In January the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources completed a State
Trails Network Plan which identifies rail, utility, and other corridors
throughout the state that we would like to become a network of trails.
Proximity to population centers was one of the criteria used in selecting
the corridors. We will work with local governments and organizations to
implement the plan.
For details, see
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/land/parks/reports/trails/index.html
Bonnie Gruber
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Bureau of Parks and Recreation
101 S. Webster St., PO Box 7921
Madison WI 53707-7921
E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Phone (608)267-7459
Fax (608)267-7474
TDD (608)267-2752
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> From: Molly Wright[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 2:26 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Urban Appalachian Trail
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> Has anyone heard about that greenway that is being built up and down the
> east coast? It is the urban sister to the Appalachian trail, apparently,
> and is already 8% complete... When I say complete, I mean that a lot of
> the trails are
> already there, and the part that has to be built, connectors, is 8%
> complete. A lot of it is rails to trails, too. It goes from Maine to the
> Florida Keys (the map indicates a route right to the keys... don't know
> how). It's also totally ADA compliant, so people in wheelchairs can do
> what walking people have been able to do forever.
>
> It is being put together by a random group of planning / landscape
> architecture firms who don't even have a name and are unincorporated
> (collectively, of course, not the individual firms). They do receive gov.
> funding under ISTEA, though, which they apply for on a segment by segment
> basis. Anyone know anything more about this? I got my information from a
> planning journal. It's interesting to me that they can accomplish this
> and not be a formal, organized group.
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