About Our Partners

The Partnership includes non-profit trails organizations that work directly with federal agencies to sustain one or more national scenic or historic trail. The Partnership also has Affiliate Members - organizations that are dedicated to indirectly completing and sustaining the National Trails System.

Our principal Federal Agency partners are the:

• National Park Service
• Bureau of Land Management
• USDA Forest Service
• Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

The first three agencies collectively administer the national scenic and historic trails and manage the sections of the trails that cross the parks, forests, monuments and wilderness areas of the public lands they administer. The FHWA provides vital guidance and assistance for the many places where the National Trails System intersects the Federal Highway System, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manages sections of the trails that cross wildlife refuges.

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