Alabama State Trail Plan

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Alabama
State Trail Plan Summary
2008
Little River Canyon
Courtesy of Alabama Bureau of Tourism and Travel
Acknowledgements
The preparation of the Alabama Trail Plan, 2008 was financed in part
through a planning grant from the National Park Service, United States
Department of the Interior, under the provisions of the Land and Water
Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (Public Law 88-578, as amended).
Sincere appreciation is extended to those persons who attended the public involvement
meetings and workshop that were conducted in conjunction with the preparation of the
Alabama Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan, 2008-2012 and the
Alabama Trail Plan and to those persons who were unable to attend but provided
comments and suggestions. These plans are a reflection of your assistance, feedback and
comments. The State of Alabama is a richer place because of your commitment to the
ongoing improvement of outdoor recreation and trail opportunities.
For additional copies or information, contact:
Mr. Rob Grant
Recreation Programs Director
Alabama Department of
Economic and Community Affairs
401 Adams Avenue
P.O. Box 5690
Montgomery, Alabama 36103-5690
334-242-5483
[email protected]
SCORP Survey and Analysis by
Dr. Mac Holmes
Center for Business and
Economic Services
Troy University
102 Bibb Graves Hall
Troy, Alabama 36082
334-670-3525
SCORP Document Prepared by
Tracy P. Delaney
South Central Alabama
Development Commission
5900 Carmichael Place
Montgomery, Alabama 36117
334-244-6903
Alabama State Trail Plan Summary, 2008
A Message From
Governor Riley
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Alabama Recreational Trails
Advisory Board
Motorized Trails:
Mr. Glenn Myers
Munford, Alabama
Pedestrian and Hiking Trails:
Mr. James K. Lanier
Eclectic, Alabama
Mr. Robert Fuller
Huntsville, Alabama
Mr. William M. (Bill) Matthews
Killen, Alabama
Equestrian Trails:
Mr. Bobby Whaley
Alabaster, Alabama
Urban Trails:
Mr. Tom Maxwell
Homewood, Alabama
Mr. Patrick A. Denney
Birmingham, Alabama
Ms. Debbie Quinn
Fairhope, Alabama
Special Populations:
Mr. Jerry Bynum
Jackson’s Gap, Alabama
Bicycling:
Mr. Bill St. John
Cullman, Alabama
Mr. Richard Martin
Elkmont, Alabama
Gateway at Monte Sano State Park
Photo by Tracy Delaney
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The Alabama Trail Vision:
Establish a well-defined and accessible
statewide trail infrastructure
through an interconnecting system
that provides a variety of safe
and unique trail opportunities;
creating quality educational and
interpretive experiences
that result in increased use,
sustainable development
and additional tourism.
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Alabama Trail System Goals and Strategies:
Work with trail organizations to develop framework for a
proposed trail system infrastructure.
Connectivity
Promote interconnection of trails whenever possible.
Promote development of trails near population centers.
Pursue development of side trails that connect rural areas to
urban areas.
Sustainability
and
Maintenance
Utilize best management practices in trail construction and
maintenance to ensure trail longevity and minimal impact on
surroundings.
Conduct training workshop on sustainable construction
methods and practices.
Investigate feasibility of statewide standards for trail
development to be considered part of Alabama Trail System.
Develop an online statewide database of all trails in Alabama.
Distribution
Of Information
Conservation
and Promotion
of Resources
Trail
Partnerships and
Collaboration
Increase
Accessibility
Prepare a distribution brochure to inform public of existing
and proposed trails.
Build a “one-stop” shop for trail information in Alabama.
Work with trail organizations to circulate information.
Work with conservation organizations to utilize trails as a
means to protect natural resources.
Properly utilize wetlands and floodplains for trail
development to protect them from development.
Promote the beauty of unique trails to mark their special place
in Alabama’s landscape.
Foster partnerships through regular convening of various
trail user groups.
Investigate resources for all organizations to determine
how funds can be leveraged to everyone’s benefit.
Establish common ground among trail stakeholder
groups to begin collaboration process.
Pursue accessibility within connectivity concept to
promote trail use at all levels and abilities.
Investigate, through design and construction, innovative
and cost-efficient means of making trails more
accessible.
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The Alabama Trail Plan
Trails are an integral part of our history. From animal paths through the woods to the exploration
of our country to planned and designed long-distance recreational treks, trails have moved us from
Point A to Point B for any number of reasons. As old as the trail concept may be, each new trail
brings an excitement that comes with a first discovery. In the last 25 years, Alabamians have
embraced the resurgence of the recreational trail movement that has swept the United States
following the creation of the National Trails System by Congress in 1968.
This year, Alabama celebrated a new addition to the National Trails System – the Alabama
Scenic River Trail. On June 4, 2008, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne designated the
Alabama Scenic River Trail, along with 23 other trails, as a National Recreational Trail (NRT). The
NRT designation officially recognized the Alabama Scenic River Trail as the longest one-state river
trail in the nation. Secretary Kempthorne stated, “The National Trails System, including these
additions, provides an excellent link to the outdoors, particularly for children. National Trails
exemplify partnerships and are providing a path to fitness and stewardship for Americans of all ages.”
Secretary Kemp’s words echo the feelings of trail enthusiasts across Alabama. A renewed
connection to the outdoors, fitness, environmental stewardship and trail partnerships are all part of the
Alabama Trail System Concept. The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs
(ADECA) is producing the Alabama Trail Plan to guide the development, expansion, and connection
of recreational trails in the state.
The Alabama Trail Plan has been prepared as a companion document to the Alabama Statewide
Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan, 2008-2012 and thereby has been prepared according with
the guidelines set forth in the Land and Water Conservation Fund State Assistance Program Federal
Financial Assistance Manual, Volume 69
(effective October 1, 2008), Chapter 2:
Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor
Recreation Plan and Open Project Selection
Process. The public involvement process
for the Alabama Trail Plan and the Alabama
SCORP were conducted simultaneously
using four methods to obtain public
participation the planning process:
coordination with related agencies and
organizations, an extensive telephone
survey, public meetings, and websites.
Trail Plan Public Meeting, July 2008
The Alabama Trail Plan includes six
separate components, organized as chapters:
trail definitions, a trail inventory, trail demand and resources, trail benefits, identification of trail
issues and barriers to use, and the trail strategy. The trail definitions chapter discusses the differences
between recreational trails and other types of trails, what characteristics constitute a recreational trail,
and categorizes trails by use into categories for trail planning purposes. The inventory is an initial
compilation of existing recreational trails in Alabama. A chapter on trail demand and resources is
included to insure that future trails meet the needs of Alabama citizens. Discussion of trail benefits
provides information that may encourage more active participation in recreational trail use and
development by various groups, while the discussion of trail issues and barriers is designed to
determine how barriers can be minimized or eliminated to make trails more accessible to use by all
population groups.
The planning boundary areas of Alabama’s 12 Regional Planning Commissions (RPCs) were
used for the analysis and evaluation of demographic, physical characteristics, trail inventory
information, and demand and need data. These regional areas segment the state into smaller, more
manageable planning units.
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Defining Trails
So what makes a trail a trail? Trail, path, track, route, trek, trace. These all are words that refer
to a trail, but what exactly is a trail? For some, a trail has to have a destination, or a Point A and a
Point B. In other words, to be a trail it has to go somewhere. For others, a short loop around a park
constitutes a trail. And, for still others, a trail can be a waterway. When someone says the word trail,
many different pictures come to mind. Most all of them will be correct. It may simply be a matter of
how an individual is going to use a trail that defines what a trail actually is. A general definition of a
“trail” that was developed for the purposes of the Alabama Trail Plan and agreed upon by
stakeholders in public meetings is, as follows:
A designated land corridor or body of water that provides recreational, aesthetic,
alternate transportation or educational opportunities to both motorized and nonmotorized users, for all ages and abilities.
The Alabama Trail Plan defines and discusses different types of trails based their use, their
similarities and their differences. Ten trail definitions have been included based primarily on how a
trail is traveled. The first trail category is to help define the distance or segmented trails that cross
Alabama. The remaining nine use categories include: multi-use trails, walking trails, hiking trails,
bicycle trails, mountain biking trails, all terrain vehicle / off-road vehicle (OHV/ATV) trails, water
trails, equestrian trails, and interpretive trails.
Trail Type
Distance and
Segmented Trails
ATV / OHV Trails
Bicycle Trail
Equestrian Trail
Hiking Trail
Interpretive Trails
Mountain Bike Trails
Multi-Use Trails
Definition
any type that is of considerable length, usually more than 25 miles, and passing
through multiple jurisdictional areas; Segmented trails may be a group of short trails
or sites that form a distance trail by virtue of their connectivity through use or theme.
usually either a dedicated or multi-use unpaved trail and is typically eight to ten miles
long. ATV trails, like other trails, can be developed as regional or distance trails
stretching a 100 miles or more and crossing several jurisdictions. An ATV (all-terrain
vehicle) is a small four-wheeled vehicle equipped with low-pressure balloon tires and
intended only for off-highway use. An OHV (off-highway vehicle) is any motorized
vehicle used for travel in areas normally considered inaccessible to conventional
highway vehicles. OHVs may include dirt motorcycles, dune buggies, jeeps, 4-wheel
drive vehicles.
any corridor that is physically separated from motorized vehicular traffic by an open
space or barrier. A bike trail is usually within the highway right-of-way or within an
independent right-of-way. A bicycle trail is usually paved, but may be unpaved as
well.
a single dedicated use trail or a multi-use trail constructed of a stable unpaved
surface for use by horses
moderate to long distance trail with the primary function of providing long-distance
walking experiences (usually two miles or more).
a short to moderate length trail (1/2 to 1 mile) with a primary function of providing an
opportunity to walk or paddle and study interesting or unusual plants or natural
features at user's pleasure.
corridor that is physically separated from motorized vehicular traffic by an open space
or barrier and is usually unpaved, and often rocky, with various challenges in terms of
hill, jumps and climbs.
trail corridors that are physically separated from vehicular traffic and can be accessed
by multiple users, such as cyclists, walkers, runners, wheelchairs, rollerbladers, etc.
Walking Trail
A separated path used for walking
Water Trails
A recreational waterway on lake, river, or ocean between specific points usually
within 15 miles of one another, containing access points and day use and/or
camping sites for the nonmotorized boating public.
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Trail Inventory
In taking advantage of the opportunities at hand, Alabamians have already constructed more than
1,400 miles of trails throughout the state. The great majority of these trails are local, ranging from
one-half mile to 20 miles for longer treks. Some, however, are much longer and cross several
jurisdictional boundaries. Many are located within Alabama’s national and state forests, national
preserves and refuges, and in state parks. Still others are located on land owned and/or managed by
local units of government, nonprofit organizations, land trusts, utility companies, and private
companies and individuals. It is expected that there are many more trails in Alabama that have not yet
been included in the current inventory. The inventory categorized trails into one of nine types of
trails: multi-use trails, walking trails, hiking trails, bicycle trails, mountain biking trails, all terrain
vehicle / off-road vehicle (OHV/ATV) trails, water trails, equestrian trails, and interpretive trails.
Information that was collected, as much as possible, included the following: trail name, location,
address and directions, longitude and latitude, state planning region, tourism region, trail type, length,
level of difficulty, surface material, owner and contact information, accessibility information,
restrictions, other facilities present, hours, and any applicable fees.
To date, 406 trails have been inventoried, representing just under 1,419 trail miles across the
state. It is estimated that the inventory includes between 50 percent and 75 percent of the existing
recreational trails in Alabama. Two major components that are still missing include walking / fitness
trails and trails funded with Transportation Enhancement funds. It is expected that a large number of
walking/fitness trails that have been constructed in conjunction with park development are not yet
included on the inventory. Walking trails that have been funded with RTP funds, however, are
included. Many trails that have been developed with Transportation Enhancement funds are
transportation-oriented, such as sidewalks, rather than recreation. A thorough inventory of these trails
will require a case by case survey to determine the nature of the trail.
Alabama Trail Inventory Summary by Region
Region
# of
Counties
Name
# of
Trails
Miles of
Trails
Avg.
Length
1
Northwest Alabama Council
of Local Governments
5
37
174.21
4.71
2
West Alabama Regional Commission
7
23
52.19
2.27
Regional Planning Commission
of Greater Birmingham
East Alabama Regional Planning
and Development Commission
6
67
171.92
2.57
10
49
287.96
5.88
6
12
93.6
7.80
6
Alabama-Tombigbee Regional Commission
10
29
29.51
1.02
7
Southeast Alabama Regional Planning
7
37
100.75
2.72
8
South Alabama Regional Planning Commission
3
44
207.68
4.72
9
Central Alabama Regional Planning
3
8
11.35
1.42
10
Lee-Russell Council of Governments
2
11
19.19
1.74
3
19
52.55
2.77
5
70
218.03
3.11
67
406
1,418.94
3
4
5
11
12
North-central Alabama Regional
Council of Governments
Top of Alabama Regional
Total
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Trail Demand
The demand and pursuit of more and varying trails in Alabama is steadily increasing. Not only do
survey results show more and more people participating in trail activities, but they are participating
more frequently. In joint public meetings conducted during the preparation of the Alabama Trail Plan
and the Alabama Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan, stakeholders were asked to
identify both outdoor recreation and trail needs. Not surprisingly, many of the outdoor recreation
needs were related to trail development. With so many Alabamians utilizing trails that have been
constructed during the last 25 years, a large number of support organizations have formed and
partnerships have developed at the grassroots level. These past coordination and collaboration efforts
are a step in the right direction for Alabama’s future trails. Still, many of those organizations are
continually looking for both planning and technical guidance and, even more, looking for funding.
The rate of participation in both trail-related and outdoor recreation varies from one region of the
state to another and in comparison to the statewide participation rates. Walking for pleasure was the
activity in which the highest percent of the population participated in all but one region. In Region 8,
freshwater beach activities has the highest percentage of the population participating. The percentage
of the population that participates in walking for pleasure is highest in Region 1: Northwest Alabama
and lowest in Region 11: North-central Alabama. There does not appear to be a geographical reason
for this discrepancy since both regions are located across the northern part of the State.
Five other trail-related activities were in the top ten in at least one of the regions in terms of the
percentage of population participating. These activities are, in addition to walking for pleasure,
visiting historical sites, camping at developed sites, trail hiking, ATV trail use, and driving for
pleasure. Visiting historical sites is the number two activity in Region 11 and the number three
activity in three regions (Region 1, Region 3 and Region 12).
Percentage of Population Participating in Trail-Related Recreation Activities
Regions In Comparison To State
Key
Activity
#1 Activity
STATE
#2 Activity
1
2
3
4
5
#3 Activity
REGION
6
7
8
# 4 to #10 Activities
9
10
11
12
Walking for pleasure
65.3
72.2
64.2
72.0
67.1
56.7
70.8
63.8
63.2
65.2
71.6
55.7
59.5
Visit historical sites
41.6
50.0
46.6
51.0
42.0
25.0
16.3
39.4
43.4
37.5
42.0
54.2
42.7
Camping- dev. sites
20.1
19.3
13.5
19.8
24.7
9.6
18.0
26.2
27.4
18.4
26.3
20.1
14.5
Trail hiking
15.8
10.3
8.6
18.1
15.2
12.6
13.2
17.9
17.1
16.5
25.4
17.3
17.8
ATV trail
14.4
14.9
18.6
12.4
19.6
16.2
23.6
15.3
13.4
9.2
16.7
10.7
9.7
Jogging
14.4
8.2
11.1
13.9
11.7
11.1
19.4
16.8
19.4
17.3
20.0
4.0
14.7
Driving for pleasure
12.8
8.9
7.3
11.9
13.3
19.9
19.5
14.4
13.8
18.9
13.1
6.3
6.8
Canoeing / rafting
9.1
5.9
5.1
7.3
11.2
9.7
8.0
9.7
18.2
10.3
11.9
10.1
5.2
Bird watching
8.4
6.4
7.7
7.8
6.7
14.8
9.4
11.6
9.0
10.1
10.1
3.7
2.7
Nature photography
5.8
2.0
3.0
3.1
8.2
5.6
5.9
9.4
7.5
10.1
7.5
3.9
3.6
Roller skating outdoors
5.1
1.7
1.8
7.0
5.8
3.8
3.7
5.3
7.4
3.4
10.4
4.0
5.8
Horse trail riding
4.8
4.5
6.7
3.2
6.6
6.3
4.1
7.3
3.5
4.6
7.2
3.5
4.6
Camping primitive sites
3.2
2.8
0.4
2.6
6.0
4.4
1.0
4.3
4.7
2.5
6.7
1.6
2.2
Mountain bike trail
2.8
0.8
3.3
4.9
0.9
0.2
2.0
2.2
3.2
3.8
5.3
1.4
2.4
Bicycling on roads
2.7
2.7
7.2
1.3
0.7
2.2
2.3
5.4
1.0
3.0
4.7
1.3
3.0
Other horse riding
2.3
0.4
0.7
0.5
1.9
4.2
5.1
2.6
4.6
3.4
4.6
1.3
0.5
Motorcycle trail
2.2
2.2
1.1
3.2
2.1
2.4
2.0
2.8
1.5
Truck trail
1.7
2.5
0.3
1.1
0.5
4.5
0.7
4.8
0.0
Source: Troy University Center for Business and Economic Services Telephone Survey, 2008
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2.9
2.6
3.2
0.6
2.4
2.0
1.2
2.1
The frequency with which Alabama residents participated in trail-related activities presents an
even higher level of demand than citizen participation rates. The survey shows that of the 65.3
percent of the population that participated in walking for pleasure, the average number of occasions in
which they participated in the activity was 106.1 times per year. Likewise, jogging, which has a 14.4
percent participation rate, has an average frequency of 74.8 times per year; and, camping at developed
sites, which has a participation rate of 20.1 percent of the population, has an average frequency rate of
9.2 times per year.
Some trail-related activities that have a lower participation rate, of less than 10 percent of the
population, have a relatively high average frequency rate. In other words, only a small group
participates in an activity, but that small group engages in the activity on a regular basis. Examples of
this situation include motorcycle trail riding, nature photography, bird watching, horse trail riding,
and mountain bike trail riding. The participation rate for these activities ranges between only 2.8
percent to 8.4 percent of the population; however, the persons who partake in these activities do so,
on average, of 28.9 times per year or more, which is equivalent to at least 2.4 times per month. This
example is the reason why both the participation rate and the frequency rate must be taken into
account when planning for trail facilities. It is likely that some trails may actually be used more by a
small group of people than other trails in which a large number of people use the facility infrequently.
These factors become especially important in working out the details for shared trail facilities or
multi-use trails.
The results of the Troy University SCORP survey show that are six outdoor activities in which
the State population engages on average at least once a week, with a frequency rate of 52.0 or higher.
Of these six activities, four are trail-related activities: walking for pleasure, jogging, driving for
pleasure, and ATV trail riding. Of the 25 outdoor recreation activities in which the population
participates in approximately every two weeks, with a participation rate of 26.0 or higher, 11 are trailrelated activities. The trail activities that have an average annual frequency rate between 26.0 and
52.0 include motorcycle trail riding, outdoor roller skating, nature photography, bird watching, horse
trail riding, hiking, and mountain bike trail riding.
It is felt that these high volumes of both participation levels and frequency of participation speak
very loudly since participation in trail-related activities generally takes some degree of planning and
coordination, if only because the facilities themselves are not always close by to the general
population’s everyday routine of work and home chores/requirements.
Photo Courtesy of Alabama Bureau of Tourism and Travel
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Trail Trends
The Troy University SCORP survey gave credence to the observations that there is a huge
upward swing in trail use in Alabama, both in the number of people who visit and utilize trails and
how often they use trails. Trail facilities ranked high in almost every category throughout the State.
This is a remarkable incidence considering that the survey queried activity levels for 40 different
outdoor recreation activities. Furthermore, many of the activities were much more traditional
recreation activities with greater accessibility than the existing trail system in Alabama’s
communities. The upward swing in trail use was echoed by trail and outdoor recreation stakeholders
at a series of public meetings. It is clear that Alabamians want more trails, will use more trails and
that they want a greater variety of trails. Currently, Alabama has more than 400 individual local
trails stretching some 1,400 miles across the state. That is enough trail mileage to walk from the Gulf
Coast to Little River Canyon four times. That trail mileage does not include Alabama’s distance
trails, which add approximately another 1,000 miles to the State’s trail inventory.
Trail Issues
Although there are overwhelming positive aspects of trails in Alabama, there are also some
painful aspects that must be addressed to the satisfaction of a large percentage of the population. The
following trail issues were identified and discussed by trail and outdoor recreation stakeholders.
There were often variations on the issues, but the predominant issues remained as accessibility and
barriers to use, coordination of and education about trail activities, funding for planning and
development, construction and maintenance, and availability, capacity and competing uses.
Trail Benefits
The great appeal of trails lies in the concept of connectivity. Trails multiply the benefits of
conservation areas, parks and open spaces by linking them together. They can conserve native
ecosystems and landscapes by providing connections that can sustain biodiversity in plant and animal
communities. Along waterways they provide natural buffers between water and development. Trails
can serve as walking and bicycling routes to work, school, local businesses and restaurants, parks and
recreation sites. They can be used to conserve historic and cultural resources such as archaeological
and historic sites. Trails in rural areas can be used to showcase working landscapes such as farms,
groves and forests. Along scenic roadways, they provide travelers with a glimpse into Alabama’s
historic past. Indeed, the connections for Alabamians to their natural surroundings, to their heritage
and to each other is the greatest benefit of the trail.
Following connectivity, five categories of trail benefits were identified by trail stakeholders
through discussion in public meetings: education, conservation, health and safety, feeding the soul,
and economics.
Atwood Linear Park
Greenway, Huntsville
Courtesy of the
City of Huntsville
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Alabama
State Trail Plan
2008
Tuscaloosa Warrior Riverwalk
Courtesy of Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs
Table of Contents
Alabama Trail Plan Summary ............................................................................................................. i
 Acknowledgements
 Letter from Governor Bob Riley
 Alabama Recreational Trail Advisory Committee
 Vision
1. Introduction.................................................................................................................................... 1
 Recreational Trail Program
 Land and Water Conservation Fund
 Planning Process
2. Defining Trails................................................................................................................................ 7
 Distance and Segmented Trails
 Interpretive Trails
 ATV / OHV Trails
 Mountain Bike Trails
 Bicycle Trails
 Multi-Use Trails
 Equestrian Trails
 Walking Trails
 Hiking Trails
 Water Trails
3. Trail Inventory ............................................................................................................................. 19
 Distance Trails
 Water Trails
 Outdoor Recreation Segmented Trails
 Inventory of Existing Trails
4. Demand and Resources ............................................................................................................... 51
 Trail Demand
 Trail Resources
5. Trends, Benefits & Issues ............................................................................................................ 65
 Trail Trends
 Trail Benefits
 Trail Issues
6. Alabama Trail Development Strategy........................................................................................ 71
 The Alabama Trail Vision
 Alabama Trail System Goals and Strategies
Alabama
State Trail Plan Summary
2008
Little River Canyon
Acknowledgements
The preparation of the Alabama Trail Plan, 2008 was financed in part
Mr. Rob Grant
401 Adams Avenue
P.O. Box 5690
334-242-5483
[email protected]
Dr. Mac Holmes
Economic Services
Troy University
Troy, Alabama 36082
334-670-3525
Tracy P. Delaney
334-244-6903
A Message From
Governor Riley
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Alabama Recreational Trails
Advisory Board
Motorized Trails:
Mr. Glenn Myers
Munford, Alabama
Pedestrian and Hiking Trails:
Mr. James K. Lanier
Eclectic, Alabama
Mr. Robert Fuller
Huntsville, Alabama
Mr. William M. (Bill) Matthews
Killen, Alabama
Equestrian Trails:
Mr. Bobby Whaley
Alabaster, Alabama
Urban Trails:
Mr. Tom Maxwell
Homewood, Alabama
Mr. Patrick A. Denney
Birmingham, Alabama
Ms. Debbie Quinn
Fairhope, Alabama
Special Populations:
Mr. Jerry Bynum
Jackson’s Gap, Alabama
Bicycling:
Mr. Bill St. John
Cullman, Alabama
Mr. Richard Martin
Elkmont, Alabama
Gateway at Monte Sano State Park
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Alabama Trail System Goals and Strategies
Connectivity
urban areas.
Sustainability
and
Maintenance
surroundings.
Distribution
Of Information
Conservation
and Promotion
of Resources
Trail
Partnerships and
Collaboration
Increase
Accessibility
trail user groups.
accessible.
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The Alabama Trail Plan
Trails are an integral part of our history. From animal paths through the woods to the exploration
of our country to planned and designed long-distance recreational treks, trails have moved us from
Point A to Point B for any number of reasons. As old as the trail concept may be, each new trail
brings an excitement that comes with a first discovery. In the last 25 years, Alabamians have
embraced the resurgence of the recreational trail movement that has swept the United States
following the creation of the National Trails System by Congress in 1968.
This year, Alabama celebrated a new addition to the National Trails System – the Alabama
Scenic River Trail. On June 4, 2008, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne designated the
Alabama Scenic River Trail, along with 23 other trails, as a National Recreational Trail (NRT). The
NRT designation officially recognized the Alabama Scenic River Trail as the longest one-state river
trail in the nation. Secretary Kempthorne stated, “The National Trails System, including these
additions, provides an excellent link to the outdoors, particularly for children. National Trails
exemplify partnerships and are providing a path to fitness and stewardship for Americans of all ages.”
Secretary Kemp’s words echo the feelings of trail enthusiasts across Alabama. A renewed
connection to the outdoors, fitness, environmental stewardship and trail partnerships are all part of the
Alabama Trail System Concept. The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs
(ADECA) is producing the Alabama Trail Plan to guide the development, expansion, and connection
of recreational trails in the state.
Financial Assistance Manual, Volume 69
(effective October 1, 2008), Chapter 2:
Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor
Recreation Plan and Open Project Selection
Process. The public involvement process
for the Alabama Trail Plan and the Alabama
SCORP were conducted simultaneously
using four methods to obtain public
participation the planning process:
coordination with related agencies and
organizations, an extensive telephone
survey, public meetings, and websites.
The Alabama Trail Plan includes six
separate components, organized as chapters:
trail definitions, a trail inventory, trail demand and resources, trail benefits, identification of trail
issues and barriers to use, and the trail strategy. The trail definitions chapter discusses the differences
between recreational trails and other types of trails, what characteristics constitute a recreational trail,
and categorizes trails by use into categories for trail planning purposes. The inventory is an initial
compilation of existing recreational trails in Alabama. A chapter on trail demand and resources is
included to insure that future trails meet the needs of Alabama citizens. Discussion of trail benefits
provides information that may encourage more active participation in recreational trail use and
development by various groups, while the discussion of trail issues and barriers is designed to
determine how barriers can be minimized or eliminated to make trails more accessible to use by all
population groups.
The planning boundary areas of Alabama’s 12 Regional Planning Commissions (RPCs) were
used for the analysis and evaluation of demographic, physical characteristics, trail inventory
information, and demand and need data. These regional areas segment the state into smaller, more
manageable planning units.
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Defining Trails
So what makes a trail a trail? Trail, path, track, route, trek, trace. These all are words that refer
to a trail, but what exactly is a trail? For some, a trail has to have a destination, or a Point A and a
Point B. In other words, to be a trail it has to go somewhere. For others, a short loop around a park
how an individual is going to use a trail that defines what a trail actually is. A general definition of a
“trail” that was developed for the purposes of the Alabama Trail Plan and agreed upon by
The Alabama Trail Plan defines and discusses different types of trails based their use, their
trails, equestrian trails, and interpretive trails.
Trail Type
Distance and
Segmented Trails
ATV / OHV Trails
Bicycle Trail
Equestrian Trail
Hiking Trail
Interpretive Trails
Multi-Use Trails
Definition
any type that is of considerable length, usually more than 25 miles, and passing
through multiple jurisdictional areas; Segmented trails may be a group of short trails
or sites that form a distance trail by virtue of their connectivity through use or theme.
usually either a dedicated or multi-use unpaved trail and is typically eight to ten miles
long. ATV trails, like other trails, can be developed as regional or distance trails
stretching a 100 miles or more and crossing several jurisdictions. An ATV (all-terrain
vehicle) is a small four-wheeled vehicle equipped with low-pressure balloon tires and
intended only for off-highway use. An OHV (off-highway vehicle) is any motorized
vehicle used for travel in areas normally considered inaccessible to conventional
highway vehicles. OHVs may include dirt motorcycles, dune buggies, jeeps, 4-wheel
drive vehicles.
any corridor that is physically separated from motorized vehicular traffic by an open
space or barrier. A bike trail is usually within the highway right-of-way or within an
independent right-of-way. A bicycle trail is usually paved, but may be unpaved as
well.
a single dedicated use trail or a multi-use trail constructed of a stable unpaved
moderate to long distance trail with the primary function of providing long-distance
a short to moderate length trail (1/2 to 1 mile) with a primary function of providing an
opportunity to walk or paddle and study interesting or unusual plants or natural
features at user's pleasure.
corridor that is physically separated from motorized vehicular traffic by an open space
or barrier and is usually unpaved, and often rocky, with various challenges in terms of
hill, jumps and climbs.
trail corridors that are physically separated from vehicular traffic and can be accessed
by multiple users, such as cyclists, walkers, runners, wheelchairs, rollerbladers, etc.
Walking Trail
Water Trails
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Trail Inventory
1,400 miles of trails throughout the state. The great majority of these trails are local, ranging from
one-half mile to 20 miles for longer treks. Some, however, are much longer and cross several
jurisdictional boundaries. Many are located within Alabama’s national and state forests, national
preserves and refuges, and in state parks. Still others are located on land owned and/or managed by
local units of government, nonprofit organizations, land trusts, utility companies, and private
companies and individuals. It is expected that there are many more trails in Alabama that have not yet
been included in the current inventory. The inventory categorized trails into one of nine types of
trails: multi-use trails, walking trails, hiking trails, bicycle trails, mountain biking trails, all terrain
vehicle / off-road vehicle (OHV/ATV) trails, water trails, equestrian trails, and interpretive trails.
Information that was collected, as much as possible, included the following: trail name, location,
address and directions, longitude and latitude, state planning region, tourism region, trail type, length,
level of difficulty, surface material, owner and contact information, accessibility information,
restrictions, other facilities present, hours, and any applicable fees.
To date, 406 trails have been inventoried, representing just under 1,419 trail miles across the
state. It is estimated that the inventory includes between 50 percent and 75 percent of the existing
recreational trails in Alabama. Two major components that are still missing include walking / fitness
trails and trails funded with Transportation Enhancement funds. It is expected that a large number of
walking/fitness trails that have been constructed in conjunction with park development are not yet
included on the inventory. Walking trails that have been funded with RTP funds, however, are
included. Many trails that have been developed with Transportation Enhancement funds are
transportation-oriented, such as sidewalks, rather than recreation. A thorough inventory of these trails
will require a case by case survey to determine the nature of the trail.
Region
# of
Counties
Name
# of
Trails
Miles of
Trails
Avg.
Length
1
5
37
174.21
4.71
2
7
23
52.19
2.27
6
67
171.92
2.57
10
49
287.96
5.88
6
12
93.6
7.80
6
10
29
29.51
1.02
7
7
37
100.75
2.72
8
3
44
207.68
4.72
9
3
8
11.35
1.42
10
2
11
19.19
1.74
3
19
52.55
2.77
5
70
218.03
3.11
67
406
1,418.94
3
4
5
11
12
Total
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Trail Demand
The rate of participation in both trail-related and outdoor recreation varies from one region of the
state to another and in comparison to the statewide participation rates. Walking for pleasure was the
activity in which the highest percent of the population participated in all but one region. In Region 8,
freshwater beach activities has the highest percentage of the population participating. The percentage
of the population that participates in walking for pleasure is highest in Region 1: Northwest Alabama
and lowest in Region 11: North-central Alabama. There does not appear to be a geographical reason
for this discrepancy since both regions are located across the northern part of the State.
Five other trail-related activities were in the top ten in at least one of the regions in terms of the
percentage of population participating. These activities are, in addition to walking for pleasure,
visiting historical sites, camping at developed sites, trail hiking, ATV trail use, and driving for
pleasure. Visiting historical sites is the number two activity in Region 11 and the number three
activity in three regions (Region 1, Region 3 and Region 12).
Key
Activity
#1 Activity
STATE
#2 Activity
1
2
3
4
5
#3 Activity
REGION
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
65.3
72.2
64.2
72.0
67.1
56.7
70.8
63.8
63.2
65.2
71.6
55.7
59.5
41.6
50.0
46.6
51.0
42.0
25.0
16.3
39.4
43.4
37.5
42.0
54.2
42.7
Camping- dev. sites
20.1
19.3
13.5
19.8
24.7
9.6
18.0
26.2
27.4
18.4
26.3
20.1
14.5
Trail hiking
15.8
10.3
8.6
18.1
15.2
12.6
13.2
17.9
17.1
16.5
25.4
17.3
17.8
ATV trail
14.4
14.9
18.6
12.4
19.6
16.2
23.6
15.3
13.4
9.2
16.7
10.7
9.7
Jogging
14.4
8.2
11.1
13.9
11.7
11.1
19.4
16.8
19.4
17.3
20.0
4.0
14.7
12.8
8.9
7.3
11.9
13.3
19.9
19.5
14.4
13.8
18.9
13.1
6.3
6.8
Canoeing / rafting
9.1
5.9
5.1
7.3
11.2
9.7
8.0
9.7
18.2
10.3
11.9
10.1
5.2
Bird watching
8.4
6.4
7.7
7.8
6.7
14.8
9.4
11.6
9.0
10.1
10.1
3.7
2.7
Nature photography
5.8
2.0
3.0
3.1
8.2
5.6
5.9
9.4
7.5
10.1
7.5
3.9
3.6
5.1
1.7
1.8
7.0
5.8
3.8
3.7
5.3
7.4
3.4
10.4
4.0
5.8
Horse trail riding
4.8
4.5
6.7
3.2
6.6
6.3
4.1
7.3
3.5
4.6
7.2
3.5
4.6
3.2
2.8
0.4
2.6
6.0
4.4
1.0
4.3
4.7
2.5
6.7
1.6
2.2
Mountain bike trail
2.8
0.8
3.3
4.9
0.9
0.2
2.0
2.2
3.2
3.8
5.3
1.4
2.4
Bicycling on roads
2.7
2.7
7.2
1.3
0.7
2.2
2.3
5.4
1.0
3.0
4.7
1.3
3.0
Other horse riding
2.3
0.4
0.7
0.5
1.9
4.2
5.1
2.6
4.6
3.4
4.6
1.3
0.5
Motorcycle trail
2.2
2.2
1.1
3.2
2.1
2.4
2.0
2.8
1.5
Truck trail
1.7
2.5
0.3
1.1
0.5
4.5
0.7
4.8
0.0
x
2.9
2.6
3.2
0.6
2.4
2.0
1.2
2.1
The frequency with which Alabama residents participated in trail-related activities presents an
even higher level of demand than citizen participation rates. The survey shows that of the 65.3
percent of the population that participated in walking for pleasure, the average number of occasions in
which they participated in the activity was 106.1 times per year. Likewise, jogging, which has a 14.4
9.2 times per year.
Some trail-related activities that have a lower participation rate, of less than 10 percent of the
example is the reason why both the participation rate and the frequency rate must be taken into
account when planning for trail facilities. It is likely that some trails may actually be used more by a
small group of people than other trails in which a large number of people use the facility infrequently.
multi-use trails.
The results of the Troy University SCORP survey show that are six outdoor activities in which
the State population engages on average at least once a week, with a frequency rate of 52.0 or higher.
Of these six activities, four are trail-related activities: walking for pleasure, jogging, driving for
It is felt that these high volumes of both participation levels and frequency of participation speak
very loudly since participation in trail-related activities generally takes some degree of planning and
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Trail Trends
The Troy University SCORP survey gave credence to the observations that there is a huge
upward swing in trail use in Alabama, both in the number of people who visit and utilize trails and
how often they use trails. Trail facilities ranked high in almost every category throughout the State.
This is a remarkable incidence considering that the survey queried activity levels for 40 different
outdoor recreation activities. Furthermore, many of the activities were much more traditional
recreation activities with greater accessibility than the existing trail system in Alabama’s
communities. The upward swing in trail use was echoed by trail and outdoor recreation stakeholders
at a series of public meetings. It is clear that Alabamians want more trails, will use more trails and
that they want a greater variety of trails. Currently, Alabama has more than 400 individual local
trails stretching some 1,400 miles across the state. That is enough trail mileage to walk from the Gulf
Coast to Little River Canyon four times. That trail mileage does not include Alabama’s distance
Trail Issues
Although there are overwhelming positive aspects of trails in Alabama, there are also some
painful aspects that must be addressed to the satisfaction of a large percentage of the population. The
Trail Benefits
and historic sites. Trails in rural areas can be used to showcase working landscapes such as farms,
groves and forests. Along scenic roadways, they provide travelers with a glimpse into Alabama’s
historic past. Indeed, the connections for Alabamians to their natural surroundings, to their heritage
and to each other is the greatest benefit of the trail.
Following connectivity, five categories of trail benefits were identified by trail stakeholders
through discussion in public meetings: education, conservation, health and safety, feeding the soul,
and economics.
Atwood Linear Park
Courtesy of the
City of Huntsville
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Alabama State Trail Plan, 2008
Introduction
Hiking Alabama
Trails are an integral part of our history. From animal paths through the woods to the exploration of
our country to planned and designed long-distance recreational treks, trails have moved us from Point
A to Point B for any number of reasons. As old as the trail concept may be, each new trail brings an
excitement that comes with a first discovery. In the last 25 years, Alabamians have embraced the
resurgence of the recreational trail movement that has swept the United States following the creation
of the National Trails System by Congress in 1968.
This year, Alabama celebrated a new addition to the National Trails System – the Alabama Scenic
River Trail. On June 4, 2008. Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne designated the Alabama
Scenic River Trail, along with 23 other trails, as a National Recreational Trail (NRT). The NRT
designation officially recognized the Alabama Scenic River Trail as the longest one-state river trail in
the nation. Secretary Kempthorne stated, “The National Trails System, including these additions,
provides an excellent link to the outdoors, particularly for children. National Trails exemplify
partnerships and are providing a path to fitness and stewardship for Americans of all ages.”
Secretary Kemp’s words echo the feelings of trail enthusiasts across Alabama. A renewed connection
to the outdoors, fitness, environmental stewardship and trail partnerships are all part of the Alabama
Trail System Concept. The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) is
producing this trail plan to guide the development, expansion, and connection of recreational trails in
the state. The Alabama Trail Plan is a companion document to the 2008 Alabama Statewide
Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP) which outlines the State’s priorities and strategies
for the provision of outdoor recreation facilities and opportunities through 2012.
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Recreational Trails Program
The Recreational Trails Program (RTP), which is administered by the Federal Highway
Administration at the national level, provides funds to States to develop and maintain recreational
trails and trail-related facilities for both non-motorized and motorized recreational trail uses. The
program provides funds for all kinds of recreational trail uses, such as pedestrian uses (hiking,
running, wheelchair use), bicycling, in-line skating, equestrian use, cross-country skiing,
snowmobiling, off-road motorcycling, all-terrain vehicle riding, four-wheel driving, or using other
off-road motorized vehicles. RTP funds come from the Federal Highway Trust Fund, and represent a
portion of the motor fuel excise tax collected from non-highway recreational fuel use: fuel used for
off-highway recreation by all-terrain vehicles, off-highway motorcycles, and off-highway light trucks.
The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) authorized the Recreational Trails
Program as a Federal-aid highway program in 1996 and codified it in 23 U.S.C. 206. The
Recreational Trails Program (RTP) replaced the National Recreational Trails Funding Program. In
2005, the RTP was reauthorized under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation
Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). The federal legislation for the RTP {23 U.S.C.
206 (d)} requires that, while each state is responsible for developing its own plans, laws, policies, and
administrative procedures to administer the RTP, as long as the intent of the program is met, RTP
projects must be identified in, or further a specific goal of, a trail plan included or referenced in a
Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan or to be identified in or further a specific goal of
a State recreational trail plan. Either way, states need to have a state trail policy plan. Selected RTP
projects must also be incorporated into State and metropolitan transportation improvement programs.
The State of Alabama has elected to prepare the 2008 Alabama Trail Plan as a companion document
to the Alabama Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan, 2008 – 2012, or SCORP.
In Alabama, the RTP is administered by the Alabama Department of Economic and Community
Affairs (ADECA) Recreation Division, which conducts an annual grant funding cycle. To date,
Alabama has received $12,869,214 in RTP funds, which has resulted in 190 projects with a
commitment of $9,662,593 in RTP funds and $2,704,703 in other funding.
Land and Water Conservation Fund
The LWCF State Assistance Program was established by the LWCF Act of 1965 (Section 6,
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended; Public Law 88-578; 16 U.S.C.
4601-4 et seq.) to stimulate a nationwide action program to assist in preserving, developing, and
assuring to all citizens of the United States of present and future generations such quality and quantity
of outdoor recreation resources as may be available and are necessary and desirable for individual
active participation. The program provides matching grants to States and through States to local units
of government, for the acquisition and development of public outdoor recreation sites and facilities.
Grant funds are also available, to States only, for fulfilling the statewide comprehensive outdoor
recreation planning requirements of the program. More than 40,000 projects have been approved to
assist state and local efforts to acquire land and develop facilities for public outdoor recreation
purposes. The federal investment has been matched by state and local contributions for a total LWCF
grant investment of over $7.4 billion. A LWCF-assisted park is located in over 98 percent of counties
in the United States. In Alabama, a total of 833 projects have been funded with LWCF monies with
at least one project located in each county of the state. Since 1966, Alabama has received more than
$62 million in LWCF monies.
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Planning Process
Financial Assistance Manual, Volume 69 (effective October 1, 2008), Chapter 2: Statewide
Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan and Open Project Selection Process.
The public involvement process for both the Alabama Trail Plan and the Alabama SCORP were
conducted simultaneously. As much as possible, public involvement efforts addressed both plans to
maximize participation and decrease the burden for recreation and trail stakeholders in terms of time
and travel. Four methods were used to obtain public participation in the SCORP planning process:
coordination with related agencies and organizations, an extensive telephone survey, public meetings,
and websites.
Recreation Stakeholder Identification and Coordination
As stated previously, the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs' Recreation
Programs Section of the Director’s Office is primarily responsible for comprehensive statewide
recreation planning in Alabama. In addition to outdoor recreation planning, it is responsible for
wetlands, trail, river, and open space
planning. Clearly, the need for
participation by all agencies and
persons that are considered to be
recreation stakeholders by virtue of
their employment or their
community involvement is necessary
to comprehensively plan for outdoor
recreation development on a
statewide basis. Therefore, an
outdoor recreation stakeholder
database was developed and is
included as Appendix B. The
recreation stakeholder database
includes contact information for
approximately 1,400 recreation and
trail stakeholders from the following
groups:

