Land & Community
Louisiana Louisiana stretches from the pine forests, river valleys, and rolling hills of the north through the Kisatchie uplands and Mississippi River corridor to Acadiana, the Atchafalaya Basin, bayous, coastal marshes, and Gulf Coast. Managed outdoor lands include Kisatchie National Forest; Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve; Atchafalaya, Bayou Sauvage Urban, and Black Bayou Lake national wildlife refuges; and Tunica Hills Wildlife Management Area. Michigan Michigan stretches from the Great Lakes shorelines, dunes, forests, wetlands, and river corridors of the Lower Peninsula to the waterfalls, sandstone cliffs, Northwoods forests, Lake Superior shoreline, and island wilderness of the Upper Peninsula. Managed outdoor lands include Isle Royale National Park; Pictured Rocks and Sleeping Bear Dunes national lakeshores; Huron-Manistee, Hiawatha, and Ottawa National Forests; Seney, Shiawassee, and Detroit River International national wildlife refuges; Pigeon River Country State Forest; Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park; and the North Country National Scenic Trail. Tennessee This Zone is the statewide navigation surface for Tennessee-wide trail, stewardship, access, public-land, policy, funding, and outdoor-community topics. Use this Zone for state-level resources, statewide trail programs, Tennessee agency information, statewide organizations, and issues that cross more than one region. Virginia A statewide gathering place for Virginia’s outdoor communities. Use this statewide Zone for statewide trail issues, statewide stewardship topics, statewide organizations, policy discussions, and Virginia-wide outdoor community coordination. Wisconsin Use this statewide Zone for Wisconsin-wide trail, stewardship, policy, funding, and organization topics. Local trail reports, club activity, event planning, and county-level questions belong in the regional and cross-state Zones listed below. Washington This Zone is the statewide navigation surface for trail, stewardship, access, public-land, funding, policy, agency, and outdoor-community topics that apply across Washington. Use it for statewide programs, agency resources, public-land notices, state policy, and issues that genuinely cross multiple regions. Local trail knowledge, club discovery, route questions, trail conditions, regional stewardship projects, and place-specific Discussion belong in the regional Washington Zones. New York New York stretches from the Atlantic beaches, barrier islands, and coastal wetlands of Long Island to the Hudson Valley, Catskill Mountains, Adirondack high peaks, Finger Lakes, Great Lakes shorelines, and Niagara River. Managed outdoor lands include Adirondack and Catskill Forest Preserve lands; Finger Lakes National Forest; Gateway National Recreation Area; Fire Island National Seashore; Niagara Falls, Letchworth, Harriman, and Allegany state parks; and the Appalachian and North Country national scenic trail corridors. CA - San Francisco Bay & Santa Cruz Mountains San Francisco Bay gives this Region its center of gravity, but the outdoor community extends far beyond the shoreline. From San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz and the cities between them, people move into coastal headlands, tidal marshes, oak-covered hills, vineyard valleys, redwood watersheds and the long green spine of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Parks, preserves, waterways and trail corridors reach into one of the country’s largest metropolitan areas, sometimes connecting dense neighborhoods with landscapes that feel far removed from the cities beside them. Texas Texas stretches from the Piney Woods forests, bayous, barrier islands, and Gulf Coast marshes of the east to the limestone hills and spring-fed rivers of the Hill Country, the brushlands and resacas of South Texas, the high plains and canyons of the Panhandle, and the Chihuahuan Desert mountains of the far west. Managed outdoor lands include Big Bend National Park, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Padre Island National Seashore, Big Thicket National Preserve, national forests and grasslands, national wildlife refuges, wildlife management areas, state parks, natural areas, and an extensive network of paddling trails and local greenways. California This Zone is the statewide navigation for California-wide trail, stewardship, access, public-land, funding, policy, agency, and outdoor-community topics. Use this Zone for statewide resources, state-level notices, California agency information, statewide trail programs, public-land policy, and issues that genuinely cross more than one region. Idaho Idaho is the statewide navigation Zone for trail, recreation, stewardship, access, and outdoor-community topics that apply across the state. Use the regional Idaho Zones for local trail knowledge, clubs, events, and stewardship projects. Kansas Use this statewide