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• Educating the public in the responsible use of trails and the natural environment.

• Publishing books and maps to show people where they can hike
• Working with teachers to incorporate outdoor education into their curriculum
• Outreaching to non-traditional groups to interest them in hiking and protecting the natural environment
• Running Workshops to train our volunteers

As in everything we do, volunteers are the key to success. We always welcome volunteers to help implement these programs.

Publications

See our publications overview or go direct to books or maps or better yet proceed direct to our Hikers' Market Place and purchase what you need.

Teachers

We sometimes have outdated, but useful for educational purposes, maps available for free. Contact us.

6/7/2003 Teachers Workshop: Environmental Science Education of the Highlands Region, Sterling Forest.

Coming information:

• NY and NJ State Ed Dept pages on Science standards, with a few listed to show how hiking can help meet state science standards
  • NYS Core Corriculum Guide
• links to sites with topographic maps, with a sample of a section of one of our maps, and maybe a model of how it could be used in a lesson

Outreach

Our outreach program may be able to provide speakers for your club or class. Contact us about what you are interested in with some suggested dates.

Grants

We have a small grant program for clubs and youth groups.

Leave No Trace

The Trail Conference is a member of Leave No Trace, Inc., a non-profit educational corporation authorized by the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, and the Bureau of Land Management to promote the Leave No Trace educational message.

Science Committee

We have a science advisory committee that advises us on all things natural resource related. Many of them are professional educators and may be available to assist with special projects. Contact us with a proposal.

Resources

• Training Opportunities
• 5 Million Steps (an AT based WebQuest)
• More WebQuests

For Credit Education Courses

There are beginning to be a number of college credit courses available on the web, some of which are relevant to the Trail Conference mission. You will have to do your own searching through the catalogs of the following:

• MIT OpenCourseWare (free)
• Alliance for Lifelong Learning (fee) Stanford, Yale, Oxford
  Example: "History of Nature: How Biology Shapes Culture & Culture Shapes Biology"