15.935: national trails system projectstemplate: the national trails system objectives preserve, protect, and develop the components of thenational trails system, with a strong emphasis on volunteer…

15.935: national trails system projectstemplate: the national trails system objectives preserve, protect, and develop the components of thenational trails system, with a strong emphasis on volunteer involvement through financial assistanceagreements to operate, develop, and maintain any portion of such a trail either within or outside afederally administered area. The public purpose of this project is to promote an understanding and appreciation of the complex history and legacy of spanish colonialism, the anza expedition, and the national historic trail through partnership building activities, through community-based workshops, and through using the trail as a setting for building relationships with local communities. The goal of this project is to bridge local communities focusing on tribal partners and non-traditional trail users and current partners using the anza trail itself as the binding thread. Beneficiaries include the general public, states and or their political subdivisions, landowners, private organizations, orindividuals.