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U.S. Reps. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Richmond, and Jeff Fortenberry, R-Nebraska, have introduced the National Discovery Trails Act (H.R. 4878) to expand the National Trails System by adding the existing American Discovery Trail, the nation’s only coast-to-coast multiuse trail, and to create a new category of long-distance trails known as National Discovery Trails. This bill would help to connect wilderness areas and national parks with rural towns and big cities in an effort to promote family-oriented recreation, physical health and economic development.
“Particularly throughout the pandemic, we have seen the importance of accessible public lands to Americans’ physical and mental well-being,” said DeSaulnier. “As someone who has gone for hundreds of runs on part of the American Discovery Trail, I know just how much benefit it brings to our communities. An…
