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Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Trails Forever
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TRAILS FOREVER is a multifaceted program that builds on existing strengths of Cuyahoga Valley National Park (CVNP), the Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park, and our volunteers. Its purpose is to ensure that CVNP has a top-quality trail system, in perpetuity, insulated from fluctuations in federal funding by a strong base of local support. The five tenets of TRAILS FOREVER are experiences, volunteerism, planning, trail enhancement, and philanthropy.

Experiences
Whether you are searching for solitude or the company of fellow trail users, the park's trails are your paths of discovery and exploration.

Volunteer Stewardship
Trail volunteers are essential to maintaining, enhancing, constructing, and patrolling park trails to ensure they reach the highest standards. Click here to learn more about volunteering in the park.

Planning
The NPS is embarking on a new Trail Management Plan for CVNP to identify management objectives and strategies to guide the development, protection, management, operations, and use of the trail system within the CVNP over the next 15 years. The public is invited to get involved with the planning process. Click here for an overview of Park Management and to learn more about the Park planning process.

Trail System Enhancement
The TRAILS FOREVER program builds on a strong foundation of existing trails to highlight and undertake major capital projects to improve existing trails and expand the trail network. The first trail enhancement project was the Brandywine Gorge Trail Bridge completed in October 2009. Click here to learn more about the project.

Endowment
The Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park will lead an effort to engage individuals, organizations, foundations, and corporations in raising funds for the TRAILS FOREVER Legacy Fund, in support of a world-class trail system in CVNP. For more information about the TRAILS FOREVER Legacy Fund, contact the Conservancy's Chief Development Officer, John Debo at (330) 657-2909, ext 122 or jdebo@cvnpa.org.

To learn more about the TRAILS FOREVER program visit www.cvnpa.org/trailsforever.

 

 

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Water lilies in beaver marsh area of Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Photo by NPS volunteer John Catalano.

Did You Know?
Beaver in Cuyahoga Valley National Park impounded water to create a rich, diverse wetland in an area that was once an automobile junk yard? The area is now home to herons, turtles, amphibians, and many aquatic plants.
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Last Updated: November 18, 2011 at 09:31 MST