make the 2017 Symposium a success! Read more…
Today’s post is a guest blog from Roberta Salazar, Executive Director of Rivers and Birds. Based in Taos, New Mexico, Rivers and Birds provides experiential education and promotes conservation advocacy of our public lands to inspire Earth stewardship. Rivers and Birds is a grant recipient of the Connecting Communities to Rivers Grant Program.
Today’s post is a guest blog from Robyn Mattison, Public Works Director and the City Engineer for the City of Ketchum. The city is a grant recipient of the Connecting Communities to Rivers Grant Program, working to connect their community to the Big Wood River.
American Rivers recently hosted a Blue Trails Webinar as part of this year’s series of outreach and support for partner organizations. As the first installment of a two-part series on communications and messaging, Intermountain West Communications Director Sinjin Eberle presented some insights that American Rivers has been developing around expanding our audience, which may be helpful for your organization as well. Watch it today!
Did you miss our webinar earlier this week on the Connecting Communities to Rivers Grant Program? Watch it today for an overview of the Connecting Communities to Rivers grant program. Read more…
Did you miss our October webinar on Prepare to Launch? Watch it today and learn more about guidelines for assessing, designing, and building launch sites for carry-in watercraft. Corita Waters and Lelia Mellen with the National Park Service lead a 30 minute engaging presentation describing the tools and resources available. Participants will also have the opportunity to evaluate the good the bad and the ugly as we continue to evolve the best practices for the development of launch sites. Read more…
Did you miss last month’s webinar with Chip Norton of Friends of the Verde River Greenway. He provided us with insight, tips and suggestions about how their work to restore riparian land and improve habitat has positively impacted the communities along the Verde River. Check it out today!
Join us next Tuesday, July 21st at 1 pm ET/11 am MT for our monthly webinar series! Tune in and learn about the importance of landowner relationships in restoring and maintaining riverside lands, including removal of invasive species. Read more…
The National Park Service’s Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance (RTCA) staff is pleased to announce a call for applications for the 2016 assistance program to help communities plan to improve parks, establish trails, access rivers, and protect special places this year. Read more…
