Defenders' Experts
NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEM ACT
(16 U.S.C. 1241 to 1249)
This Act creates a national system of trails of recreation and preservation of outdoor areas. The system consists of national recreation trails, national scenic trails, national historic trails and connecting or side trails. The Act designates 19 national scenic and national historic trails.
PURPOSE
"The purpose of this chapter is to provide the means for attaining these objectives by instituting a national system of recreation, scenic and historic trails, by designating the Appalachian Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail as the initial components of that system, and by prescribing the methods by which, and standards according to which, additional components may be added to the system."
LINKS
Digest of Federal Resource Laws of Interest to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
