PTBA is excited that our 2024 Sustainable Trails Conference will be in Georgia this year - for the first time!
This webinar will explore the process of assessing natural surface pedestrian trails for accessibility and sustainability. The presentation will focus on developing new trails as well as conversion of existing trails.
This webinar will discuss best practices to reduce risk to your trail crew, company, agency, or organization during trail construction activities.
This webinar will review several common approaches and technologies and provide attendees with real world examples of trail planning and design projects. Additionally, we’ll explore the phases of trail planning and design and the specific outputs associated with: trail feasibility studies, conceptual plans, master plans, field design and specification.
Navigating the regulatory waters from trail plan through construction can be a daunting process. This webinar will walk through the typical processes, jurisdictions, timelines, and documentation needed to get a conceptual trail project through approval and implementation. From local ordinances, to state level land disturbance, and federal Corps of Engineers and NEPA, participants will be primed to ask the right questions, find the assistance they need, and get a project through the various regulatory spaces required to complete a trail project.
The Professional TrailBuilders Association and American Trails will join forces to co-host the International Trails Summit (a collaborative effort of the 25th International Trails Symposium and Training Institute and the Sustainable Trails Conference) in Reno, Nevada April 17 - 20 , 2023.
The combined, high-impact event will convene a diverse trail and outdoor community to learn, build relationships, and find solutions to the challenges of developing and elevating outdoor recreation opportunities for all. The joint conference will also feature the World Trails Network – Hub for the Americas.
Join the PTBA in Bentonville, AR for outstanding workshops, an engaging conference agenda, great exhibitors and hands-on learning!
Through a combination of field footage and expert speakers, this webinar will provide a primer on mechanized trailbuilding equipment including Mini-Excavators, Trail Dozers, Tracked Dumpers and Haulers, Skid Steers/Mini Skid Steers, and Compactors.
Join the webinar to learn about this project, opportunities created by shared language, trail competencies as part of trail education and career pathways, the academically-led survey process that will vet the trail competencies, and how you can get involved. In addition to presentations, the webinar will include an opportunity for Q+A.
This webinar will explore different trail contracting models. Speakers will discuss the contractual elements of trail design and trail construction, bidding models, and hybrid opportunities with volunteers and/or youth corps. Speakers will address typical confusions and pros/cons of a range of models for trail contracting. The session will include a 15 minute facilitated Q+A session.
Join the PTBA in Bentonville, AR for outstanding workshops, an engaging conference agenda, great exhibitors and hands-on learning!
Join the PTBA in Grand Junction, CO for outstanding workshops, an engaging conference agenda, great exhibitors and hands-on learning!
Join the PTBA at Stonewall Resort in Roanoke WV for outstanding workshops, an engaging conference agenda, great exhibitors and hands-on learning!
Following up on the success of our partnership in Portland, OR in 2015, we are proud to announce that the PTBA will once again partner with the American Trails International Trails Symposium in Dayton, OH. We will offer a technical track of Concurrent Sessions at the Symposium, as well as a Trailbuilders Outdoor Trade Show and a series of Sustainable Trails Workshops resulting in a Legacy Trail. Don't miss this great partnership opportunity to meet all of your varied trail needs.
Join the PTBA in Bend for outstanding workshops, an engaging conference agenda, great exhibitors and some of the best trails in the Pacific Northwest!
Stonewall Resort in Roanoke, WV is within 6 hours of almost everywhere on the East Coast. Join the highly skilled instructors from the PTBA in a series of workshops oriented around trail construction, design and maintenance skills.
The Sustainable Trails Conference is very excited to announce that we will be heading to Knoxville, TN to offer the absolute must attend conference for anyone involved in trails construction, maintenance, design, development and use.
