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Article Breakdown: Financing recreational trails through donations (Nowak & Heldt, 2023)

Kelsey Johansen

May 25
5 min

Article Breakdown

Article Breakdown: Financing recreational trails through donations (Nowak & Heldt, 2023)

ICYMI: We're bringing you a second look at our first 'Article Breakdown', as published in our May 2023 newsletter.

Recreation Ready or Tourism Ready: What Carrying Capacity Has To Do With It.

Kelsey Johansen

May 26, 2022
7 min

Trail Towns

Recreation Ready or Tourism Ready: What Carrying Capacity Has To Do With It.

By: Kelsey Johansen Recently, a number of tools and guidelines have been released that aim to help trail operators determine whether...

All Trails Should Have a 'Shovel-Ready' Project, Here's Why

Kirsten Spence

Dec 13, 2021
3 min

Trail Planning

All Trails Should Have a 'Shovel-Ready' Project, Here's Why

by Kirsten Spence and Jane McCulloch Many trail organizations have lists a mile long of projects needed on their trails. This usually...

Transformative Placemaking, Regenerative Tourism, and Trails

Kelsey Johansen

Nov 18, 2021
4 min

Trail Planning

Transformative Placemaking, Regenerative Tourism, and Trails

by Kelsey Johansen Adaptability and resiliency are long standing topics of discussion within the tourism and recreation industry, and...

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