Our Partners

The logo for the Trails & Rails program.

Trails & Rails

The Trails and Rails program is a partnership between Amtrak, the National Park Service, and the Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences at Texas A&M University. By placing volunteer interpretative guides on board Amtrak routes across the nation this partnership works to continue the tradition of facilitating and expanding the connection of trains, parks and people. Volunteer guides on the trains offer historical, natural, and ecological interpretive programming to Amtrak passengers. The National Parks of New York Harbor is a proud participant in this program and systmaticaly supports its mission through various ways.

 

The Mather Wolves are the school mascot.

Stephen T. Mather Building Arts and Craftmanship High School

Stephen T. Mather Building Arts & Craftsmanship High School

Stephen T. Mather Building Arts & Craftsmanship High School is a Career and Technical Education(CTE) high school for hands-on skills-training in the specialized building arts and landscape trades, focused on high-quality craftsmanship and historic preservation. In partnering with the National Park Service students work directly in the trades of carpentry, masonry/plastering, decorative finishes and landscape management. Students graduate with a Regents Diploma, CTE Endorsement, and real-world employable skills.

 

There are many ways to experience the National Parks of New York Harbor (NPNH). The NPNH Conservancy's website can give you many options to tour the area for an hour, a day or longer.

NPNH Conservancy

National Parks of New York Harbor Conservancy

The National Parks of New York Harbor Conservancy is a public-private partnership with the National Parks of New York Harbor and sanctioned as its primary partner under a U.S. Department of the Interior General Agreement. With nearly 27,000 acres, the National Park Service is one of the largest caretakers, public or private, on the waterfront, hosting approximately 20 million visitors annually -- four million of whom visit through Lower Manhattan to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.

Their Mission: to create for the people an unrivaled vehicle to preserve the environment, promote economic development and create on New York Harbor, the finest urban waterfront recreation and educational park system in the world.