American Trails Names Florida as Best Trails State in the Nation
The Best Trails State Award was presented
to the State of Florida-Florida Department of Environmental
Protection, Office of Greenways & Trails on November 17th, 2008,
during the National Trails Symposium in Little Rock, Arkansas. This
first ever “Best Trails State Award” presented by American Trails
recognized Florida’s success in facilitating an outstanding
statewide system of trails.
Following its legislative mandate, the
Office of Greenways & Trails (OGT) has played a lead role in working
to establish a statewide system of greenways and trails including
master planning, legislation, funding and program implementation.
OGT has entered into many forms of partnerships to accomplish the
planning, acquisition, development and management required to bring
greenways and trails projects to reality. For all that OGT and its
partners have achieved in furthering the establishment and expansion
of the state’s trails network during the past two years, Florida has
been honored as the inaugural recipient of this award.
American Trails is the only national,
nonprofit organization working on behalf of all trail interests.
Since 1988, American Trails has made it a part of its mission to
promote cooperation among user groups and pursue a national
infrastructure of trails and greenways that serves a full range of
activities.
For more information about trails, please see Trail Facts (PDF 168 kb)