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Take a look at this, John!

Celebrate National Hiking Day.

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John, I love my job. No,
really, I love it.

As the senior director of the National Trails Initiative at Trust for
Public Land, I help plan, build, and protect trails-from
community trails to congressionally designated trails and everything
in between. Cool, right? 

See, trails have a unique power to connect, perhaps more than other
green spaces. Trust for Public Land partners with communities to help
install mountain biking trails, convert defunct railways to
multiuse paths, buy and create town-owned community forests, and
reclaim old industrial sites for new green space.

With National Hiking Day coming up tomorrow, I'm about to nerd out
about some of my favorite trails and green spaces, and what they mean
for our work to connect everyone to the benefits and joys of the
outdoors. So I hope you'll humor me, keep reading, and then make your
first gift to help create more trails and protect public lands across
the country.

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Florida Gulf Coast Trail

Passing through eight counties, the 366-mile Florida Gulf Coast Trail,
when completed, will stretch roughly from Tampa to Naples. Decades
ago, the entire region was dominated by agriculture, but farms have
given way to suburbs. While sections of the trail already exist, many
gaps remain. With your support, we're overseeing a regional
effort with public and private partners to complete the trail and
connect communities at every point along the corridor.

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Spence Mountain, Oregon

Klamath Falls, a city of 22,000, was once a thriving timber town until
changing forest policies and a severe earthquake took a toll on the
town's economic and built environments. Trust for Public Land
has since helped Klamath Falls divine a new future. Just 10 miles
outside of town rises Spence Mountain, where a private landowner had
allowed the community to create 50 miles of trails on 7,500
acres. 

Protecting the Spence Mountain property breathed new life into the
economy of Klamath Falls, while ensuring that local residents and
far-flung visitors retain a healthy outlet. You can help more towns
like Klamath Falls build their recreation economy with a gift today.

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Hazelwood Greenway, Pennsylvania

After losing more than half its population from 1950 to 1990,
Pittsburgh now wants to make sure people choose to stay, with new
parks and green spaces among the key ingredients making it one of
America's most livable cities. 

Trust for Public Land provided the city and community partners with a
grant to launch a pilot program for ecological restoration on a
183-acre site known as Hazelwood Greenway, enabling partners to remove
abandoned appliances and invasive species such as knotweed, as well as
plant trees and improve access. Together, we can help even more cities
have a renewed focus on trails and green spaces.

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All of these places-and many more!-are protected thanks to
Trust for Public Land supporters like
you, John. Please
continue to support our mission to bring the profound benefits of
green spaces to millions of people across the country.

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Thanks for reading through-and for being a dedicated member of
this team.

With gratitude, 

J.T. Horn
Director, Trails Initiative
Trust for Public Land

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public land where they're needed most so that everyone will have
access to the benefits and joys of the outdoors for generations to
come.

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