Additional Greenways Links and Information

CT Trails Symposium Selected Presentations

• CT Forest & Park Association - Finding the Right Trail Crew for You
• Town of Cheshire - Farmington Canal Heritage Trail management
• City of New Britain - Trail planning, construction and maintenance
• CT Trail Census - program details and update
• NVCOG - Pathway to Revitalization Economic Impacts of the Phased Completion of the Naugatuck River Greenway
• Trail-related Risk and Recreational Liability - Presentation by Beth Bryan Critton of Shipman & Goodwin, at a conference held in Torrington in 2015. Read the related Senate House Bill 6557
• Engaging Youth and Families into the Trail Community – Discuss and review strategies of multiple organization for engaging families and children of all age ranges into trail exploration, recreation, and stewardship. Presented by Kimberly Bradley, Avalonia Land Conservancy/SECT NEMBA/ Eightmile River Wild and Scenic Coordination Committee.
• Urban Greenway Gaps – The importance of connected greenways and bicycle routes in urban communities.  Panel of experts facilitated by Anthony Cherolis, Transport Hartford Coordinator at the Center for Latino Progress.
• Beyond the Linear Trail: How to meet the needs of different recreational users in a trail system (walkers, mt. bikers, equestrians). Presented by Paula Burton, President of Housatonic Valley NEMBA , also board member of New England Mountain Bike Assoc.

• The Connecticut Trail Census - Statewide, ongoing survey of multi-use trail users.
• Multi-use Trail Surface Study - CT Equine Advisory Council 2013 study of surface types to optimize multi-use.
• Volunteer Horse Patrol Trail Use Study - The CT Horse Council's Volunteer Horse Patrol compiled their performance and observations of trail use over a  13 year period (2003-2016).

• Department of Transportation's Alternative Transportation Information; Bicycle & Pedestrian Dashboard; CT Bicycle Map. 
• Connecticut General Statutes (CGS) Chapter 454 Greenways
• Connecticut Forest and Parks Association (CFPA)
• Connecticut State Parks and Forests
• Farmington Valley Trails Council and Greenway

Regional Greenways

• Massachusetts Greenway Program
• New England Greenway Vision Plan
• Quinebaug-Shetucket River Valley National Heritage Corridor

National Organizations/Greenway Information

• American Trails
• East Coast Greenway
• National Park Service Rivers and Trails Conservation Assistance Program
• Rails to Trails Conservancy
• Trails and Greenways Clearinghouse

Content last updated December 2020