Author: American Trails

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-05

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780266110668

Excerpt from Trails for All Americans: The Report of the National Trails Agenda Project; Summer, 1990 Such a network of trails was endorsed in 1987 by the President's Commission on Americans Outdoors when it called for a nationwide system of greenways within easy access of all Americans. However, the Commission also raised a major challenge when it noted, Deci sions made between now and the year 2000 will determine the fate of America's remaining land and water resources. The ability to create a national system of trails depends on land-use decisions being made every day. The critical task today is thinking about trails in the context of whole systems and making land-use decisions that explicitly consider connecting the trails, setting aside land to allow connections, thinking systematically about trails, linear parks and greenways, and acting now because decisions made in this decade will determine the long term fate of essential resources. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.