Federal Agencies:
U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service, Agricultural Extension Service, Tennessee Valley
Authority, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Resource Conservation and Development Districts
(RC&D's), Bureau of Land Management, and U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

State Departments:
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Alabama Department of Environmental
Management, Alabama Department of Public Health, Regional and County Public Health
Departments, Alabama Forestry Commission, Alabama Historical Commission, State Colleges and
Universities, and State Commissions and Authorities, and Alabama Bureau of Travel and Tourism.

Local Governments and Affiliations:
Chief elected officials of all Alabama counties and municipalities, county and municipal recreation
departments and authorities, regional planning commissions, metropolitan planning organizations,
Alabama League of Municipalities, Association of County Commissions of Alabama.
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
Non Profits, Private Sector Organizations and Individuals:
Alabama Recreation and Parks Association, Alabama Wildlife Federation, The Nature Conservancy;
Sierra Club, Alabama Power Company, campground owners, tourist associations, recreation
organizations, trail organizations, conservation organizations, land trusts, clean water partnerships,
historical organizations, planners and grant consultants, regional heritage areas, local newspapers,
home builders associations, chambers of commerce, hiking organizations, biking organizations,
paddling organizations, birding organizations, equestrian organizations, recreation supplier businesses,
private recreation providers, and non affiliated citizens throughout the state.
Telephone Survey
An extensive telephone survey was conducted by Troy University’s Center for Business and
Economic Services, located in the Sorrell College of Business, between July 2007 and June 2008.
Over 2,500 surveys of Alabama households were completed by calling randomly drawn residential
telephone numbers across the state. Sample numbers were based on the square roots of the
populations of the 12 planning regions across the state in order to keep the sample from being overly
concentrated in the urban planning regions. Within each planning region, county samples were based
on each county’s percentage share of the planning region’s population.
The telephone survey collected data regarding the number of participants and the number of
participation occasions for more than 40 outdoor recreation activities, the importance of outdoor
recreation, felt needs, greatest recreational needs, perceived barriers to use of outdoor recreation
facilities and the level of responsibility of state and local governments to provide outdoor recreational
facilities and opportunities. The survey did specifically include questions regarding trail use. A copy
of the survey instrument is included in Appendix C. The Center for Business and Economic Services
provided an analysis of the survey results for the State and for each of the 12 regional planning
commissions in Alabama. The 2008 SCORP Survey Analysis document is available as a companion
document to the Alabama SCORP, 2008-2012 and is also
available on the ADECA website at www.adeca.alabama.gov.
Public Meetings and Websites
Two rounds of public meetings were conducted
in July and September 2008 to bring recreation
and trail stakeholders together to present
information collected, review survey results,
identify recreation and trail issues, and
receive citizen comments and suggestions
regarding the development of the Alabama
SCORP 2008-2012 and the Alabama Trail
Plan. Recreation and trail stakeholders
were notified of the meetings by a
postcard that was mailed to all 1,200
stakeholders listed in the recreation
stakeholder database and by posting the
meeting notification on the ADECA website
and the Alabama Trails website.
Additionally, e-mail notification was sent too
approximately 900 stakeholders through
information obtained in the stakeholder database
and through the assistance of the Alabama
Recreation and Parks Association to members.
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The first round of public meetings were conducted at state parks and lands, and at a meeting house in
a residential development in four different geographical regions of the State: at Monte Sano State
Park in the north, at Cheaha State Park in the north central area, at The Waters Meeting House in
central Alabama, and at the 5 Rivers Delta Resource Center in south Alabama. Each of the four
regional meetings was attended by 15 to 30 recreation and trail stakeholders. During the second
round of public meetings, one statewide meeting was conducted at the Alabama Power Clanton
Conference Center in Clanton, Alabama. The meeting was attended by 50 stakeholders. At all of the
public meetings, attendees were afforded the opportunity to discuss their outdoor recreation needs and
concerns, along with suggestions for future outdoor recreation development, both locally and
statewide. Meeting participants were also asked to complete written comment forms which were used
to further define outdoor recreation issues and suggestions. For those persons who were unable to
attend the public meetings, information was made available on the Alabama Trails website for
review. The meeting comment form was also posted with directions for return by mail, fax or e-mail.
Final production of the Alabama Outdoor Recreation and Trail documents included four documents
bound together in one three-ring binder to facilitate amendments, as necessary. The documents are:
(1) the Alabama Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan, 2008-2012, (2) the Alabama
Trail Plan, 2008, (3) the Alabama SCORP and Trail Plan Appendices, and (4) the Alabama SCORP
Survey Analysis. A limited number of the printed binder documents were produced; however,
electronic copies of the full documents are available on disk from ADECA and are posted on the
ADECA website at www.adeca.alabama.gov and the Alabama Trails website at
www.alabamatrails.gov. Additionally, summary documents were produced of both the Alabama
SCORP and the Alabama Trail Plan for broader distribution.
Organization
The Alabama Trail Plan includes six separate components, organized as chapters: trail definitions, a
trail inventory, trail demand and resources, trail benefits, identification of trail issues and barriers to
use, and the trail strategy. The trail definitions chapter discusses the differences between recreational
trails and other types of trails, what characteristics constitute a recreational trail, and categorizes trails
by use into categories for trail planning purposes. The inventory is an initial compilation of existing
recreational trails in Alabama. A chapter on trail demand and resources is included to insure that
future meet the trail needs of Alabama citizens. Discussion of trail benefits provides information that
may encourage more active participation in recreational trail use and development by various groups,
while the discussion of trail issues and barriers is designed to determine how barriers can be
minimized or eliminated to make trails more accessible to use by all population groups.
The planning boundary areas of Alabama’s 12 Regional Planning Commissions (RPCs) were used for
the analysis and evaluation of demographic, physical characteristics, trail inventory information, and
demand and need data. These regional areas segment the state into smaller, more manageable
planning units. Although the boundaries are not perfect, the regions represent distinct segments of the
state’s resources and people. A map of the Regional Planning Commission boundaries is included as
Figure 1.
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Figure 1:
Alabama’s
Regional Planning Commission Boundaries
REGION 1
Northwest Alabama Council of
Local Governments
Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Marion
and Winston Counties
REGION 2
West Alabama Regional
Commission
Bibb, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lamar,
Pickens, and Tuscaloosa Counties
REGION 3
Regional Planning Commission of
Greater Birmingham
Blount, Chilton, Jefferson, Shelby, St.
Clair, and Walker Counties
REGION 4
Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee,
Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Etowah,
Randolph, Talladega, and Tallapoosa
Counties
REGION 5
Bullock, Butler, Crenshaw,
Lowndes, Macon and Pike
Counties
REGION 6
Alabama-Tombigbee Regional
Commission
Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh,
Dallas, Marengo, Monroe, Perry,
Sumter, Washington, and Wilcox
Counties
REGION 7
Barbour, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Geneva,
Henry and Houston Counties
REGION 10
Lee and Russell Counties
REGION 11
Cullman, Lawrence and Morgan Counties
REGION 8
Baldwin, Escambia and Mobile Counties
REGION 12
Top of Alabama Regional Council of
Governments
DeKalb, Jackson, Limestone, Madison,
and Marshall Counties
REGION 9
Autauga, Elmore and Montgomery Counties
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Defining Trails
Trail of Tears Monument
So what makes a trail a trail? Trail, path, track, route, trek, trace. These all are words that refer to a
trail, but what exactly is a trail? For some, a trail has to have a destination, or a Point A and a Point
B. In other words, to be a trail it has to go somewhere. For others, a short loop around a park
how an individual is going to use a trail that defines what a trail actually is.
A general definition of a “trail” that was developed for the purposes of this plan and agreed upon by
This chapter of the Alabama Trail Plan discusses the different types of trails based their use, their
trails, equestrian trails, and interpretive trails. These same nine categories have been used to define
trails in the inventory of existing trails in the following chapter. A glossary of other common trail
terms is provided as Appendix D of the Alabama SCORP and Trail Plan Appendices that is a
companion document to these plans.
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Distance and Segmented Trails
Definition
A trail of any type that is of considerable length, usually more than 25 miles, and
passing through multiple jurisdictional areas; Segmented trails may be a group of
short trails or sites that form a distance trail by virtue of their connectivity through
use or theme.
AKA
Long trail, long path, thru trail, thru path,
Discussion
Alabama has a number of trails that provide quality of life amenities to residents
and have become major features in the State’s tourism industry. As such, they
must be recognized and defined within Alabama’s Trail System. Some of these
trails are uninterrupted trails that stretch across a region, or several regions, of the
State. The length of these trails sets them apart from other trails that are of the
same type use. For instance, paddling the entire route of the new Alabama Scenic
River Trail is a very different experience from paddling the rapids at Moccasin
Gap north of Wetumpka – even though both are water trails located on the same
river system.
Others distance trails are actually single sites, or groups of sites, that are
connected to other similar sites elsewhere in the States and form a trail by their
relationship, or connectivity, to one another. For the purpose of the Alabama
Trail Plan, these trails have been termed “segmented trails.” Examples of
segmented trails include birding trails, hunting trails, and even the Robert Trent
Jones Golf Trail.
Although very different in character and use, the North
Alabama Birding Trail (left), The Legends at Capitol Hill,
which is on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail (middle), and
the Pinhoti Trail, which is not connected to the Appalachian
Trail (right) are all considered to be a part of Alabama’s
distance trails. Photos courtesy of the Alabama Bureau of
Tourism and Travel, Decatur Chamber and Visitors Center
and the Associated Press.
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ATV / OHV Trails
Definition
An ATV / OHV trail is usually either a dedicated or multi-use unpaved trail and
is typically eight to ten miles long. ATV trails, like other trails, can be
developed as regional or distance trails stretching a 100 miles or more and
crossing several jurisdictions.
An ATV (all-terrain vehicle) is a small four-wheeled vehicle equipped with low-pressure balloon
tires and intended only for off-highway use. An OHV (off-highway vehicle) is any motorized
vehicle used for travel in areas normally considered inaccessible to conventional highway
vehicles. OHVs may include dirt motorcycles, dune buggies, jeeps, 4-wheel drive vehicles.
AKA
Dirt bike paths, off-road trails
Discussion
ATV/ OHV trails are often composed of a series of looped trails. These types
of trails are designed to provide for a range of recreational riding experiences,
with the first loop for beginner skill level, second loop for moderate skill level,
and third loop for advanced riding experience. The layout allows the rider to
loop back to the trailhead on a trail he/she judges to be appropriate for his/her
skill level. This type of trail system will be designed principally for ATV use
and will usually have a trailhead with support facilities, including toilets,
drinking water and car trailer parking dedicated to ATV use. In addition, this
type of trail can be modified to provide scenic corridors with vistas and/or
overlooks and provide activity nodes that include day use, camping, fishing, in
addition to a riding recreational experience.
Right: ATV /OHV Trail, Minooka Park
Below: ATV / OHV Trail, Kentuck Park.
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Bicycle Trails
Definition
Any corridor that is physically separated from motorized vehicular traffic by an
open space or barrier. A bike trail is usually within the highway right-of-way or
within an independent right-of-way. A bicycle trail is usually paved, but may
be unpaved as well.
AKA
Bike trail, bike path, multi-use path, multi-use trail, bike route, bikeway
Discussion
As more bicyclists enjoy the sport of long-distance riding, bicycling on roads
becomes more of a danger to both the cyclist and the motorist. Development of
distance bicycle trails would help address this safety hazard. A large portion of
distance riders prefer the less heavily traveled rural roads for the scenery and
because there is less competition for the roadway. Separate bicycle paths in
these areas presents an opportunity for partnership between rural communities
with no trail facilities and little revenue and urban centers to provide bicycle
facilities for residents. Bicycle trails are probably the type of trail that is most
conducive for multiple uses, making a such a partnership a win-win situation.
Far right: Bike
path at Oak
Mountain State
Park;
Right: Bicyclist in
Decatur;
Below: Bicycle
Road Race
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Equestrian Trails
Definition
A single dedicated use trail or a multi-use trail constructed of a stable unpaved
AKA
Horse trails, backcountry trails, bridle path, multi-use trails
Discussion
Recreational trail riding is not seasonally dependent and takes place daily and
year round. Whereas dedicated trails did not use to be a need or an issue, the
increasing loss of rural open space to urban sprawl has spurred nationwide
interest in preserving adequate land for trail riding. Typically, an equestrian
trail is not all that different from a hiking or biking trail in terms of distance,
width and construction. Equestrian needs at trailhead facilities, however, are
more extensive than those of hikers and bicyclists. Adequate parking must be
provided for both a vehicle and trailer, along with hitching facilities. If
equestrian trails are designed for overnight use, the camping facility needs are
also more extensive than those of hikers, in terms of space, water, stabling and
grazing/feeding areas. When possible, day-use equestrian trails should be
located near stables to minimize trailering or riding on roads. Trails should be
from two to twenty-five miles in length, which is fairly easy to meet in the more
rural areas, but becomes increasingly difficult as urban areas are approached.
Viable options for equestrian trail development include greenways, such as
stream valley corridors, abandoned roads and railroads, and utility corridors.
Left: Alabama Wagon Train Trail Ride in Chilton County;
Bottom Right: Heart of Dixie Trail Rides, Pike County;
Bottom Left: Off-road trail rides in Decatur.
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Hiking Trails
Definition
Moderate to long distance trail with the primary function of providing longdistance walking experiences (usually two miles or more).
AKA
Hiking paths, nature trails, trek,
Discussion
Hiking trails are most often located in rural areas where there is undisturbed
land and scenic views. In Alabama, the large majority of the hiking trails are
located within national forests, wilderness areas, state parks, or other
governmentally-held land. If properly constructed and maintained, hiking trails
can help protect some of the State’s most precious resources.
Location of all hiking trails in remote areas, however, does have its drawbacks
in terms of accessibility for frequent usage. Partnerships and agreements could
be formed with large land owners surrounding developed areas so that in return
for a trail easement, maintenance of property fire roads, or trails, would be
accomplished by a local trail organization. This scenario would help bring short
distance hiking trails to population centers and would improve connectivity
between urban and rural communities.
Left: Family hike at an Alabama State Park,
courtesy of Alabama Bureau of Tourism and
Travel; Bottom: Bridge crossing on the
Pinhoti Trail, northeast Alabama.
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Interpretive Trails
Definition
A short to moderate length trail (1/2 to 1 mile) with a primary function of
providing an opportunity to walk or paddle and study interesting or unusual
plants or natural features at user's pleasure.
AKA
Nature trail, wildlife viewing trail
Discussion
The ideal nature trail has a story to tell. It unifies the various features or
elements along the trail into a related theme. Many of Alabama’s most
frequently visited trails are shorter interpretive trails that provide personal
enrichment, exercise and education. Many walking trails, both urban and rural,
offer themselves to the potential for interpretive development. This interpretive
development has been noted as an extreme need in children who are no longer
exposed to the outdoors as they once were and are
losing their sense of balance with their surroundings.
Clockwise, beginning at top right: Kingfisher from Tennessee Valley
Talon Birding Trail in Decatur (Decatur Convention and Visitors
Bureau), Coastal Birding Trail Site Marker (Alabama Bureau of
Tourism and Travel), Treetop Trail (Alabama Dept of Conservation and
Natural Resources), Birding on Canoe Path (Alabama Bureau of
Tourism and Travel), Lanark Trail (Alabama Wildlife Federation)
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Definition
A corridor that is physically separated from motorized vehicular traffic by an
open space or barrier and is usually unpaved, and often rocky, with various
challenges in terms of hill, jumps and climbs.
AKA
BMX trail, freeride, single tracks, mountain biking
Discussion
Because of the varied nature of the sport and the disciplines it includes,
mountain biking can be done anywhere from a backyard to a gravel road.
However, the majority of mountain bikers prefer to ride trails they call
singletrack. These are narrow trails through forests or fields. In addition to
being used by mountain bikers, they are usually open to walkers, hikers,
backpackers and trail runners. Properly designed trails are appropriate and
enjoyable for many types of users to enjoy, making them a useful and attractive
outdoor amenity. Properly built mountain bike trails have little environmental
impact. Studies reported in the IMBA Trail Solutions manual show that
mountain biking’s impact is comparable to or even less than other forms of
trail use.
Mountain
Bike Trails
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Multi-Use Trails
Definition
Trail corridors that are physically separated from vehicular traffic and can be
accessed by multiple users, such as cyclists, walkers, runners, wheelchairs,
rollerbladers, etc.
AKA
Multiple use, shared use, mutual use, or diversified trails;
May also be termed based on their combined uses, such as a bike/ped trail,
bicycle-pedestrian, or a hiker-biker trail.
Discussion
Multi-use trails are designed to accommodate more than one type of use, such
as hiking and biking or walking and horseback riding, or even ATVs. These
trails have had special attention paid to their design and can withstand different
uses without requiring heavy maintenance. Multi-use trails tend to be wider
than single use trails so that they may accommodate more users. They may have
lanes to pass when going different directions. Sometimes, if the trail is very
narrow, travel is restricted in one direction on one day and the opposite
direction the next day. This helps keep different users from interfering with
each other as they travel along the trail. The surfaces of multi-use trails vary
widely. Many multi-use trails have a hard surface such as concrete or asphalt.
Hard surface trails best support walking, jogging, in-line skating and bicycling.
Adequate and appropriate signage is an important aspect in minimizing user
conflict on multi-use trails.
Far left: Multi-use signage on
the Flint Creek Trail, Bankhead
National Forest; Left: Mult-use
signage for ATV /OHV and
equestrians at Minooka Park in
Chilton County; Below: Trail
crossing on the Chief Ladiga
Trail in Anniston.
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Walking Trails
Definition
AKA
Tracks, fitness trails,
Discussion
Walking trails can be made of any number of materials, such as concrete,
asphalt, or unpaved. The terrain on walking trails is generally fairly level so as
not to be strenuous on the walker. Walking trails can be used for exercise or for
scenic enjoyment and interpretation, or all three. Many walking trails surround
playgrounds and provide parents with an opportunity to exercise while children
play. This brings a community setting to an area, thereby increasing its safety
and frequent usage. Walking trails usually range from one-half mile to two
miles, depending on the location and the surroundings. Walking trails can also
easily lend themselves to being developed as multi-use trails.
Clockwise from top right: Garden
Walking Trail, Fitness Trail at Helicon
Community Park, Huntsville Greenway,
Chief Ladiga Trail
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Water Trails
Definition
AKA
River trails, canoe trails, kayak trails, blueways
Discussion
Trails are often thought of as land based features, however rivers, streams and
lakes offer another type of trail. The simplest water trail consists of a place to
launch a vessel, a place to take it out and water as a path connecting the two.
Water trails have played an important part in Alabama’s history, with most of
our rivers being named by the Native Americans who first traveled them and
most of our major cities being located on the river that was used for
transportation.
Recreational boating, including canoeing and kayaking, is helping to create a
renewed interest in Alabama’s river system, and has generated considerable
economic impact with the increase of outdoor suppliers. Many suppliers
provide a shuttle service taking paddlers and gear to a launch site, provide pickup at the destination and transportation back to parking and personal vehicles.
Recent water trails have official public access sites, and have begun to include
maps, signage, camping/lodging, restrooms and convenient places to secure
necessary supplies.
Right: Kayak launch on the Cahaba River;
Bottom: Air boating in the Tensaw Delta.
Photos courtesy of Alabama Bureau of Tourism and Travel.
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Trail Inventory
McCurdy Horse Trails
Exploring trails is a wonderful way to explore Alabama. And exploring Alabama is a great way to
find existing trails or forge new ones. Alabama’s climate and landscape provide opportunities for a
wide variety of trail experiences. From the Gulf of Mexico, Alabama extends 330 miles to the north
with an elevation change of 2,400 feet. In between are the flat prairie lands of the Black Belt, the
sandy Coastal Plains, the Piedmont, and the Tennessee Valley area. A wide diversity of plant life,
rivers and streams supports many types of wildlife and fish.
Each of the five physiographic regions found in Alabama – the Highland Rim, the Cumberland
Plateau, the Ridge and Valley, the Piedmont Upland, and the East Gulf Coastal Plains – offers
variation in the scenery and natural resources that make a trail experience memorable. The Highland
Rim extends southward from Nashville, Tennessee into northwestern Alabama and is characterized
by level plains and gently rolling hills. The Cumberland Plateau, which is the most northern of the
three Appalachian Region provinces, includes steep canyons that are home to some cool-weather
plants and trees that do not grow anywhere else in the state. Little River Canyon and the Bankhead
National Forest are found in this region, which is also known for its coal deposits. The Ridge and
Valley province lies southeast of the Cumberland Plateau and northwest of the Piedmont, and
includes Birmingham and Red Mountain. The Ridge and Valley province is made up of sandstone
ridges paralleled by fertile limestone valleys. The ridges impose a distinctive northeast-southwest
trend on the local pattern of rivers, railroads, and highways. The meandering Coosa River is the main
stream of the Ridge and Valley province. Southeast of the Coosa River lie the rugged Talladega
Mountains. Pushed up by the shifting of continents and powerful forces in the earth, Red Mountain
was eroded by weather and climate over millions of years to become the hilly area that it is now.
Between the Talladega Mountains and the Georgia state line on the east is the Piedmont Plateau, a
large area with numerous low hills and ridges that extends south to east central Alabama. Piedmont,
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which means “foot of the mountains” in French, refers to the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.
The region once had mountains as large as the Rocky Mountains in the western United States. Today,
the low hills and broad valleys of the Piedmont end where the gently rolling land of the Coastal Plains
begins. The East Gulf Coastal Plain encompasses stretches from the Gulf of Mexico to central
Alabama in the east and to north Alabama in the western part of the state. The border between the
Piedmont and the Coastal Plains is referred to as the “fall line.” Rivers and streams cross from higher
land onto the flatter plains, creating the waterfalls and rapids that give the fall line its name. The
Coastal Plain is divided into the Upper and Lower Coastal Plain Provinces. The Black Belt, so
named for its rich, dark soil, bisects the state in the western part of the Upper Coastal Plain. The
Lower Coastal Plain reaches from the Black Belt to the Gulf of Mexico. It is characterized by large
stands of longleaf pine in the west and its tough grasses, or wiregrass, in the southeast.
1,500 miles throughout the state. The great majority of these trails are local, ranging from ½ mile to
20 miles for longer treks. Some, however, are much longer and cross several jurisdictional
boundaries. Many are located within Alabama’s national and state forests, national preserves and
refuges, and in state parks. Still others are located on land owned and/or managed by local units of
government, nonprofit organizations, land trusts, utility companies, and private companies and
individuals. This chapter presents an inventory of more than 400 trails with information regarding
their location, use and length. It is expected that there are many more trails in Alabama that have not
yet been included in this inventory.
Distance Trails
Alabama has a number of trails differ from their similar use counterparts because of their length. For
instance, paddling the entire route of the new Alabama Scenic River Trail, at 631 miles, is a very
different experience from paddling the rapids at Moccasin Gap north of Wetumpka – even though
both are water trails located on the same river system. For purposes of this plan, these long trails
have been defined as distance trails. Some of the distance trails are uninterrupted trails that stretch
across a region, or several regions, of the State. Others distance trails are actually single sites, or
groups of sites, that are connected to other similar site elsewhere in the States and form a trail by their
relationship, or connectivity, to one another. The following is an inventory of Alabama’s distance
trails, categorized by their primary use.
Hiking/Multi-Use
Alabama has two distance off-road hiking trails on the ground and possibly two more in the works.
Additionally, a 32-mile segment of the Natchez Trace Parkway crosses the northwest tip of the State
and is open for hiking and bicycling as well as vehicular
use. The Natchez Trace Parkway is discussed in more
detail with Scenic Drives. The Pinhoti Trail stretches
approximately 136 miles from the Bull Gap trailhead, west
of Ashland to the Georgia state line, near U.S. Highway
411, to link Alabama to the Georgia Pinhoti Trail which,
in turn, connects to the Appalachian Trail (AT) at Springer
Mountain, Georgia. The trail is located within the
Talladega Division of the Talladega National Forest. The
connection between Alabama and the AT was a longawaited event that was commemorated in March 2008
Pinhoti Trail Marker
with the placement of a marker. The second distance trail
Courtesy of AlaTrails.com
is a rail-trail called the Chief Ladiga Trail (CLT).
Following a 24.5 mile route, the Chief Ladiga Trail
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connects four communities between Anniston and Piedmont. This portion of the trail is a paved
multi-use trail open to all non-motorized users. The surface of the remaining 8.5 miles of the CLT
are a hard-packed gravel trail, stretching from Piedmont to the Georgia state line. The completion of
the Cleburne County portion of the CLT in 2007 linked the Chief Ladiga Trail to the Silver Comet
Trail in Georgia, constructing an uninterrupted 90-mile rail-trail corridor between Anniston and
Georgia. This CLT–Silver Comet Corridor is one of the longest uninterrupted rail-trails in the world.
Two other distance trails have been walked in Alabama, the Great Eastern Trail (GET) and the
Eastern Continental Trail (ECT). These two trails stretch from the Sunshine Trail from Pensacola,
Florida through the Conecuh Trail in the Conecuh National Forest (Covington County) to the Pinhoti
Trail. The 220-mile gap between the Conecuh Trail and the Pinhoti Trail is an on-road trail. Walkers
of the GET/ECT have used the connections to reach the Appalachian Trail and ultimately hike to
Canada. Through Alabama, the GET and the ECT basically follow the same path. In north Georgia,
however, the trails diverge to separate paths.
Figure 2:
Trail Name
Chief Ladiga Trail
Pinhoti Trail
Eastern Continental Trail
Great Eastern Trail
Location
Northeast Alabama
Northeast Alabama
Eastern Side of State
Eastern Side of State
Trailhead
Woodland Park, Anniston
AL 77, west of Ashland
Conecuh Trail
Conecuh Trail
Terminus
Georgia State Line
GA State Line, South of US 441
Georgia State Line
Georgia State Line
Length
33 miles
136.9 miles
196 miles
220 miles
Figure 3:
Interpretive
Alabama has three distance interpretive trails that
are actually segmented trails with sites throughout
the state. Each of these trails is based on viewing of
wildlife, scenery or historic and cultural sites. These
trails include:
 Birding Trails
 Native American Trails
 Scenic Drives and Covered Bridge Trail
Site listings for each of the segmented trails are
included in the Alabama SCORP and Trail Plan
Appendices document as Appendix E. A brief
description of each trail system, however, is
provided here.
Interpretive: Birding
Alabama has 150 birding sites on six main trails,
with eight loop trails: the Tennessee Valley Talon
Trail, the North Alabama Birding Trails with three
loop trails, the Alabama Coastal Birding Trail with
five loop trails, the Highland Flyers Trail, the
Riverbend Gliders Trail and the Winged Plains Trail.
This collection of trails is considered one segmented
distance trail because of the similarity in activities
and the distance covered by the entire trail rather
than one segment.
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Alabama Birding Trail
Source: Alabama Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources
Tennessee North
Valley
Alabama
Talon Trail Birding
Trail
Highland Riverbend
Flyers
Gliders
Trail
Trail
Winged
Plains
Trail
Alabama
Coastal
Birding
Trail
Interpretive: Native American Trails
The Native American Trails includes the Trail of Tears (ToT)
Corridor and four segmented trails with 39 sites located throughout
Alabama. On July 13, 1995, Alabama Joint House Resolution 95346 designated U.S. Hwy. 72 as an Alabama Trail of Tears
Corridor. In 1996, this overland route was recognized by the
National Park Service as an official trail and added to their Trail of
Tears National Historic Route brochure. Also in 1996, Alabama's
second Trail of Tears Historic Marker was erected in Bridgeport at
the Alabama-Tennessee state line.
ToT Corridor Marker
Figure 4:
Alabama’s four Native American Trails include
the Trail of Tears, the Mound Builders Trail, the
Creek Indian War Trail and the Red Eagle Trail.
The northernmost Native American Trail is the
Trail of Tears, which also generally follows U.S.
Highway 72, with 14 sites, including Russell
Cave, Sequoyah Cavern and Campground,
Cathedral Caverns, several Indian mound areas
and museums and the historic marker statue at
Waterloo. The six sites of the Mound Builders
Trail are located in Anniston, Birmingham,
Childersburg, Gadsden and Moundville and
include Noccalula Falls, DeSoto Caverns, and
Moundville Archaeological Park.
The Creek Indian War Trail is located in east
central Alabama around Montgomery, Tuskegee,
Eufaula, and Alexander City. This trail includes
Horseshoe Bend, Fort Toulouse – Fort Jackson,
Fort Mitchell and Holy Ground Campground. In
the southern part of the State is the Red Eagle
Trail, located between Atmore, Grove Hill,
Mobile and Dauphin Island. This trail includes
the Poarch Creek Indian Reservation, Ft. Mims,
Red Eagle and Sehoy III grave sites, and Shell
Mound Park.
Interpretive:
Scenic Drives and Covered Bridges
Native American Trails Map
Significant drives in Alabama include one
national historic route, the Trail of Tears
Corridor, three national scenic byways, seven Alabama scenic byways, four recognized scenic drives
and ten covered bridges. Discussion of the Trail of Tears Corridor is provided under the Native
American Trails heading. The Natchez Trace Parkway, which stretches 444 miles from southern
Mississippi to central Tennessee, runs through the northwest corner of Alabama in Lauderdale
County. The Parkway is a National Scenic Byway and an All-American Road that can be traveled by
car, bicycling, horseback riding or hiking. The Parkway is a designated bicycle route and has three
campgrounds along the route. In traveling the Natchez Trace Parkway, a traveler will pass through
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forests, cypress swamps and farmland to meander through the rock-studded hills of Tennessee, cotton
fields in Alabama, and Mississippi's marshes.
The Selma to Montgomery March National Scenic Byway runs from Selma to Montgomery and
commemorates the famous 1965 civil rights march led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Byway
includes downtown Selma, U.S. Highway 80, and Montgomery. There is an interpretive museum
located on U.S. Highway 80. The Talladega Scenic Drive National Scenic Byway is a 26-mile drive
offering a bird's-eye view of scenic mountains, rock outcroppings, and small rural settlements within
the Talladega National Forest. The Byway travels the backbone of Horseblock and Cheaha
Mountains, the southernmost extension of the Appalachian Mountains.
The seven Alabama Scenic Byways encompass approximately 600 miles of scenic, interesting and
informative roadway. The Alabama Byways include the Alabama Coastal Connection, the Leed’s
Stagecoach Road, the Appalachian Highlands Byway, the Blackbelt Nature and Heritage Trail, the
Black Warrior River Scenic Byway, the Barbour County Governor’s Trail, and Lookout Mountain
Parkway. The Blackbelt Nature and Heritage Trail is the longest of the Alabama Byways with four
separate loop routes, ranging from 22 miles to 1330 miles in length.
Alabama’s ten covered bridges are primarily located the north central part of the State, around
Birmingham, Double Springs, Cullman, Anniston, and Talladega. There are also covered bridges
located near Fort Payne, Valley, and on the campus of the University of West Alabama. These
bridges were originally constructed between the late 1850s and early 1930s. Most have been restored
and some have been moved to new locations for their preservation.
Water Trails
There are two distance water trails in Alabama – the Bartram Canoe Trail and the State’s newest
distance trail, the Alabama Scenic River Trail. The Bartram Canoe Trail is a 200-mile stretch located
in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta, which is the second largest river delta in the U.S. It encompasses a 10
mile-wide marsh, cypress-tupelo swamp and bottomland hardwood ecosystem. The Delta has over 50
rare and endangered plant and animal species known to inhabit its wetlands and waterways. The
Bartram Canoe Trail system provides opportunities for recreational boaters, specifically canoes and
kayakers, to enjoy the rivers, streams, lakes sloughs and bayous of the Delta. Currently the Alabama
Department of Conservation State Lands
Division maintains day use and overnight trails
as well as two land-based and four floating
platform campsites. The Bartram Canoe Trail
offers canoeists and kayakers thirteen different
routes to choose from, including three routes
with floating campsites.
The Alabama Scenic River Trail is 631 miles
long, beginning on the Coosa River at Georgia
state line near Cedar Bluff and ending at historic
Ft. Morgan at the Gulf of Mexico. The trail
winds it way across nine lakes, following seven
rivers and two creeks through a wide variety of
types of paddling and scenery. For the canoeist
and kayaker, there are easy stretches with
numerous well-maintained campsites. The
Floating Platform on the
Bartram Canoe Trail
Courtesy of ADCNR
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Alabama Power Company has designed portages around all six of their dams and the U.S, Army
Corps of Engineers has developed portages for those who do not want to go through the locks at their
three dams. In the six lakes of Alabama Power Company, portages are marked by a buoy in the water
