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If you are interested in volunteering for volunteers and rangers onboard to present Southeast Regional Director ., Vice President, Marketing the National Park Service, please contact : educational opportunities to the Amtrak David Vela and Product Development passengers. Jim Miculka is currently the National Emmett Fremaux Joy Pietschmann, Servicewide Volunteer Coordinator of the Program. !n-Parks Coordinat or, 202- 513 -7141 Amtrak Passengers The Southeast Region Participating in Trails & is proud to manage "Amtrak and the Jim Miculka, National Coordinator, Rails Program: 3,488,150 an exc it ing National Nationa l Park Service have Trails & Rails Progra m, Trails & Ra ils t eamed up with a un ique 979-733-7792 Trails & Rails Programs partnership between program called Trai ls & Ra ils . presented on Amtrak: the National Park This program gives Don Wollenhaupt, of Interpretation 73,615 Service (NPS) and Amtrak passengers an and Education, Southeast Region, Amtrak. Trails & Rai ls opportunity to meet 404-507-5632 Volunteer Guides utilizes volunteers to representatives of the participating in reach potential park National Park Servi ce and You can also call any National Park or visit Trails & Ra ils: 754 visitors in a non­ learn about the area in t he websi t e at www.nps.gov/vip traditional setting. w hich they are travel ing. Vo lunteer Hours donated Amtrak traverse Throughout these programs, t o Trails & Rails Program: 267,082 The progra m host s NPS representatives, beautiful and cultural ly park rangers and volunteers: predominantly volunteers, on sel ect Amtrak significant places in America. These programs Value of volunteer hours based on the routes. Volunteers interpret the local natural create an experience that passengers take away • Foster an appreciation of the natural and "Independent Sector": $5,081,685 resource, heritage-based history and issues along as a lasting memory f rom their journey cultural heritage of the area along severa l the route for ra il passengers. This interpretation on Amtrak." Amtrak routes. extends beyond park boundaries, and often provides interpretation of other federal and Amtrak Trail & Ra ils contact: • Fac ilit ate connections between the resources Trails & Rails Partnership with AIVlTRAK" state conservation units, and local communities. Anne McG innis and the interests of t he rail passenge rs. A&M university Amtrak Sa les & The Trails & Rails program reaches more than •.y Marketin g Associate • Reach non-traditional and divers e 600,000 passengers annually which includes 57S 314-962-5399 au diences that do not frequent traditional volunteers contributing more than 32,000 hours [email protected] Nat ional Park areas. The National Pa rk Service (NPS) and the at a value of more than $656,000. The Program Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism currently consists of 19 Amtrak routes with • Co ntinue a lasting relationship between t he Sciences (RPTS) at Texas A&M University in College 18 National Park Service Units coordinating railroads and National Parks which began in Station entered into a partnership in September separate parts of those routes. As well as Trails & Rails: A Volunteer Program the 1880's with the formation of Yellowstono, 2008 to relocate and house the management and volunteer interpreters on board, each program in the National Park Service Glacier, and Grand Canyon National Parks. coordination of the National Trails & Rails Program has their ow n passport stamp and hands-on I to the University. exhibit s. Many routes include a Junior Ranger RPTS has provided and Program geared f or children 6-12 years though will continue to provide all are w elcome to participate. Rid ing a is a unique logistical and technical and comfortable way to see Trails & Rails Mission: support to the Trai ls As we look into the future, we hope to expand America . The Trails & Rails & Rails Program in t he Trails & Rails program to include more routes Program, an innovative Enable Amtrak to enhance the interpretation, as well as participating parks. We w ill continue partnership between the overall experience of customers by education, marketing, to strive f or more opportunities to educate and National Park Service and offering interpretive programs that tourism and recreational opportunities. Additionally, the partnership exci te our nation's youth educate them about natural and inst ill ing an awareness andtra~e~l~in~g~a~b~o~a respect for our;rd~,~ w=h~il~e'.