On June 25th, Governor Kate Brown signed House Bill 2592 into law. This omnibus transportation bill amends and clarifies several items from the landmark 2017 transportation funding measure, HB 2017 Keep Oregon Moving, and does carry new implications for trails in Oregon. In summary the bill: -Directs Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) to allocate $4 million per biennium to bike and pedestrian trails in cooperation with Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT). T

We need more trails funding in Oregon. Our land managers, policy makers, trail builders, and advocates alike consistently face barriers to developing and maintaining sustainable trails, because trails are underfunded in Oregon. Our Coalition was founded, in part, to address the need to preserve and increase trails funding in our state. On January 7, 2019, Oregon Park and Recreation and Department (OPRD) released the draft of the next 5-year, Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Re