at the beginning of each. These buoys may be identified as being 24 inches high, white, with a square
on the side containing the image of a kayak. At the three US Army Corps of Engineers damsites, the
portages are marked with several such buoys upstream of each optional portage (these three dams
have locks that the boater is welcome to use as an alternative to the portage at each dam). After
passing through the Mobile-Tensaw Delta, the route follows the eastern shore of Mobile Bay to Ft.
Morgan.
In June 2008, the Alabama Scenic River Trail was designated as a National Recreational Trail by the
National Park Service and was recognized as the longest one-state river trail in the United States.
Figure 5:
Alabama Scenic River Trail Route
Map courtesy of alabamascenicrivertrail.com
Outdoor Recreation Segmented Trails
Alabama has segmented trails that provide opportunities for outdoor recreation. These are the Robert
Trent Jones Golf Trail, the Alabama Hunting and Fishing Trail for Persons with Physical Disabilities
and the Alabama Quail Trail. Again, while the individual sites on each of these three trails in not
physically connected, they have a distinct relationship to one another that encourages the trail user to
travel from one site to next, making a journey across Alabama. The sites for each trail are included in
Appendix E of the Alabama SCORP and Trail Plan Appendices, which is a companion document to
the Alabama SCORP and Alabama Trail plan.
Outdoor Recreation: Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
Owned and constructed by the Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA) and managed by Sunbelt Golf
Corporation, the Robert Trent Jones (RTJ) Golf Trail offers 11 public golf trail sites, with 26 courses
and 468 holes. The 11 sites are located in all parts of the State with the farthest distance being 384
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miles between The Shoals in Muscle Shoals and Lakewood Golf Club in Point Clear. The character
of each of the golf sites is taken from the natural topography of the area. Each was extracted from the
land, not imposed on it. A unique feature of the trail system is the tee locations. The tee markers on
the Trail are pegged to ability level, not age or gender. The courses were designed to measure as
short as 4,700 yards and as long as about 7,700 yards from the tournament tees, with as many as 12
tee boxes in-between. The courses offer a tremendous amount of flexibility, challenging the best
golfers in the world, yet at the same time allow an enjoyable outing for the casual to beginning golfer.
Outdoor Recreation: Hunting & Fishing Trails
There are two statewide hunting and fishing trails in Alabama. First, the Alabama Quail Trail offers
41 privately owned and managed quail hunting sites. Other hunting and fishing is offered at many of
the sites. The Alabama Quail Trail is partnership between private business, individuals, and
conservation organizations. The purpose of the Alabama Quail Trail is to focus the interest and
resources in quail hunting, quail research, and quail conservation in a manner that increases the
expenditure in Alabama of recreational dollars associated with quail and quail hunting, improves
quail habitat across the landscape, and ultimately improves quail numbers. The Alabama Quail Trail
offers 41 privately owned and managed quail hunting sites. Other hunting and fishing is offered at
many of the sites.
Second, the Alabama Hunting and Fishing Trail for People with Physical Disabilities is a network of
public and private recreational sites throughout the state providing accessible fishing, shooting, and
hunting opportunities for individuals with physical disabilities. The Trail offers 17 hunting, 11
shooting and two archery sites that are located in all geographical parts of the State. In addition, the
trail offers fishing at 20 public fishing lakes. The trail has been developed by the Division of Wildlife
and Freshwater Fisheries of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources in cooperation
with a broad range of sponsors. There are no requirements to preregister to use the fishing and
shooting facilities. All users of these facilities must be properly licensed and abide by regulations
governing the fishing and shooting sites.
Inventory of Existing Trails
As a part of the trail plan process, an inventory was begun of the existing trails in Alabama. The
inventory categorized trails into one of nine types of trails: multi-use trails, walking trails, hiking
trails, bicycle trails, mountain biking trails, all terrain vehicle / off-road vehicle (OHV/ATV) trails,
water trails, equestrian trails, and interpretive trails. Information that was collected, as much as
possible included the following: trail name, location, address and directions, longitude and latitude,
state planning region, tourism region, trail type, length, level of difficulty, surface material, owner
and contact information, accessibility information, restrictions, other facilities present, hours, and any
applicable fees.
To date, 406 trails have been inventoried, representing just under 1,419 trail miles across the state. It
is estimated that the inventory includes between 50 percent and 75 percent of the existing recreational
trails in Alabama. Two major components that are still missing include walking / fitness trails and
trails funded with Transportation Enhancement funds. It is expected that a large number of walking /
fitness trails that have been constructed in conjunction with park development are not yet included on
the inventory. Walking trails that have been funded with RTP funds, however, are included. Many
trails that have been developed with Transportation Enhancement funds are transportation-oriented,
such as sidewalks, rather than recreation. A thorough inventory of these trails will require a case by
case survey to determine the nature of the trail.
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Listed below is a summary of the existing trail resources by planning region. Regions that have the
highest amount of trail mileage are Region 4: East Alabama, and Region 8: South Alabama, with
287.96 miles and 207.68 miles of trails, respectively. Region 4 has 49 trails with an average trail
length of 5.88 miles. Features located in Region 4 include the Talladega National Forest and Cheaha
State Park, which is the highest point in Alabama. The Pinhoti Trail, which connects to the
Appalachian Trail, is also located in Region 4. Most of the trails in this region are hiking and biking
trails. Region 8, located on Alabama’s gulf coast, has 44 trails with an average length of 4.72 miles.
Ten of these trails are water trails. The remainder are primarily hiking and biking trails. The three
regions located in the central portion of Alabama have the fewest trails. Region 9: Central Alabama
has nine trails; Region 10: Lee-Russell has 11 trails; and Region 5: South Central has 12 trails.
Combined, these three regions only have approximately 124 miles of trails.
A large portion the trail inventory has been mapped using the tourism regions outlined by the
Alabama Bureau of Tourism and Travel to encourage use in conjunction with Alabama’s tourism
industry. These regions are the Mountain Region, which roughly corresponds to Region 1, Region11,
and Region 12; the Metro Region, which includes all or parts of Region 2, Region 3, Region 4, and
Region 10; the River Region, which includes all or part of Region 5, Region 6, Region 7, Region 9,
and Region 10; and, the Gulf Coastal Region, which includes part of Region 6 and Region 8.
The trail inventory for each of 12 planning regions follows the mapped trail inventory. The
individual inventories listed here include the trail name, location, type of trail, and length. A more
detailed trail inventory can be found online at www.trails.alabama.gov. Additionally, information
about trails that are not yet included on the inventory can be submitted on the trails website.
Figure 6:
Region
# of
Counties
Name
# of
Trails
Miles of
Trails
Avg.
Length
1
5
37
174.21
4.71
2
7
23
52.19
2.27
6
67
171.92
2.57
10
49
287.96
5.88
6
12
93.6
7.80
6
10
29
29.51
1.02
7
7
37
100.75
2.72
8
3
44
207.68
4.72
9
3
8
11.35
1.42
10
2
11
19.19
1.74
3
19
52.55
2.77
5
70
218.03
3.11
67
406
1,418.94
3
4
5
11
12
Total
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Mountain Region Mapped Trails
Native American Trails
1 The Trail of Tears, Russell Cave
3 The Trail of Tears, Stevenson Railroad Depot
Museum NRHP
4 The Trail of Tears, Sequoyah Caverns
5 The Trail of Tears, Fort Payne Depot
Museum/Indian Burial Site
6 The Trail of Tears, Scottsboro-Jackson
Heritage Center
7 The Trail of Tears, Cathedral Caverns State
Park
8 The Trail of Tears, Guntersville Museum and
Cultural Center
9 The Trail of Tears, Burritt on the Mountain
NRHP
10 The Trail of Tears, Oakville Indian Mounds
Education Center
11 The Trail of Tears, Doublehead Historic Marker
12 The Trail of Tears, Tennessee Valley Art
Center
13 The Trail of Tears, Indian Mound and Museum
14 The Trail of Tears, Waterloo
17 Mound Builders Trail, Ten Islands Area Historic
Markers
18 Mound Builders Trail, DeSoto Caverns Park
Public / Private Trails
1 Airport Sportsplex Walking Trail
2 Albertville Community Walking Trail
3 Aldridge Creek Greenway
4 Arab City Park Trail
5 Ave Maria Grotto Trail
6 Brierfield Tramway Trail
7 Brilliant Walking Trail
8 Cane Creek Canyon Preserve
9 Charles Stone Memorial Park Trail
10 Chigger Ridge
11 Colonial Hills
12 Cullman County ORV Park
13 Dismals Canyon
14 Dublin Park Walking Trail
15 Dye Creek Greenway
16 Eastwood Trail
17 Fairview Multipurpose Trail
18 Fyffe Rec. Trail
19 Garden City Recreation Trail
20 Good Hope Recreation Trail
21 H.A. Alexander Mini Park Trail
22 Hammondville Park Trail
23 Holly Pond Multipurpose Trail
24 Hoyt Keeton Trail
25 Hurricane Creek Park Loop
26 Ider Town Park Trail
27 Ivan K. Hill Park Nature/Walking Trail
28 K.C. Ranch
29 Lakeside Trail #1
30 Leesburg Nature / Recreation Trail
31 Limestone County Rail Trail (Richard Martin
Trail)
32 Madison County Nature Trail
33 North Sand Mtn. Park Trail
34 Old Railroad Bed Trail
35 Phillips Park Pedestrian Trail
36 Powell Town Park Trail
37 Scottsboro Mun. Park Walking Trail
38 Sportsman Lake Mtn. Bike/Rec. Trail
39 Spring Park/Sacred Tears
40 Sunset Drive Trail
41 Swan Creek Greenway Trail
42 Tennessee River Greenway Trail
43 Thompson-Edison Park Trail
44 Valley Head Nature/Walking Trail
45 Veteran's Park Walking Trail
46 Vivian T. Allen Park Trail
47 Wade Mtn. Trail
48 West Point Rec. Trail
49 Wildwood Park Trail
State Park Trails
1 Bucks Pocket SP, 5 trails
2 DeSoto SP, 4 trails
3 Joe Wheeler SP, 2 trails
4 Lake Guntersville SP, 17 trails
5 Monte Sano SP, 6 trails
6 Rickwood Caverns SP, 2 trails
Quail Trails
1 Beechwood Quail Plantation
2 Chattokee Lodge
3 Quail Hollow Preserve
4 Crow Cr Hunting Preserve
5 Northeast Alabama Hunting Preserve
6 Dream Ranch
7 Doublehead Resort
Number corresponds to trail number
on the corresponding map.
Limestone Rail-Trail
27
Figure 7:
28
Metro Region Mapped Trails
15 Mound Builders Trail, Noccalula Falls Park
16 Mound Builders Trail, Chief Ladiga Trail
19 Mound Builders Trail, Birmingham Museum of
Art
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
State Park Trails
1 Bucks Pocket SP (5 trails)
2 DeSoto SP (4 trails)
3 Joe Wheeler SP (2 trails)
4 Lake Guntersville SP (17 trails)
5 Monte Sano SP (6 trails)
6 Rickwood Caverns SP (2 trails)
Quail Trails
1 Cameron Quail Preserve
2 Cottonwoods Sportsmans
3 Gold Star Plantation
4 M&H Farms
5 P-Arrow Plantation
6 Plantation Wildlife Hunting Preserves
7 Selwood Farm
8 Sykes Plantation
9 Westervelt Lodge
10 Wilkes Creek Plantation
11 Yellow Creek Ranch
Canoe
1 Elkahatchee Creek
2 Hatchet Creek
3 Little Cahaba River
4 Sweetwater Creek
5 Tallapoosa River
6 Weogufka Creek
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
Wetland boardwalk,
Veteran’s Memorial Park
Courtesy of ADCNR
29
16th Street Walking Trail
Akron Park Trail
Aldridge Gardens Trail
Argo Walking Trail
Ashland Trail
Barton's Beach/Cahaba River Canoe Trail
Berry Walking Trail
Birmingham Civil Rights Trail
Black Creek Trail
Blue Eye Creek Trail
Boligee Walking Trail
Boulder Canyon Loop
Burton Park Walking Trail
C.D. Rucks Park Walking Trail
Cahaba Lily Park Nature Trail
Camp ASCCA Trail
Centreville Walking Trail
Chief Ladiga Trail
Civic Center Park Trail
Coaling Town Park Walking Trail
Coke Oven Park Trail
CVRR Trail
Dadeville Trail
Galavanting
Gamble Park Trail
Goodwater Municipal Park Trail
Graysville Heights Multi-Use Track
Heardmont Farm Park Trail
Hokes Bluff Walking Trail
Isaac Bonner Sr. Memorial Walking Trail
Kansas Walking Trail
Lakeshore Trail (Homewood Shades Creek
Greenway)
Lions Park Trail
Little Shades Creek Trail
Maplesville Town Park Trail
Marion Historic Trail
Minooka Park
Monnish Park Multi-Use Trail
Moundville Trail
Mountain Brook Greenway
Pell City Lakeside Park Trail
Ranburne Recreational Trail
Richard L. Platt Memorial Levee Trail
Sardis Recreational Trail
Shoal Valley Trail
Springville Trail
Stephens Park Trail
Talladega Springs Historical Trail
Town Park Walking Trail
Una Martin Leisure Park Trail
Veteran's Memorial Park Trail
Vulcan Trail
Bald Park Trail
Wattsville Trail
Woodland Sports Complex Trail
Woodstock Walking Trail
Figure 8:
30
River Region Mapped Trails
22 Creek Indian War Trail, Alabama Department
of Archives & History
25 Creek Indian War Trail, Tuskegee Multicultural
Center
28 Creek Indian War Trail, Chief Eufaula Historic
Marker
1 Abbeville Walking Trail
2 Brantley Recreational Trail
3 Butler Multi-Use Trail
4 Cahaba River Overlook Trail
5 Demopolis Sportsplex Multipurpose Trail
6 Don Helms Walking Trail
7 Dothan Area Botanicals Garden
8 Eastgate Boardwalk
9 Enterprise Recreational Trail
10 Flatwood Walking Trail
11 Fort Deposit Town Park Trail
12 Ft. Rucker Equestrian Center
13 Gilbertown Walking Trail
14 Heart of Dixie Trail Ride
15 Heflin Smith's Sports Complex
16 Idle Hour Nature Trail
17 Kiwanis Trail
18 Larry and Rona Dykes Trail
19 Lisman Walking Trail
20 Mayor James E. Grimes Riverwalk Trail
21 Millbrook Walking Trail
22 Murphree Park Trail
23 Omussee Trails
24 Ozark Pedestrian Trail
25 Panther Palace Walking Trail
26 Pennington Walking Trail
27 Petrey Recreational Trail
28 Pine Hill Walking Trail
29 Pine Level Park Multi-Use Trail
30 Pintlala Walking Trail
31 Pleasant Home Nature Trail
32 Reed Avenue Area Walking Trail
33 Rehobeth Walking Trail and Nature Park
34 Ruby S. Moore Park Trail
35 Shady Grove Walking Trail
36 Southern Ridge ATV Park
37 Southside Park Nature Trail
38 The Parkman Boardwalk
39 Town Creek Park Trail
40 Town of Taylor Walking Trails
41 Toxey Community Center Walking Trail
41 Union Springs Trail
43 Walton Park Trail
44 West Ridge Park Trail
State Park Trails
1 Chattahoochee SP (1 trail)
2 Chewacla SP (8 trails)
3 Chickasaw SP (1 trail)
4 Florala SP (1 trail)
5 Frank Jackson SP (1 trail)
6 Lakepoint Resort SP (1 trail)
7 Roland Cooper SP (1 trail)
Quail Trails
1 Bear Cr Hunting Preserve
2 Bucksnort Plantation
3 Cherry Hill Hunting Preserve
4 Circle N Lodge
5 Conecuh Quail
6 Crooked/Auburn Oaks Hunting Preserve
7 Dixie Land Plantation
8 Enon Plantation
9 Great Southern Outdoors
10 Greenway Sportsman Club
11 Hawkins Ridge Lodge
12 High Log Creek
13 Oak Ridge Hunting Lodge
14 Old Spring Hill Plantation
15 PA-KO Plantation
16 PineWing Preserve
17 Shenandoah Plantation
18 Sweetwater Preserve
19 Wylierosa Fish & Feather Club
Canoe Trails
1 Choctawhatchee River
2 Conecuh River
3 Coosa River
4 Pea River
5 Weoka Creek
6 West Fork Choctawhatchee River
7 Yellow River
Kayaking on the Coosa River
Courtesy of Alabama Bureau of
Tourism and Travel
31
Figure 9:
32
Gulf Coastal Mapped Trails
29 Red Eagle's Trail, Poarch Creek Indian
Thanksgiving Pow Wow
31 Red Eagle's Trail, Red Eagle and Sehoy III
Grave Sites
32 Red Eagle's Trail, Alabama River Museum
33 Red Eagle's Trail, Clarke County Museum
34 Red Eagle's Trail, St. Stephens Historical State
Park
35 Red Eagle's Trail, MOWA Choctaw Cultural
Center
36 Red Eagle's Trail, Mt. Vernon Barracks Historic
Marker
37 Red Eagle's Trail, The Museum of Mobile
38 Red Eagle's Trail, Historic Magnolia Cemetery
39 Red Eagle's Trail, Shell Mound Park
1 Apple Hill
2 ATC Trails
3 Chickasabogue Park Trail
4 Cottage Hill Park
5 Excel Walking Trail
6 Fulton Recreational Park Trail
7 Houston Avery Park
8 Loxley Municipal Park Walking Trail
9 McIntosh Community Park Trail
10 Pioneer Park Walking Trail
11 Robertsdale Trail (Central Baldwin Rail-Trail)
12 South Beach Park Road
13 Tom Byrne Park
14 Village Point Park Trail
State Park Trails
1 Gulf SP (10 trails)
2 Meaher SP (2 trails)
3 Historic Blakely State Park
4 St. Stephens State Historical Par
Quail Trails
1 Rhodes Quail Farm
Canoe Trails
1 Big Escambia Creek
2 Escatawpa River
3 Hurricane Bayou
4 Magnolia River
5 Navy Cove
6 Perdido River
7 Rice Creek
8 Sand Island Sea Kayak Trail
9 Sepulga River
10 Styx River
Sand Island Sea Kayak Trail
Chickasabogue
Park Trail
33
Figure 10:
34
Airport Sportsplex Walking Trail
Cane Creek Canyon Preserve
Colbert
Trails
Colbert
Cherokee Trail Ride - Colbert
Colbert
Old First Quarters Trail
Colbert
Reservation Road Trail
Colbert
Rockpile Trail
Colbert
Southport Historical Trail
Franklin
Dismals Canyon Trails
Franklin
Hoyt Keeton Trail
Lauderdale Wildwood Park Trail
Colbert
Airport Sportsplex
Marion
Marion
Marion
Winston
Winston
Winston
Winston
Winston
Winston
Winston
Winston
Winston
Winston
Winston
Winston
Winston
Winston
Winston
Winston
Winston
Winston
Winston
Winston
Winston
Winston
Winston
Winston
Cane Creek Canyon Preserve
Freedom Hills WMA, Cherokee
Muscle Shoals Reservation
Dismals Canyon, Phil Campbell
Family Fun Park
Wildwood Park
Bear Creek Reservoir,
Russellville
Brilliant Park
Ivan K. Hill Park
Houston C/G, Bankhead NF
Sipsey WMA, Bankhead NF
Start - Forest Road 208 or 224
Brushy Lake C/G, B'head NF
Clear Creek C/G, Bankhead NF
Double Springs
Haleyville City Lake Park
Natural Bridge, Bankhead NF
Bankhead National Forest
Clear Creek C/G, Bankhead NF
Start - Sipsey Recreation Area
Bear Creek Canoe Trail
Brilliant Walking Trail
Ivan K. Hill Park Walking Track
Beach Trail
Bee Branch Trail
Borden Creek
Borden Creek Trail
Brushy Lake Trail
Bunyon Hill Trail (204)
Bunyon Hill Trail (224)
Clear Creek Bicycle Trail
Fox Run Loop
Gum Pond Trail
High Rock Loop
K.C. Ranch
Lakeside Trail #1
Mitchell Ridge Trails (2)
Natural Bridge Trail
North West Trail
Owl Creek Horse Trail System
Randolph Trail
Raven Trail
Rippey Trail
Sipsey River Canoe Trail
Sipsey River Trail
Thompson Creek Trail
Trail 205
37 Total Trails
35
x
x
Length
(miles)
Interpretive
Equestrian
ORV / ATV
Canoe
Mtn Biking
Biking
Location
Hiking
Trail Name
Walking
County
Multi Use
Region 1: Northwest Alabama Council of Local Governments
0.61
x
7.00
x
x
x
x
1.00
2.60
2.70
1.30
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
0.25
1.50
x
34.00
0.25
0.25
2.00
11.40
5.90
4.80
0.25
2.40
4.70
1.50
1.90
1.90
1.40
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
1.90
11.00
0.50
6.70
30.00
3.00
2.50
5.00
10.10
7.00
3.50
3.40
174.21
Bibb
Bibb
Bibb
Bibb
Fayette
Greene
Greene
Hale
Hale
Hale
Hale
Hale
Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa
Centreville Walking Trail
Little Cahaba River Canoe Trail
Payne Lake Recreation Trail
Woodstock Walking Trail
Berry Walking Trail
Boligee Walking Trail
Burton Park Walking Trail
Akron Park Trail
Jennings Ferry Nature Trail
Lions Park Trail
Moundville Trail
Una Martin Leisure Park Trail
Beech Tree Hollow Trail
Coaling Town Park Walking Trail
Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa
Gobbler Ridge Hike and Bicycle Trail Deerlick Creek Park, Warrior L
Lake Lurleen Trails
Lake Lurleen State Park
Monnish Park Multi-Use Trail
Monnish Park
Watermelon Road, northeast of
Northport
Munny Sokol Park Loop
Watermelon Road, northeast of
Northport
Munny Sokol Park Mtn Bike Trails
Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa
36
Length
(miles)
Interpretive
Equestrian
ORV / ATV
Canoe
Mtn Biking
x
Centreville Park
Start - Carlton Pass Road
Payne Lake C/G, Talladega NF
Woodstock
Berry Downtown Park
Boligee
Burton Park
Akron Park
Jennings Ferry Park, Warrior L
Lions Park
Moundville Baseball Park
Una Martin Leisure Park
Deerlick Creek Park, Warrior L
Coaling Town Park
Richard L. Platt Memorial Levee Trail Northport
Rocky Branch
Rocky Branch Area, Warrior L
Tannehill Historic Trail
Tannehill Ironworks
University of Alabama Arboretum Trail University of Alabama
23 Total Trails
Biking
Location
Hiking
Trail Name
Walking
County
Multi Use
Region 2: West Alabama Regional Commission
x
6.40
1.50
0.13
0.25
0.25
0.23
0.33
0.25
0.43
0.50
0.25
1.00
0.69
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
15.00
0.38
3.40
x
x
x
x
0.50
x
x
x
x
x
11.00
2.50
x
4.20
3.00
52.19
Blount
Blount
Blount
Blount
Blount
Blount, Cullman
Chilton
Chilton
Chilton
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Jefferson
Shelby
Shelby
Shelby
Fossil Mountain Trail
Lower Locust Fork Canoe Trail
Palisades Park
Rickwood Trail
Rickwood Caverns
Start - US Hwy 231
Ebell Mountain, north of Oneonta
Rickwood Caverns
Off AL Hwy 79, one mile west of
Cleveland
Swann Bridge Trail
Lower Mulberry Fork Canoe Trail Start - Old Hwy 31 Bridge
Maplesville Town Park Trail
Maplesville Town Park
Minooka Park
Minooka Park
Town Park Walking Trail
Town Park
16th Street Walking Trail
16th Street Linear Park
Aldridge Gardens Trail
Aldridge Botanical Gardens
Birmingham Civil Rights Trail
Linn Park
Black Creek Trail
Black Creek Park
Across from Vestavia Hills
Elementary Central
Boulder Canyon Loop
Brierfield Tramway Trail
Brierfield Ironworks State Park
Buckeye Trail
Ruffner Mountain Nature Center
East Lake Park Loop
Downtown Birmingham
Five Mile Trail
Fultondale Trail
Black Creek Park
Geology Trail
Graysville Heights Multi-Use Track Graysville
Harnach Nature Trail
Hawk's View Overlook Trail
Hollow Tree Trail
Jefferson State Community
College
Jeff State Trails
Lakeshore Trail
Homewood
Little Shades Creek Trail
Vestavia Hills
x
Maplebridge - Horseshoe Ramble Trussville Sports Complex
x
Moss Rock Preserve Trail
Hoover City Park
Oak Hill Cemetery Walk
Oak Hill Cemetery
Quarry Trail
Ridge & Valley Trail
Silent Journey Trail
Sloss Furnaces Trail
Birmingham
Trillium Trail
Vulcan Trail
Near Vulcan Park, Birmingham
Wald Park Trail
Vestavia Hills
Cahaba Lily Park Nature Trail
County Road 52
Cahaba River WMA Hike
Cahaba River WMA
Cahaba River WMA Trail
Cahaba River WMA
37
x
1.20
3.70
2.00
1.00
x
x
x
x
x
3.20
3.10
0.45
13.00
0.45
0.50
0.80
1.80
1.00
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
0.91
x
x
x
x
x
0.70
1.00
3.80
1.00
0.50
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Interpretive
Length
(miles)
Equestrian
ORV / ATV
Canoe
Mtn Biking
Biking
Location
Hiking
Trail Name
Walking
County
Multi Use
Region 3: Regional Planning Commission of Greater Birmingham
0.70
0.30
0.80
x
x
x
2.50
6.00
x
x
4.00
3.20
x
x
0.80
1.20
1.40
0.30
1.00
0.50
1.00
x
1.50
5.20
30.00
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Shelby
Shelby
Shelby
Shelby
Shelby
Shelby
Shelby
Shelby
St. Clair
St. Clair
St. Clair
St. Clair
St. Clair
St. Clair
St. Clair
St. Clair
St. Clair
Walker
Walker
Walker
Fossil Mountain Trail
Chelsea Recreational Park
Double Oak Trail (Red)
Eagle Trail
Foothills Trail (Yellow)
Heardmont Farm Park Trail
Jemison Park Nature Trail
Oak Mountain Horse Trail
(Orange)
Peavine Falls Trail (Green)
Shackleford Point Trail (White)
South Rim Trail (Blue)
Stephens Park Trail
Treetop Nature Trail
Veterans Park Trail (Spain Park)
Wildlife Center Trail
Argo Walking Trail
Civic Center Park Trail
Horse Pens 40 Loop
Lakeside Park Loop
Pell City Lakeside Park Trail
Shoal Valley Trail
Springville Trail
Sumatanga Red Trail
Wattsville Trail
Coke Oven Park Trail
Gamble Park Trail
Kansas Walking Trail
67 Total Trails
Rickwood Caverns
Chelsea Park
Oak Mountain State Park
Heardmont Farm Park
Jemison Park
Stephens Park
Hoover
Argo Town Park
Civic Center Park
Horse Pens 40
Lakeside Park, Logan Martin L
Lakeside Park
Springville City Park
Sumatanga Camp
Coke Oven Park
Gamble Park
Kansas Veterans Memorial Park
38
x
x
1.20
0.36
17.00
0.33
8.00
1.25
3.00
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Interpretive
Length
(miles)
Equestrian
ORV / ATV
Canoe
x
x
Mtn Biking
x
Biking
Location
Hiking
Blount
Shelby
Shelby
Shelby
Shelby
Shelby
Shelby
Trail Name
Walking
County
Multi Use
Region 3, continued
10.70
4.60
6.40
6.70
0.80
0.70
1.27
0.30
0.57
0.52
1.00
2.00
1.30
0.16
0.42
2.40
0.13
0.20
0.50
0.80
171.92
Calhoun
Calhoun
Calhoun
Calhoun
Calhoun
Calhoun
Calhoun
Calhoun
Chambers
Cherokee
Cherokee
Clay
Clay
Clay
Clay
Clay
Clay
Cleburne
Cleburne
Cleburne
Cleburne
Cleburne
Cleburne
Cleburne
Cleburne
Cleburne
Cleburne
Coosa
Coosa
Coosa
Coosa
Etowah
Etowah
Etowah
Etowah
Bald Rock Boardwalk Trail
Cave Creek Trail
Cheaha Lake Trail
Mt. Cheaha Express Bike Trail
Pinhoti Trail: Blue Mountain
Jaunt
Pulpit Rock Trail
Rock Garden and Lake Trail
Terrapin Creek Canoe Trail
Chattahoochee Valley Railroad
Trail
Leesburg Nature Trail
Leesburg Recreational Trail
Ashland Trail
Chinnabee Silent Trail
Nubbin Creek Trail
Odum Scout Trail
Pinhoti Trail: Adams Gap to
Disaster
Skyway Loop Trail
Coleman Lake Loop
Coleman Lake Loop Trail
Coleman Lake Trail
Dugger Mountain - East Trail
Dugger Mountain - South Trail
Lloyd Owens Canoe Trail
Pine Glen - Coleman Lake
Trail
Pine Glen - Sweetwater Lake
Trail
Ranburne Recreational Trail
Shoal Creek Horse Trail (3
loops)
Flagg Mountain Trail
Goodwater Municipal Park
Trail
Hatchett Creek North Canoe
Trail
Weogufka Creek Canoe Trail
Hokes Bluff Walking Trail
Martin Wildlife Park Trail
Noccalula Falls Historic Gorge
Trail
Sardis Recreational Trail
Goodwater Municipal Park
Hatchett Creek, Goodwater
CR 29 Bridge
Senior Center Park
Martin Wildlife Park
Noccalula Falls Park
Sardis
39
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
7.00
1.40
0.25
x
x
x
x
7.40
3.80
9.80
x
x
5.20
15.00
1.90
x
x
x
2.00
1.50
6.80
8.40
44.00
x
x
x
x
x
6.00
x
2.50
0.50
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
35.00
2.40
0.38
x
x
x
Length
(miles)
7.30
x
x
1.00
13.80
3.20
10.00
5.00
1.00
1.60
x
x
x
Interpretive
Equestrian
ORV / ATV
Canoe
x
Pine Glen C/G, Talladega NF
Pine Glen C/G, Talladega NF
Ranburne High School
Warden Sta. C/G, Talladega
NF
Flagg Mountain
x
x
x
x
Cheaha State Park
Cheaha State Park
Cheaha State Park
Start - CR 8, Frank Stewart
Memorial Bridge
Talladega Natl Forest - Tal
Talladega Nat'l Forest - Tal
Cahaba River WMA
Coleman Lake C/G, Talladega
NF
Talladega National Forest
Tallapoosa River, Heflin
Mtn Biking
x
Cheaha State Park
Cheaha State Park
Cheaha State Park
Cheaha State Park
Valley
Leesburg
Leesburg
Ashland City Park
Biking
Location
Hiking
Trail Name
Walking
County
Multi Use
Region 4: East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission
x
12.75
7.20
0.25
3.00
1.40
0.50
Randolph
Talladega
Talladega
Talladega
Talladega
Talladega
Tallapoosa
Tallapoosa
Tallapoosa
Tallapoosa
Tallapoosa
Tallapoosa
Tallapoosa
Woodland Sports Complex
Trail
Blue Eye Creek Trail
Kentuck ORV Trail
Lake Chinnabee Trail
Talladega Springs Historical
Trail
Veteran's Memorial Park Trail
Alabama Reunion Trail
Camp ASCCA Trail
Campfire Trail
Dadeville Trail
Elkahatchee Creek Canoe Trail
Horseshoe Bend Trail
Tallapoosa River Canoe Trail
49 Total Trails
Woodland Sports Complex
Lincoln
Lake Chinnabee Day Use
Area
Talladega Springs
Veteran's Memorial Park
Wind Creek State Park
Camp ASCCA
Wind Creek State Park
Dadeville
Start - Elkahatchee Road at
Russell Pond Spillway
Horseshoe Bend Nat'l Park
Start - Buttston Road
40
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Length
(miles)
Interpretive
Equestrian
ORV / ATV
Canoe
Mtn Biking
Biking
Location
Hiking
Trail Name
Walking
County
Multi Use
Region 4, continued
0.25
0.25
17.10
1.60
x
x
x
0.27
3.80
2.28
1.80
0.68
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
1.20
2.80
9.60
287.96
Bullock
Crenshaw
Crenshaw
Crenshaw
Lowndes
Lowndes
Lowndes
Lowndes
Macon
Macon
Macon
Pike
Pike
Union Springs Trail
Brantley Recreational Trail
Petrey Recreational Trail
Southern Ridge ATV Park
Fort Deposit Town Park Trail
Holy Ground Trails
Prairie Creek Trails
Ruby S. Moore Park Trail
Bartram Trail
Bold Destiny / Bedford Cash Trail
Tsinia Wildlife Viewing Area Trail
Heart of Dixie Trail Ride
Murphree Park Trail
13 Total Trails
Union Springs
Brantley Municipal Complex
Petrey
Dozier
Fort Deposit Town Park
Holy Ground, Woodruff Lake
Prairie Creek Park, Woodruff L
Ruby S. Moore Park
Tuskegee National Forest
Troy, AL
Murphree Park
x
x
x
0.25
0.25
0.25
25.00
0.47
0.50
0.50
0.38
17.00
14.00
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Length
(miles)
Interpretive
Equestrian
ORV / ATV
Canoe
Mtn Biking
Biking
Location
Hiking
Trail Name
Walking
County
Multi Use
Region 5: South Central Alabama Development Commission
x
x
x
x
35.00
x
93.60
41
Choctaw
Choctaw
Choctaw
Choctaw
Choctaw
Choctaw
Clarke
Clarke
Clarke
Conecuh
Dallas
Marengo
Marengo
Marengo
Marengo
Marengo
Monroe
Monroe
Monroe
Perry
Perry
Perry
Sumter
Sumter
Washington
Wilcox
Wilcox
Wilcox
Wilcox
Wilcox
Butler Multi-Use Trail
Zack Rogers City Park
Gilbertown Walking Trail
Gilbertown Park
Lisman Walking Trail
Lisman Community Park
Pennington Walking Trail
Pennington Community Park
Shady Grove Walking Trail
The
Toxey Community Center Walking
Trail
Toxey Community Center
Fulton Recreational Park Trail
Fulton Recreational Park
Silver Creek Trails
Silver Creek Park, Claiborne L
Silver Creek Trails
Silver Creek Park, Claiborne L
Sepulga River Canoe Trail
US Hwy 31, near Evergreen
Cahaba River Overlook Trail
Old Cahawba State Park
Bigbee Bottom Hiking Trail
Lower Pool Park, L Demopolis
Chickasaw Trails
Chickasaw State Park
Demopolis Sportsplex
Multipurpose Trail
Demopolis Sportsplex
Foscue Park Nature Trail
Foscue Park, L Demopolis
Lower Pool Hiking Trail
Lower Pool Park, L Demopolis
Bells Landing Trails
Prairie Creek Park, Claiborne L
Excel Walking Trail
Murphy Park
Haines Island Trails
Haines Island Park, Claiborne L
Cahaba River Canoe Trail
Barton's Beach Park, Perry Co.
Cahaba River Nature Trail
Barton's Beach Park, Perry Co.
Marion Historic Trail
Marion
C.D. Rucks Park Walking Trail
C.D. Rucks Park
Isaac Bonner Sr. Mem. Walking
Trail
Gainesville-Cate Park
McIntosh Community Park Trail McIntosh Community Park
Bridgeport North Trails
Prairie Creek Park, Woodruff L
Holleys Ferry Trails
Holleys Ferry Park, Claiborne L
Isaac Creek Trails
Isaac Creek Park, Claiborne L
Pine Hill Walking Trail
Pine Hill Municipal Park
Roland Cooper Nature Trail
Roland Cooper State Park
30 Total Trails
42
x
x
x
x
x
x
0.58
0.37
0.25
0.50
0.18
x
x
0.27
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Length
(miles)
Interpretive
Equestrian
ORV / ATV
Canoe
Mtn Biking
Biking
Location
Hiking
Trail Name
Walking
County
Multi Use
Region 6: Alabama-Tombigbee Regional Commission
x
x
1.04
x
x
x
x
0.25
0.50
0.50
6.80
0.50
2.00
x
x
x
0.75
1.00
0.50
0.66
0.50
x
x
x
x
x
0.50
x
0.24
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
0.27
0.50
0.50
0.50
0.43
1.50
21.59
Barbour
Barbour
Eufaula Wildlife Refuge Nature
Trail
Lake Eufaula Trails - 7 trails
Eufaula NWR
Lakepoint Resort State Park
Behind Town Hall (Old Rail
Barbour
Reed Avenue Area Walking Trail Depot) In Clayton
Barbour
Wildlife Drive
Eufaula NWR
Coffee
Don Helms Walking Trail
Town of New Brockton,
Coffee
Enterprise Recreational Trail
Enterprise Recreational Complex
At intersection of Coffee county
Coffee
Heflin Smith's Sports Complex
Road 494 and State Highway 52.
Mayor James E. Grimes
Riverwalk Trail
Coffee
Elba
Covington
Conecuh River Canoe Trail
CR 107 Boat Ramp, Andalusia
Covington
Five Runs Loop Trail
Conecuh National Forest
x
Covington
Florala Multiuse Trail
Florala State Park
Covington
Frank Jackson Trail
Frank Jackson State Park
Covington
LBWCC Trail
LBW Community College
Covington
North Loop Trail
Covington
Open Pond Trail
Covington
Robinson Park
Robinson Park
Covington
Yellow River Canoe Trail
Start - AL Hwy 55
Covington County Pleasant Home Nature Trail
Pleasant Home School Campus
Choctawhatchee River Canoe
Trail
Dale
Start - US Hwy 231
Dale
Ft. Rucker Equestrian Center
Dale
Ozark Pedestrian Trail
Ed Lisenby Lake
W. Fork Choctawhatchee Canoe
Trail
Dale
Start - All Hwy 27
Geneva
Flagler Trail
Geneva State Forest
Geneva
Pea River Canoe Trail
Start - CR 17
Geneva
Yellow Blaze Trail
Geneva State Forest
Henry
Abbeville Walking Trail
Abbeville Recreation Complex
Houston
Chattahoochee State Park
Chattahoochee State Park
Houston
Chattahoochee Trail
Chattahoochee Park
Houston
Dothan Area Botanicals Garden 5130 Headland Avenue
Houston
Eastgate Boardwalk
Eastgate Park
Houston
Kiwanis Trail
Westgate park, Dothan Alabama
Houston
Larry and Rona Dykes Trail
Westgate Park, Dothan
Houston
Omussee Trails
Omussee Park
Houston
Rehobeth Walking Trail
Rehobeth Nature Park
Houston
The Parkman Boardwalk
Landmark Park
Houston
Town of Taylor Walking Trails
Taylor
Houston
Walton Park Trail
Walton Park
37 Total Trails
43
Length
(miles)
Interpretive
Equestrian
ORV / ATV
Canoe
Mtn Biking
Biking
Location
Hiking
Trail Name
Walking
County
Multi Use
Region 7: Southeast Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission
x
1.50
x
5.00
x
x
x
0.25
x
x
x
7.00
0.25
1.30
x
0.67
x
2.10
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
4.00
5.30
1.25
1.00
1.75
13.80
2.10
0.40
12.70
1.25
4.10
x
x
3.10
x
5.70
x
11.60
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
0.50
6.00
1.50
0.75
0.30
0.50
3.25
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
0.33
0.34
0.50
0.66
100.75
Baldwin
Baldwin
Baldwin
Baldwin
Baldwin
Baldwin
Baldwin
Baldwin
Baldwin
Baldwin
Baldwin
Baldwin
Baldwin
Baldwin
Baldwin
Baldwin
Baldwin
Baldwin
Baldwin
Baldwin
Baldwin
Baldwin
Baldwin
Baldwin
Baldwin
Baldwin
Baldwin
Baldwin
Baldwin
Baldwin
Escambia
Escambia
Escambia
Escambia
Escambia
Escambia
Mobile
Mobile
Mobile
Mobile
Mobile
Mobile
Mobile
Mobile
Alligator Marsh Trail
Gulf State Park
Armadillo Trail
Gulf State Park
Bay Minette Trail
Bay Minette
Bear Creek Trail
Gulf State Park
Black Willow Trail
Meaher State Park
Bobcat Branch Trail
Gulf State Park
Centennial Trail
Bon Secour NWR
Eastern Shore Trail
Mobile Bay Causeways
Holly Trail
Gulf State Park
Hugh Branyon Backcountry Trail Gulf State Park
Hugh Branyon Backcountry Trail Orange Beach/Gulf State Park
Hurricane Creek Canoe Trail
Hurricane Landing
Hurricane Ridge Trail
Gulf State Park
Jeff Friend Trail
Bon Secour NWR
Loxley Mun. Park Walking Trail Loxley Municipal Park
Magnolia River Canoe Trail
Begin – County Road 49
Meaher Trails
Meaher State Park
Middle Lake Overlook Trail
Gulf State Park
Middle Lake Trail
Gulf State Park
Navy Cove Canoe Trail
Pirate Cove
Perdido River Canoe Trail
CR 196, Barrineau Park, Florida
Pine Beach Trail
Bon Secour NWR
Pioneer Park Walking Trail
Summerdale
Redoubt Loop
Historic Blakely State Park
Rice Creek Canoe Trail
Rice Creek Landing
Robertsdale Trail
Start – Palmer / Hughen Street
South Beach Park Road
Municipal Pier
Styx River Canoe Trail
Start – CR 64
Tallow Trail
Gulf State Park
Weeks Bay Nature Trail
Weeks Bay National Estuary
Big Escambia Creek
CR 27 – Sardine Bridge
CCC / Bell Trail
Little River State Forest
Gazebo Trail
Little River State Forest
Houston Avery Park
200 Park Drive, Atmore
Tom Byrne Park
1404 Medical Park Drive
Village Point Park Trail
Village Point Park
ATC Trail
USCG Aviation Training Ctr
Chickasabogue Park Trails
Chickasabogue Park
Cottage Hill Park Mtn. Bike Trail Cottage Hill Park, Mobile
Escatawpa River
Begin – Ferry Road
Rails to Trails
City of Citronelle
Sand Island Sea Kayak Trail
Dauphin Island Beach
Taylor Harper Hiking – Biking Trail Dauphin Island
USS Alabama Historical Trail
Fort Conde Museum
44 Total Trails
44
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Length
(miles)
Interpretive
Equestrian
ORV / ATV
Canoe
Mtn Biking
Biking
Location
Hiking
Trail Name
Walking
County
Multi Use
Region 8: South Alabama Regional Planning Commission
1.00
1.80
0.75
0.50
0.75
2.20
32.00
7.80
3.84
9.20
0.75
0.90
0.50
5.90
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
1.50
7.70
18.00
4.00
0.95
6.10
11.50
1.75
0.27
15.40
0.25
1.30
13.30
1.50
2.60
0.07
0.50
5.00
11.00
2.00
12.10
2.00
7.50
7.00
6.5
207.68
Elmore
Elmore
Elmore
Elmore
Elmore
Montgomery
Montgomery
Montgomery
Montgomery
Coosa River Canoe Trail
Millbrook Walking Trail
Panther Palace Walking Trail
Panther Palace Walking Trail
Weoka Creek Canoe Trail
Flatwood Walking Trail
Gunter Hill Trails
Pine Level Park Multi-Use Trail
Pintlala Walking Trail
8 Total Trails
Start – Jordan Dam
Millbrook
Panther Palace Park
Eclectic
Start – CR 432, Elmore County
Flatwood Park
Gunter Hill C/G, Woodruff L
Pine Level Park
Pintlala Park
45
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Length
(miles)
Interpretive
Equestrian
ORV / ATV
Canoe
Mtn Biking
Biking
Location
Hiking
Trail Name
Walking
County
Multi Use
Region 9: Central Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission
6.80
0.25
0.20
0.20
2.40
0.25
0.50
0.50
0.25
11.35
Lee
Lee
Lee
Lee
Lee
Lee
Lee
Lee
Lee
Lee
Russell
Russell
Boy Scout Trail
Chewacla Mountain Bike Trail
Deer Rub Trail
Eagle Scout Trail
Loop Road Trail
Mountain Laurel Trail
Sweet Shrub Trail
Town Creek Park Trail
Troup 30 Boy Scout Trail
West Ridge Park Trail
Idle Hour Nature Trail
Southside Park Nature Trail
11 Total Trails
Chewacla State Park
Chewacla State Park
Chewacla State Park
Chewacla State Park
Chewacla State Park
Chewacla State Park
Chewacla State Park
Town Creek Park
Chewacla State Park
West Ridge Park
Idle Hour Park
Southside Park
46
x
x
Length
(miles)
Interpretive
Equestrian
ORV / ATV
Canoe
Mtn Biking
Biking
Location
Hiking
Trail Name
Walking
County
Multi Use
Region 10: Lee-Russell Council of Governments
15.00
x
x
x
x
x
x
1.00
0.09
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
1.00
1.10
1.00
19.19
Cullman
Cullman
Cullman
Cullman
Cullman
Cullman
Cullman
Cullman
Cullman
Cullman
Cullman
Cullman
Cullman
Cullman
Cullman
Lawrence
Lawrence
Morgan
Morgan
Ave Maria Grotto Trail
Back Country Trail Rides
Chigger Ridge
Fairview Multipurpose Trail
Garden City Recreational Trail
Good Hope Recreational Trail
Holly Pond Multipurpose Trail
Hurricane Creek Park Loop
Hurricane Creek Park Loop
Sportsman Lake Mountain Bike
Trail
Sportsman Lake Recreational
Trail
Stony Lonesome OHV Park
Veteran's Park Walking Trail
Vivian T. Allen Park Trail
West Point Recreational Trail
Ave Maria Grotto
Cullman
Cullman
Fairview Park
Garden City
Good Hope Park
Holly Pond Park
Hurricane Creek Park
Hurricane Creek Park
Flint Creek Multiuse Trail
Bankhead National Forest
H.A. Alexander Mini Park Trail
Eastwood Trail
John Sparkman Park Trail
19 Total Trails
H.A. Alexander Mini Park
Point Mallard Park
John Sparkman Park
x
5.00
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Length
(miles)
x
1.00
varies
15.00
0.76
0.40
0.40
0.25
3.00
8.00
x
x
x
x
x
Interpretive
Equestrian
ORV / ATV
Canoe
x
Sportsman Lake Park
Sportsman Lake Park
Cullman County ORV Park
Veteran's Park
Vivian T. Allen Park
West Point Recreational Park
Mtn Biking
Biking
Location
Hiking
Trail Name
Walking
County
Multi Use
Region 11: North-central Alabama Regional Council of Governments
0.76
x
x
x
x
x
0.51
0.19
0.28
x
x
x
x
x
16.00
0.50
0.50
52.55
47
DeKalb
DeKalb
DeKalb
DeKalb
DeKalb
DeKalb
DeKalb
DeKalb
DeKalb
DeKalb
DeKalb
DeKalb
DeKalb
DeKalb
DeKalb
DeKalb
DeKalb
DeKalb
DeKalb
DeKalb
DeKalb
Jackson
Jackson
Jackson
Jackson
Jackson
Limestone
Limestone
Limestone
Limestone
Limestone
Madison
Madison
Madison
Madison
Madison