Zone for Kansas-wide trail, stewardship, policy, funding, and organization topics. Local trail reports, club activity, event planning, and county-level questions belong in the regional and cross-state Zones listed below. Montana Montana is the statewide navigation Zone for trail, recreation, stewardship, access, and outdoor-community topics that apply across the state. Use the regional Montana Zones for local trail knowledge, clubs, events, and stewardship projects. New Mexico A regional hub for outdoor communities across New Mexico, including Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Taos, Las Cruces, the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, canyon country, and the desert and high-country landscapes throughout the state. Share local trail knowledge, discover clubs and events, coordinate stewardship, and connect with people across the region. Wyoming Wyoming is the statewide navigation Zone for trail, recreation, stewardship, access, and outdoor-community topics that apply across the state. Use the regional Wyoming Zones for local trail knowledge, clubs, events, and stewardship projects. Nebraska Use this statewide Zone for Nebraska-wide trail, stewardship, policy, funding, and organization topics. Local trail reports, club activity, event planning, and county-level questions belong in the regional and cross-state Zones listed below. Utah A regional hub for outdoor communities across Utah, including Salt Lake City, Park City, Moab, St. George, the Wasatch Range, canyon country, and the mountain and desert landscapes throughout the state. Share local trail knowledge, discover clubs and events, coordinate stewardship, and connect with people across the region. Arizona A regional hub for outdoor communities across Arizona, including Phoenix, Tucson, Flagstaff, Sedona, the Grand Canyon, the Sonoran Desert, and the mountain and canyon landscapes throughout the state. Share local trail knowledge, discover clubs and events, coordinate stewardship, and connect with people across the region. North Dakota A regional hub for outdoor communities across North Dakota, including Fargo, Bismarck, Grand Forks, Minot, the Missouri River corridor, the Badlands, and the prairie and river-valley landscapes throughout the state. Share local trail knowledge, discover clubs and events, coordinate stewardship, and connect with people across the region. Colorado This Zone is the statewide navigation surface for trail, stewardship, access, public-land, funding, policy, agency, and outdoor-community topics that apply across Colorado. Use this Zone for Colorado-wide resources, statewide agency information, trail funding, policy, long-distance trail stewardship, and issues that cross multiple regions. Oklahoma Oklahoma stretches from wooded lakes, Ozark foothills, and the Ouachita Mountains in the east to the Cross Timbers, rolling prairie, the Wichita Mountains, and the high plains and mesas of the Panhandle. Managed outdoor lands include Ouachita National Forest, Chickasaw National Recreation Area, Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge, Black Kettle National Grassland, Rita Blanca National Grassland, and a broad network of state parks and lake recreation areas. CA - Sacramento, Gold Country & Sierra Foothills This Zone covers the broad outdoor community that reaches from Sacramento and the northern Central Valley into Gold Country, the Sierra foothills, the Lost Sierra, and the forested mountain country farther north and east. It is not just a Sacramento Zone and not just a Sierra Zone. The useful thread is the way people move between the Sacramento and American Rivers, the valley’s wetlands and working landscapes, the Mother Lode foothills, the Feather and Yuba watersheds, the Stanislaus River country, the northern Sierra, and the volcanic and high-desert edges around Lassen. Alaska Alaska is the statewide navigation Zone for trail, recreation, stewardship, access, and outdoor-community topics that apply across the state. Use the regional Alaska Zones for local trail knowledge, clubs, events, volunteer opportunities, stewardship projects, and place-specific discussion. CA & NV - Reno, Carson, Truckee & Tahoe Lake Tahoe may be the most visible landmark in this Region, but it is only one part of the geography that connects the people who live, work, organize, volunteer, and spend time here. CA & OR - Redding, Medford & Klamath-Siskiyou This Zone follows a broad cross-border outdoor community from Redding and the upper Sacramento watershed north through Mount Shasta, the Klamath-Siskiyou country, the Rogue Valley, and the Upper Klamath Basin, while also reaching west through the Trinity, Smith, Illinois, Applegate, and Rogue river systems toward the redwood coast. Redding, Medford, Ashland, Grants Pass, Klamath Falls, Yreka, Crescent City, and the smaller communities between them serve as gateways into a landscape shaped by volcanic peaks, deep river