Category: Access Nature Forums
The Access Nature Forum was developed to provide a means for those with disabilities to unite and have a voice and be heard.
The New York-New Jersey Trail Conference is a volunteer-powered organization with a long history of improving trail access and conditions on public land. This presentation with Peter Dolan will share ways that the Trail Conference is working to expand accessible trail opportunities, despite its construction capacity being primarily limited to volunteers and hand tools. This includes recent investments in accessible trail advocacy, education, and consideration in trail planning efforts. Foremost among these efforts is a new trail construction guidance document, funded by a stipend from the Access Nature Forum, which incorporates accessibility considerations into even the most rustic wilderness footpath trails.