Madison
Madison
Madison
Madison
Madison
Azalea Cascade Boardwalk Trail
Buck's Pocket Equestrian Trails
Buck's Pocket Trails
Camp Road Trail
DeSoto Scout Trail
DeSoto State Park Trails
Dye Creek Greenway
Eberhart Trail
Fyffe Recreational Trail
Hammondville Park Trail
Ider Town Park Trail
Little River Canyon
Lost Falls Trail
Point Rock Trail
Powell Town Park Trail
Rhododendron Trail
South Sauty Creek Canoe Trail
South Sauty Creek Hiking Trail
Valley Head Nature Trail
Valley Head Walking Trail
Little River Canyon
North Sand Mountain Park Trail
Russell Cave Trail
Scottsboro Mun. Park Walking
Trail
Walls of Jericho
Walls of Jericho
Campground Loop
Joe Wheeler Blue Blaze
Joe Wheeler Yellow Blaze
Limestone County Rail Trail
Swan Creek Greenway Trail
Aldridge Creek Greenway
DeSoto Resort State Park
Buck's Pocket State Park
Fort Payne
Little River Canyon
Fyffe Town Park
Hammondville Park
Ider Town Park
Ft. Payne
Powell Town Park
Valley Head Town Park
Valley Head Town Park
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Lake Guntersville
Scottsboro
Scottsboro
Joe Wheeler State Park
Elkmont
Aldridge Creek Greenway
Charles Stone Memorial Park Trail Charles Stone Park
Colonial Hills
Dublin Park Walking Trail
Dublin Park
Flint River Canoe Trail
Start - Oscar Patterson Road
Bankhead Parkway, 2.6 miles
from Washington Street
Land Trust Loop
Madison County Nature Trail
Green Mountain
McKay Hollow
Monte Santo State Park
Mountain Mist
North Plateau Loop
48
Length
(miles)
0.82
6.00
13.90
2.60
4.60
15.00
0.67
2.20
0.41
0.25
0.13
19.00
3.20
3.50
0.25
1.30
7.15
7.00
0.34
x
x
North Sand Mountain Park
Russell Cave Nat'l Monument
Interpretive
Equestrian
ORV / ATV
Canoe
Mtn Biking
Biking
Location
Hiking
Trail Name
Walking
County
Multi Use
Region 12: Top of Alabama Regional Council of Governments
x
19.00
0.42
2.00
x
x
x
0.80
x
6.40
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
15.00
0.95
5.40
x
4.70
x
x
x
2.25
5.00
3.70
2.40
x
x
x
x
0.50
1.80
2.50
8.00
0.01
0.42
Madison
Madison
Madison
Madison
Madison
Madison
Madison
Marshall
Marshall
Marshall
Marshall
Marshall
Marshall
Marshall
Marshall
Marshall
Marshall
Marshall
Marshall
Marshall
Marshall
Marshall
Marshall
Marshall
Marshall
Marshall
Marshall
Marshall
Marshall
Old Railroad Bed Trail
Outdoor Classroom Trail
Phillips Park Pedestrian Trail
South Plateau Loop
Stone Cuts Trail
Tennessee River Greenway Trail
Wade Mountain Trail
Albertville Community Walking
Trail
Arab City Park Trail
Cascade Trail
Cave Trail
Cutchenmine Trail
Daniel's Trail
Golf Course Loop
King's Chapel Trail
Lake Guntersville State Park
Mountain Bicycle Trail
Lickskillet Trail
Lodge Trail
Meredith Trail
Moonshine Trail
Nature Trail
Old Still Path
Seale's Trail
Spring Trail
Sunset Drive Trail
Terrell Trail
Thompson-Edison Park Trail
Tom Bevill Trail
Waterfall Trail
70 Total Trails
Bankhead Parkway
Phillips Park
49
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Length
(miles)
Interpretive
Equestrian
ORV / ATV
Canoe
x
x
x
Guntersville
Thompson-Edison Park
Mtn Biking
x
Wade Mountain
Albertville
Arab City Park
Biking
Location
Hiking
Trail Name
Walking
County
Multi Use
Region 12, continued
2.00
1.00
0.50
2.40
3.00
0.75
1.50
0.76
x
1.00
2.30
1.50
4.20
0.50
3.50
0.80
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
2.50
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
5.00
1.00
2.00
1.50
0.50
0.50
2.00
0.25
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
2.00
0.95
3.80
0.75
218.03
50
Demand and Resources
Trail Construction
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This chapter of the Alabama Trail Plan looks at the demand and need for trails based on a statewide
telephone survey and stakeholder responses. It also provides an overview of available resources to
assist communities and organizations in reaching their trail goals, either through planning and
development guidance, technical guidance or funding assistance.
Trail Demand
Demand for trails in Alabama was measured with the results of an extensive telephone survey
conducted by the Troy University Center for Business and Economic Services between July 2007 and
June 2008 and from stakeholder responses obtained during the public meetings of the planning
process. A complete analysis of the telephone survey results has been produced as a companion
document to the Alabama SCORP and Alabama Trail Plan. More detailed information regarding the
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survey is reported in the Alabama SCORP, 2008-2012. This chapter will only review those parts of
the telephone survey that are relevant to recreational trail use and development.
Figure 11:
Importance of Outdoor Recreation
47.90%
50%
45%
Percent of Population
According to the Troy University
survey, almost 75 percent of the
respondents stated that outdoor
recreation is either important or very
important to their households. In fact,
almost half of the respondents (47.9
percent) stated that outdoor recreation
is very important to their households.
It can be assumed that trail usage is a
part of outdoor recreation.
40%
35%
25.50%
30%
25%
17.90%
20%
15%
5.20%
10%
3.40%
Recreation demand is measured by the
5%
0%
percentage of the population that
Very
Important
Lesser
Not Very
Not Important
participated in an outdoor recreation
Important
Importance
Important
activity (rate of participation) and by
how often the population participates in a particular activity (frequency of participation). Telephone
survey callers asked respondents for estimates of numbers of times that household members engaged
in 40 types of outdoor activities. These estimates form a basis for projecting numbers of participants
by outdoor recreation activity and numbers of “outdoor recreation activity occasions,” or frequency,
in which the population engaged over a year.
A comparison from the 2008 survey results of the top outdoor recreation activities in which at least 10
percent of the population participated with survey results from previous outdoor recreation surveys in
1990 and 1985 indicates a dramatic increase in the percentage of the population participating in
outdoor recreation activities and a shift in the types of activities in which residents are participating.
With 65.8 percent of the population participating in 2008, walking for pleasure remains as the top
outdoor recreation activity. The 2008 participation rate, however, more than doubled the
participation rates of 1990 and 1985. Other trail-related activities that showed an increase in
participation rates include visiting historical sites, camping at developed sites, trail hiking, ATV trail
use, jogging and driving for pleasure. The participation rates for all of these activities increased by at
least 10 percentage points as shown in Figure 12.
The rate of participation in both trail-related and outdoor recreation varied from one region to another
and in comparison to the statewide participation rates. Walking for pleasure was the activity in which
the highest percent of the participated in all but one region. In Region 8, freshwater beach activities
has the highest percentage of the population participating. The percentage of the population that
participates in walking for pleasure is highest in Region 1: Northwest Alabama and lowest in Region
11: North-central Alabama. There does not appear to be a geographical reason for this discrepancy
since both regions are located across the northern part of the State. Five other trail-related activities
were in the top ten in at least one of the regions in terms of the percentage of population participating.
These activities are, in addition to walking for pleasure, visiting historical sites, camping at
developed sites, trail hiking, ATV trail use, and driving for pleasure. Visiting historical sites is the
number two activity in Region 11 and the number three activity in three regions (Region 1, Region 3
and Region 12). The only region that had a higher participation rate than that of the State in every
category was Region 10: Lee-Russell, which includes the Auburn-Opelika area. Other regions that
had higher participations rates in more than half of the activity categories are Region 4, Region 7 and
Region 8. It is highly likely that the participation rates in these areas are due to both demographics
and the availability of natural resources conducive to trail development.
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Figure 12:
Comparison of Alabama Activity Participation Percentages, 1985 to 2000
Trail Activities Highlighted
Percent of Residents Participating by Year
2008
1990
1985
65.3
29
28
Freshwater beach
54.8
5
5
Pool swimming
52.0
21
8
Football
43.8
4
4
41.6
*
*
Saltwater beach
38.2
10
9
Fishing freshwater bank
31.5
17
11
Outdoor basketball
21.0
8
6
Camping developed sites
20.1
6
6
Soccer
18.0
2
1
Fishing freshwater boat
17.6
15
13
Trail hiking
15.8
5
4
Tennis
15.4
5
8
Small game hunting
14.6
10
9
ATV trail
14.4
1
2
Jogging
14.4
*
*
12.8
*
*
Power boating freshwater
11.4
5
*
Gardening
11.2
*
*
* Comparable data is not available. Source: 2008 and 1990 Data Compiled by Troy University Center for
Business and Economic Services Telephone Survey, 1985 Data was collected by Auburn University.
Activity
Figure 13:
Key
#1 Activity
#2 Activity
#3 Activity
REGION
Activity
STATE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
65.3
72.2 64.2 72.0 67.1 56.7 70.8 63.8 63.2
41.6
50.0 46.6 51.0 42.0 25.0 16.3 39.4 43.4
Camping- dev. sites
20.1
19.3 13.5 19.8 24.7
9.6 18.0 26.2 27.4
Trail hiking
15.8
10.3
8.6 18.1 15.2 12.6 13.2 17.9 17.1
ATV trail
14.4
14.9 18.6 12.4 19.6 16.2 23.6 15.3 13.4
Jogging
14.4
8.2 11.1 13.9 11.7 11.1 19.4 16.8 19.4
12.8
8.9
7.3 11.9 13.3 19.9 19.5 14.4 13.8
Canoeing / rafting
9.1
5.9
5.1
7.3 11.2
9.7
8.0
9.7 18.2
Bird watching
8.4
6.4
7.7
7.8
6.7 14.8
9.4 11.6
9.0
Nature photography
5.8
2.0
3.0
3.1
8.2
5.6
5.9
9.4
7.5
5.1
1.7
1.8
7.0
5.8
3.8
3.7
5.3
7.4
Horse trail riding
4.8
4.5
6.7
3.2
6.6
6.3
4.1
7.3
3.5
3.2
2.8
0.4
2.6
6.0
4.4
1.0
4.3
4.7
Mountain bike trail
2.8
0.8
3.3
4.9
0.9
0.2
2.0
2.2
3.2
Bicycling on roads
2.7
2.7
7.2
1.3
0.7
2.2
2.3
5.4
1.0
Other horse riding
2.3
0.4
0.7
0.5
1.9
4.2
5.1
2.6
4.6
Motorcycle trail
2.2
2.2
1.1
3.2
2.1
2.4
2.0
2.8
1.5
Truck trail
1.7
2.5
0.3
1.1
0.5
4.5
0.7
4.8
0.0
53
9
65.2
37.5
18.4
16.5
9.2
17.3
18.9
10.3
10.1
10.1
3.4
4.6
2.5
3.8
3.0
3.4
2.9
2.4
10
71.6
42.0
26.3
25.4
16.7
20.0
13.1
11.9
10.1
7.5
10.4
7.2
6.7
5.3
4.7
4.6
2.6
2.0
11
55.7
54.2
20.1
17.3
10.7
4.0
6.3
10.1
3.7
3.9
4.0
3.5
1.6
1.4
1.3
1.3
3.2
1.2
12
59.5
42.7
14.5
17.8
9.7
14.7
6.8
5.2
2.7
3.6
5.8
4.6
2.2
2.4
3.0
0.5
0.6
2.1
The frequency with which Alabama residents participated in trail-related activities presents an even
higher level of demand than citizen participation rates. As shown in Figure 14, of the 65.3 percent of
the population that participated in walking for pleasure, the average number of occasions in which
they participated in the activity was 106.1 times per year. Likewise, jogging, which has a 14.4
9.2 times per year.
Some trail-related activities that have lower participation rate, of less than 10 percent of the
example is reason why both the participation rate and the frequency rate must be taken into account
when planning for trail facilities. It is likely that some trails may actually be used more by a small
group of people than other trails in which a large number of people use the facility infrequently.
multi-use trails.
The results of the Troy University SCORP survey show that are six outdoor activities in which the
State population engages on average at least once a week, with a frequency rate of 52.0 or higher. Of
these six activities, four are trail-related activities: walking for pleasure, jogging, driving for
It is felt that these high volumes of both participation levels and frequency of participation speak very
loudly since participation in trail-related activities generally takes some degree of planning and
Atwood Linear Park
Courtesy of the
City of Huntsville
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Figure 14:
Statewide Frequency of Participation In Outdoor Recreation Activities
By Average Number of Activity Occasions
Number
Percent
of
of
participants
population
3,108,516
65.3
Jogging
683,216
14.4
Saltwater beach
1,817,308
38.2
611,324
12.8
Outdoor basketball
1,000,781
21.0
ATV trail
683,693
14.4
Pool swimming
2,474,338
52.0
Soccer
856,044
18.0
Motorcycle trail
103,792
2.2
244,244
5.1
Nature photography
276,143
5.8
Tennis
734,160
15.4
Gardening
531,814
11.2
Bird watching
401,836
8.4
Fishing freshwater bank
1,497,363
31.5
Fishing freshwater boat
838,904
17.6
Volleyball
353,273
7.4
Horse trail
229,485
4.8
Baseball / softball
325,182
6.8
Other horse riding
109,029
2.3
Trail hiking
750,348
15.8
Golf
209,964
4.4
Football
2,085,357
43.8
Mountain bike trail
132,358
2.8
Power boating freshwater
540,860
11.4
Sailing saltwater
44,754
0.9
Saltwater fishing shore
176,636
3.7
Small game hunting
695,595
14.6
Saltwater fishing boat
333,752
7.0
Bicycling on roads
127,121
2.7
Waterfowl hunting
274,239
5.8
Power boating saltwater
247,577
5.2
Truck trail
79,034
1.7
Sailing freshwater
83,319
1.8
Canoeing / rafting
432,783
9.1
Large game hunting
185,206
3.9
152,831
3.2
Camping developed sites
956,979
20.1
Freshwater beach
2,607,649
54.8
1,981,090
41.6
Activity
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Average number
of occasions
Per participant
106.1
74.8
68.3
56.6
53.3
53.2
51.3
49.4
47.2
46.7
46.6
45.3
43.1
41.6
40.1
39.5
38.6
37.5
37.4
36.5
35.1
34.3
34.0
28.9
27.9
25.4
24.5
23.1
22.4
19.9
18.4
15.1
12.6
11.8
11.6
10.4
9.7
9.2
7.7
5.1
Following the questions on which activities that they participated in and how often, survey
respondents were asked to state whether they strongly agreed, agreed, disagreed, strongly disagreed
or didn’t know about a series of questions. These questions were designed to determine how strongly
the respondents felt about a statement, rather than just a “yes” or “no” answer. Five of the 16
statements were directly related to trail activities in regards to the need for more jogging trails, hiking
trails, mountain bike trails, horse trails, and the need for more acquisition and preservation of park
land or wetlands in the area. Of the five need statements, the need for more jogging trails and the
need for more preservation of park land / wetland areas received the strongest responses, with a
strongly agree response of 37.6 percent and 40.0 percent, respectively. As shown in Figure 15, more
than half of the respondents either agreed or strongly agreed with the statements regarding an need for
additional jogging trails and park land / wetland acquisition and preservation. Overall, the responses
to the remaining three statements were in agreement with the need for more hiking trails and
mountain biking trails. The responses regarding horse trails is almost equal, with 24.7 strongly
disagreeing and 24.0 strongly agreeing that more horse trails are needed. More information regarding
the intensity of felt needs by each region of the State is available in the Alabama SCORP.
Figure 15:
Statewide Response
Intensity of Felt Needs for Trail-Related Activities
Responses
Statement
“More walking and jogging trails
should be built in your area.”
“More access to hiking trails is
needed in your area.”
“More access to mountain biking
trails is needed in your area.”
“More access to horse and/or offroad vehicle trails is needed in your
area.”
“More undeveloped park land
and/or wetlands should be bought
and protected in your area.”
No
Response
1
Strongly
Disagree
2
3
4
5
Strongly
Agree
1.4%
16.5%
9.8%
16.1%
18.5%
37.6%
2.2%
20.3%
11.8%
20.6%
17.0%
28.1%
2.6%
23.1%
12.8%
22.5%
14.9%
24.1%
2.2%
24.7%
12.6%
22.7%
13.9%
24.0%
2.3%
18.1%
9.0%
18.6%
12.0%
40.0%
Source: Troy University Center for Business and Economic Services, 2008 SCORP Survey.
Survey respondents were also asked to identify the three greatest outdoor recreational needs in their
area in order of priority. Figure 16 offers a comparison of the number one greatest need for the State
ranked by the most frequent response and a comparison with how each activity ranked in each region.
Parks, ranked first for the State, was also ranked first in six of the regions – Region 3, Region 4,
Region 5, Region 6, Region 9 and Region 10. In Region 1 and Region 12, playground ranked first; in
Region 2, Region 8 and Region 11, swimming pools were the highest ranked; and, in Region 7,
walking and jogging trails ranked as the greatest need. Walking and jogging trails were also ranked
in the top five of the greatest needs in Region 1, Region 2, Region 3, Region 6, Region 7, Region 9,
Region 10, Region11 and Region 12. Other trail-related activities that ranked in the top five of the
greatest outdoor recreation needs include bicycle trails in Region 8 (#3) and Region 12 (#4); and,
hiking trails in Region 3 (#5).
For the State, walking and jogging trails ranked first for the both the second and third greatest need.
(See Figure 17.) Bicycle trails ranked fifth for the second greatest need; and hiking trails ranked sixth
for both the second and third greatest need. As with the intensity of felt needs, more information by
region is available in the SCORP.
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Figure 16:
#1 Stated Outdoor Recreation Need By Region, Sorted By State
ACTIVITY
Parks
Swimming pools
Walking/jogging trails
Playgrounds
Hunting & hunting land
Bicycle trails
Hiking trails
Fishing access/water
Baseball fields
Golf / golf courses
Basketball courts
Camping sites
Softball fields
Soccer fields
Trails (unspecified)
Tennis courts
Skate/skateboard areas
Ball fields
ATV trails
Horse riding trails
Beach Access
Bicycling Signs
Boating
Boat Ramps
Dog Parks and Trails
Football
Lakes / Rivers Access
Mountain Climbing
Nature Trails, Preserves
Off Road Trails
Organized Sports
Park Maintenance
Picnic Areas / Tables
Running Tracks
Running Trails
Security Improved
Shooting Ranges
Sidewalks
Undeveloped Land
Volleyball Courts
Walking Trail Safety
Water Parks
Wetlands
STATE
RANK
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
REGION RANK
1
2
5
3
1
4
15
19
13
12
11
7
18
20
2
4
1
2
3
8
16
17
5
7
18
9
3
1
4
2
3
11
8
5
19
6
10
20
17
7
13
4
1
6
7
3
19
12
17
15
10
16
11
14
5
4
5
1
4
7
2
19
12
18
15
17
11
14
3
6
5
16
8
6
1
2
5
3
8
19
7
6
4
13
12
18
9
11
14
7
3
5
1
4
6
8
9
7
2
10
13
14
11
12
12
6
9
8
18
12
16
8
2
1
6
4
5
3
11
13
9
1
3
2
4
16
6
12
15
13
10
8
11
5
9
14
10
17
18
17
7
9
10
9
20
16
10
1
5
2
3
19
18
12
8
9
4
14
15
7
6
20
20
16
11
5
1
4
3
2
9
7
12
3
5
2
1
17
4
6
18
17
7
11
15
19
10
6
13
12
8
16
8
10
12
14
17
19
19
19
17
13
19
13
17
12
14
20
11
16
8
14
18
9
20
9
14
10
13
15
10
14
9
20
13
14
15
16
15
2
10
20
15
20
15
6
16
16
13
15
20
18
18
Source: Troy University Center for Business and Economic Services, 2008 SCORP Survey.
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11
# of
Adults
34,458
32,960
69,020
49,451
87,220
54,118
80,106
68,149
83,447
20,584
93,942
997,498
401,459
1.0
0.9
1.9
1.4
2.5
1.5
2.3
1.9
2.3
0.6
2.6
28.1
11.3
19
18
9
11
6
12
8
10
7
20
5
234,574
29,326
52,295
61,033
273,528
32,729
44,529
248,354
6.6
0.8
1.5
1.7
7.7
0.9
1.3
7.0
4
17
14
13
2
16
15
3
16
14
8
15
5
19
7
20
6
18
10
1
70,088
30,708
175,284
52,734
39,905
198,298
2.0
0.9
4.9
1.5
1.1
5.6
9
17
2
12
13
1
Rank
0.9
1.0
2.2
1.0
3.0
0.7
2.3
0.6
2.4
0.7
1.6
44.2
4.3
1.5
4.9
Rank
32,547
35,694
76,555
34,286
105,485
25,683
83,478
21,676
86,916
25,934
58,080
1,572,362
151,700
54,539
173,011
4
11
3
Rank
% of
Adults
ATV trails
Ball fields
Baseball fields
Basketball courts
Bicycle trails
Camping sites
Fishing access/water
Golf / golf courses
Hiking trails
Horse riding trails
Hunting & hunting land
None cited
Parks
Picnic areas
Playgrounds
Skate/skateboard areas
Soccer fields
Softball fields
Swimming pools
Tennis courts
Trails (unspecified)
Walking/jogging trails
% of
Adults
Need Cited
% of
Adults
#3 Greatest Need
# of
Adults
State of Alabama
Three Greatest Outdoor Recreation Needs
Trail-Related Activities Highlighted
#1 Greatest Need
#2 Greatest Need
# of
Adults
Figure 17:
36,756
17,472
31,942
16,147
61,126
31,379
76,735
36,513
66,613
1.0
0.5
0.9
0.5
1.7
0.9
2.2
1.0
1.9
10
18
12
19
7
13
5
11
6
18,860
2,228,694
84,090
45,709
89,034
15,335
31,048
27,198
119,424
24,332
38,528
141,850
0.5
62.7
2.4
1.3
2.5
0.4
0.9
0.8
3.4
0.7
1.1
4.0
17
4
8
3
20
14
15
2
16
9
1
Source: Troy University Center for Business and Economic Services, 2008 SCORP Survey. .
During the public meetings and workshop, trail and outdoor recreation stakeholder responses closely
resembled the survey responses, with the exception of walking and jogging trails. Top responses for
trail needs from meeting attendees included safe bicycle trails, birding and watchable wildlife trails,
equestrian trails, more waterway access and campsites on waterway trails, nature trails, and
ATV/OHV trails. Surprisingly, walking and jogging trails were rarely mentioned in the public
meetings, except in the context of public parks. One recurring need throughout all of the meetings,
however, was connectivity. Connectivity between trails and connectivity between residential areas
and parks by way of trails were discussed often.
Trail Resources
Few trails have been developed in Alabama without benefit of some form of partnerships – either
financial, management or construction. Most often, it has taken more than one partnership to put a
trail on the ground. In Alabama’s rural communities, even small walking trails generally require the
commitment of the community to provide in-kind labor, a donation of land, or management and
upkeep agreements to enable a local government to fund the remainder of a trail project. This
purpose of this section on trail resources is to provide information on what agencies and organizations
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have a vested interest in promoting trail development in Alabama and what each may have to offer.
A similar assessment of was compiled of outdoor recreational resources in the Alabama SCORP.
Since outdoor recreation includes trails, federal and state agencies with interests in trail development
have already been discussed in that document and will not be repeated here. Instead, a list of the
relevant federal and state agencies is provided for reference.
Federal Resources:
Department of the Interior
 National Park Service
 National Parks
 National Natural
Landmarks
 Registry of Historic
Places / Landmarks
 National Scenic and
Historic Trails
 Federal Surplus Real
Property
 RTCA Program
 National Wild and
Scenic Rivers
 LWCF Program
 Fish and Wildlife
Services
 Conservation
 National Refuges
 Federal Aid
Programs
Department of Defense
 Corps of Engineers
 Military Bases
Department of Agriculture
 U.S. Forest Service
 National Forests
 Wilderness Areas
 Natural Resource
Conservation Service
 Farmers Home
Administration
 Agriculture Stabilization
and Conservation
Service
 Cooperative Extension
Service
Department of
Transportation
 Transportation
Enhancement Program
 Recreational Trails
Program
Department of Commerce
 Coastal Zone
Management
Tennessee Valley Authority
 Reservoir Management
Appalachian Regional
Commission
Economic Development
Administration
Housing and Urban
Development
State Resources:
Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources
 State Parks
 Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries
 Marine Resources
 State Lands
Alabama Historic Commission
 Historic Structures
 Archeological Sites
 Architectural Landmarks
Department of Transportation
 Transportation Enhancements
 Scenic Byways
 Congestion Management and Air
Quality Control
Bureau of Tourism and Travel
 Dissemination of Information
Alabama Forestry Commission
 State Parks
 Forest Education Center
 TREASURE Forests
Alabama Department of Economic and
Community Affairs
 Community Development Block Grants
 Appalachian Regional Commission
 Land and Water Conservation Fund
 Recreational Trails Program
Resource Conservation & Development
Retirement Systems of Alabama
Tannehill Foundry
Alabama Battleship Commission
Historic Blakely State Park
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Figure 18:
Source: Alabama Department of Transportation
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Local Governments
In Alabama, the term local government includes 426 incorporated cities and towns and 67 counties.
Unlike recreation resources, trails have not generally fallen under the prevue of local governments for
planning, design, construction and maintenance unless the local government is one of Alabama’s
larger municipalities. Generally, smaller local governments simply do not have the land nor the
resources to acquire the land for trail development other than a fitness trail at the municipal park.
Therefore, local governments in Alabama have had to be resourceful in partnering with other
organizations to acquire land or to assist with funding to be able to provide trail facilities. For that
reason, the great majority of the larger trail systems are located on federal lands.
Alabama’s larger municipalities have been able to provide some degree of trail development, either
through local funds or through transportation enhancement or air quality mitigation funds in areas
where air pollution is a problem, such as Jefferson County. Local government projects in the larger
municipalities are usually urban trails, such as greenways and rail-trails. These facilities have been
very successful and other governments throughout the state have continued to pursue Recreational
Trail Program funds as well as Transportation Enhancement funds to further their local trail systems.
Other Resources
Perhaps the biggest non-governmental proponent for trail development in Alabama has been trail
membership and non-profit conservation organizations. There are more than 85 such organizations in
the State that have either a direct or indirect interest in trail development. AA list of the State Trail
resources has been included in the Alabama SCORP and Trail Plan as Appendix F.) Unfortunately,
coordination among these groups can be difficult as volunteer leadership tends to change on a
periodic basis. There remains a need, however, to expand the horizons of many small organizations
into one mutually beneficial picture. An example is the numerous watershed organizations
throughout the state that could benefit in maintaining water quality by helping a local trail
organization construct a trail near a stream to filter stormwater runoff and minimize the impacts of
urban development. Local trail organizations would benefit through the support of the watershed
management organization in furthering the trail concept and a proposed trail could be enhanced by an
adjacent stream or marsh area.
Another significant component of the private sector trail resources is the commercial timber and
paper industry. Lands owned by such corporations generally are open to the public for hunting on a
permit fee or lease basis. Several of the wildlife management areas operated by the Wildlife and
Freshwater Fisheries Division of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources are located
on corporate timber lands. The backbone of the private sector recreational interests is small
businesses, which make available a variety of recreational activities, some of which are found
nowhere else. Canoe outfitters, campground, amusement park, and private botanical garden operators
and marina operators are but a few of those included in this group.
Aside from passive cooperation (development of complementary as opposed to competing facilities
and donations), there has been very little joint public/ private sector recreation activity in Alabama
outside of the hunting and fishing activities noted above. A major break with this trend occurred in
1990 when the Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA) in concert with the Sunbelt Golf Corporation
began planning for four world championship golf complexes. Each complex consists of three
regulation 18 hole courses and one 18 hole par three course. The complexes, all designed by Robert
Trent Jones, are located in Huntsville, Auburn/Opelika, Birmingham, and Mobile. Two smaller
complexes (36 regulation holes and one 18 hole par three) are in Dothan and Greenville. Another
development is under construction in the Shoals area, near Florence.
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The complexes are located on land that is either donated by the private sector or provided by the local
governments. In addition to adding to the supply of outdoor recreation resources, the complexes
augment Alabama's tourism and retirees’ initiatives and provide other spin-off benefits such as
increased employment and development of golf-related businesses. Due to the prevailing economic
climate and state of intergovernmental assistance, opportunities for additional public/private sector
ventures should be explored. However, it must be realized by elected and appointed officials that
while such opportunities may exist, recreation historically has been and continues to be a public good.
That is, the benefits extend to society as a whole and, in most cases, cannot be directly associated
with activity participants.
Finally, there are numerous national trail organization that can provide technical assistance, tips, and
educational workshops in trail development and management. Some of the more prominent national
trail organizations include the following:
American Trails
National, nonprofit organization working on behalf of all trail interests, including hiking, bicycling,
mountain biking, horseback riding, water trails, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, trail
motorcycling, ATVs, snowmobiling and four-wheeling. American Trails members want to create and
protect America's network of interconnected trails. We support local, regional, and long-distance
trails and greenways, whether they be in backcountry, rural or urban areas. Our goal is to support
America's trails by finding common ground and promoting cooperation among all trail interests.
Since our formation in 1988 we've been involved in everything from training trails advocates to
increasing accessible trail opportunities for persons with disabilities.
www.americantrails.org
Backcountry Horsemen of America
The stated purpose the Backcountry Horsemen of America is as follows:
1. To perpetuate the common sense use and enjoyment of horses in America’s back country and
wilderness.
2. To work to insure that public lands remain open to recreational stock use.
3. To assist the various government and private agencies in their maintenance and management of
said resource.
4. To educate, encourage and solicit active participation in the wise use of the back country resource
by horsemen and the general public commensurate with our heritage.
5. To foster and encourage the formation of new state organizations and BCHA.
www.backcountryhorse.com
League of American Bicyclists (LAB)
The League of American Bicyclists is the oldest bicycling organization in the US. It works through its
members to promote better education and better facilities for bicyclists.
http://www.bikeleague.org
Leave No Trace
Leave No Trace is an national and international program designed to assist outdoor enthusiasts with
their decisions about how to reduce their impacts when they hike, camp, picnic, snowshoe, run, bike,
hunt, paddle, ride horses, fish, ski or climb. The program strives to educate all those who enjoy the
outdoors about the nature of their recreational impacts as well as techniques to prevent and minimize
such impacts. Leave No Trace is best understood as an educational and ethical program, not as a set
of rules and regulations.
www.lnt.org
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National Center for Bicycling & Walking (NCBW)
NCBW is the major program of the Bicycle Federation of America, Inc. (BFA), a national, nonprofit
corporation established in 1977. The NCBW mission is to create bicycle-friendly and walkable
communities. The aim of the NCBW program is to change the way communities are planned,
designed and managed to ensure that people of all ages and abilities can walk and bike easily, safely
and regularly. The changes needed to make communities more physically active places will be
achieved only through sustained action at the local level – in each community – demanded by the
public and supported by the positive national, stat and local policies and programs.
www.bikewalk.org
Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center (PBIC)
The PBIC is a clearinghouse for information about health and safety, engineering, advocacy,
education, enforcement and access and mobility.
http://www.bicyclinginfo.org
Rails-to-Trails
The purpose of Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) is to enrich America's communities and
countryside by creating a nationwide network of public trails from former rail lines and connecting
corridors.
http://www.railtrails.org
Tread Lightly
Tread Lightly! is a nonprofit organization offering a variety of tools to help arm recreationists and the
industries that serve them with essential outdoor ethics. Our mission is to proactively protect
recreation access and opportunities in the outdoors through education and stewardship initiatives.
www.treadlightly.org
Walkable Communities, Inc.
Walkable Communities helps whole communities, or parts of communities, i.e. neighborhoods,
business districts, parks, school districts, subdivisions, specific roadway corridors, etc., become more
walkable and pedestrian friendly.
http://www.walkable.org
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Trends, Benefits, & Issues
Greenway in Huntsville
Photo courtesy of the City of Huntsville
Trends in trail development in Alabama have gathered by collecting data on major ongoing trail
projects. The year of 2008 has been an exciting year for trail enthusiasts with the commemoration of
the connection of the Alabama Pinhoti Trail to the Appalachian Trail via the Georgia Pinhoti Trail
and with the designation of the Alabama Scenic River Trail as a National Recreational Trail, making
it a part of the National Trails System. There are only three other trails in Alabama that have been
designated as part of the National Trails System: the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail, the Selma
to Montgomery National Historic Trail, and the Alabama portion of the Natchez Trace Parkway
National Scenic Trail.
The benefits of these trails in Alabama are many. The benefits of the hundreds of smaller local trails,
however, are just as impressive. This chapter of the Alabama Trail Plan outlines some of the major
trail projects that are currently underway in the State and discusses the varied benefits of trails.
Trail Trends
The Troy University SCORP survey gave credence to the observations that there is a huge upward
swing in trail use in Alabama, both in the number of people who visit and utilize trails and how often
they use trails. Trail facilities ranked high in almost every category throughout the State. This is a
remarkable incidence considering that the survey queried activity levels for 40 different outdoor
recreation activities. Furthermore, many of the activities were much more traditional recreation
activities with greater accessibility than the existing trail system in Alabama’s communities. The
upward swing in trail use was echoed by trail and outdoor recreation stakeholders at a series of public
meetings and at a planning workshop. It is clear that Alabamians want more trails, will use more
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trails and that they want a greater variety of trails. Currently, Alabama has more than 400 individual
local trails stretching some 1,400 miles across the state. That is enough trail mileage to walk from the
Gulf Coast to Little River Canyon four times. That trail mileage does not include Alabama’s distance
The most recent development in Alabama’s Trail System is the Passport to Fitness Program that
encourages communities to create a walking trail, or path, that can be walked by visitors with a
“Passport” that can then be stamped, similar to VolksMarching. The State is preparing the passport
booklets that can be taken to each community and stamped after the walk is completed. The Passport
to Fitness Program encourages many communities to develop a walking trail to take
advantage of the local tourism generated by the program. It also encourages
residents and visitors to participate in the program to see other areas, have their
passport stamped, and hopefully, take on walking as a choice for a healthier
lifestyle. The Passport to Fitness Program is most likely the largest
statewide initiative undertaken for recreational trail development.
Another recent development in Alabama in trail fun is geocaching with
several communities taking part by providing the geocache log and
hiding treasures.
Alabama now has just under 72 miles of rail-trails located in
ten communities. The longest of these rail-trails is the Chief
Ladiga Trail in Anniston, at 33 miles. The Chief Ladiga
Trail is distantly followed by the Swayback Bridge Trail in
Wetumpka, which is 12 miles in length. The rail-trails
provide opportunities for mixed and / or shared use because
of the width of the trail beds and generally the distance that
is covered, however, there is not a length requirement for a
rail-trail Of the total 10 rail-trails, all but one are multi-use
trails. Alabama shortest rail-trails are one mile and are
located in Marion and Birmingham.
Just as Alabama is seeing more and more local trail
development, the State is also seeing continued interest in
long-trails. The Bartram Canoe Trail in the Mobile-Tensaw
Delta was expanded, the 613-mile Alabama Scenic River
Trail was announced, and the Pinhoti Trail was connected to
the Appalachian Trail. The Alabama Hiking Trail Society
has long range plans for two more long-trails in Alabama:
the Great Eastern Trail / Eastern Continental Trail
(GET/ECT) along the east side of the state and the Alabama
Trail, along the western side. It is proposed that there be a
connector trail between the two long trails, running eastwest between Montgomery and Birmingham. The
GET/ECT has been walked in the past, however, there is a
220-mile gap that between the Conecuh Trail and the Pinhoti
Trail that is presently a road trail. As proposed, the
Alabama Trail will also be a north-south trail from the Gulf
Coast to intersect with the Natchez Trace Parkway in
northwest Alabama and continue into middle Tennessee.
These long trails are a visionary plan for Alabama that lay
the groundwork for a statewide trail infrastructure.
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Trail Benefits
and historic sites. They provide places for visitors and residents to exercise and experience the many
natural and cultural wonders of the state, and sometimes provide outdoor classrooms where both
children and adults can learn about native plants and animals. Trails in rural areas can be used to
showcase working landscapes such as farms, groves and forests. Along scenic roadways, they provide
travelers with a glimpse into Alabama’s historic past. Indeed, the connections for Alabamians to their
natural surroundings, to their heritage and to each other is their greatest benefit of the trail.
Following connectivity, five categories of trail benefits were identified by trail stakeholders through
discussion in public meetings: education, conservation, health and safety, feeding the soul, and
economics.