canyons, old forests, high desert, rugged coast, and some of the most biologically varied mountain country in the West. Iowa Use this statewide Zone for Iowa-wide trail, stewardship, policy, funding, and organization topics. Local trail reports, club activity, event planning, and county-level questions belong in the regional and cross-state Zones listed below. Missouri Use this statewide Zone for Missouri-wide trail, stewardship, policy, funding, and organization topics. Local trail reports, club activity, event planning, and county-level questions belong in the regional and cross-state Zones listed below. Ohio Ohio stretches from the Lake Erie shoreline, western-basin marshes, glaciated plains, and forested river valleys of the north to the rolling hills, sandstone cliffs, wooded gorges, and Appalachian foothills of the south and southeast. Managed outdoor lands include Cuyahoga Valley National Park; Wayne National Forest; Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge; Hopewell Culture National Historical Park; Hocking Hills, Mohican, Maumee Bay, and Shawnee state parks; and the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail corridor. Kentucky A statewide gathering place for Kentucky’s outdoor communities. Use the Kentucky Zone for statewide trail issues, statewide stewardship topics, statewide organizations, statewide policy discussions, and coordination of the Kentucky-wide outdoor community. Indiana Indiana stretches from the Lake Michigan shoreline, dunes, wetlands, and glacial plains of the north through central farmland and river valleys to the rolling forested hills and Ohio River country of the south. Managed outdoor lands include Indiana Dunes National Park; Hoosier National Forest; Muscatatuck, Big Oaks, and Patoka River national wildlife refuges; and Brown County, Turkey Run, and Clifty Falls state parks. OR & WA - Portland, Vancouver, Mt Hood & Gorge The Columbia River does much of the organizing in this Region. Portland and Vancouver sit at its western gateway, where urban trails, lowland forests, wetlands, and the Willamette-Columbia confluence open eastward into basalt cliffs, waterfalls, and Gorge communities. South and east, the same outdoor network climbs through the Sandy and Clackamas watersheds toward Mt Hood. Farther upriver, Hood River, The Dalles, White Salmon, Stevenson, and smaller communities bridge the wet forests of the western Cascades with oak woodland, grassland, and shrub-steppe to the east. Illinois Use this statewide Zone for Illinois-wide trail, stewardship, policy, funding, and organization topics. Local trail reports, club activity, event planning, and county-level questions belong in the regional and cross-state Zones listed below. Maryland Maryland is the statewide navigation Zone for trail, recreation, stewardship, access, and outdoor-community topics that apply across the state. Use the regional Maryland Zones, including any cross-state Zones that include Maryland counties or county equivalents, for local trail knowledge, clubs, events, volunteer opportunities, stewardship projects, and place-specific discussion. Delaware Delaware is the statewide navigation Zone for trail, recreation, stewardship, access, and outdoor-community topics that apply across the state. Use the regional Delaware Zones, including any cross-state Zones that include Delaware counties or county equivalents, for local trail knowledge, clubs, events, volunteer opportunities, stewardship projects, and place-specific discussion. South Carolina A regional hub for outdoor communities across South Carolina, including Charleston, Columbia, Greenville, Spartanburg, Myrtle Beach, the Blue Ridge foothills, the Midlands, the Lowcountry, the Grand Strand, and the I-26 corridor. Share local trail knowledge, discover clubs and events, coordinate stewardship, and connect with people across the region. Alabama This Zone is the statewide navigation surface for Alabama-wide trail, stewardship, access, public-land, agency, funding, and outdoor-community topics. Use this Zone for statewide resources, state-level notices, Alabama agency information, statewide trail programs, public-land policy, and issues that genuinely cross more than one region. Georgia This Zone is the statewide navigation surface for Georgia-wide trail, stewardship, access, public-land, funding, policy, agency, and outdoor-community topics. Use this Zone for statewide resources, Georgia agency information, statewide trail and conservation programs, statewide organizations, and issues that cross more than one region. Minnesota Use this statewide Zone for Minnesota-wide trail, stewardship, policy, funding, and organization topics. Local trail reports, club activity, event planning, and county-level questions for southeastern Minnesota’s Driftless counties belong in the cross-state Zone listed below. New Jersey A regional hub for outdoor communities across New Jersey, including Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, Trenton, Camden, Atlantic City, the Delaware Water Gap, the Highlands, the Pine Barrens, the Jersey Shore, and the Garden State Parkway corridor. Share local trail knowledge, discover clubs and events, coordinate stewardship, and connect with people across the region. Connecticut A regional hub for outdoor communities across Connecticut, including Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport, Stamford, New London, the Connecticut River Valley, the Housatonic River corridor, the Litchfield Hills, Long Island Sound, and the I-84 and I-95 corridors. Share local trail knowledge, discover clubs and events, coordinate stewardship, and connect with people across the region. