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The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has updated its Trails Plan to help guide the development and expansion of a statewide system of recreational trails throughout Ohio.
The plan recognizes the increasing popularity of all types of trail-related activities and envisions a goal of providing an easily accessible trail opportunity within 10 minutes of all Ohioans.
The plan is intended to stimulate a coordinated and strategic approach for creating a system of recreational trails in Ohio by all levels of government and private trail groups and organizations.
The ultimate vision of the plan is to link public lands, natural and scenic areas, and communities with a multi-modal trail system.
The plan will also serve as a guide for allocating resources from the Clean Ohio Trails Fund (COTF) program, the federal Recreational Trails Program (RTP) and other financial assistance programs that can be used for trail acquisition and development.
All trails that are planned and developed in Ohio are part of the statewide trail vision. These include projects that many local governments are undertaking to develop local trail systems to provide recreation and alternate transportation opportunities. The intent of this plan is to emphasize major statewide and regional trails and work to incorporate local linkages into the statewide network.
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