National Trails System Projects

Objective

To preserve, protect, and develop the components of the National Trails System, with a strong emphasis on volunteer involvement, the Secretary of the Interior may enter into written cooperative agreements to operate, develop, and maintain any portion of such a trail either within or outside a federally administered area. The Secretary may provide financial assistance to encourage participation in the acquisition, protection, operation, development, or maintenance of such trails.

Who Can Apply

• Interstate
• Intrastate
• State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals)
• Local (includes State-designated lndian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals
• Federally Recognized lndian Tribal Governments
• Individual/Family
• Profit organization
• Quasi-public nonprofit institution/organization
• Native American Organizations (includes lndian groups, cooperatives, corporations, partnerships, associations)
• State
• Non-Government - General
• Anyone/general public

States or their political subdivisions, landowners, private organizations, or individuals.

Who Benefits

• Individual/Family
• Profit organization
• Quasi-public nonprofit organization
• Other private institution/organization
• Anyone/general public
• Interstate
• Native American Organizations
• Intrastate
• State
• Local
• Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments

General public, and States or their political subdivisions, landowners, private organizations, or individuals.

Assistance Types

• Cooperative Agreements

Program Contact

John_Cannella@nps.gov
(202)660-5480