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Advocates Urge 'Trails for All' Law to Make Natural‑Surface Trails Accessible without Paving
Summary
Disability advocates, trail builders and conservation groups urged the committee to back S.548 / H.915 to expand access to natural‑surface trails while protecting habitat.
Advocates with lived experience of disability, trail builders and conservation groups urged the Joint Committee to report favorably on S.548 / H.915, legislation to expand access to natural‑surface trails for people of all abilities.
Speakers included representatives from the Appalachian Mountain Club, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (opposition on other bills, supportive of access), the AMC’s conservation trail experts, accessible‑trails activists (Unpaved Trails for All), and multiple witnesses who said accessible trails produced outsized benefits for mental and physical health. Rae Ettinger of AMC described…
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