ATLANTA — The National Park Service (NPS) announced in late November the selection of 10 new communities and partners across the southeast to receive expert consultation to help spur local recreation, conservation and economic development opportunities.
The recipients — located in Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee — were selected through a competitive process and will receive assistance to help make their rivers, trails, greenways and open spaces vital, life-enhancing parts of their communities.
Included among them are four in Tennessee, including the Nolichucky River Blueway Project in Greene County.
The NPS Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance program (NPS-RTCA) assists communities and public land managers in developing or restoring parks, conservation areas, rivers and wildlife habitats, as well as creating outdoor recreation opportunities and programs that engage future generations in the outdoors.
NPS-RTCA provides professional services to help communities complete important conservation and outdoor recreation projects. The projects selected this year represent a variety of projects that will create enhancements to rivers, trails, greenways, and open spaces throughout the southeast.