Education
Trail users can learn about the natural, historical and cultural resources of Alabama, many examples
of which can be found along trails or accessed by trails. Trails are ideal destinations for school field
trips and support outdoor classrooms for universities and colleges. Interpretive displays can assist
trail users in developing appreciation for our state’s many fragile resources through observation,
photography, interpretive signs, publications and presentations. Enjoyable and interesting trail
experiences can spur personal commitments to support parks financially, politically, as a volunteer or
as an employee.

Conservation
The conservation benefits of trails include environmental mitigation, heritage preservation, and land
conservation. Trails and the surrounding trail corridors can play an important role in improving water
quality and mitigating flood damage. Trail corridors preserve critical open space that provides natural
buffer zones to protect streams, rivers and lakes from pollution run-off caused by fertilizer and
pesticide use on yards and farms. They can also serve as flood plains that absorb excess water and
mitigate damage caused by floods. Such conservation efforts make good sense, because they save
communities money in the long run.
Trails have the power to connect us to our heritage by preserving historic places and by providing
access to them. They can give people a sense of place and an understanding of the enormity of past
events, such as Indian trails and battlefields. Trails draw the public to historic sites. Other trails
preserve transportation corridors. Rail-trails along historic rail corridors provide a glance at the
importance of this mode of transportation. Many canal paths, preserved for their historic importance
as a transportation route before the advent of railroads, are now used by thousands of people each
year for bicycling, running, hiking and strolling.
Trails can be used as a tool for resource protection. When properly designed and signed, trails
mitigate damage by controlling public access when they route visitors through or around sensitive
resource areas. Vernal pools, unique riparian habitats, archeological sites, and threatened or
endangered species habitats are examples of resources that can benefit from well designed and
managed trails. Greenways create habitat and travel corridors for wildlife. Proposed open space
projects that include trails are more likely to be supported by the general public. Accessible trails
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encourage the public to visit natural areas, thereby raising their awareness and appreciation of these
special limited resources.

Health and Safety
The recreational value of trails are often their foremost attraction. In addition to the entertainment
values of recreation, there is a significant health and fitness benefit as most recreation activities on
trails involve exercise. This health benefit accrues to the individual, and, in the form of reduced
health-care costs, to society as well. It has been widely publicized that a high percentage of American
adults do not achieve the recommended amount of physical activity and 25 percent of adults are not
physically active at all. Walking, hiking, running, riding horses or bicycles, skiing, skating, and
propelling a wheelchair are aerobic exercises that benefit physical health when done regularly.
Regular exercise has been proven to reduce heart disease, hypertension (high blood pressure), and
cholesterol, and is believed to slow the aging process, reduce symptoms of osteoporosis, prevent and
control diabetes, strengthen the immune system, improve arthritis, and relieve pain. Regular exercise
improves mental health by reducing stress and symptoms of depression. Trail use can improve mental
health by providing a sense of open space (something missing in many urban environments) and
opportunities for fun.
Serving as transportation corridors, trails encourage pedestrian and bicycle commuting as an
alternative to automobile commuting, thus reducing traffic and congestion on roads, and reducing fuel
consumption and its associated pollution. Again, there is a health benefit in choosing this mode of
transportation. Safety is another community benefit where designated pedestrian and bicycle paths
provide an opportunity to separate human-powered commuters from automobiles.

Feeding the Soul
There was unanimous agreement among stakeholders that trails provide the opportunity to feed your
soul – whether your soul is in need of soothing, contemplation or adventure. The concept of “being
on the trail” touching something within a person’s mind, body and soul is possibly one reason for the
growing popularity of trail use. John Muir said it best with, “Everybody needs beauty as well as
bread, places to play in and pray in, where Nature may heal and cheer and give strength to body and
soul..”
Everyone needs to have fun. Trails have the potential to meet than need in a variety of ways with one
facility. Depending on its location and design, at trail provide access to fishing, vista points for
photography, picnic areas for socializing, and camping areas. They also provide access to areas for
enjoying solitude, observing wildlife and experiencing the natural environment.

Economics
Recreational, educational, historical and cultural sites, nature centers, museums, and trails attract
tourists. This brings a direct economic benefit to local restaurants, hotels, and service stations as
tourists spend dollars on food, lodging, and gasoline. Liveries, equipment and clothing vendors, and
other commercial establishments may move into the area to serve the population attracted by a trail.
There are economic benefits derived directly from the development and operation of trails. Direct
benefits include employment created and money spent on trails. Indirect benefits include the savings
to community taxpayers when comparing the expense of trails to the expense of developing, operating
and maintaining other types of public recreational facilities. Communities with trails often benefit in
terms of improvements in corporate relocation and retention rates, since quality of life is an important
factor in choosing sites for business and industry.
And last, but not least, there is an economic benefit as property values increase due to proximity to
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green space and increased overall community livability. The property value issue traditionally has
been a point of debate and disagreement, especially concerning crime and other potentially negative
impacts. While these can be valid concerns, more often they are not. Therefore, providing accessible
and accurate information about property values, crime mitigation, and other trail concerns is an
important way to help landowners and their communities more fully understand the many
benefits of trails.
Trail Issues
Although there are overwhelming positive aspects of trails in Alabama, there are also some painful
aspects that must be addressed to the satisfaction of a large percentage of the population. The

Accessibility
Removal of barriers to use may
mean different things in different
communities. Although a trail
may be handicap accessible, it
may still not be accessible to the
senior citizen with limited
mobility. Trail design should
incorporate physical handicap
accommodations, as well as
generational accessibility and use
of facilities.

Coordination and Education
There exists some apprehension
regarding trail use (stranger
danger), especially on the more
Hunting Trail for the Physically Disabled
isolated trails, as well as
apprehension about the impact of
a nearby trail on crime, community safety and property values. Ongoing education must continue to
address these issues on a daily basis. Furthermore, educational trail programs need to be developed to
address trail creeds to “pack it in, pack it out” and the availability of trail resources. There should be
a central location for trail information and coordination of trail construction guidelines.

Funding
In some areas of Alabama, local matching funds for grant projects are not available through the local
government, nor are they available through community resources. The RTP has brought wonderful
amenities for many Alabama communities, however, for some of the more rural areas of the State,
even grant funds won’t enable these local units to participate in the provision of trail amenities to
residents. In some of Alabama’s more urban area, the opposite problem exists. The local government
and the community may be able to provide matching funds; however, the cost of land has escalated to
a degree that it is no longer functional for recreational purposes.
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
Construction, Maintenance and Volunteers
Stakeholders expressed concern over some current construction practices that result in a short life of a
trail before it needs major maintenance and restoration. It was suggested that a coalition be formed to
educate volunteers on the best practices for construction of sustainable trails. Additionally, the
design and construction of trails needs to be more mindful of existing natural resources, their
conservation and even their usefulness as an amenity to the trail or trail system.

Availability, Capacity and Competing Uses
Just as connectivity is the most significant benefit of trails, the lack of connectivity – or availability –
is just as frustrating for trail users who must travel by vehicle to arrive at a location to walk. The
ongoing development of trail systems should be placed in locations that have the most impact on the
community, be it rural or urban. Capacity levels of existing and future trails also have an impact on
trail availability and lead to less toleration of competing uses. Most all of these issues can be resolved
through careful and informed deliberation during the planning phase of a trail or trail system.
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Alabama Trail Strategy
Chief Ladiga Rail-Trail
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Alabama Trail System Goals and Strategies.
Connectivity
urban areas.
Sustainability
and
Maintenance
surroundings.
Distribution
Of Information
Conservation
and Promotion
of Resources
Trail
Partnerships and
Collaboration
Increase
Accessibility
trail user groups.
accessible.
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Trail Development Consideration and Guidelines:
Equestrian Trails
 Adequate, sustainable trails for the Alabama equine industry.
 Adequate parking at trailheads to accommodate equestrian trail use and future expansion
 Provide accessible (including ADA) camping facilities to trail heads with water sources.
 Equine user groups participate in education of other users and maintenance of trail systems.
 Promote recognition of the $2.4 million impact of the equine industry in Alabama
Birding, canoeing and other specialized interest trails.
• Safe place for parking while accessing trail sites.
• Citizens understand trail options and realize the overlap of trails
• Citizens understand educational value of trails
• Establish methods for identifying new trails
• Distribute all trail information through development of brochure that is categorized in four
regions
Hiking
• Foster collaboration of among agencies to promote hiking trails.
Road Biking
• Construct seamless connections between on and off-road by installing facilities to connect them.
• Provide a safe and culturally accepted pathway for all users on and off road
Off-Road Biking:
• Utilize multi-surface trails for different participants for different degree levels
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Connectivity
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Alabama
Statewide Comprehensive
Outdoor Recreation Plan
and Trail Plan
Appendices
2008 - 2012
Stakeholders complete comment forms at the Monte Sano
SCORP and Trail Plan Public Meeting
Acknowledgements
The preparation of the Alabama Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor
Recreation Plan and Trail Plan Appendices, 2008 was financed in part
Mr. Rob Grant
401 Adams Avenue
P.O. Box 5690
334-242-5483
[email protected]
Dr. Mac Holmes
Economic Services
Troy University
Troy, Alabama 36082
334-670-3525
Tracy P. Delaney
334-244-6903
Table of Contents
Appendix A:
LWCF Requirements for Preparation of a SCORP ............................................... 1
Appendix B:
Recreation and Trail Stakeholders List ................................................................. 11
Appendix C:
SCORP Survey Instrument ..................................................................................... 47
Appendix D:
Trail Plan Glossary of Terms .................................................................................. 53
Appendix E:
Segmented Distance Trail Sites ............................................................................... 57
Appendix F:
Alabama Trail Resource Organizations................................................................. 67
Alabama Statewide Outdoor Recreation Plan and Trail Plan Appendices, 2008-2012:
Appendix A: LWCF Requirements for
Preparation of a SCORP
The following is an excerpt from:
Land and Water Conservation Fund State Assistance Program Federal
Financial Assistance Manual
Volume 69, Effective October 1, 2008
Chapter 2: Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan and Open
Project Selection Process
A. State Plan Preparation, Procedures, and Eligibility
1.
Purpose. This section explains the objectives, eligibility requirements, and guidelines for the preparation of
Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plans (SCORP) and the NPS review and approval process.
The SCORP is required by Section 6(d) of the LWCF Act of 1965, as amended.
The guidelines are based on provisions of the LWCF Act, related federal statutes, and determinations of the
NPS regarding planning considerations essential for effective administration of the LWCF program.
The Governor and/or the officially designated State Liaison Officer (SLO) are the officials authorized to act
for the State, as specified under the various provisions of this Part.
2.
Requirements of the LWCF Act of 1965, as amended. The LWCF Act of 1965, as amended, requires a
SCORP from each State prior to consideration by the Secretary of the Department of the Interior for
financial assistance for acquisition and development projects.
The LWCF Act explicitly requires the SCORP to include the following:
a. The name of the state agency that will have the authority to represent and act for the State in dealing
with the Secretary for purposes of the LWCF Act of 1965, as amended;
b. An evaluation of the demand for and supply of outdoor recreation resources and facilities in the State;
c. A program for the implementation of the plan;
d. Certification by the Governor that ample opportunity for public participation has taken place in plan
development; and
e. Other necessary information, as may be determined by the Secretary.
The SCORP shall take into account relevant federal resources and programs and shall be correlated so far
as practicable with other state, regional and local plans.
3.
Goals and objectives of the SCORP. The goals of the SCORP and its associated planning process are to
direct each State's use of its LWCF apportionment. The objectives of the SCORP and its associated
planning process are to:
a. Fulfill the purposes of the LWCF Act;
b. Provide each State the maximum opportunity and flexibility to develop and implement its plan;
c. Describe the role of the LWCF in the State's provision of outdoor recreation resources and the State’s
policies for use of its LWCF apportionment;
d. Provide a basis for determining each State's LWCF eligibility; and
e. Ensure relevant, influential and timely planning for the State's use of its LWCF apportionment.
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Each State is encouraged to conduct outdoor recreation planning beyond the minimum required to maintain
LWCF eligibility. Under Section 8(a) of Public Law 90-543, as amended, and Section 11(a) of Public Law
90-542, as amended, respectively, the secretary is directed to encourage States to consider in their plans
the needs and opportunities for establishing recreation and historic trails, and wild, scenic and recreational
river areas. In addition, the plan must contain a wetlands component pursuant to Section 303 of the
Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1986 (see item 4.e below).
4.
Plan requirements. The minimum requirements of the plan are:
a. The plan must describe the process and methodology(s) chosen by the State to meet the guidelines as
set forth in this section.
b. The planning process must include ample opportunity for public participation involving all segments
of the state's population.
c. The plan must be comprehensive. The plan will be considered comprehensive if it:
(1) Identifies outdoor recreation issues of statewide importance based upon, but not limited to, input
from the public participation program. The plan must also identify those issues the State will
address through the LWCF and those issues which may be addressed by other means;
(2) Evaluates demand, i.e., public outdoor recreation preferences, but not necessarily through
quantitative statewide surveys or analyses; and
(3) Evaluates the supply of outdoor recreation resources and facilities, but not necessarily through
quantitative statewide inventories.
d. The plan must have an implementation program that identifies the State's strategies, priorities, and
actions for the obligation of its LWCF apportionment. The implementation program must be of
sufficient detail for use in developing project selection criteria for the State’s Open Project Selection
Process (OPSP) so projects submitted to NPS for LWCF funding will implement the SCORP.
e. The plan must contain or reference a wetlands priority component consistent with Section 303 of the
Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1986. At a minimum, the wetlands priority component must:
(1) Be consistent with the National Wetlands Priority Conservation Plan, prepared by the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service;
(2) Provide evidence of consultation with the state agency responsible for fish and wildlife resources;
(3) Contain a listing of those wetland types which should receive priority for acquisition; and
(4) Consider outdoor recreation opportunities associated with its wetlands resources for meeting the
State’s public outdoor recreation needs.
f. The plan may consist of a single document or may be comprised of multiple documents as long as the
guidelines as set forth in this section are met.
5.
Plan cooperation. An effective working partnership between each State and the NPS is necessary to consult
and coordinate on such elements as scheduling, planning methodology(s), public participation, and the NPS
assistance needed by the State. Each State is strongly encouraged to consult and coordinate with the NPS
on a regular basis, especially at the start of its planning cycle, to ensure that the planning process and its
products are mutually acceptable.
6.
Submission of plan documentation. The minimum documentation required to be submitted by each State to
NPS as evidence of conformance with this section is a new or revised plan at least once every five years.
The Plan must be approved by the State Governor and contain a certification by the Governor that ample
opportunity for public participation has taken place in development of the Plan. A total of three (3) copies
of the Plan must be submitted to the NPS. States are encouraged to post the Plan on the agency’s Website
and use other means as appropriate to make it available to the public.
Amendments to the Plan may be submitted at any time. Amendments will follow the same review and
approval procedures as the original Plan.
7.
State LWCF eligibility related to planning. Each State will be deemed eligible to participate in the LWCF
State Assistance Program when its SCORP meets the requirements of the LWCF Act. The Act requires an
adequate and approved SCORP prior to the consideration by the Secretary of financial assistance for
acquisition or development projects.
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The State must produce a SCORP at least once every five (5) years and implement its recommendations
through the OPSP in order to maintain the State’s eligibility to participate in the LWCF Program. The State
must develop the SCORP in accordance with this Chapter and submit a draft for NPS review. NPS
Regional Director approval of a formal SCORP submission must occur prior to the expiration of the State’s
current SCORP to maintain LWCF eligibility.
Should the State fail to meet this deadline or if NPS finds that the pending SCORP currently under review
is inadequate, NPS will provide written notification to the State’s designated State Liaison Officer that it
must correct the identified deficiencies within ninety (90) days following the last SCORP’s expiration date,
during which time NPS approval of acquisition and development projects may continue. However, if the
State fails to take corrective action within the 90 days, the NPS Regional Director will suspend the State’s
eligibility.
The State may appeal to the NPS Director, along with appropriate justification, within 30 days following
the Regional Director’s 90-day notice. Appeals will be considered by the Director prior to the termination
of the 90 day notice of the State’s eligibility. The decision of the Director will be final.
8.
NPS actions during periods of state ineligibility. During a period of state ineligibility, the following apply:
a. Requests for project approval received by the NPS, but not acted upon prior to the State's loss of
eligibility, will be returned to the State as inactionable. The State may not submit projects to the NPS
during a period of ineligibility.
b. Only requests for time extensions, deobligations, reimbursements, changes in scope, and project
completions will be acted upon during a State’s period of ineligibility. Amendments to increase funds
will not be acted upon during this period.
c. Waivers of retroactivity will not be granted.
B. Open Project Selection Process
1.
Purpose. The purpose of this section is to establish requirements for the States to conduct an open project
selection process (OPSP) that will better assure equal opportunity for all eligible project sponsors and all
sectors of the general public to participate in the benefits of the LWCF State Assistance Program and to
enable the States to affirmatively address and meet priority recreation needs. OPSPs shall perform two
essential functions:
a. Establishes a public notification process, LWCF application assistance, and review systems that assure
equitable opportunities for participation in grant funding by all potentially eligible applicants.
b. Provides objective criteria and standards for project selection that are explicitly based on each State's
priority needs for parkland acquisition and outdoor recreation development as identified in the SCORP.
While it is recognized the SCORP may cover policy, legislative, management and other matters that go
beyond priorities for capital funding and activities eligible for LWCF assistance, the OPSP supplies the
most visible connection between a State's planning efforts and its use of LWCF grants to meet some of
the high priority needs identified through its SCORP program.
2.
Goals. The OPSP developed by each State shall be designed to accomplish the following goals:
a. Provide for public knowledge of and participation in the formulation and application of the project
selection process used by the State in allocating LWCF assistance;
b. Ensure all potential state and local applicants are aware of the availability of and process for obtaining
LWCF assistance, and provide opportunities for all eligible agencies to submit project applications and
have them considered on an equitable basis;
c. Provide a measurable link, through published selection criteria, to the specific outdoor recreation needs
and priorities identified in SCORP policies and implementation programs; and
d. Assure the distribution of LWCF assistance is accomplished in a non-discriminatory manner,
especially with regard to minority, elderly, disabled, and other underserved populations and ensure a
fair and equitable evaluation of all applications for LWCF assistance.
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3.
Requirements for an OPSP. Each State shall, as a condition of eligibility to receive assistance under the
Fund program, implement an OPSP that has the following components:
a. Priority rating system. Each State shall develop a priority rating system for selecting projects that ensures
the fair and equitable evaluation of all projects and at a minimum:
(1) Places the strongest possible emphasis on project selection criteria that conforms directly to
explicit priority needs identified by the SCORP process. Because compatibility of projects funded
with SCORP priorities is the primary measure of responsive planning and selection processes,
SCORP-related criteria should be heavily-weighted to ensure that a) the rank ordering of projects
closely reflects their response to plan-identified needs, and b) no project without measurable links
to SCORP-identified priorities will be funded (see Section 2.c above).
(2) Encourages public participation in the formulation of grant proposals at the project sponsor level.
(3) Recognizes the need for accessibility of proposed projects, to the greatest extent practicable, to all
segments of the public including minority populations, the elderly, individuals with disabilities,
and other underserved populations.
(4) Requires project conformance to LWCF eligibility and evaluation criteria in Chapter 3, Sections B
and C.
b. Project selection process. Each State shall develop a project selection process that evaluates and selects
projects on the basis of quality and conformance with its priority rating system. The practice of
dividing a State's apportionment between state and local projects may continue at the State's option. In
this case, the State's project selection process may involve a single competition among all state and
local projects or distinct processes and competitions for each of the two categories (i.e., state projects
and local projects). The distribution of a State's apportionment strictly on the basis of geography or
location of political subdivisions is prohibited.
c. Amendments to add funds to existing projects. A State may honor requests to amend projects to
increase the cost of a state or locally sponsored project, including the federal share, without further
OPSP competition only if the State has proposed, and the NPS approved, guidelines that are
incorporated in the OPSP to cover this contingency. If no procedure is established, cost overrun
projects must undergo OPSP competition to be amended for additional funding.
d. Recurring funding cycle. Each State shall institute a recurring funding cycle to regularize the timing
for receiving, evaluating and selecting project proposals. The funding cycle must occur at least once
every two (2) years and may occur at any other regular interval within the fiscal year as determined by
the State. States shall clearly explain the funding cycle to potential applicants, especially for a two-year
call for applications. All LWCF-funded projects submitted to NPS must have competed in such a
funding cycle, and documentation of a project's ranking in such regular competitions must be available
in state files.
e. Applicant notification. Each State shall inform all potential LWCF applicants about the availability of
LWCF funding through direct contact with all potential sponsors or indirectly through state and local
organizations. The information supplied shall include the types of areas and facilities eligible for
funding, a statement of the State's overall objectives for use of funds under the LWCF grants program,
guidance on how to apply for LWCF assistance and an explanation of how the State's OPSP works.
Each State should also have available for review by potential applicants a list of the criteria it will use
in selecting projects for priority funding during the current funding cycle.
f. Program assistance. Each State shall, to the extent practicable, provide assistance to any potential
project sponsor who requests assistance with project formulation, proposal preparation in obtaining the
non-federal matching share, and other matters necessary for participation with the program.
g. Underserved populations. Each State shall encourage projects which directly benefit minority and
other underserved populations in the State. This may be accomplished through the SCORP planning
process, and shall, at a minimum, reflect efforts to encourage applications from communities with
significant minority and other underserved populations. Since social conditions vary from State to
State, the design of the approach may be determined by each State.
h. Advisory boards. The use of advisory boards, commissions or committees to assist States in the
selection of proposals to receive the available LWCF monies is encouraged but not required. If
advisory boards, commissions or committees are utilized by a State, they must include representation
of minorities to the extent that such representation reasonably reflects the ratio of minority to nonminority populations.
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4.
Public participation. Public participation programs developed by each State in accordance with SCORP
requirements shall include provisions for insuring that the preparation and revision of project selection
processes and priority rating systems are subject to public review and comment (including minority
participation in this process) prior to their implementation. Use of public meetings and review by special
interest groups, advisory committees, and park/recreation boards, commissions, or committees to assist in
development of selection processes are encouraged.
5.
NPS approval. New or revised OPSPs must be submitted to the NPS for review, evaluation, and approval
before their use in state grant competitions.
6.
Process review and updating. To ensure continuing close ties between a State's SCORP program and its
OPSP, States must review project selection criteria each time that a new or amended SCORP is approved
by the NPS. States must submit to the NPS a revised set of OPSP criteria that conform to any changes in
SCORP priorities or submit an appropriate certification that no such revisions are necessary. The NPS will
evaluate such revised submissions or certifications in the same manner as original submissions, and will
ensure accurate conformity to the SCORP and to the objectivity and public participation objectives of this
section before approving their use for LWCF project selection.
State implementation of OPSPs will also be reviewed, as part of the NPS’ periodic state program review
process, to determine each State’s effectiveness in meeting the goals and requirements of this section.
Failure by any State to keep its selection process active and up-to-date in relation to changing needs or
conditions identified through its SCORP program may result in that State's loss of eligibility for
participation in the LWCF Program.
C. Financial Assistance for SCORP Development
1.
Purpose. The purpose of this section is to specify objectives and requirements governing use of planning
grants from the LWCF. Such grants are to be used for developing a SCORP.
2.
Use of LWCF planning grants. Since planning grants are intended for developing a SCORP as a decisionmaking and management tool, LWCF-assisted planning projects must be aimed at either (1) solving a
problem identified in the last approved SCORP effort that addresses an outdoor recreation challenge or
opportunity of statewide importance or (2) developing new data and decision tools identified as essential to
completion of an upcoming SCORP.
3.
Pre-application consultation. All planning grants should be the result of joint consultations between the
NPS and the State on priority needs, within the context of a State's continuing and systematic outdoor
recreation planning process.
4.
Eligible applicants. Only the State Liaison Officer is eligible to apply for planning assistance from LWCF.
Responsibility for executing a planning project or a portion thereof may be subcontracted to an appropriate
non-federal governmental agency (general purpose or special purpose government unit) or to another public
or private planning organization. In all cases, however, the State is obligated to supervise and to be
responsible for all work performed, and must be directly involved in production of the final products of the
grant and in the development of any policies or action options expected to result from project work.
5.
Eligible planning projects. To be eligible for Fund assistance, a planning project must have a clearly
defined end product that addresses needs, problems, or issues identified in a State's currently approved
SCORP of statewide importance, or is otherwise essential, in the judgment of the State and the NPS, to
production of an upcoming SCORP. It may be explicitly identified as part of a future planning program
contained in the current SCORP or be logically implied, in the judgment of the NPS reviewers, by
discussions of planning needs in such current SCORP documents; or respond to a specific planning
deficiency identified by NPS as part of its periodic review of a State's planning program and state SCORP
submissions.
a. Projects may include surveys, planning studies, data collection and analysis, public participation
efforts, and other activities essential to production of a SCORP.
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b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
Management studies related to improved statewide financing, operation, maintenance, stewardship, or
other use of administrative resources to sustain outdoor recreation resources, including evaluation of
the overall capabilities of state and local governments to fully protect and utilize their outdoor
recreation investments, may be funded when clearly related to a State's overall SCORP program and to
meeting the requirements of Section 6(f)3 of the LWCF Act for continued operation and maintenance
of all Fund assisted areas and facilities.
Studies of natural, ecological, or recreational resource areas, demonstration studies and topics of
statewide significance or national concern related to public outdoor recreation are also eligible. These
studies must meet the following criteria:
(1) The proposal must address a priority problem of statewide significance identified in approved
SCORP documents or be essential for the development of decisionmaking information for an
upcoming SCORP. The study must go beyond "basic research" or simple data collection to
provide information likely to be used for state or local decision-making on outdoor recreation
issues and programs, so it may provide specific recommendations for inclusion in the State's
published SCORP.
(2) The proposal must include a justification indicating how the study would contribute to the State's
overall SCORP program and future SCORP submissions. The proposal must also include evidence
that the study will further the overall purposes of the SCORP process and must include an
assessment of whether the monetary, personnel and other resources devoted to the study will
contribute to and not detract from the accomplishment of other high priority planning objectives
identified in SCORP submissions or in the NPS’ reviews of a State’s continuing planning process.
(3) The study should include a public participation program through which concerned public and
private agencies or organizations and interested citizens can be kept informed of, and allowed to
comment on, study objectives and results.
(4) Responsibility for the overall project, as well as its different elements, must be clearly identified if
more than one agency is to be involved.
(5) When public land protection measures are proposed, the study must include an examination of the
feasibility of any alternatives to fee simple acquisition of the resources to be protected.
Studies or other investigations that are primarily aimed at promoting tourism, other state and local
economic activities, or the promotion of private recreation expenditures through recreation
development are not eligible for planning grant assistance. However, studies aimed at analyzing or
documenting the contributions of outdoor recreation resources to a State's economy or environment or
at improving state decisions on the appropriate public and private roles in the management of various
recreation resources may be eligible for funding when they meet other appropriate criteria for
eligibility as outlined elsewhere in this section.
Detailed plans for capital projects, sketch or site plans, individual area master plans, economic
feasibility studies, landscape designs, or architectural and engineering studies are not eligible for
planning grant assistance.
Planning proposals must take into account past studies of the same or similar resources or programs to
ensure that the proposed efforts do not duplicate earlier research. They must consider any relevant
federal resources, plans, or programs and be correlated, so far as practicable with other state, regional
and local plans.
Two or more planning projects may be carried out concurrently providing they do not duplicate one
another. Work items funded under an LWCF planning grant must not overlap with work items assisted
by another LWCF grant, or financially-assisted under other federal programs, or otherwise
accomplished with federal personnel or resources.
When a grant proposal involves funding of outdoor recreation planning elements as part of a larger
"consolidated and simplified" state planning process as authorized by Executive Order 12372
Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs, particular assurance must be provided by the State
that the LWCF grant will be used for direct support of outdoor recreation planning work items and not,
either directly or indirectly, of non-recreation planning items, such as housing, transportation, or
general economic development.
Planning grants may not encompass any costs for acquisition of land or interests in land or for
development of new facilities. Nor may land acquisition or development costs be used as any part of a
grantee's matching share of eligible planning costs.
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6.
Available funding. Up to 50% of the total cost of an eligible planning project is available to a State, on a
reimbursement basis, from its LWCF apportionment account. However, grants to the Insular Areas may be
made available on a 100% basis. While there is no dollar limit on the amount of a State's apportionment
which can be used for planning grants, the National Park Service reserves the right to limit the size of
specific projects based upon each State's planning needs and the relationship of planning costs to overall
funding resources. For this reason, NPS regional offices should consult with the Washington program
office before approving any planning grant or amendment for which the total LWCF obligation will exceed
$100,000 or five percent of a State’s most recent apportionment, whichever is greater.
7.
Allowable costs. Project costs incurred to sustain an ongoing outdoor recreation planning process are
reimbursable as part of an approved planning project. These include the preparation, publishing and
distribution of appropriate documents, such as core SCORP and OPSP documents, supplemental recreation
policy or action plans and related studies. Costs of data collection and processing, public participation
activities, special studies, etc. are also eligible for assistance. Contracted professional services for eligible
planning activities may be allowed, if, in the National Park Service’s judgment, overall responsibility for
planning policies and action recommendations is clearly retained by the State Liaison Officer or other
designated state agency. All contracts awarded by a grantee must be in accord with the procurement
standards and procedures of the Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Cooperative
Agreements to State and Local Governments, OMB Circular A-102 requirements at 43 CFR 12 Subpart C
(see Chapter 7).
8.
Length of project period. Planning projects should normally cover a period of two years or less to ensure
timely completion and close-out of complex work efforts and reduce audit problems. In no case should a
single planning grant include elements from more than one complete SCORP cycle, except where costs of
publication and distribution of a SCORP document from a previous cycle may be reasonably included as a
public participation element in the next SCORP cycle.
9.
Acknowledgement of assistance. When assistance from the LWCF is provided for a project, the resulting
document shall include the following acknowledgement:
"The preparation (updating, revision) of this plan (study, analysis, etc.) was financed in part through a
planning grant from the National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, under the
provisions of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (Public Law 88-578, as amended)."
This statement may be expanded at the State's discretion to reflect the manner in which the non-federal
share of the total cost was financed.
10. Executive Order 12372 intergovernmental review. For those States participating in the intergovernmental
review process, a copy of the planning grant application must be submitted to a State's Single Point of
Contact (SPOC) or State Clearinghouse in accordance with the intergovernmental review requirements of
Executive Order 12372.
Submissions to the SPOC should normally consist of copies of the material to be provided to the NPS in the
application package, including a notice of intent describing the project purpose, scope, cost, and
beneficiaries to allow the SPOC to provide potentially interested agencies with an opportunity to comment
on the proposed effort. States are responsible for considering SPOC comments prior to submitting the
planning grant formal application to NPS in order to address comments as appropriate.
LWCF planning grant applications should include assurances that the recreation planning objectives and
products of the grant are in accord with comprehensive state planning goals, as determined by the Governor
or state agency designated to coordinate overall planning.
11. Project application. The standard federal forms used for non-construction assistance programs (SF-424,
SF-424A and SF-424B) are used when applying for LWCF planning assistance. They must be accompanied
by the appropriate required forms as follows:
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a.
b.
c.
LWCF project agreement (Form NPS 10-902). A LWCF project agreement form must be completed
for all planning projects. For planning grants, the "Project Scope" section of the agreement must also
reference and incorporate a more detailed narrative attachment which covers the following items:
(1) Identification of the objectives of the grant, with reference to planning needs identified in existing
SCORP documents or other justification in terms of the project's compatibility with overall
SCORP program priorities.
(2) The planning products that will result and how they will contribute to maintenance of the SCORP
program, and, if appropriate, the relationship of a new proposal to other planning grants received
by a State.
(3) The general approach to be used, including a schedule of key events, the breadth of study
coverage, and cost estimates for each work item indicating how funds will be used by object class
(personnel, travel, equipment, consultant contracts, etc.).
(4) A discussion of the personnel, organizations or outside consultants that may be used to implement
the project, with an explanation of any special knowledge or expertise which they will provide.
Proposal Description and Environmental Screening Form (PD/ESF) Cover Page (see Chapter 4).
Description and Notification Form (DNF)
12. NPS review. Project applications will be reviewed by the NPS to determine if all planning assistance
requirements have been met. This evaluation will focus on the following specific criteria:
a. The project must be an integral part of the SCORP process and clearly essential to maintenance of the
SCORP as a decision-making or management tool. If need for the project is not explicitly identified in
current SCORP documents, there must be mutual agreement between the NPS and the State on the
priority need for the project effort as part of a State's overall recreation planning program.
b. Timing, scope, costs, and methodology of the project must be appropriate to the planning benefits
received and complementary to any other planning efforts needed to address identified deficiencies in a
State's overall planning program.
c. Project work elements must be clearly identified with reasonable scheduling, staffing, and cost
estimates assigned to each element.
d. Grant products such as published plans, studies, new policies or procedures to be adopted, reports,
evaluations, or other documents must be explicitly identified.
e. Both the agency requesting the assistance and the project itself must be eligible for planning assistance
from the LWCF.
f. The requirements of Executive Order 12372 relating to review and comment by a participating state
clearinghouse must have been completed if applicable.
g. There must be no duplication of federal assistance for work items funded under the project.
13. Amendments. Changes that materially alter the scope and/or change the cost or the completion time of a
project must be approved by the NPS. When a State wishes to change its project, it should discuss the
proposed changes with NPS prior to submitting an amendment to the project agreement. Amendments will
be reviewed and processed following the same procedures used for a complete planning project. Only those
changes considered to be major and substantive will be required to receive E.O.12372 clearinghouse review
if applicable.
14. Financial procedures. Adequate financial records must be maintained to support all the costs involved in a
project. A documentation "trail" adequate to withstand audit should be maintained. Generally accepted
accounting and auditing principles will apply to project records, accounts and documentation. Such records
must be in accord with the principles established in OMB Circulars A-102 and A-87 for prevention of
fraud, waste and abuse in federal programs. Particular attention should be paid by the grantee to good
records of in house personnel costs attributable to the planning grant. Time distribution records must be
maintained for each individual for whom LWCF grant costs are to be claimed. Careful records of time
spent on SCORP elements are especially important when personnel are splitting their time between one or
more SCORP projects and other planning or administrative duties.
To guard against fraud, waste and abuse or possible disallowance of legitimate grant costs, it is
recommended that grantees establish a separate tracking account for each planning grant. No grantee
reimbursement requests or electronic transfer of funds can be made without NPS review of a progress
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report covering expenditures and accomplishments under the grant for the requested reimbursement.
Requests for reimbursement or electronic transfer of funds may only be made for definable products or
completion of distinct planning elements.
15. Reimbursements. NPS will place a financial hold on all planning grants at the time of NPS project
approval. States using the SMARTLINK automated drawdown method (see Chapter 7.E) must obtain NPS
approval of their progress report BEFORE payments are requested through the SMARTLINK system. Each
SMARTLINK drawdown for planning grants must be preceded by a reimbursement request (SF-270
Request for Reimbursement for Non-construction Grants) and a progress report (see next item) for NPS
review. Upon approval, NPS will provide the State with a letter authorizing a SMARTLINK drawdown for
the approved reimbursement amount.
16. Progress reports. Reports of progress toward the completion of a planning project must accompany each
payment request (see above.) However, at a minimum, a progress report must be submitted to NPS within
one year of project approval with or without a payment request. Progress reports shall include:
a. A list of the major work items (elements) agreed to in the project scope of the grant contract.
b. A narrative description of the status of work for each item in the project.
c. Identification of any elements that are behind schedule and why.
d. Actual or projected completion dates for each work item.
e. If appropriate, evaluations of the success or failure to date of the planning approaches used and of any
effects of project work to date on state policies or improved management of state programs.
f. Estimated costs incurred during the billing period for each work item.
g. Total costs incurred and total costs previously billed for all parts of the project to date.
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Appendix B: Recreation and Trail Stakeholder List
The recreation and trail stakeholder database includes contact information for approximately 1,400
stakeholders. Agencies, organizations and individuals that have internal recreation planning
components affecting Alabama or are otherwise involved in the recreation planning process that were
included in the stakeholder database include the following:

