American Planning Association Pennsylvania Chapter Making G r eat Comm uni ti es H appeappen October 3-5, 2010
Kent Taylor PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Great Allegheny Passage
Statewide Organizations
Keystone Trails Association PA Highlands Greenway
International Mountain Allegheny Trail Alliance (Great Bicycling Association Allegheny Passage)
PA Off-Highway Vehicle Kittatinny Ridge
Association Pittsburgh to Harrisburg PA E qui ne C ouncil MiliMainline C anal lG Greenway
PA State Snowmobile Susquehanna Greenway
Association Delaware & Lehigh Trail
Rails to Trails Conservancy Erie to Pittsburgh Greenway
Appalachian Trail Conservancy Standing Stone Trail
North Country Trail Association Schuylkill River Trail
PA Highlands Greenway Warrior Trail Association
Laurel Highlands National York Heritage Trail Scenic Trail
1 High Scoring Trail Gap Issues
Issue Points Providing connections between existing trails. 210 Closing a gap within an existing trail. 167 Securing trail rights-of-way that otherwise would be lost to 260 development. Takinggg advantage of landowners’ willing ness to allow trail 170 development. Building trails that connect communities to each other. 153
Providing access to outstanding natural scenery. 241
Providing trails that accommodate more than one user 226 group.
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4 Share your latest information
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…with more miles added all the time.
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5 Coming Soon!
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Kent Taylor GIS Specialist PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources [email protected]@state.pa.us 717717--787787--41384138
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