Trails Partners
From land acquisition to development of trail agreements, from design and development to long-term maintenance, from promotion to monitoring, partners are essential to successful trails and trail systems. The following is a list with links to federal and state agencies involved with trails, national, statewide and regional trail organizations and local trail stewards located all around the state.
State Agencies
- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- New York State Canal Corporation
- New York State Department of Transportation
- Hudson River Valley Greenway
Federal Agencies
National Trail Organizations
- American Hiking Society
- American Rivers
- American Trails
- Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC)
- Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC)
- East Coast Greenway Alliance (ECGA)
- International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA)
- The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
- North Country Trail Association (NCTA)
- Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC)
Statewide and Regional Trail Organizations
- New York – New Jersey Trail Conference
- Adirondack Mountain Club
- Parks & Trails New York
- Capital District Transportation Committee
- Mid-Hudson Horse Trails Association
- Finger Lakes Trail Conference
- Hiking Long Island
- New York State Horse Council
- New York State Snowmobile Association
Local Trail Stewards
- Bike Hudson Valley
- Binghamton Planning Department
- Black River Environmental Improvement Association
- Catskill Revitalization Corporation
- Cattaraugus Local Development Corporation
- Cayuga County Parks and Trails Commission
- Central NY Chapter North Country Trail Association
- Chautauqua County Parks Division
- Chautauqua Rails to Trails, Inc.
- Chenango Canal Association, Inc.
- Chenango Canal Corridor Connections
- City of Ogdensburg
- City of Port Jervis
- City of Rochester Parks
- D&H Heritage Corridor Alliance
- Dutchess County
- Friends of Catharine Valley Trail
- Friends of the Dyken Pond Center
- Friends of Genesee Valley Greenway
- Friends of the Keuka Outlet Trail
- Friends of the Old Croton Aqueduct
- Friends of Webster Trails
- Fulton County Regional Chamber of Commerce
- Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce
- Harlem Valley Rail Trail Association, Inc.
- Henrietta Foundation
- Hudson River Park Trust
- Hudson Valley Rail Trail Association
- Lewis County Recreational Trails
- Mendon Foundation
- Monroe County Parks Department
- New York City Department of Parks & Recreation
- O&W Rail Trail.Org
- Ontario Pathways, Inc
- Orange Pathways, Inc
- Oswego County Tourism Office
- Putnam County Department of Planning
- Saratoga PLAN
- Scenic Hudson, Inc.
- Sullivan County Parks
- The Basha Kill Area Association
- The Friends of Highline
- Thousand Islands Land Trust
- Town of Ballston
- Town of Brighton
- Town of Clarence
- Town of Dryden DPW
- Town of Huntington
- Town of Ithaca
- Town of Lancaster
- Town of Lawrence
- Town of Newstead
- Town of Orangetown
- Town of Penfield Parks and Recreation
- Town of Shawangunk
- Town of Skaneateles Parks and Rec.
- Town of Vestal
- Trail Works, Inc. of Wayne County
- Victor Hiking Trails, Inc
- Village of Tannersville
- Village of Williamsville Parks
- Wallkill Valley Rail Trail Association
- Warren County Parks and Recreation
- Westchester County, Department of Parks and Recreation
- Westchester Land Trust
- Winona Forest Recreation Association