Federal Agencies:
U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service, Agricultural Extension Service, Tennessee Valley
Authority, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Resource Conservation and Development Districts
(RC&D's), Bureau of Land Management, and U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

State Departments:
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Alabama Department of Environmental
Management, Alabama Department of Public Health, Regional and County Public Health
Departments, Alabama Forestry Commission, Alabama Historical Commission, State Colleges and
Universities, and State Commissions and Authorities, and Alabama Bureau of Travel and Tourism.

Local Governments and Affiliations:
Chief elected officials of all Alabama counties and municipalities, county and municipal recreation
departments and authorities, regional planning commissions, metropolitan planning organizations,
Alabama League of Municipalities, Association of County Commissions of Alabama.

Non Profits, Private Sector Organizations and Individuals:
Alabama Recreation and Parks Association, Alabama Wildlife Federation, The Nature Conservancy;
Sierra Club, Alabama Power Company, campground owners, tourist associations, recreation
organizations, trail organizations, conservation organizations, land trusts, clean water partnerships,
historical organizations, planners and grant consultants, regional heritage areas, local newspapers,
home builders associations, chambers of commerce, hiking organizations, biking organizations,
paddling organizations, birding organizations, equestrian organizations, recreation supplier businesses,
private recreation providers, and non affiliated citizens throughout the state.
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Alabama SCORP and Alabama Trail Plan Mailing List
Title
Name
Position
Organization
Hon.
Clyde Chambliss, Jr.
Chair
Autauga County Commission
Address
134 N. Court Street,
Room 106
City
ST
Prattville
AL
Hon.
Jim Byard, Jr.
Mayor
City of Prattville
101 W Main St
Prattville
AL
Hon.
F. B. Ward
Mayor
Town of Autaugaville
PO Box 237
Autaugaville
AL
Hon.
Gregg Davis
Mayor
Town of Billingsley
PO Box 142
Billingsley
AL
Bay Minette
AL
Hon.
Frank Burt, Jr.
Chair
Baldwin County Commission
312 Courthouse
Square, Suite 12
Hon.
Sonny Dobbins
Mayor
City of Bay Minette
PO Box 1208
Bay Minette
AL
Hon.
Fred Small
Mayor
City of Daphne
PO Box 400
Daphne
AL
Hon.
Timothy Kant
Mayor
City of Fairhope
PO Drawer 429
Fairhope
AL
Hon.
R. Timothy Russell
Mayor
City of Foley
PO Box 400
Foley
AL
Hon.
Bill Duke
Mayor
City of Gulf Shores
PO Box 299
Gulf Shores
AL
Hon.
Peter Blalock
Mayor
City of Orange Beach
PO Box 206
Orange Beach
AL
Hon.
Charles Murphy
Mayor
City of Robertsdale
PO Box 429
Robertsdale
AL
Hon.
Frankie J. Kucera
Mayor
City of Silverhill
PO Box 309
Silverhill
AL
Hon.
Joseph C. Bonner
Mayor
City of Spanish Fort
PO Box 7226
Spanish Fort
AL
Hon.
Clark Cathey
Mayor
Town of Elberta
PO Box 277
Elberta
AL
Hon.
Billy J. Middleton
Mayor
Town of Loxley
PO Box 9
Loxley
AL
Hon.
Hon.
Charles Houser
David Wilson
Mayor
Mayor
Town of Magnolia Springs
Town of Summerdale
PO Box 890
PO Box 148
Magnolia Springs
Summerdale
AL
AL
Hon.
Frank Straughn
Chair
Barbour County Commission
PO Box 398
Clayton
AL
Hon.
Jay Jaxon
Mayor
City of Eufaula
PO Box 219
Eufaula
AL
Hon.
Jimmy Cochran
Mayor
Town of Baker Hill
1896 Hwy 131
Eufaula
AL
Hon.
Vince Moates
Mayor
Town of Blue Springs
2571 Highway 10
Clio
AL
Hon.
William E. Rowland
Mayor
Town of Clayton
PO Box 385
Clayton
AL
Hon.
Jack Pelfrey
Mayor
Town of Clio
PO Box 219
Clio
AL
Hon.
James B. Grant
Mayor
Town of Louisville
PO Box 125
Louisville
AL
Hon.
Albert Green
Chair
Bibb County Commission
Hon.
Hon.
Dennis Stripling
Dalton Murphy
Mayor
Mayor
City of Brent
City of Centreville
157 SW Davidson
Drive
PO Box 220
1270 Walnut Street
Hon.
Jesse E. Reese
Mayor
Town of West Blocton
PO Box 187
West Blocton
AL
Hon.
Rickey Kornegay
Mayor
Town of Woodstock
PO Box 250
Woodstock
AL
365007
365071208
365260400
365330429
365360400
365470299
365610458
365670429
365760309
365777226
365300277
365510009
36555
36580
360160398
360720219
36027
360179801
360160385
360170217
360480125
Centreville
AL
35042
Brent
Centreville
AL
AL
35034
35042
351840187
351880250
Hon.
David Standridge
Chair
Blount County Commission
Hon.
Hon.
Danny B. Hicks
Nell Payne
Mayor
Mayor
City of Oneonta
Town of Allgood
220 Second Avenue
East
PO Box 750
PO Box 150
Hon.
Robert G. Sharpe
Mayor
Town of Blountsville
PO Box 186
Blountsville
AL
Hon.
James Sullivan
Mayor
Town of Cleveland
PO Box 186
Cleveland
AL
Hon.
Larry Armstrong
Mayor
Town of Hayden
PO Box 493
Hayden
AL
Hon.
Hon.
Wayne Hutcheson
Glenn Osborne
Mayor
Mayor
Town of Highland Lake
Town of Locust Fork
612 Lakeshore Dr.
PO Box 67
Highland
Locust Fork
AL
AL
12
Zip
360673049
360673000
360030237
360060142
Oneonta
AL
35121
Oneonta
Allgood
AL
AL
35121
35013
350310186
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35121
35097
Title
Hon.
Hon.
Name
Felix Gaither
Jim Kilgore
Position
Mayor
Mayor
Organization
Town of Nectar
Town of Rosa
Address
PO Box 235
PO Box 1454
City
Cleveland
Oneonta
ST
AL
AL
Hon.
Curtis Painter
Mayor
Town of Snead
PO Box 505
Snead
AL
Altoona
AL
Hon.
Alan Painter
Mayor
Town of Susan Moore
39989 State
Highway 75
Hon.
Ronald W. Smith
Chair
Bullock County Commission
PO Box 472
Union Springs
AL
Hon.
J. Earl Hinson
Mayor
City of Union Springs
PO Box 549
Union Springs
AL
Hon.
James N. Robbins
Mayor
Town of Midway
PO Box 36
Midway
AL
Hon.
Jesse McWilliams
Chair
Butler County Commission
P.O. Box 756
Greenville
AL
Zip
35049
35121
359520505
359526564
360890472
360890549
360530036
360370756
360370158
36033
364560151
Hon.
Dexter McLendon
Mayor
City of Greenville
PO Box 158
Greenville
AL
Hon.
Lynn H. Watson
Mayor
Town of Georgiana
PO Box 310
Georgiana
AL
Hon.
Betty W. Stinson
Mayor
Town of McKenzie
PO Box 151
McKenzie
AL
Anniston
AL
36201
Anniston
AL
362022168
Jacksonville
AL
36265
36203
362720112
36277
362017398
Hon.
Robert W. Downing
Chair
Calhoun County Commission
1702 Noble Street,
Suite 103
Hon.
Hoyt W. Howell
Mayor
City of Anniston
PO Box 2168
Hon.
Johnny L. Smith
Mayor
City of Jacksonville
Hon.
Leon Smith
Mayor
City of Oxford
320 Church Avenue,
SE
PO Box 3383
Oxford
AL
Hon.
Charlie Fagan
Mayor
City of Piedmont
PO Box 112
Piedmont
AL
Hon.
Wayne A. Willis
Mayor
City of Weaver
Weaver
AL
Hon.
Ralph T. Woods
Mayor
Town of Hobson City
Anniston
AL
Hon.
Wayne White
Chair
Chambers County Commission
Lafayette
AL
36862
Hon.
Hon.
Robert Finley
Oscar Crawley
Mayor
Mayor
City of Lafayette
City of Lanett
PO Box 1060
610 Martin Luther
King Dr
2 South Lafayette
Street
PO Box 87
PO Box 290
Lafayette
Lanett
AL
AL
Hon.
Arnold Leak
Mayor
City of Valley
PO Box 186
Valley
AL
Hon.
Geveva Bledsoe
Mayor
Town of Five Points
PO Box 147
Five Points
AL
Hon.
Ellen L. Hilyer
Mayor
Town of Waverly
PO Box 115
Waverly
AL
Centre
AL
Centre
Cedar Bluff
AL
AL
36862
36863
368540186
368550147
368790115
35960532
35960
35959
359730156
359830001
Hon.
Melvyn Salter
Chair
Cherokee County Commission
Hon.
Hon.
Phil Powell
Martha Baker
Mayor
Mayor
City of Centre
Town of Cedar Bluff
102 Main Street,
Room 201
401 E Main St
3420 Spring Street
Hon.
Elizabeth Stafford
Mayor
Town of Gaylesville
PO Box 156
Gaylesville
AL
Hon.
Edward Mackey
Mayor
Town of Leesburg
PO Box 1
Leesburg
AL
Sand Rock
AL
35983
35046
350460580
350850609
367500009
351710608
369042557
369040455
369080152
369120157
36915
36916-
Bill Glenn
Mayor
Town of Sand Rock
Hon.
Allen Caton
Chair
Chilton County Commission
1925 Sand Rock
Ave.
P. O. Box 1948
Clanton
AL
Hon.
Billy Joe Driver
Mayor
City of Clanton
PO Box 580
Clanton
AL
Hon.
Eddie Reed
Mayor
Town of Jemison
PO Box 609
Jemison
AL
Hon.
W. C. Hayes
Mayor
Town of Maplesville
PO Box 9
Maplesville
AL
Hon.
Tom Bentley
Mayor
Town of Thorsby
PO Box 608
Thorsby
AL
Hon.
D'Wayne May
Chair
Choctaw County Commission
117 S Mulberry Ave
Butler
AL
Hon.
Ben Smith
Mayor
City of Butler
PO Box 455
Butler
AL
Hon.
Robert Graham
Mayor
Town of Gilbertown
PO Box 152
Gilbertown
AL
Hon.
Thomas Jackson
Mayor
Town of Lisman
PO Box 157
Lisman
AL
Hon.
Hon.
Quinnie Donald
Jack Fendley
Mayor
Mayor
Town of Needham
Town of Pennington
3413 Needham Rd
PO Box 40
Needham
Pennington
AL
AL
Hon.
13
Title
Hon.
Hon.
Hon.
Name
Roy M. Davis
Jeanette F. Carney
G. Richard Long
Position
Mayor
Mayor
Mayor
Organization
Town of Silas
Town of Toxey
City of Jackson
Address
PO Box 147
PO Box 318
PO Box 1096
City
Silas
Toxey
Jackson
ST
AL
AL
AL
Hon.
Sheldon A. Day
Mayor
City of Thomasville
PO Box 127
Thomasville
AL
Hon.
Rhonel Rhone
Chair
Clarke County Commission
P.O. Box 548
Gove Hill
AL
Hon.
Leona Faye Cotton
Mayor
Town of Coffeville
PO Box 10
Coffeeville
AL
Hon.
Michael Norris
Mayor
Town of Fulton
PO Box 67
Fulton
AL
Hon.
Lamar Hudson
Mayor
Town of Grove Hill
PO Box 847
Grove Hill
AL
Hon.
Ricky Burney
Chair
Clay County Commission
PO Box 187
Ashland
AL
Hon.
Terry Turner
Mayor
City of Ashland
PO Box 849
Ashland
AL
Hon.
Roy Adamson
Mayor
City of Lineville
Hon.
Ryan Robertson
Chair
Cleburne County Commission
Hon.
Hon.
Tonya Butler
Anna Berry
Mayor
Mayor
City of Fruithurst
City of Heflin
PO Box 247
120 Vickery Street,
Rm 207
PO Box 160
PO Box 128
Hon.
Wanda C. Smith
Mayor
Town of Edwardsville
PO Box 8
Hon.
Owen Lowery
Mayor
Town of Ranburne
PO Box 219
Ranburne
AL
Hon.
J. L. Weeks
Commissioner
Coffee County Commission
2 County Complex
New Brockton
AL
Hon.
James E. Grimes
Mayor
City of Elba
200 Buford St
Elba
AL
Hon.
Kenneth Boswell
Mayor
City of Enterprise
PO Box 311000
Enterprise
AL
Hon.
William H. Mullins
Mayor
Town of Kinston
PO Box 26
Kinston
AL
Hon.
Charles B. Cole
Mayor
Town of New Brockton
Hon.
James Bingham
Commissioner
Colbert County Commission
PO Box 70
201 North Main
Street
Hon.
David Bradford
Mayor
City of Muscle Shoals
Hon.
Billy Don Anderson
Mayor
City of Sheffield
Hon.
Billy S. Shoemaker
Mayor
City of Tuscumbia
PO Box 29
Tuscumbia
AL
Hon.
L. Mignon Willis
Mayor
Town of Cherokee
PO Box D
Cherokee
AL
Hon.
Lawayne Harrison
Mayor
Town of Leighton
PO Box 308
Leighton
AL
Hon.
Kenneth Copeland
Mayor
Town of Littleville
Russellville
AL
Hon.
Hon.
Wendell Byrd
Larry Fluker
Chair
Mayor
Conecuh County Commission
City of Evergreen
1810 George
Wallace Hwy
P.O. Box 347
PO Box 229
Evergreen
Evergreen
AL
AL
Hon.
J. B. Jackson
Mayor
Town of Castleberry
PO Box 97
Castleberry
AL
Hon.
Terri B. Carter
Mayor
Town of Repton
PO Box 35
Repton
AL
Hon.
Todd J. Adams
Chair
Coosa County Commission
PO Box 10
Rockford
AL
Hon.
Lonnie Caldwell
Mayor
City of Goodwater
PO Box 45
Goodwater
AL
Hon.
Jane Harris
Mayor
Kelleyton
PO Box 75
Kelleyton
AL
Hon.
Randall Lewis
Mayor
Town of Rockford
PO Box 128
Rockford
AL
Hon.
Greg White
Chair
Covington County Commission
PO Box 188
Andalusia
AL
Hon.
Hon.
Jerry B. Andrews
Danny Franklin
Mayor
Mayor
City of Andalusia
City of Florala
PO Box 429
P.O. Box 351
Andalusia
Florala
AL
AL
Hon.
H. D. Edgar
Mayor
City of Opp
PO Box 610
Opp
AL
Hon.
James C. Garner
Mayor
Town of Carolina
13700 US 29
Andalusia
AL
Hon.
Thomas L. Glidwell
Mayor
Town of Gantt
PO Box 8
Gantt
AL
Hon.
Jerome Smith
Mayor
Town of Heath
PO Box 1414
Andalusia
AL
14
Lineville
AL
Zip
36919
36921
36545
367840127
36451
365240010
364460067
364510847
362510187
362510516
36266
Heflin
AL
36264
Fruithurst
Heflin
AL
AL
Edwardsville
AL
New Brockton
AL
36262
36264
362610008
362730219
36351
363231793
363311000
364530026
36351
Tuscumbia
AL
35674
PO Box 2624
Muscle Shoals
AL
PO Drawer 380
Sheffield
AL
356622624
35660
356740029
35616
356460308
356543218
36401
36401
364320097
364750035
351360010
350720045
35089
351360128
364200188
36420
36442
364670610
36420
360380001
364201414
Title
Name
Position
Organization
Hon.
Rowayne Harper
Mayor
Town of Horn Hill
Address
19019 Horn Hill
Road
City
ST
Zip
Opp
AL
36467
Hon.
Byron D. Dozier
Mayor
Town of Libertyville
RR 1 Box 4280
Andalusia
AL
Hon.
Eugene R. Birge
Mayor
Town of Lockhart
PO Box 216
Lockhart
AL
Hon.
Hon.
Joseph K. Robertson
Mayor
Town of Onycha
PO Box 645
Ohatchee
AL
Mike Purness
Mayor
Town of Red Level
PO Box 236
Red Level
AL
Hon.
Mary Hixon
Hon.
John P. Thomason
Mayor
Town of River Falls
Mayor
Town of Sanford
PO Box 17
19271 Cannon Loop
Rd.
River Falls
AL
Andalusia
AL
Hon.
Ronnie Hudson
Chair
Crenshaw County Commission
PO Box 227
Luverne
AL
Hon.
Joe Rex Sport
Mayor
City of Luverne
PO Box 249
Luverne
AL
Hon.
Bernie Sullivan
Mayor
Town of Brantley
PO Box 44
Brantley
AL
Hon.
Vester Burnette
Mayor
Town of Dozier
PO Box 216
Dozier
AL
Hon.
Dan Jackson
Mayor
Town of Glenwood
PO Box 217
Glenwood
AL
Hon.
Curtis Petrey
Mayor
Town of Petrey
82 School House
Rd
Petrey
AL
Hon.
Joe Dexter Flynn
Mayor
Town of Rutledge
PO Box 85
Rutledge
AL
Hon.
Wiley Kitchens
Chair
Cullman County Commission
500 2nd Ave SW
RM 202
Cullman
AL
Hon.
Donald E. Green
Mayor
City of Cullman
PO Box 278
Cullman
AL
Hon.
Katie Whitley
Mayor
City of Hanceville
112 Main Street,
S.E.
Hanceville
AL
Hon.
Paul C. Bailey
Mayor
Town of Baileyton
PO Box 116
Baileyton
AL
Hon.
Earlene Johnson
Mayor
Town of Colony
65 Byars Rd
Hanceville
AL
Hon.
Perry Ray
Mayor
Town of Dodge City
130 Howard Circle
Hanceville
AL
Hon.
Randall Shedd
Mayor
Town of Fairview
7525 Hwy 69, N
Cullman
AL
Hon.
Harden Davis
Mayor
Town of Garden City
PO Box 172
Garden City
AL
Hon.
Gordan Dunagan
Mayor
Town of Good Hope
134 Town Hall Dr
Cullman
AL
364209767
364550216
36271
364740236
36476
36420
360490227
360490249
360090044
36028
360340217
36049
360710085
350554195
350560278
35077
350190116
350772835
350773428
35058
350700172
350573257
350830009
35179
350561641
Hon.
Paul Barnett
Mayor
Town of Holly Pond
PO Box 9
Holly Pond
AL
Hon.
Melba Patton
Mayor
Town of South Vinemont
PO Box 130
Vinemont
AL
Hon.
Kenneth Kilgo
Mayor
Town of West Point
PO Box 1641
Cullman
AL
Ozark
AL
36360
Daleville
AL
Ozark
AL
36322
363611987
36311
Hon.
Wess Etheredge
Mayor
City of Daleville
202 S. Highway
123, Suite C
PO Box 188
Hon.
Bob Bunting
Mayor
City of Ozark
PO Box 1987
Hon.
Marie Black
Mayor
Town of Ariton
PO Box 53
Ariton
AL
Hon.
Deloris Salter
Mayor
Town of Clayhatchee
1 West Main Street
Daleville
AL
36322
Hon.
J. W. Steele
Mayor
Town of Grimes
1473 County Rd. 25
Midland City
AL
36350
Hon.
Tyrus Waters
Mayor
Town of Level Plains
1708 Joe Bruer Rd
Daleville
AL
36322
Hon.
Don Parker
Mayor
Town of Midland City
Midland City
AL
36350
Hon.
Greg Ballard
Mayor
Town of Napier Field
PO Box 69
400 Headquarters
Street
Napier Field
AL
Hon.
Eunice Hagler
Chair
Dale County Commission
Hon.
Jean Maddox-Watson
Mayor
Town of Newton
PO Box 10
Hon.
Fred M. McNab
Mayor
Town of Pinkard
PO Box 202
Pinckard
AL
Hon.
Hon.
Kimbrough L. Ballard
James Perkins
Commissioner
Mayor
Dallas County Commission
City of Selma
PO Box 987
PO Box 450
Selma
Selma
AL
AL
Hon.
Genne McHugh
Mayor
Town of Orrville
PO Box 98
Orrville
AL
Hon.
Tom Lee
Mayor
Valley Grande
348 County Rd. 240
Valley Grande
AL
15
Newton
AL
36303
363520010
363710202
36702
36702
367670098
36703
Title
Name
Position
Organization
Hon.
Sid Holcomb
Chair
DeKalb County Commission
Hon.
William H. Jordan
Mayor
City of Fort Payne
Hon.
Hon.
Hon.
Hon.
Hon.
Donnie Chandler
Jimmy Carter
James T. Johnston
Larry Lingerfelt
Billy Smothers
Mayor
Mayor
Mayor
Mayor
Mayor
City of Rainsville
Town of Collinsville
Town of Crossville
Town of Fyffe
Town of Geraldine
Hon.
Larry Watson
Mayor
Town of Hammondville
Hon.
Winston Jenkins
Mayor
Hon.
Lila A. McCurdy
Hon.
Ralph Maddox
Hon.
Rob Hammond
Mayor
Town of Mentone
Address
111 Grand Avenue
SW, Suite 200
100 Alabama Ave.,
N.W.
PO Box 309
PO Drawer N
PO Box 100
PO Box 8
PO Box 183
37669 US Highway
11
City
ST
Fort Payne
AL
Fort Payne
AL
35967
Rainsville
Collinsville
Crossville
Fyffe
Geraldine
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
35986
35961
35962
35971
35974
Hammondville
AL
Town of Henegar
PO Box 39
Henagar
AL
Mayor
Town of Ider
PO Box 157
Ider
AL
Mayor
Town of Lakeview
PO Box 85
Geraldine
AL
PO Box 295
Mentone
AL
Fort Payne
AL
Fyffe
Rainsville
AL
AL
Hon.
Mary Jo Chandler
Mayor
Town of Pine Ridge
Hon.
Hon.
Eugene Byrum
Charles D. Liles
Mayor
Mayor
Town of Powell
Town of Shiloh
780 County Road
835
110 Broad St., N.
PO Box 924
Hon.
Benny West
Mayor
Town of Sylvania
PO Box 150
Sylvania
AL
Hon.
Harold Carden
Mayor
Town of Valley Head
PO Box 144
Valley Head
AL
Wetumpka
AL
Millbrook
Tallassee
Wetumpka
AL
AL
AL
Hon.
Joe Faulk
Chair
Elmore County Commission
Hon.
Hon.
Hon.
Al Kelley
Robert E. Payne
Jo Glenn
Mayor
Mayor
Mayor
City of Millbrook
City of Tallassee
City of Wetumpka
100 E Commerce St
Rm. 207
P O Box 630
3 Freeman Ave
PO Box 1180
Hon.
Frank R. Houston
Mayor
Town of Coosada
PO Box 96
Coosada
AL
Hon.
W. Clayton Edgar
Mayor
Town of Deatsville
PO Box 220167
Deatsville
AL
Hon.
Hon.
Alan Nummy
C. Mark Carter
Mayor
Mayor
Town of Eclectic
Town of Elmore
PO Box 240430
PO Box 204
Eclectic
Elmore
AL
AL
Hon.
David Stokes
Chair
Escambia County Commission
PO Box 848
Brewton
AL
Hon.
Howard Shell
Mayor
City of Atmore
PO Box 1297
Atmore
AL
Hon.
Ted Jennings
Mayor
City of Brewton
PO Box 368
Brewton
AL
Hon.
Terry Clark
Mayor
City of East Brewton
PO Box 2010
Brewton
AL
Hon.
Dewey Bondurant
Mayor
Town of Flomaton
PO Box 632
Flomaton
AL
Flomaton
AL
Hon.
Carolyn Lambeth
Mayor
Town of Pollard
1415 Canterbury
Street
Hon.
Carl O. Smith
Mayor
Town of Riverview
PO Box 2368
Brewton
AL
Mr.
Patrick Simms
Etowah County Commission
800 Forrest Avenue
Gadsden
AL
Hon.
Charles O'Rear
Chief Executive
Officer
Mayor
City of Attalla
612 4th St NW
Attalla
AL
Hon.
Sherman Guyton
Mayor
City of Gadsden
PO Box 267
Gadsden
AL
Glencoe
AL
Hokes Bluff
Rainbow City
AL
AL
Hon.
Charles Gilchrist
Mayor
City of Glencoe
Hon.
Hon.
Tim Langdale
Terry John Calhoun
Mayor
Mayor
City of Hokes Bluff
City of Rainbow City
201 Chastain Blvd
W
PO Box 2338
3700 Rainbow Drive
Hon.
Wally Burns
Mayor
City of Southside
2255 Highway 77
Southside
AL
Hon.
Hon.
Hon.
Hon.
Hon.
Richard Nash
W. C. Hall
Randall Scott
Deborah Adair
Kenneth Brand
Mayor
Mayor
Mayor
Mayor
Mayor
Town of Altoona
Town of Mountainboro
Town of Reece City
Town of Ridgeville
Town of Sardis City
PO Box 279
19 N. Main Street
1023 Valley Dr.
PO Box 423
1335 Sardis Drive
Altoona
Boaz
Attalla
Ridgeville
Sardis City
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
Hon.
Autrey Works
Mayor
Town of Walnut Grove
PO Box 100
Walnut Grove
AL
16
Zip
359671970
35989
359780039
359810157
35974
359840295
359683828
35971
35986
359880150
359890144
360922746
36054
36078
36092
360200096
360220167
36024
36025
364270848
365041297
364270040
364272010
364410632
36441
364272368
359013663
35954
359020267
359052014
35903
35906
359077905
35952
35956
35954
35954
35956
359900100
Title
Name
Position
Organization
Hon.
Charlie Jones
Chair
Fayette County Commission
Address
103 1st Avenue,
NW - Suite 2
City
ST
Zip
Fayette
AL
35555
Hon.
Ray Nelson
Mayor
City of Fayette
102 2nd Ave SE
Fayette
AL
Hon.
Ronald Waldrop
Mayor
Town of Belk
PO Box 195
Belk
AL
Hon.
Hon.
Hon.
Allen Dunavant
Mike Green
Jeff Reid
Mayor
Chair
Mayor
Town of Glen Allen
Franklin County Commission
City of Red Bay
PO Box 40
PO Box 1028
PO Box 2002
Glen Allen
Russellville
Red Bay
AL
AL
AL
Hon.
Johnny C. Brown
Mayor
City of Russellville
PO Box 1000
Russellville
AL
Hon.
Jerry Mays
Mayor
Town of Phil Campbell
PO Box 489
Phil Campbell
AL
Hon.
D. W. Franklin
Mayor
Town of Vina
PO Box 6
Vina
AL
Hon.
Fred Hamic
Chair
Geneva County Commission
PO Box 430
Geneva
AL
Hon.
Karen Simmons
Mayor
City of Geneva
PO Box 37
Geneva
AL
Hon.
Eria Sorrells
Mayor
City of Hartford
203 W Main St
Hartford
AL
Hon.
Clay king
Mayor
City of Samson
104 E Main St
Samson
AL
Hon.
Vickie D. Moore
Mayor
City of Slocomb
PO Box 1147
Slocomb
AL
Hon.
Tom Majors
Mayor
Town of Black
PO Box 301
Black
AL
Hon.
Lela Aycock
Mayor
Town of Coffee Springs
PO Box 8
Coffee Springs
AL
Hon.
Bobby Barnes
Mayor
Town of Eunola
P.O. Box 146
Geneva
AL
Hon.
Jesse Scott
Mayor
Town of Malvern
PO Box 98
Malvern
AL
Hon.
Chris Beeker
Chair
Greene County Commission
PO Box 656
Eutaw
AL
Hon.
Walter Taylor
Mayor
Town of Boligee
PO Box 245
Boligee
AL
Hon.
Raymond Steele
Mayor
Town of Eutaw
PO Box 431
Eutaw
AL
Hon.
Eddie J. Woods
Mayor
Town of Forkland
PO Box 126
Forkland
AL
Hon.
Loydleetta J.
Wabbington
Mayor
Town of Union
7657 County Rd,
191
Eutaw
AL
Hon.
Leland Avery
Chair
Hale County Commission
PO Box 396
Greensboro
AL
Hon.
Vanessa Hill
Mayor
City of Greensboro
PO Drawer 77
Greensboro
AL
Hon.
Stanley Hollie
Mayor
Town of Akron
PO Box 8
Akron
AL
Hon.
R. O. Morrison
Mayor
Town of Moundville
PO Box 98
Moundville
AL
Hon.
Paul J. Owens
Mayor
Town of Newbern
8676 Al Highway 61
Newbern
AL
Abbeville
AL
355552799
355450195
35559
35653
35582
356531000
355810489
355930006
363400430
363400037
363441626
364771218
363751147
363140301
363180066
36340
363490098
354620656
354430245
35462
367400126
35462
367440396
367441503
354410008
354740098
367653802
Hon.
Jo Ann J. Smith
Chair
Henry County Commission
101 Court Square,
Suite B
Hon.
Rhett Taylor
Mayor
City of Abbeville
PO Box 427
Abbeville
AL
Hon.
Reuben Shelley
Mayor
City of Headland
9 Park St
Headland
AL
Hon.
Lamar Turner
Mayor
Henry County Commission
Abbeville
AL
36310
Hon.
Roger Money
Mayor
Town of Haleburg
101 Court Square,
Suite B
1627 Davis Street
Columbia
AL
Hon.
Charles Davis
Mayor
Town of Newville
PO Box 119
Newville
AL
Hon.
Mark Culver
Chair
Houston County Commission
PO Box 6406
Dothan
AL
Hon.
Bryan Alloway
Mayor
City of Ashford
PO Box 428
Ashford
AL
Hon.
Pat Thomas
Mayor
City of Dothan
PO Box 2128
Dothan
AL
Hon.
Timothy Prevatt
Mayor
Town of Avon
PO Box 462
Ashford
AL
35563
363530119
363026406
363120428
363022128
363120462
17
36310
363100427
363451745
Title
Name
Position
Organization
Address
City
ST
Hon.
James N. Green
Mayor
Town of Columbia
PO Box 339
Columbia
AL
Hon.
Lomax Smith
Mayor
Town of Cottonwood
PO Box 447
Cottonwood
AL
Hon.
Randy Roland
Mayor
Town of Cowarts
PO Box 69
Cowarts
AL
Hon.
Chares Dismuke
Mayor
Town of Gordon
PO Box 46
Gordon
AL
Hon.
Jason Reneau
Mayor
Town of Kinsey
6947 Walden Drive
Kinsey
AL
Hon.
James R. Boyette
Mayor
Town of Madrid
Cottonwood
AL
Hon.
Marty L. Collins
Mayor
Town of Rehoboth
Rehobeth
AL
Hon.
Joel H. Napier
Mayor
Town of Taylor
Taylor
AL
Hon.
Byrd Buis
Mayor
Town of Webb
PO Box 127
Webb
AL
Hon.
James Tidmore
Chair
Jackson County Commission
102 E. Laurel
Street, Suite 47,
Courthouse
Scottsboro
AL
Hon.
John W. Lewis
Mayor
City of Bridgeport
PO Box 86
Bridgeport
AL
Hon.
Dan Deason
Mayor
City of Scottsboro
916 S Broad St
Scottsboro
AL
Hon.
James Rickey Steele
Mayor
City of Stevenson
104 Kentucky Ave
Stevenson
AL
Hon.
Bryan Stewart
Mayor
Town of Dutton
PO Box 6
Dutton
AL
Hon.
Rickey Keele
Mayor
Town of Hollywood
PO Box 240
Hollywood
AL
Hon.
Leslie L. Thackerson
Mayor
Town of Hytop
Scottsboro
AL
35768
Hon.
Floyd Vaught
Mayor
Town of Langston
30332 Alabama
Highway 79
PO Box 33
Langston
AL
Hon.
Michael Counts
Mayor
Town of Paint Rock
PO Box 143
