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Where the Wild Things Go: Exploring Wildlife Corridors Along America’s Trails
July 07, 2024

Wildlife corridors join one natural landscape to another, allow animals to migrate between habitats and access critical resources.

Dungeness River Bridge Area | Photo by John Gussman
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Debbie Njai: Breaking Down Barriers for People of Color in the Outdoors
June 03, 2024

When Black People Who Hike founder Debbie Njai went on a hike with friends in 2020, she didn’t know the trek would change her life.

Debbie Njai sitting - Photo courtesy Black People Who Hike
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Best Of: Summer Boardwalks and Pathways
June 02, 2024

Highlighted are just a few summer boardwalks and pathways from across the country to explore as the weather warms up.

Florida's Miami Beach Beachwalk | Photo by Golden Dusk Photography, courtesy City of Miami Beach
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American Icon: The Great American Rail-Trail Is on Its Way to Fulfilling a Cross-Country Vision
May 06, 2024

Five years after launch, the Great American Rail-Trail is on its way to fulfilling a cross-country vision. See updates across the route.

Eastern Continental Divide tunnel along the Great Allegheny Passage (gaptrail.org) | Photo courtesy Dave Majors
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Elements of Gold: Michigan’s Pere Marquette Rail-Trail Is a Special Place for All Seasons
April 07, 2024

The Pere Marquette Rail-Trail is like a gold standard for the quality of the trail and the upkeep and something people can enjoy all the time.

The Tridge along the 30-mile Pere Marquette Rail Trail in Michigan | Photo by Cory Matteson
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First in Class: Washington Trailblazer Clara McCarty Wilt Was UW’s First Graduate
March 03, 2024

The first graduate from UW was the trailblazing Clara McCarty Wilt, who would also go become the first woman elected to public office in WA.

Clara McCarty Wilt and YWCA friends, likely in the 1920s | Photo courtesy University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections (POR2339)
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Wintertime Trail Fun
January 31, 2024

A wintertime trail brings a whole new way to explore such as cross-country ski, snowshoe, fat-tire bike or take a walk through the snow.

Alaska's Tony Knowles Coastal Trail | Photo by Jody O. Photos
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Awaiting Takeoff: The Wright Brothers’ Biking Legacy
December 03, 2023

On a gray North Carolina beach, 120 years ago this December, Wright Brothers completed the first powered flight of a heavier-than-air aircraft.

Wilbur Wright working in the Wright brothers’ Dayton, Ohio, bicycle shop in 1897
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End of the Line: How Timber and Train Tracks Transformed the Olympic Peninsula
October 24, 2023

This History Along the Great American Rail-Trail® feature explores the timber industry and creation of two railroads on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula in the early 1900s. The late-1918 completion of the Spruce Railroad, which was meant to aid the war effort, led to a national scandal.

U.S. Spruce Production Division splicing an eye into cable during a logging operation | Photo courtesy Bert Kellogg Collection of the North Olympic Library System
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Destination: Tucson’s Chuck Huckelberry Loop
July 20, 2023

The Chuck Huckelberry Loop offers 155 miles of paved pathways and bike lanes, six distinct sections and four communities near Tucson.

Views of the surrounding Santa Catalina Mountains serve as a backdrop along much of the Cañada del Oro River Park Trail in Oro Valley. The 11-mile route makes up one section of the Chuck Huckelberry Loop in Tucson. | Photo by Cindy Barks
Trail survey graphic with black female bicyclists on trail in winter next to RTC green t-shirt