__+_thisA~m~t~r~a~k,~s~t~ impressr ~iv~eion~s1/fed:a~i~lyel in~~t~o ~"forc~r:e~a:t:e _~~~~~~~-, historic content of the scenery, while facilitates the efforts of RPTS faculty to work with ~-----romrtrv',s-tn:ritage and remu 1 ')._.,-a.Jsn..aeati.a_ · ,..... + - alt NPS-units-in cooperat iv e - r~sea r {;h ,- edueatio n -----~-...: int ernationa l sca le, we have been contacted by volunt ee rs and pa rk ra ngers help to enrich for America's "special" places within and extension projects. Pa re s Canada for ass istance and we are looking these rail experiences through innovative, the National Park System. forward to working with them in creating and interpretive programs that educate passengers Thus far, the partnership has enabled Texas A&M implementing a similar program on t rains about recreational, historical, and natural interns to create: an educational publication, throughout Canada. resources across America. a promotional PowerPoint presentation, and a brochure/rack card for Amtrak passengers, among National Park Service Trails & Rails contact: The National Park Service and Amtrak other projects. In addition, an interpretive training Jim Miculka recognize the need to rea ch out to the American History of the Trails & Rails Program module for use with all Trails & Rails on-board 979-733-7792 people . In doing so, this partnership came up volunteers is close to completion. Undergraduate [email protected] with an innovat ive plan desi gned to educate as students in RPTS are currently developing well as sha re the National Pa rk experience while "podcasts" so passengers can listen to a thematic t raveling to various destinations across America. The Trails & Rails idea began back in 1994 with a Trails & Rails program on their iPods or other With the help of countless vol unteers, the vision from then Chief of Interpret atio n, Jim MP3 players. Trails & rails Program provides a unique setting Miculka, at Jean Lafitte National Historical Park for a better understanding of our natural and Preserve. Routes ran from New Orleans to Texas A&M University Trails & Rails contact: and cultural resources and the preservation Layfette, LA and Jackson, MS. The program Susan Scott and protection of those resources. became a national program w ith the Nat ional Park Instructor & Internship Coordinator Service in 2000 with the signing of a General 979-845-5350 Agreement with Amtrak and t he National Park [email protected] Service t o operate routes nationwide with ,,,,'-Jff/t~ 1/J/f//JI~ 11 "' ffl!\ltt111 , . //" ll//ff(\\\\-1//11111111\\l\ 111,,,, ! 'JN ANA "' NORJH D AKOTA f///fffff'(..,

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A Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail " Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site V Santa Barbara, CA - San Louis Obispo, CA 0 Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site Minot, ND - Shelby/Malta, MT www.nps.gov/juba Atlanta, GA - New Orleans, LA www.nps.gov/knri www.nps.gov/malu "' Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site 0 lntermountain Regional Office Lincolntt Service Sr. Service"' Williston, ND - Shelby, MT Denver, CO - Grand Junction, CO Jefferson Natio nal Expa nsion Memorial www.nps.gov/fous www.nps.gov/colm City, MO - St. Louis, MO St. Louis, MO - Springfield, IL Bear Paw National Battlefield !' www.nps.gov/jeff Havre, MT - Minot, ND 0 Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site www.nps.gov/biho la Junta, CO - Albuquerque, NM ® www.nps.gov/beol Roosevelt - Vanderbilt National Historic Site Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Site Croton - Harmon, NY - Hudson, NY Seattle, WA - Shelby, MT A "' www.nps.gov/vama www.nps.gov/k\go V Amistad National Recreational Area Del Rio, TX - Alpine, TX Saratoga National Historical Park IP!\, ® www.nps.gov/amis Albany, NY - Rouses Point, NY W Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Amtrak passengers are now able www.nps.gov/sara Ch icago, IL - Niles, Ml to download audio podcasts A "' www.nps.gov/indu highlighting the history and sites V Missions National Historic Park Maple LeafsM San Antonio, TX - Fort Worth, TX Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor of interest along the way. Podcasts www.nps.gov/saan Albany, NY - Syracuse, NY are accessible via smartphones, www.nps.gov/erie computers and "onboard" screens on ® Amtrak. Coast Starlight, Ca lifornia Zephyr, Southwest Chi ef. the Sunset Limited and Texas Eagle 0 Chickasaw National Recreation Area Sunset limited, Texas Eag le, Heartland Flyer, City of New Orleans, City, OK - Fort Worth, TX Crescent, Lincoln, Adi ron dack, , Ru nner, www.nps.gov/chic , Wolverine, and Empire Builder are service marks for the National Ra ilroad Passenger Service. Visit us at: www.nps.gov/trailsandrails 02-138 02/28/11