Paint Rock
AL
Hon.
Chris Woods
Mayor
Town of Pisgah
PO Box 2
Pisgah
AL
35755
357640143
357659802
Woodville
AL
764 Decatur Rd Box
C48
5449 County Road
203
1469 S County
Road 59
Hon.
Mickey L. West
Mayor
Town of Pleasant Groves
3973 County Road
8
Hon.
Ron Fossett
Mayor
Town of Section
PO Box 310
Section
AL
Hon.
Billy Jack Shelton
Mayor
Town of Skyline
21638 Ala Highway
79
Scottsboro
AL
Hon.
Faye Cook
Mayor
Town of Woodville
PO Box 94
Woodville
AL
Birmingham
AL
Zip
363190339
363200447
363210069
36343
363037555
363205051
363018929
363017045
363760127
35768
357400086
357682510
357723100
357440006
357520240
35776
357710310
357685904
357760094
Hon.
Bettye Fine Collins
Chair
Jefferson County Commission
716 Richard
Arrington Jr. Blvd.
Hon.
Terry Loggins
Mayor
City of Adamsville
PO Box 309
Adamsville
AL
Hon.
Edward E. May
Mayor
City of Bessemer
1800 3rd Ave N
Bessemer
AL
Hon.
Larry Langford
Mayor
City of Birmingham
710 20th St N
Birmingham
AL
Hon.
Hon.
Eddie E. Cooper
Michael L. Johnson
Mayor
Mayor
City of Brighton
City of Fairfield
3700 Main Street
PO Box 437
Bessemer
Fairfield
AL
AL
Hon.
Jim Lowery
Mayor
City of Fultondale
PO Box 699
Fultondale
AL
Hon.
Kenneth A. Clemons
Mayor
City of Gardendale
PO Box 889
Gardendale
AL
Hon.
Doug Brewer
Mayor
City of Graysville
246 S. Main Street
Graysville
AL
Hon.
Barry R. McCulley
Mayor
City of Homewood
PO Box 59666
Homewood
AL
Hon.
Hon.
Mayor
Mayor
City of Hoover
City of Hueytown
PO Box 360628
PO Box 3650
Hoover
Hueytown
AL
AL
Mayor
City of Irondale
PO Box 100188
Irondale
AL
35210
Hon.
Hon.
Tony Petelos
Delor Baumann
Tommy Joe
Alexander
James Whitfield
Deborah Miller
Mayor
Mayor
City of Leeds
City of Lipscomb
Leeds
Lipscomb
AL
AL
Hon.
Gary Richardson
Mayor
City of Midfield
8373 First Avenue
5512 Avenue H
725 Bessemer
Super Hwy
Midfield
AL
35094
35020
352281703
Hon.
18
35203
350050309
350204906
352032216
35020
35064
350680699
350710889
35073
352599666
35236
35023
Title
Hon.
Hon.
Hon.
Hon.
Name
Lawrence Terry Oden
Jerry W. Brasseale
Loxcil Tuck
Eugene A. Melton
Position
Mayor
Mayor
Mayor
Mayor
Organization
City of Mountain Brook
City of Pleasant Grove
City of Tarrant
City of Trussville
Hon.
Charles A. McCallum
Mayor
City of Vestavia Hills
Hon.
Rena Hudson
Mayor
City of Warrior
Address
PO Box 130009
501 Park Road
PO Box 170220
PO Box 159
513 Montgomery
Hwy
215 Main St
Hon.
Roger McCondichie
Mayor
Town of Brookside
PO Box 142
Brookside
AL
Hon.
Hon.
Hon.
Hon.
Joseph Country
Tom Henderson
Charles Hart
Sammie E. Maze
Mayor
Mayor
Mayor
Mayor
Town of Cardiff
Center Point
Clay
Town of Kimberly
Grayville
Center Point
Clay
Kimberly
AL
AL
AL
AL
Hon.
Ann H. Goolsby
Mayor
Town of Maytown
128 Main Street
PO Box 9847
PO Box 345
PO Box 206
4505 Town Hall
Drive
Zip
35213
35127
35217
35173
352161897
35180
350360137
35073
35220
35048
35091
Maytown
AL
35118
Hon.
Craig Drummonds
Mayor
Town of Morris
PO Box 163
Morris
AL
Hon.
Dennis McCrary
Mayor
Town of Mulga
PO Box 549
Mulga
AL
Hon.
Hon.
Hon.
James Price
Hoyt Sanders
Steven H. Parson
Mayor
Mayor
Mayor
Town of North Johns
Town of Pinson
Town of Sylvan Springs
Adger
Pinson
Sylan Springs
AL
AL
AL
Hon.
Randy K. Reid
Mayor
Town of Trafford
PO Box 156
PO Box 1599
300 Town Hall Dr.
9239 E. Commercial
Ave.
351160163
351180549
35006
35126
35118
Trafford
AL
35172
Hon.
Troy Ford
Mayor
Town of West Jefferson
PO Box 158
Quinton
AL
Hon.
Johnny Rogers
Chair
Lamar County Commission
PO Box 338
Vernon
AL
Hon.
Scott Boman
Mayor
City of Sulligent
PO Box 365
Sulligent
AL
Hon.
Tom Eskridge
Mayor
City of Vernon
PO Box 357
Vernon
AL
Hon.
Joe L. Collier
Mayor
Town of Beaverton
PO Box 70
Beaverton
AL
Hon.
Billy Murphy
Mayor
Town of Detroit
PO Box 114
Detroit
AL
Hon.
Ray Holsenback
Mayor
Town of Kennedy
PO Box 70
Kennedy
AL
Hon.
Waymon Fields
Mayor
Town of Millport
PO Box 365
Millport
AL
Hon.
Dewer Mitchell
Chair
Lauderdale County Commission
PO Box 1059
Florence
AL
Hon.
Bobby E. Irons
Mayor
City of Florence
PO Box 98
Florence
AL
Hon.
Bill D. Hendrix
Mayor
Town of Anderson
PO Box 8
Anderson
AL
Hon.
Jerry Mitchell
Mayor
Town of Killen
PO Box 27
Killen
AL
Hon.
Herman Jaggers
Mayor
Town of Lexington
PO Box 457
Lexington
AL
Hon.
Harold D. Chandler
Mayor
Town of Rogersville
PO Box 540
Rogersville
AL
Florence
AL
Waterloo
AL
Hon.
Sam Hudson
Mayor
Town of St. Florian
4508 County Road
47
Hon.
Jerry McIntyre
Mayor
Town of Waterloo
PO Box 38
City
Mountain Brook
Pleasant Grove
Tarrant
Trussville
ST
AL
AL
AL
AL
Vestavia Hills
AL
Warrior
AL
Hon.
Mose Jones, Jr.
Chair
Lawrence County Commission
750 Main Street
Moulton
AL
Hon.
Ray Alexander
Mayor
City of Moulton
14220 W. Court St
Moulton
AL
Hon.
Ted H. Letson
Mayor
Town of Courtland
PO Box 160
Courtland
AL
Hon.
Billy Ray Young
Mayor
Town of Hillsboro
PO Box 10
Hillsboro
AL
Hon.
Hon.
Ronald Jones
Ervin Nichols
Mayor
Mayor
Town of North Courtland
Town of Town Creek
PO Box 93
PO Box 190
North Courtland
Town Creek
AL
AL
Hon.
Bill English
Chair
Lee County Commission
PO Box 666
Opelika
AL
Hon.
Bill Ham
Mayor
City of Auburn
144 Tichenor Ave
Ste 1
Auburn
AL
Hon.
Gary Fuller
Mayor
City of Opelika
PO Box 390
Opelika
AL
Hon.
Larry Justice
Mayor
Town of Loachapoka
PO Box 10
Loachapoka
AL
19
351300158
355920338
355860365
355920357
355440070
355520114
355740070
355760365
356311059
356310098
35610
356450027
356480457
356520540
35634
356770038
35650
356501169
35618
356430010
35618
35672
368030666
36830
368030390
36865
Title
Hon.
Name
LaFaye Dellinger
Position
Mayor
Organization
Town of Smiths
Address
PO Box 250
310 W Washington
St
City
Smiths Station
ST
AL
Hon.
David Seibert
Chair
Limestone County Commission
Athens
AL
Hon.
Dan Williams
Mayor
City of Athens
PO Box 1089
Athens
AL
Hon.
Eugene Shannon
Mayor
Town of Ardmore
26704 Main Street
Ardmore
AL
Hon.
Tracy Compton
Mayor
Town of Elkmont
PO Box 387
Elkmont
AL
Hon.
Thomas Gatlin
Mayor
Town of Lester
PO Box 25
Lester
AL
Hon.
Jerri McLain
Mayor
Town of Mooresvlle
PO Box 42
Mooresville
AL
Hon.
Hon.
Charlie King
Donny Cooper
Chair
Mayor
Lowndes County Commission
Town of Benton
PO Box 65
379 Washington St.
Hayneville
Benton
AL
AL
Hon.
Fletcher Foountain
Mayor
Town of Fort Deposit
PO Box 260
Fort Deposit
AL
Zip
36877
356112597
356121089
35739
356200387
356470025
356490042
36040
36785
360320260
36040
360400365
367520130
360400296
360402829
Hon.
Willie C. Davis
Mayor
Town of Gordonville
404 Wall Street
Hayneville
AL
Hon.
Helenor T. Bell
Mayor
Town of Hayneville
PO Box 365
Hayneville
AL
Hon.
Rick Pates
Mayor
Town of Lowndesboro
PO Box 130
Lowndesboro
AL
Hon.
William Scott
Mayor
Town of Mosses
PO Box 296
Hayneville
AL
Hon.
John Jackson
Mayor
Town of White Hall
625 Freedom Road
Hayneville
AL
Hon.
Jesse L. Upshaw
Chair
Macon County Commission
Tuskegee
AL
36083
Hon.
Hon.
Johnny Ford
Rufus C. Carson
Mayor
Mayor
City of Tuskegee
Town of Franklin
101 E. Rosa Parks
Ave., Suite 106
PO Box 830687
1660 Ala. Hwy. 49
Tuskegee
Tuskegee
AL
AL
Hon.
Frank Tew
Mayor
Town of Notasulga
PO Box 207
Notasulga
AL
Hon.
Willie Mae Powell
Mayor
Town of Shorter
PO Box 117
Shorter
AL
Hon.
Mike Gillespie
Chair
Madison County Commission
100 N Side Sq
Huntsville
AL
Hon.
Loretta Spencer
Mayor
City of Huntsville
PO Box 308
Huntsville
AL
Hon.
Sandy Kirkindall
Mayor
City of Madison
100 Hughes Rd
Madison
AL
Hon.
Brad Beasley
Mayor
City of New Hope
PO Box 419
New Hope
AL
Hon.
Stan Simpson
Mayor
Town of Gurley
PO Box 128
Gurley
AL
36083
36083
368660207
360750117
358014800
35804
357581110
357600419
357480128
AL
Hon.
Curtis J. Craig
Mayor
Town of Owens Cross Roads
PO Box 158
Owens Cross
Roads
Hon.
Marvalene Freeman
Mayor
Town of Triana
640 6th St
Madison
AL
Hon.
Ken Tucker
Chair
Marengo County Commission
P.O. Box 480715
Linden
AL
Hon.
Cecil Williamson
Mayor
City of Demopolis
PO Box 580
Demopolis
AL
Hon.
Roy P. Vice
Mayor
City of Linden
211 N Main St
Linden
AL
Hon.
William S. Poole
Mayor
Town of Dayton
PO Box 118
Dayton
AL
Hon.
Sadie Stanford
Mayor
Town of Faunsdale
PO Box 211
Faunsdale
AL
Hon.
Kevin McKinney
Mayor
Town of Myrtlewood
PO Box 70
Myrtlewood
AL
Hon.
John Ed Crawford
Mayor
Town of Providence
PO Box 581
Linden
AL
Hon.
Wilbon R. Davis
Mayor
Town of Sweet Water
PO Box 33
Sweet Water
AL
Hon.
Terry Counselman
Mayor
Town of Thomaston
PO Box 276
Thomaston
AL
Hon.
Bobby Burleson
Chair
Marion County Commission
PO Box 460
Hamilton
AL
Hon.
Hon.
Hon.
Phil Segraves
Ray Harper
William R. West
Mayor
Mayor
Mayor
City of Guin
City of Hamilton
City of Winfield
PO Box 249
PO Box 188
PO Drawer 1438
Guin
Hamilton
Winfield
AL
AL
AL
Hon.
Drennon Veal
Mayor
Town of Bear Creek
PO Box 186
Bear Creek
AL
Hon.
Perry Franks,
Mayor
Town of Brilliant
PO Box 407
Brilliant
AL
20
35763
357568237
367480715
36732
367481599
36732
367380211
367630070
367480581
367820033
367830276
355700460
35563
35570
35594
355430186
35548
Title
Hon.
Name
Brandon Webster
Position
Mayor
Organization
Town of Gu-Win
Address
PO Box 550
City
Gu-Win
ST
AL
Hon.
Douglas Gunnin
Mayor
Town of Hackleburg
PO Box 279
Hackleburg
AL
Guin
AL
Guntersville
AL
Albertville
Arab
AL
AL
Hon.
Letus Atkinson
Mayor
Town of Twin
Hon.
Billy Cannon
Chair
Marshall County Commission
Hon.
Hon.
Carl Pruett
Frank Lee Cox
Mayor
Mayor
City of Albertville
City of Arab
321 Old Cooper
Creek Road
424 Blount Ave,
Suite 305
PO Box 1248
740 N. Main Street
Hon.
Tim Walker
Mayor
City of Boaz
PO Box 537
Boaz
AL
Hon.
Robert L. Hembree
Mayor
City of Guntersville
341 Gunter Ave
Guntersville
AL
Hon.
Paula Phillips
Mayor
Town of Douglas
PO Box 45
Douglas
AL
Hon.
Samantha Lemley
Mayor
Town of Grant
PO Box 70
Grant
AL
Hon.
Charles H. Couch
Mayor
Town of Union Grove
PO Box 67
Union Grove
AL
Mobile
AL
Bayou La Batre
AL
Hon.
Stan Wright
Mayor
City of Bayou La Batre
Hon.
Jim Trout
Mayor
City of Chickasaw
205 Government
Street
13785 S Wintzell
Ave
PO Box 11307
Hon.
Michael Waltman
Mayor
City of Citronelle
Hon.
Samuel L. Jones
Mayor
Hon.
Ron Davis
Hon.
Hon.
Stephanie Nodine
President
Mobile County Commission
Zip
35563
355640279
35563
359761102
35950
35016
359570537
359761128
359640045
35747
351750067
366022613
365092411
36671
365220144
366331827
366100427
365713634
365720517
36525
365284331
36560
364610008
36461
364250056
364390369
364450119
364810285
361021667
36101
36064
356020668
356020488
356020488
Mobile
AL
19135 S Main St
Citronelle
AL
City of Mobile
PO Box 1827
Mobile
AL
Mayor
City of Prichard
PO Box 10427
Prichard
AL
Ken Williams
Mayor
City of Saraland
716 Highway 43 S
Saraland
AL
Hon.
William Bush
Mayor
City of Satsuma
PO Box 517
Satsuma
AL
Hon.
Donald Nelson
Mayor
Town of Creola
PO Box 490
Creola
AL
Hon.
Jeffrey Collier
Mayor
Town of Dauphin Island
1011 Bienville Blvd
Dauphin Island
AL
Hon.
Cleon Bolden
Mayor
Town of Mount Vernon
PO Box 309
Mount Vernon
AL
Hon.
Greg Norris
Chair
Monroe County Commission
PO Box 8
Monroeville
AL
Hon.
Anne H. Farrish
Mayor
City of Monroeville
PO Box 147
Monroeville
AL
Hon.
Alan Bishop
Mayor
Town of Beatrice
PO Box 56
Beatrice
AL
Hon.
Virginia Countryman
Mayor
Town of Excel
PO Box 369
Excel
AL
Hon.
Jim Cave
Mayor
Town of Frisco City
PO Box 119
Frisco City
AL
Hon.
Cynthia Evans
Mayor
Town of Vredenburgh
PO Box 285
Vredenburgh
AL
Hon.
Todd Strange
Chair
Montgomery County Commission
PO Box 1667
Montgomery
AL
Hon.
Hon.
Bobby Bright
Gordon Stone
Mayor
Mayor
City of Montgomery
Town of Pike Road
PO Box 1111
4902 Old Pike Road
Montgomery
Pike Road
AL
AL
Hon.
John Y. Glasscock
Chair
Morgan County Commission
PO Box 668
Decatur
AL
Hon.
Lynn Fowler
Mayor
City of Decatur
PO Box 488
Decatur
AL
Hon.
Don Kyle
Mayor
City of Decatur
PO Box 488
Decatur
AL
Hartselle
AL
35640
35621
356220407
35603
35670
35673
36756
367560959
36786-
Hon.
Dwight Tankersley
Mayor
City of Hartselle
Hon.
Gary Livingston
Mayor
Town of Eva
200 Sparkman
Stree, NW
PO Box 68
Eva
AL
Hon.
Jimmie Walker
Mayor
Town of Falkville
PO Box 407
Falkville
AL
Hon.
Hon.
Hon.
Hon.
Melvin Duran
Ray Long
Vaughn Goodwin
Brett Harrison
Mayor
Mayor
Mayor
Chair
Town of Priceville
Town of Somerville
Town of Trinity
Perry County Commission
242 Marco Drive
PO Box 153
35 Preston Drive
PO Box 478
Priceville
Somerville
Trinity
Marion
AL
AL
AL
AL
Hon.
Anthony J. Long
Mayor
City of Marion
PO Drawer 959
Marion
AL
Hon.
Phillip D. White
Mayor
City of Uniontown
PO Box 1069
Uniontown
AL
21
Title
Name
Position
Organization
Address
City
ST
Hon.
Willie Colvin
Chair
Pickens County Commission
P.O. Box 460
Carrollton
AL
Harpersville
AL
Zip
354470460
35950
354470169
354610085
354660348
35442
354429801
354474014
354810489
360811147
360100638
36081
360056666
360350146
362780249
36274
36276
362780270
362800156
368680969
36867
368600358
50510467
350078767
35040
350519331
350800262
351154098
35124
350430111
35078
Indian Springs
AL
35124
Vincent
AL
Hon.
W. R. McKenzey, Jr.
Mayor
City of Aliceville
PO Box 1248
Albertville
AL
Hon.
John D. Lammers
Mayor
Town of Carrollton
PO Box 169
Carrollton
AL
Hon.
Ottis Tillery
Mayor
Town of Ethelsville
PO Box 85
Ethelsville
AL
Hon.
Harold Davis
Mayor
Town of Gordo
PO Box 348
Gordo
AL
Hon.
Essie B. Madison
Mayor
Town of McMullen
PO Box 469
Aliceville
AL
Hon.
Eddie Windham
Mayor
Town of Memphis
128 Memphis Circle
Aliceville
AL
Hon.
Mary L. Fuseymore
Mayor
Town of Pickensville
16831 Highway 14
Carrollton
AL
Hon.
Pat Wheat
Mayor
Town of Reform
PO Box 489
Reform
AL
Hon.
Robi Sullivan
Chair
Pike County Commission
PO Box 1147
Troy
AL
Hon.
James T. Ramage III
Mayor
City of Brundidge
PO Box 638
Brundidge
AL
Hon.
Jimmy Lunsford
Mayor
City of Troy
PO Box 549
Troy
AL
Hon.
Dewayne Henderson
Mayor
Town of Banks
PO Box 6666
Banks
AL
Hon.
G. Malon Johnson
Mayor
Town of Goshen
PO Box 146
Goshen
AL
Hon.
Edward Creed
Chair
Randolph County Commission
P.O. Box 249
Wedowee
AL
Hon.
Hon.
Henry V. Bonner
Bruce W. Albright
Mayor
Mayor
City of Roanoke
Town of Wadley
P O Box 1270
PO Box 9
Roanoke
Wadley
AL
AL
Hon.
Timothy Coe
Mayor
Town of Wedowee
PO Box 270
Wedowee
AL
Hon.
Tim Prince
Mayor
Town of Woodland
PO Box 156
Woodland
AL
Hon.
J.D. Upshaw
Chair
Russell County Commission
PO Box 939
Phenix City
AL
Hon.
Jeff Hardin
Mayor
City of Phenix City
601 12th Street
Phenix City
AL
Hon.
Sandra Tarver
Mayor
Town of Hurtsboro
PO Box 358
Hurtsboro
AL
Hon.
Joel Bearden
Chair
Shelby County Commission
P.O. Box 467
Colmbiana
AL
Hon.
David M. Frings
Mayor
City of Alabaster
201 1st St N
Alabaster
AL
Hon.
Allan Lowe
Mayor
City of Calera
10947 Highway 25
Calera
AL
Hon.
Allan Lowe
Mayor
City of Columbiana
107 Mildred St
Columbiana
AL
Hon.
Charles W. Penhale
Mayor
City of Helena
PO Box 262
Helena
AL
Hon.
Sharon Anderson
Mayor
City of Montevallo
545 Main St
Montevallo
AL
Hon.
Bobby Hayes
Mayor
City of Pelham
PO Box 1419
Pelham
AL
Hon.
Samuel Earl Niven
Mayor
Town of Chelsea
PO Box 111
Chelsea
AL
Hon.
Theoangelo Perkins
Mayor
Town of Harpersville
Hon.
Stephen W. Zerkin
Mayor
Town of Indian Springs Village
PO Box 370
2635 Chaba Valley
Road
Hon.
Terry Allen
Mayor
Town of Vincent
Hon.
Mark McLaughlin
Mayor
Town of Westover
PO Box 356
Westover
AL
Hon.
Rosemary Liveoak
Mayor
Town of Wilsonville
PO Box 70
Wilsonville
AL
Hon.
Joe A. Fancher
Mayor
Town of Wilton
PO Box 159
Wilton
AL
Ashville
AL
35953
Pell City
Argo
Ashville
Branchville
AL
AL
AL
AL
Margaret
AL
35125
35173
35953
35120
351120309
PO Box 49
Hon.
Stanley Batemon
Chair
St. Clair Commission
Hon.
Hon.
Hon.
Hon.
Adam Stocks
Louie Glenn
Robert L. McKay
Tom Dixon
Mayor
Mayor
Mayor
Mayor
City of Pell City
Town of Argo
Town of Ashville
Town of Branchville
165 Fifth Avenue,
Suite 100
1905 1st Ave N
8885 Gadsden Hwy.
PO Drawer 70
40 Blair Farm Road
Hon.
Jeffrey G. Wilson
Mayor
Town of Margaret
PO Box 309
22
351780049
35185
351860070
351870159
Title
Hon.
Hon.
Name
Joe Lee
Rodney Christian
Position
Mayor
Mayor
Organization
Town of Moody
Town of Odenville
City
Moody
Odenville
ST
AL
AL
Zip
35004
35120
Ragland
AL
35131
Town of Riverside
Address
2900 Daniel Dr.
PO Box 113
220 Fredia Street,
Suite 102
PO Box 130
Hon.
Gary Daffron
Mayor
Town of Ragland
Hon.
Rusty Jessup
Mayor
Riverside
AL
Mayor
Town of Springville
PO Box 919
Springville
AL
John W. McHugh
Mayor
Town of Steele
PO Box 425
Steele
AL
Hon.
Aubrey W. Ellis
Commissioner
Sumter County Commission
P.O. Box 70
Livingston
AL
Hon.
Thomas M. Tartt
Mayor
City of Livingston
PO Box W
Livingston
AL
Hon.
Carolyn Mitchell-Gosa
Mayor
City of York
PO Box 37
York
AL
Hon.
Carl Storey
Mayor
Town of Cuba
PO Box 385
Cuba
AL
Hon.
Roy Willingham
Mayor
Town of Emelle
PO Box 97
Emelle
AL
Hon.
Walter Porter
Mayor
Town of Epes
PO Box 127
Epes
AL
Hon.
Carrie Mae Fulghum
Mayor
Town of Gainsville
PO Box 73
Gainesville
AL
Hon.
Herbert Payne
Mayor
Town of Geiger
201 Broadway St
Emelle
AL
Hon.
Jimmy Roberson
Chair
Talladega County Commission
P.O. Box 6170
Talladega
AL
35135
351460919
359870425
354700070
35470
369250037
369070385
35459
354600127
354640073
354592045
351611357
35044
350960172
351500390
351610498
350320117
Hon.
Ricky Buckner
Hon.
Hon.
B. J. Meeks
Mayor
City of Childersburg
118 6th Ave SW
Childersburg
AL
Hon.
Carroll L. Watson
Mayor
City of Lincoln
PO Box 172
Lincoln
AL
Hon.
Sam Wright
Mayor
City of Sylacauga
PO Box 390
Sylacauga
AL
Hon.
Brian York
Mayor
City of Talladega
PO Box 498
Talladega
AL
Hon.
Pam Pilkington
Mayor
Town of Bon Air
PO Box 117
Bon Air
AL
Oak Grove
AL
Hon.
Clemmine E. Lewis
Mayor
Town of Oak Grove
Hon.
Lynn Swinford
Mayor
Town Munford
Hon.
Frank Mitchell
Mayor
Town of Talladega Springs
Hon.
Susan Crim
Mayor
Town of Waldo
Hon.
Johnny Allen
Chairman
Tallapoosa County Commission
Hon.
Barbara H. Young
Mayor
City of Alexander City
Hon.
Joe L. Smith
Mayor
Hon.
Sam Ellis
Mayor
Hon.
Robert L. Smith
Mayor
Town of Daviston
2364 Forest Glen
Rd
PO Box 10
32 Old Cedar Creek
Rd.
39 Sorghum Lane
125 N. Broadnax
Street, Room 131
Munford
AL
36268
Sylacauga
AL
35151
Talladega
AL
Dadeville
AL
PO Box 552
Alexander City
AL
City of Dadeville
216 S. Broadnax
Dadeville
AL
Town of Camp Hill
PO Box 100
Camp Hill
AL
PO Box 26
Daviston
AL
Daviston
AL
35160
368534268
350104015
36853
368500100
362560026
362567046
36861
362563151
354020113
35476
354032089
354443711
354490010
354520278
Hon.
Jimmy Ayers
Mayor
Town of Jacksons' Gap
4233 Goldville
Cutoff Rd
PO Box 162
Jacksons Gap
AL
Hon.
Glenn Fuller
Mayor
Town of New Site
12791 Hwy. 22 E.
Daviston
AL
Hon.
W. Hardy McCollum
Chair
Tuscaloosa County Commission
PO Box 20113
Tuscaloosa
AL
Hon.
James C. Powell
Mayor
35150
Town of Goldville
Hon.
Harvey Fretwell
Mayor
City of Northport
PO Drawer 569
Northport
AL
Hon.
Walt Maddox
Mayor
City of Tuscaloosa
PO Box 2089
Tuscaloosa
AL
Hon.
Alton Hyche
Mayor
Town of Brookwood
15689 Highway 216
Brookwood
AL
Hon.
Charley F. Foster
Mayor
Town of Coaling
PO Box 10
Coaling
AL
Hon.
Derrill Booth
Mayor
Town of Coker
PO Box 278
Coker
AL
Lake View
AL
Hon.
Fred Pugh
Mayor
Town of Lake View
12863 Tannehill
Pkwy
Hon.
Keith Mahaffey
Mayor
Town of Vance
PO Box 193
Vance
AL
Hon.
Bruce Hamrick
Chair
Walker County Commission
PO Box 1447
Jasper
AL
23
35111
354900002
35502
Title
Hon.
Name
Phillip Howard
Position
Mayor
Organization
City of Carbon Hill
Address
PO Box 519
City
Carbon Hill
ST
AL
Hon.
Jack Scott
Mayor
City of Cordova
74 Main St
Cordova
AL
Hon.
George R. Sides
Mayor
City of Dora
1485 Sharon Blvd
Dora
AL
Hon.
V. L. "Sonny" Posey
Mayor
City of Jasper
PO Box 1589
Jasper
AL
Hon.
Harry L. Ellis
Mayor
City of Sumiton
PO Box 10
Sumiton
AL
Hon.
Bobbie Jean Dodd
Mayor
Town of Eldridge
PO Box 99
Eldridge
AL
Hon.
Joey Bagwell
Mayor
Town of Kansas
PO Box 186
Kansas
AL
Hon.
Gary R. Knight
Mayor
Town of Nauvoo
PO Box 186
Nauvoo
AL
Hon.
Richard Corry
Mayor
Town of Oakman
PO Box 267
Oakman
AL
Hon.
Billy Jaye
Mayor
Town of Parrish
PO Box 89
Parrish
AL
Hon.
Anita Sanders
Mayor
Town of Sipsey
PO Box 156
Sipsey
AL
Hon.
Charles Singleton
Chair
Washington County
PO Box 146
Chatom
AL
Hon.
John H. Armstrong
Mayor
Washington County Commission
PO Box 146
Chatom
AL
Hon.
Harold L. Crouch
Mayor
Town of Chatom
PO Box 817
Chatom
AL
Hon.
Carrol Daugherty
Mayor
Town of McIntosh
PO Box 385
McIntosh
AL
Hon.
Roy Chapman
Mayor
Town of Millry
PO Box 563
Millry
AL
Zip
35549
355501415
35062
355021589
351480010
355540099
355730186
355780186
35579
355800089
355840156
36518
365180146
365180366
365530385
365580410
367260488
36726
36766
367680008
367690397
36769
355530147
35565
355400098
355410146
355530279
355750145
355770367
Hon.
David
Chair
Wilcox County Commission
PO Box 488
Camden
AL
Hon.
Hon.
Henrietta Blackmon
F. David Fuller
Mayor
Mayor
Town of Camden
Town of Oak Hill
108 Water St
PO Box 9
Camden
Oak Hill
AL
AL
Hon.
Chris Stone
Mayor
Town of Pine Apple
PO Box 8
Pine Apple
AL
Hon.
Harry A. Mason
Mayor
Town of Pine Hill
PO Drawer 397
Pine Hill
AL
Hon.
Sharon Nicholson
Mayor
Town of Yellow Bluff
80 Park Ave
Pine Hill
AL
Hon.
Jerry
Chair
Winston County Commission
PO Box 147
Double Springs
AL
Hon.
Larry Albright
Mayor
City of Haleyville
1901 11th Avenue
Haleyville
AL
Hon.
Ronald T. Wilson
Mayor
Town of Addison
PO Box 98
Addison
AL
Hon.
Allan Harbison
Mayor
Town of Arley
PO Box 146
Arley
AL
Hon.
John Berry
Mayor
Town of Double Springs
PO Box 279
Double Springs
AL
Hon.
Derreck Cagle
Mayor
Town of Lynn
PO Box 145
Lynn
AL
Hon.
A. G. Parrish
Mayor
Town of Natural Bridge
PO Box 367
Natural Bridge
AL
P.O. Box 2603
Muscle Shoals
AL
35661
P.O. Box 2603
Muscle Shoals
AL
35661
P.O. Box 509
Northport
AL
35476
P.O. Box 509
Northport
AL
35476
P.O. Box 509
Northport
AL
35476
Greater Birmingham
Heart of Alabama Rural Planning
Organization
Greater Birmingham
Calhoun Area Metropolitan Planning
Organization
1731 First Avenue
North, Suite 200
1731 First Avenue
North, Suite 200
1731 First Avenue
North, Suite 200
Birminghan
AL
35203
Birminghan
AL
35203
Birminghan
AL
35203
Anniston
AL
36202
Mr.
Nathan Willingham
Mr.
Jesse Turner
Mr.
Gene Smith
Mr.
David Norris
Ms.
Jill Hannah
Mr.
Bill Foisy
Mr.
Darrell Howard
Mr.
Tom Maxwell
Mr.
Jack Plunk
Planner
Planner
Planning
Director
Transportation
Planning
Director
Transportation
Planner
Director of
Planning
Principal
Planner
Environmental
Planner
Principal
Planner
Northwest Alabama Council of Local
Governments
Northwest Alabama Council of Local
Governments
24
P.O. Box 2186
Title
Name
Ms.
Dawn Landholm
Ms.
Stacey Webb
Mr.
Lucas Blankenship
Ms.
Nick Nyberg
Position
Organization
Principal
Planner
Planning
Director
East Alabama Rural Planning
Organization
South Central Alabama Development
Commission
Commission
Commission
Alabama Tombigbee Regional
Commission
Commission
Commission
Southeast Alabama Regional
Planning and Development
Commission
Commission
Commission
Mobile Area Metropolitan Planning
Organization
Mobile Area Metropolitan Planning
Organization
& Development Commission
Planner
RPO Planner
Development
Director
Planning
Director
Transportation
Director
Mr.
Frank Dobson, Jr.
Ms.
Brandy Wilkerson
Mr.
Mark Curl
Mr.
Scott Farmer
Planning
Director
Mr.
John Sorrel
Transit Director
Mr.
Sarah Hesters
IT
Administrator
Mr.
Kevin Harrison
Director
Mr.
Diane Burnett
Director
Mr.
Greg Clark
Mr.
Michelle Haigler
Mr.
Keith Bryan
Planner
Mr.
Barbara Scott
