THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!

Thank you to all the presenters, sponsors, and attendees who joined us November 3-4 at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Leominster, Massachusetts for the 2017 Massachusetts Trails Conference, "Building Trails: A Path to Vibrant Communities​." Some presenters have provided slides and support materials for reference. Visit the Concurrent Session details page to see which presentations are available to download. To view the list of attendees at the 2018 Conference, click here.

Review the Schedule

The Massachusetts Trails Conference is hosted by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) in partnership with the Massachusetts Recreational Trails Advisory Board (MARTAB) with funding provided by the Recreational Trails Program. 

Share your photos!

Show off your beautiful trails! Submit photos of your trail projects for our conference slide show. We are especially interested in photos and success stories of Recreational Trails Program-funded trails and are working with American Trails magazine to feature a few. We love to see people out using the trails so don’t forget about them in your pictures! High resolution images are best. 

Email photos to Anne at amanda.lewis@state.ma.us​. If you have more than two large files to send, please contact Anne first and we can arrange an alternative electronic delivery method.

New this year – Silent Auction! Cash prizes, trail gear, and a weekend getaway!

​Help us begin a new tradition at the Conference to support a lucky non-profit trail group, community trail group, or other trail organization through your generous support of CONSERVATION WORKS’ first TRAILS CONFERENCE SILENT AUCTION.  Several quality gifts have been donated and will be auctioned off to the highest bidders and the entire proceeds from the auction will be awarded to the trail group whose raffle ticket is pulled from the “hat” during the Social/Networking Hour at the end of the Conference! Learn more.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

​David C. Toland is the first CEO of Thrive Allen County, a nonprofit coalition that works to improve quality of life and economic conditions in Allen County, Kansas.  A seventh-generation Allen Countian, Toland oversees a coalition known regionally, statewide and nationally for its innovative approaches to improving healthcare access, healthy lifestyles and economic development in a small, rural Kansas county.

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