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania stretches from the Delaware River, the Pocono Mountains, and the ridges of the eastern Appalachians to the Susquehanna River valleys, the Allegheny Plateau, the Laurel Highlands, and the Lake Erie shoreline. Managed outdoor lands include Allegheny National Forest, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, the Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River, extensive state forests and state parks, and major trail corridors spanning the Commonwealth. Rhode Island A regional hub for outdoor communities across Rhode Island, including Providence, Newport, Warwick, Narragansett Bay, the Blackstone River Valley, the South County coastline, Block Island, and the I-95 corridor. Share local trail knowledge, discover clubs and events, coordinate stewardship, and connect with people across the region. Massachusetts A regional hub for outdoor communities across Massachusetts, including Boston, Worcester, Springfield, the Berkshires, the Connecticut River Valley, Cape Cod, the Islands, the North Shore, the South Shore, and the I-90 corridor. Share local trail knowledge, discover clubs and events, coordinate stewardship, and connect with people across the region. Vermont A regional hub for outdoor communities across Vermont, including Burlington, Montpelier, Rutland, Brattleboro, the Green Mountains, Lake Champlain, the Northeast Kingdom, the Connecticut River Valley, and the I-89 and I-91 corridors. Share local trail knowledge, discover clubs and events, coordinate stewardship, and connect with people across the region. New Hampshire A regional hub for outdoor communities across New Hampshire, including Manchester, Nashua, Concord, Portsmouth, the White Mountains, the Lakes Region, the Great North Woods, the Connecticut River Valley, the Seacoast, and the I-93 corridor. Share local trail knowledge, discover clubs and events, coordinate stewardship, and connect with people across the region. Maine A regional hub for outdoor communities across Maine, including Portland, Bangor, Augusta, Lewiston, the North Woods, the Maine Lakes and Mountains region, Mount Katahdin, Acadia’s rocky coast, Downeast Maine, and the I-95 corridor. Share local trail knowledge, discover clubs and events, coordinate stewardship, and connect with people across the region. Hawaii A regional hub for outdoor communities across Hawaii, including Honolulu, Hilo, Kailua-Kona, Kahului, Lihue, Oahu, Hawaii Island, Maui, Kauai, Molokai, Lanai, and the trails, beaches, forests, volcanoes, and coastal landscapes that connect the islands. Share local trail knowledge, discover clubs and events, coordinate stewardship, and connect with people across the islands. Nevada This Zone is the statewide navigation surface for trail, stewardship, access, public-land, funding, policy, agency, and outdoor-community topics that apply across Nevada. Use it for statewide resources, state-level notices, Nevada agency information, statewide trail programs, public-land policy, and issues that genuinely cross more than one region. Florida Florida is the statewide navigation Zone for trail, recreation, stewardship, access, and outdoor-community topics that apply across the state. Use the regional Florida Zones for local trail knowledge, clubs, events, volunteer opportunities, stewardship projects, and place-specific discussion. Arkansas Use this statewide Zone for Arkansas-wide trail, stewardship, policy, funding, and organization topics. Local trail reports, club activity, event planning, and county-level questions belong in the regional and cross-state Zones listed below. Mississippi Use this statewide Zone for Mississippi-wide trail, stewardship, policy, funding, and organization topics. Local trail reports, club activity, event planning, and county-level questions belong in the regional and cross-state Zones listed below. West Virginia West Virginia stretches across the Appalachian Plateau, the Allegheny Mountains, the Ohio River corridor, the Potomac Highlands, the Eastern Panhandle, the Kanawha and New River valleys, the Greenbrier Valley, and the southern coalfield mountains. Managed outdoor lands include New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Bluestone