In partnership with BLM, AHS flagship programs, NTD and volunteer vacations, will support sustainable trails and trail systems that will bring people from all backgrounds and experiences together,…

In partnership with BLM, AHS flagship programs, NTD and volunteer vacations, will support sustainable trails and trail systems that will bring people from all backgrounds and experiences together, benefit local economies recovering from the impact of covid 19,connect the public with the nation s natural and cultural heritage, promote healthy lifestyles and serve an integral role in conservation and outdoor recreation these efforts are critical to sustaining trails for decades to come and achieving a fully equitable and inclusive trails community volunteer vacations for over 45 years, volunteer vacations have provided the opportunity for volunteers of all backgrounds and skill levels to get out and give back to the trails they love by educating and activating more than three hundred volunteers annually on a national level to aid with public lands cyclical and deferred maintenance needs, AHS has improved access to public lands for millions of individuals trail maintenance and building projects give the public access to safe and well maintained trails where new and returning users from all walks of life reap the benefits since 2006, 54 volunteer vacations trips have been hosted by and or held on BLM sites providing a volunteer labor value of 409,076 national trails day in its 30TH year, NTD is an annual event, founded and organized by AHS, occurring the first saturday in june each year tens of thousands of hikers, bikers, cyclists, horseback riders, trail clubs, federal and local agencies, land trusts, and businesses came together to maintain, clean up, and raise awareness for public lands and trails for many, NTD provides a first time experience at their local BLM site or other public land for over 15 years, every major federal land management agency USFWS, NPS, USFS, and BLM and the federal highway administration has partnered with AHS to host and financially support NTD events on public lands since 2005, 19,383 new volunteers and recreation visitors have been introduced to BLM sites for recreation and volunteer opportunities through NTD and since 2015, NTD participants have donated over 186,000 in volunteer labor value through these, and other programs, performed in partnership with BLM, this agreement will promote recreation access and volunteer opportunities on BLM trails to the public for all ages, backgrounds, communities, and experience levels through AHS programs that occur in partnership with BLM protect and maintain BLM trails, which have seen record use during the covid 19 pandemic, by fostering volunteerism through trail stewardship as the national voice of hikers, AHS will work with BLM to educate, empower, and mobilize the ever growing nationwide constituency of all who identify as hikers and trail stewards through communications and in programming, including increasing representation for those who have historically lacked access