National Scenic River, Gauley River National Recreation Area, Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia state parks and forests, state rail trails, wildlife management areas, local parks, river corridors, and regional trail systems. South Dakota South Dakota is the statewide navigation Zone for trail, recreation, stewardship, access, and outdoor-community topics that apply across the state. Use the regional South Dakota Zones for local trail knowledge, clubs, events, and stewardship projects. Oregon This Zone is the statewide navigation surface for trail, stewardship, access, public-land, funding, policy, agency, and outdoor-community topics that apply across Oregon. Use it for statewide resources, state-level notices, Oregon agency information, statewide trail programs, public-land policy, and issues that genuinely cross more than one region. North Carolina This Zone is the statewide navigation surface for North Carolina-wide trail, stewardship, access, public-land, funding, agency, and outdoor-community topics. Use this Zone for state-level resources, statewide trail programs, statewide organizations, policy, grants, and issues that cross more than one region.
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| Sharing Local Knowledge from Sacramento to the Sierra |
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| Visiting Sacramento, Gold Country & the Sierra Foothills |
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| From Sacramento into Gold Country and the Sierra Foothills |
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| Sharing Local Knowledge Across the Klamath-Siskiyou |
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| Traveling Through Redding, Medford & the Klamath-Siskiyou |
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| From Redding and Medford into the Klamath-Siskiyou |
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Local Knowledge & Shared Responsibility Across Portland, Vancouver, Mt Hood & the Gorge
Keep this Region useful to the people who live, volunteer, organize, and regularly spend time here. Stay focused on outdoor places, access, stewardship, trail and water conditions, clubs, events, public lands, and pract… |
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Visiting Portland, Vancouver, Mt Hood & the Gorge
Visitors are welcome to learn about this Region, but arrive ready to listen before asking others to plan the experience for you. Read the Region About information and existing Discussions first. When asking a question, … |
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How Portland, Vancouver, Mt Hood & the Gorge Fit Together
This Region brings together Portland and Vancouver with Mount Hood, the Columbia River Gorge, and the communities stretching east along the river and the Cascade foothills. It reflects the way people on both sides of the… |
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Sharing Local Knowledge Across the Bay and Santa Cruz Mountains
Local knowledge across the Bay Area and Santa Cruz Mountains grows through time spent in these places and through the work people do to care for them. This Region brings together dense cities, coastal headlands, redwood… |
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Visiting the San Francisco Bay & Santa Cruz Mountains
Visiting the San Francisco Bay Area and Santa Cruz Mountains can involve very different conditions within a relatively short distance. Busy public lands, neighborhood trailheads, working landscapes and sensitive habitats… |
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How the Bay, Coast and Santa Cruz Mountains Fit Together
The waters of San Francisco Bay sit at the center of this Region, surrounded by cities, coastal ranges, redwood forests, open ridgelines, tidal wetlands, working lands and valleys that lead toward the Pacific and Califor… |
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Sharing Local Knowledge Across Reno, Carson, Truckee & Tahoe
The Reno, Carson, Truckee and Tahoe Region holds many kinds of local knowledge. Mountain weather, desert heat, snowpack, wildfire recovery, lake access, seasonal closures, land-management rules and community relationship… |
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Visiting Reno, Carson, Truckee & Tahoe
Welcome. Many people first encounter this Region through Lake Tahoe, Reno, Truckee, Carson City, a race weekend, a ski trip, a trail run, a bike ride, a hike, or a drive across the Sierra. Visitors are welcome to learn … |
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About The Reno, Carson, Truckee & Tahoe Region
Lake Tahoe sits high in the Sierra near the center of this Region, but the community connected to it extends well beyond the shoreline. Reno and Sparks open toward the Truckee Meadows and the eastern face of the range. C… |
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