Planner
Mr.
Lisa Sandt
Mr.
Dewayne Hellums
Mr.
Joey Hester
Associate
Director
Community
Development
Specialist
Planning
Director
Transportation
Director
Planning
Director
Planning
Director
Planning
Director
Mr.
Jeff Pruitt
Mr.
Shannon Durham
Mr.
Meinrad Tabengwa
Planner
Mr.
Luke Armstrong
Planner
Mr.
Robert Smith
Planner
Mr.
James Moore
Planner
Mr.
Terry Acuff
& Development Commission
Auburn-Opelika Metropolitan
Planning Organization
Lee-Russell Rural Planning
Organization
Decatur Metropolitan Planning
Organization
Top of Alabama Council of
Government
Top of Alabama Council of
Government
Gadsden / Etowah Area Metropolitan
Dothan Area Metropolitan Planning
Organization
Montgomery Area Metropolitan
Huntsville Area Metropolitan
Community Consultants
Ms.
Debra J. Brown
Morton & Associates, Inc.
Mr.
Mr.
Bob Corwin
Jim Crouse
SITE, Inc.
Public Systems, Inc.
Ms.
Sandy Crouse
Ms.
Kim Erwin
Olan Morton & Associates, Inc.
Mr.
Mr.
David Ewing
Steve Fleegal
Ewing, Conner & Associates
Fleegal & Associates, Inc.
Ms.
Janey Galbraith
Galbraith & Associates
Mr.
Ms.
Lenwood Herron
Jania Johnson
Wenworth Corporation
25
Address
City
ST
Zip
P.O. Box 2186
Anniston
AL
36202
Montgomery
AL
36117
Montgomery
AL
36117
Montgomery
AL
36117
107 Broad Street
Camden
AL
36726
107 Broad Street
Camden
AL
36726
107 Broad Street
Camden
AL
36726
P.O. Box 1406
Dothan
AL
36302
P.O. Box 1406
Dothan
AL
36302
P.O. Box 1406
Dothan
AL
36302
P.O. Box 1665
Mobile
AL
P.O. Box 1665
Mobile
AL
430 South Court
Street
Montgomery
AL
36104
430 South Court
Street
Montgomery
AL
36104
2207 Cateway Drive
Opelika
AL
36801
2207 Cateway Drive
Opelika
AL
36801
2207 Cateway Drive
Opelika
AL
36801
P.O. Box C
Decatur
AL
35602
P.O. Box C
Decatur
AL
35602
Huntsville
AL
35805
Huntsville
AL
35805
P.O. Box 267
Gadsden
AL
35902
P.O. Box 2128
Dothan
AL
36303
P.O. Box 1111
Montgomery
AL
361011111
P.O. Box 308
Huntsville
AL
35804
Huntsville
AL
35806
5900 Carmichael
Place
5900 Carmichael
Place
5900 Carmichael
Place
5075 Research
Drive NW
5075 Research
Drive NW
7 Town Center
Drive, Suite 302
200 E. McKinney
Ave.
P.O. Box 3565
P.O. Box 382
21 Ridgewood
Circle
200 East McKinney
Ave.
P.O. Drawer 6805
P.O. Box 6224
1900 Schillinger
Road, South
P.O. Box 655
P.O. Box 382
366024042
366024042
Albertville
AL
35950
Montgomery
Huntsville
AL
AL
36109
35804
Union Grove
AL
35175
Albertville
AL
35950
Dothan
Montgomery
AL
AL
36301
36106
Mobile
AL
36695
New Brockton
Huntsville
AL
AL
36351
35804
Title
Mr.
Ms.
Mr.
Name
Kevin Kessler
Betty Loftin
Charles Long
Mr.
Ken Long
Ms.
Peggy Matthews
Rep.
A.J. McCampbell
Position
Organization
7 Town Center Dr.
Address
Suite 302
1210 Dale Drive
P.O. Box 11754
City
Huntsville
Huntsville
Birmingham
ST
AL
AL
AL
P.O. Box 680869
Fort Payne
AL
Community Consultants
7 Town Center
Drive, Suite 302
Huntsville
AL
219 S. Main Street
P.O. Box 481027
Linden
AL
Genesis Consulting Agency
Ladd Environmental Consultants,
Inc.
Ms.
Aisha McGough
P.O. Box 1111
Montgomery
AL
Ms.
Kathy McHugh
McHugh & Associates
P.O. Box 240665
Montgomery
AL
Ms.
Susan Monroe
McHugh & Associates
P.O. Box 240665
Montgomery
AL
Albertville
AL
Montgomery
AL
Montgomery
AL
Mr.
Olan M. Morton
Olan Morton & Associates, Inc.
200 East McKinney
Ave.
Ms.
Lynne Meyer
McHugh & Associates
P.O. Box 240665
Mr.
James A. Norwood
Regional Development Consultants
Ms.
Joanne Parker
Galbraith & Associates
Ms.
Leslie Patton
Mr.
Don Reid
Dr.
Elizabeth Sheldon
Mr.
Charles Sherrod
Mr.
Mohamad Sleiman
Zip
35806
35801
35202
359681609
35806
367481027
36101
361240665
361240665
35950
361240665
361174709
Mobile
AL
36695
Leslie Patton & Associates
6366 Eastwood
Glen PL
7770 Country
Squire Drive
6012 Wendy Circle
Birmingham
AL
Fleegal & Associates, Inc.
P.O. Box 6224
Montgomery
AL
SITE, Inc.
P.O. Box 3565
Montgomery
AL
Charles Sherrod Consultants
2213 Edwards Ave.
107 Wedgewood
Terr Road
Muscle Shoals
AL
35213
361066224
361090565
35661
Madison
AL
35758
Fort Payne
AL
359681609
Tuscaloosa
AL
35401
Cherokee
AL
35616
Elberta
AL
36530
Prattville
AL
36066
Montgomery
AL
36111
Research and Development
Inc.
Tuscaloosa County Dept. of Planning
& Community Dev.
Mr.
Roger Smith
Mr.
Farrington Snipes
Mr.
Charles Thompson
Mr.
Ken Towry
The Towry Co.
Mr.
Bob Watts
Community Development Group
Mr.
Raymond Wheat
Raymond Wheat & Associates
Mr.
Larry Whitley
Inc.
P.O. Box 680869
Fort Payne
AL
Ms.
Leslie York
McHugh & Associates
P.O. Box 240665
Montgomery
AL
Mr.
Tyson Howard
Executive
Director
Commission
Montgomery
AL
36117
Dr.
Robert Jennings
President
Alabama A&M University
Normal
AL
35762
Dr.
John A. Johnson
President
Alabama Southern Community
College
Monroeville
AL
36461
Dr.
Jow E. Lee
President
Alabama State University
Montgomery
AL
36104
Dr.
Jerry Barlett
Athens
AL
35611
Ms.
Charlene LeBleu
President
Assistant
Professor
5900 Carmichael
Place
47000 Meridian
Street
2800 S Alabama
Ave/ P.O. 2000
915 South Jackson
Street
300 North Beaty St.
104 Dudley Hall
Auburn University
AL
36849
202 Funchess Hall
Auburn University
AL
36849
P.O. Box 244023
101 St. Street/P.O.
Box 800
900 Arkadelphia
road
351 N. Broad St.
P.O. Box 699
Montgomery
AL
36124
Sumiton
AL
35148
Birmingham
AL
35254
Mobile
Alexander City
AL
AL
36603
35011
2602 College Drive
Phenix City
AL
36869
1804 Green St.
P.O. Box 1300
5345 Atlanta
Highway
Selma
Enterprise
AL
AL
36701
36331
Montgomery
AL
36109
Ms.
Eve Brantley
ACES
Dr.
John Veres, III
Chancellor
Athens State University
Auburn University School of
Architecture
Auburn University Department of
Agronomy & Soils
Auburn University Montgomery
Mr.
Neal Morrison
President
Bevill State Community College
Dr.
David Pollick
President
Birmingham-Southern College
Dr.
Dr.
James Love
Stephen Franks
President
President
Dr.
Laurel Blackwell
President
Dr.
Dr.
Julius Jenkins
Stafford Thompson
President
President
Bishop State Community College
Central AL Community College
Chattahoochee Valley Community
College
concordia College
Enterprise-Ozark Community College
Dr.
Billy D. Hilyer
President
Faulkner University
26
P.O. Box 680869
2501 7th Street,
Suite 300
385 Creekside Dr.
9089 Pinewood
Avenue
740 Sweetridge Rd.
3124 Carter Hill
Road
359681609
361240665
Title
Dr.
Name
Renee Culverhouse
Position
President
Dr.
Linda Young
President
Dr.
James Mitchell
President
Mr.
Sam Munnerlyn
President
Mr.
J. Cameron West
President
Organization
Gadsden State Community College
George C. Wallace Community
College
George C. Wallace State Community
College
H. Councill Trenholm State Technical
College
Huntingdon College
Dr.
Helen T. McAlpine
President
J.F. Drake Technical College
Dr.
J Douglas Chambers
President
J.F. Ingram State Technical College
Dr.
William Meehan
President
Jacksonville State University
Mr.
Pete Conroy
President
Jacksonville State University - EPIC
James H. Faulkner State Community
College
Jefferson Davis Community College
Jefferson St. Community College
John C. Calhoun Community College
Judson College
Lurleen B. Wallace Community
College
Dr.
Gary Branch
President
Dr.
Dr.
Dr.
Dr.
Susan McBride
Judy Merritt
Marilyn Beck
David E. Potts
President
President
President
President
Dr.
Edward Meadows
President
Col.
James H. Benson
President
Marion Military institute
Dr.
George French Jr
President
Dr.
David Campbell
President
Dr.
Humphrey Lee
President
Dr.
Dr.
Dr.
Delbert W. Baker
Rex Turner
Douglas Littles
Andrew
Westmoreland
President
President
President
Miles College
Northeast Alabama Community
College
Northwest Shoals Community
College
Oakwood College
Regions University
Reid State Technical College
President
Samford University
Dr.
Selma University
Dr.
Mark Heinrich
President
Shelton State Community College
Dr.
Robert Exley
President
Snead St. Community College
Dr.
Don Hawkins
President
Southeastern Bible College
Dr.
Amelia Pearson
President
Rev.
Dr.
Gregory F. Lucey
Earnest McNealey
President
President
Dr.
Perry Ward
President
Dr.
Henry Ponder
President
Southern Union State community
College
Springhill College
Stillman College
T.A. Lawson State Community
College
Talladega College
Dr.
Malcom Potera
Chancellor
The University of Alabama System
Dr.
Jack Hawkins
Chancellor
Assistant
Athletic
Director
V. Chancellor
V. Chancellor
President
Troy University
Address
P.O. Box 227
City
Gadsden
ST
AL
Zip
35902
1141 Wallace Drive
Dothan
AL
36303
P.O. Box 2530
Selma
AL
36702
Montgomery
AL
36108
Montgomery
AL
36106
Huntsville
AL
35811
deatsville
AL
36022
Jacksonville
AL
36265
Jacksonville
AL
36265
1225 Air Base
Boulevard
1500 E. Fairview
Ave.
P.O. Box 17439
5375 Ingram Road/
P.O. Box 220350
700 Pelham Road N
700 Pelham Road
N, Suite 246
1900 U.S. Hwy. 31
South
P.O. Box 958
2601 Carson Road
P.O. Box 2216
302 Bibb St
Bay Minette
AL
36507
Brewton
Birmingham
Decatur
Marion
AL
AL
AL
AL
36427
35215
35609
36756
P.O. Drawer 1418
Andalusia
AL
36420
1101 Washington
St.
P.O. Box 3800
Marion
AL
36756
Birmingham
AL
35208
P.O. Box 159
Rainsville
AL
35986
P.O. Box 2545
Muscle Shoals
AL
35662
Oakwood Road
1200 Taylor Road
P.O. Box 588
800 Lakeshore
Drive
1501 Lapsley St.
9500 Old
Greensboro Road
P.O. Box 734
2545 Valleydale
Road
Hutnsville
Montgomery
Evergreen
AL
AL
AL
35896
36117
36401
Birmingham
AL
35229
Sandy Atkins
Troy University
Dr.
Dr.
Dr.
Robert Willis
Ray White
Benjamin F. Payton
Dr.
Carol Z. Garrison
President
University of Alabama Birmingham
Dr.
Dr.
Dr.
David B. Williams
Thomas P. Rosandich
Robert E. Witt
President
President
President
University of Alabama Huntsville
United States Sports Academy
University of Alabama
Dr.
Mark Foley
President
University of Mobile
Dr.
Dr.
Mr.
Phillip Williams
William G. Cale Jr.
V. Gordon Moulton
President
President
President
University of Montevallo
University of North Alabama
University of South Alabama
Troy University- Dothan
Troy University- Montgomery
Tuskegee UniversityAdministration
27
AL
36701
Tuscaloosa
AL
35405
Boaz
AL
35957
Birmingham
AL
35244
P.O. Box 1000
Wadley
AL
36276
4000 Dauphin St.
3600 Stillman Blvd.
Mobile
Tuscaloosa
AL
AL
36608
35403
3060 Wilson Road
Birmingham
AL
35221
627 West Battle St.
401 Queen City
Avenue
University Avenue
Talladega
AL
35160
Tuscaloosa
AL
35401
Troy
AL
36082
Troy
AL
36082
Dothan
Montgomery
Tuskegee
AL
AL
AL
36304
36103
36088
Tine Davis
Fieldhouse
Ms.
Selma
P.O. Box 8368
P.O. Drawer 4419
Tuskegee University
701 20th St. S, AB
420
301 Sparkman Drive
One Academy Drive
Box 870100
5732 College
Parkway
Station 6000
UNA Box 5004
AD121
Birmingham
AL
35294
Hutnsville
Daphne
Tuscaloosa
AL
AL
AL
35899
36526
35487
Mobile
AL
36613
Montevallo
Florence
Mobile
AL
AL
AL
35115
35632
36688
Title
Name
Position
Organization
Dr.
Richard Holland
President
University of West Alabama
Dr.
Vicki Hawsey
Ms.
Lindsey Wright
President
Executive
Director
Ms.
Alicia Lee
Mr.
Philip Formby
Wallace St. Community College
Alabama Recreation and Parks
Association
Alabaster Parks and Recreation
Department
Albertville Parks and Recreation
Dept
Mr.
Dwight Mikel
Ms.
Robin Brothers
Ms.
Angie Shockley
Ms.
Rebecca O. Richardson
Ms.
Tonia Whatley
Mr.
Melvin Miller
Mr.
Stevie Edwards
Ms.
Nicole Ells
Mr.
David McKelroy
Mr.
Jeff Dunlap
Mr.
Elston Jones
Mr.
Rick Mularz
Mr.
Warren Brown
Ms.
Tina Kitchens
Mr.
Greg Conkle
Ms.
Courtney Walker
Mr.
Jay Stough
Mr.
Harold Samples
Mr.
Ken Ard
Mr.
Berkley Squires
Mr.
Greg Patterson
Mr.
Mike Cassell
Ms.
Gayle Reid
Ms.
Natalie Norman
Mr.
Tommie Agee
Mr.
Bill Harrelson
Mr.
Donnie Richburg
Mr.
Preston Pooser
Mr.
Mickey Snell
Mr.
Drew Peterson
Ms.
Summer Ammons
Address
The University of
West Alabama
P.O. Box 2000
City
ST
Zip
Livingston
AL
35470
Hanceville
AL
P.O. Box 230579
Montgomery
AL
35077
3612305979
100 Depot St.
Alabaster
AL
35007
915 West Mckinney
Ave.
Albertville
AL
3550
P.O. Box 2168
Anniston
AL
36202
P.O. Box 2168
Anniston
AL
36202
307 South Dean Raod
Auburn
AL
36830
2200 9th Ave. N
400 Graymont Avenue,
West
Birmingham
AL
Birmingham
AL
35203
352044008
10947 Hwy. 25
Calera
AL
35040
P.O. Box 788
Cullman
AL
35056
P.O. Box 400
Daphne
AL
36526
610 4th Ave. S.E.
Decatur
AL
35602
126 N. Saint Andrews St.
Ste 107
Dothan
AL
36303
764 noth Claxton Avenue
Elba
AL
36323
P.O. Box 311000
Enterprise
AL
36331
2500 Chisholm Rd.
Florence
AL
35630
4220 Godfrey avenue
Ft. Payne
AL
35967
P.O. Box 267
Gadsden
AL
35902
Andalusia Parks and Recreation Department
Anniston Parks and Recreation
Department
Anniston Parks and Recreation
Department
Auburn Recreation and Parks
Department
Greater Birmingham CVB
Birmingham Park and
Recreation Board
Calera Parks and Recreation
Dept
Cullman Parks and Recreation
Dept
Daphne Recreation Department
Decatur Parks and Recreation
Dept
Dothan Department of Leisure
Services
Elba Parks and Recreation
Department
Enterprise Parks and
Recreation Dept
Florence Parks and Recreation
Dept
Ft. Payne Parks and Recreation
Department
Gadsden Parks and Recreation
Department
Geneva Parks and Recreation
Gulf Shores Parks and
Recreation Department
Guntersville Parks and
Homewood Parks and
Recreation Dept.
Hoover Parks
Hunstville Recreation and
Landscape Management
Jacksonville Parks and
Recreation Dept
Madison Recreation and Parks
Department
Madison Recreation and Parks
Department
Montgomery Parks and
Opelika Parks and Recreation
Department
Opelika Parks and Recreation
Department
Opp Parks and Recreation
Orange Beach Parks and
Recreation Dept
Ozark Parks and Recreation
Prattville Department of Leisure
Srvices
Srvices
28
411 N Iris St.
Geneva
AL
36340
P.O. Box 299
Gulf Shores
AL
36547
1500 Sunset Drive
Guntersville
AL
35976
1632 Oxmoor Road
Homewood
AL
35209
600 Municipal Dr.
Hoover
AL
35216
2920 Newby Road
Huntsville
AL
35801
501 Alexandria Road Sw
Jacksonville
AL
36265
8324 Old Madison Pike
Madison
AL
35758
8324 Madison Pike
Madison
AL
35758
P.O. Box 210564
Montgomery
AL
36121
213 Carver Avenue
Opelika
AL
36801
P.O. Box 1026
Opelika
AL
100 Cameron Road
Opp
AL
368031026
36467
P.O. Box 458
Orange Beach
AL
36561
240 Community Dr.
Ozark
AL
36360
101 West Main St.
Prattville
AL
36067
101 West Main St.
Prattville
AL
36067
Title
Ms.
Name
Betty Hall
Mr.
Roben Duncan
Mr.
Dan Smith
Mr.
Brian Davis
Mr.
Steve Stutts
Ms.
Cathie Mayne
Ms.
Wendy Jackson
Mr.
Position
Nimord Long
President
Director
President
Mr.
Steve Cauthen
Executive
Director
Mr.
Scott Hughes
Chief
Ms.
Shannon Weaver
Assistant State
Conservationist
Mr.
Roy McAuley
Mr.
Johnny Johnston
Ms.
Carry Prather
President
Manager
Environmental
Compliance
Water
Operations
Superintendent
General
Manager
Mr.
William E. Kent
Mr.
Randy Morris
Mr.
Malcolm Steeves
Mr.
Bruce Branum
Ms.
Sarah Butterworth
Coordinator
Mr.
Thomas R. Morgan
General
Manager
Mr.
Mike Roden
Mr.
John D. Grogan
Mr.
Micky Smith
Manager,
Environmental
Compliance
Mr.
Jimmy Carlisle
Senior
Commodity
Director
Mr.
Brian Atkins
Director
Mr.
Maurice Sledge
Division
Environmental
Manager
Director,
Regulatory
Affairs
Organization
Srvices
Sylacauga Parks and
Troy Parks and Recreation Dept
Tuscaloosa Parks
Vestavia Hills Parks and
Alabama Land Trust, Inc.
Land Trust of Huntsville and
North Alabama
Freshwater Land Trust
Land Trust of East Alabama
Alabama Forever Wild Land
Trust
Black Warrior and Cahaba
Rivers
Chattowah Open Land Trust,
Inc.
Alabama Soil and Water
Conservation Committee
ADEM Office of Education and
Outreach
Natural Resources
Conservation Service
Alabama Forestry Association
Sewage Equipment Sales and
Service, Inc.
Birminghamm Water Works
Address
City
ST
Zip
101 West Main St.
Prattville
AL
36067
P.O. Box 1245
Sylacauga
AL
35150
601 Enzor Road
P.O. Box 2496
Troy
Tuscaloosa
AL
AL
36079
35403
1973 Merryvale Road
Vestavia Hills
AL
35216
226 Old Ladiga Road
Peidmont
AL
36272
907 Franklin St.
Huntsville
AL
35801
Birmingham
AL
35254
Box 549071 900
Arkadelphia Rd
P.O. Box 225
Auburn
AL
36831
64 N Union St., Suite 468
Montgomery
AL
36130
2121 8th Ave. N, Room
802
Birmingham
AL
35203
226 Old Ladiga Road
Piedmont
AL
36272
P.O. Box 340800
Montgomery
AL
36130
P.O. Boc 301463
Montgomery
AL
36130
P.O. Box 311
Auburn
AL
36830
555 Alabama Street
Montgomery
AL
36104
2643 Chandalar Circle
Pelham
AL
35124
3600 1st Avenue North
Birmingham
AL
35222
Columbus Water Works
1421 Veterans Parkway
Columbus
GA
31902
City of Dothan
P.O. Box 2128
Dothan
AL
36302
P.O. Box 2368
Mobile
AL
36652
P.O. Box 483
Greenville
AL
36037
312-B South 3rd Street
Gadsden
AL
35901
22 Bibb Street
Montgomery
AL
36104
4511 Highway 31, South
Decatur
AL
35603
Alabama Power Company
P.O. Box 2641
Birmingham
AL
35291
Mobile Area Water and Sewer
System
Greenville Water Works
Middle Coosa Watershed
Project
Montgomery Water Works &
Sannitary Sewer Board
Alabama Mountain, Rivers and
Valleys RC&D Council
University of West Alabama
Station 7
Livingston
AL
35470
Alabama Farmer's Federation
P.O. Box 11000
Montgomery
AL
36191
ADECA Office of Water
Resources
P.O. Box 5690
Montgomery
AL
36130
9823 Belmont Lane
Tuscaloosa
AL
35405
MeadWestvaco Coated
Board/Manufacture Alabama
P.O. Box 940
Phenix City
AL
36868
Home Builders Association of
Alabama
7515 Halcyon Summit
Drive, Suite 200
Montgomery
AL
36117
Mr.
Tony Owens
Mr.
Jason Reid
Mr.
Marlon Cook
Geological Survey of Alabama
P.O. Box 869999
Tuscaloosa
AL
Mr.
Buddy Cox
Transportation
P.O. Box 303050
Montgomery
AL
Mr.
Tim Gothard
Alabama Wildlife Federation
3050 Lanark Road
Millbrook
AL
36054
Ms.
Ms.
Gail Russell
Dawn Stephens
Coosa Valley RC&D Council
Montgomery Water Works
P.O. Box 220317
1831 Hillwood Drive
Deatsville
Montgomery
AL
AL
36022
36106
Executive
Director
Facilitator
Facilitator
29
354866999
3613030550
Title
Name
Position
Ms.
Denise Walls
Facilitator
Ms.
Mr.
Mr.
Ms.
Ms.
Ms.
Ms.
Ashley Henderson
Billy Houston
Jay Grantland
Kellie Johnston
Laura Bowie
Lisa Harris
Janet Wofford
Ms.
Allison Jenkins
Mr.
Rob Grant
Facilitator
Facilitator
Facilitator
Facilitator
Facilitator
Facilitator
Facilitator
Statewide
Coordinator
Recreation
Programs
Director
Ms.
Jody Waites
Dr.
Karen Landers
Mr.
Don Cardwell
Ms.
Judy Smith
Mr.
Bart Crabtree
Dr.
Albert White
Ms.
Linda Robertson
Dr.
Michael Fleenor
Ms.
Gwen Veras
Ms.
Mary Gomillion
Mr.
Mark Johnson
Ms.
Teresa Stacks
Ms.
Jackie Holiday
Mr.
Ashvin Parikh
Ms.
Ziba Anderson
Mr.
James Martin
Mr.
Ron Wheeler
Ms.
Connie King
Ms.
Ruth Underwood
Ms.
Ziba Anderson
Mr.
Ricky Elliot
Ms.
Peggy Blakeney
Mr.
Ron Wheeler
Dr.
Benard Eichold II
Ms.
Laurie EldridgeAuffant
Ms.
Laurie EldridgeAuffant
Program
Supervisor
Area Health
Officer
Area
Administrator
Area
Administrator
Asst. Area
Administrator
Area Health
Officer
Area
Administrator
Area Health
Officier
Area
Administrator
Area
Administrator
Asst.Area
Adminstrator
Area
Administrator
Area
Administrator
Asst.
Administrator
Asst.
Administrator
Area
Administrator
Asst.
Administrator
Asst.
Administrator
Area
Administrator
Asst.
Administrator
Asst.
Administrator
Area
Administrator
Asst.
Administrator
Area
Administrator
Nutrition &
Physical
Activity Division
Nutrition &
Physical
Activity Division
Organization
Lake Martin Economic
Development Alliance
AL Pulp & Paper Council
TriRivers Waterway Dev. Assn.
AL MR&V RC&D Council
CaWaCo RC&D Council
Mobile Bay NEP
CPYRWMA
Covington Co. SWCD
Alabama Clean Water P'ship
Economic and Community
Affairs
Economic and Community
Affairs
Alabama Department of Public
Health
Health
Health
Health
Health
Health
Health
Health
Health
Health
Health
Health
Health
Health
Health
Health
Health
Health
Health
Health
Health
Health
Health
Address
City
ST
Zip
P.O. Box 1105
Alexander City
AL
35010
429 Holly Brook Drive, S.
630 East Broad Street
5514 Hwy. 31 South
1731 First Ave. North
4172 Commanders Drive
7708 Brantley Highway
115 South Ridge Road
Montgomery
Eufaula
Decatur
Birmingham
Mobile
Brantley
Andalusia
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
36109
36027
35640
35203
36615
36009
36421
P.O. Box 3623
Montgomery
AL
36109
P.O. Box 5690
Montgomery
AL
361205690
P.O. Box 5690
Montgomery
AL
361205690
P.O. Box 929
Tuscumbia
AL
P.O. Box 929
Tuscumbia
AL
P.O. Box 1628
Decatur
AL
35602
P.O. Box 1678
Cullman
AL
35056
P.O. Box 70190
Tuscaloosa
AL
35407
P.O. Box 70190
Tuscaloosa
AL
35407
P.O. Box 2648
Birmingham
AL
35202
P.O. Box 2648
Birmingham
AL
35202
P.O. Box 267
Centre
AL
35960
P.O. Box 208
Oneonta
AL
35121
225 Haynes St.
Talladega
AL
35160
P.O. Box 480280
Linden
AL
36748
100 Sam O Moseley Dr.
Selma
AL
36701
P.O. Box 35
Haneyville
AL
36040
6501 U.S. Hwy N
Wetumpka
AL
36092
103 Conecuh Ave. W
Union Springs
AL
36089
P.O. Box 1778
Clanton
AL
35046
P.O. Box 1227
Robertsdale
AL
36567
P.O. Box 339
Greenville
AL
36037
P.O. Box 110
Evergreen
AL
36401
P.O. Drawer 2087
Dothan
AL
36302
356740929
356740929
P.O. Box 238
Eufaula
AL
360270238
P.O. Box 2867
Mobile
AL
36652
Health
P.O. Box 303017
Montgomery
AL
361303017
Health
201 Monroe Street, Suite
710
Montgomery
AL
36104
30
Title
Name
Position
Mr.
Ronny Floyd
Mr.
Marc T. Riker
Executive
Director
Ms.
Paige Moreland
Director
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Keith Hudson
Michael Churchman
Jerry Newby
Director
President
Ms.
Linda Reynolds
President
Organization
Address
City
ST
Zip
Governor's Commission on
Physical Fitness
560 S. McDonough
Street
Montgomery
AL
36130
Alabama Sports Festival
P.O. Box 20327
Montgomery
AL
361200327
P.O. Box 3813
Montgomery
AL
36109
P.O. Box 2168
2171 7th Avenue S
2108 East South Blvd.
555 Alabama St.
Anniston
Birmingham
Montgomery
Montgomery
AL
AL
AL
AL
36202
35203
36116
36104
1090 S. Donahue Drive
Auburn University
AL
36849
3909 Morrow Street
1731 1st Ave. N Suite
200
1985 Big Nose Dr.
2027 2nd Avenue North,
Ste A
Guntersville
AL
35976
Birmingham
AL
35203
Centre
AL
35960
Birmingham
AL
35203
P.O. Box 189
Chunchula
AL
36521
P.O. Box 314
Montevallo
AL
35115
4800 Moffet Road
Mobile
AL
36618
Legacy - Partners for
Environmental Education
Anniston Outdoor Association
Alabama Enivromental Council
Alabama Farmers Federation
Alabama Natural Heritage
Program
Alabama Ornithlogical Society
Alabama Partners for Clean Air
Ms.
Merle Grimes
Ms.
Cindy Lowry
Mr.
James Malone
Mr.
Chairman
Alabama Quail Unlimited
Alabama Rivers Alliance
Ricky Pickett
Ms.
Mr.
Mr.
Ann Harper
Riley Smith
Louis Thomas
President
President
Ms.
Lois Lambert
Chairman
Mr.
Ed Williamson
Director
Mr.
Mr.
Adam Snyder
Joe Copeland
Director
President
Mr.
Mr.
Greg Gregerson
John Broom
President
President
Alabama Tresure Forest
Association
Alabama Urban Forestry
Association
Alabama Water and Pollution
Control Association
Alabama Waterfowl Association
Alabama Wildbird Conservation
Association
Birmingham Audubon Society
1346 County Road 11
Scottsboro
AL
35768
1040 Fort Dale Road
Greenville
AL
36037
3050 Lanark Road
3050 Lanark Road
P.O. Box 314
1330 21st Way South,
Ste 110
Milbrook
Milbrook
Birmingham
AL
AL
AL
36054
36054
35201
Birmingham
AL
35202
P.O. Box 16987
Mobile
AL
36616
P.O. Box 130656
P.O. Box 1444
101 Bienville Blvd.
272 N Third Street
P.O. 483
Birmingham
Cullman
Dauphin island
Gasden
Fairhope
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
35213
35056
36528
35901
36533
4172 CommandersDrive
Mobile
AL
36615
National Wild Turkey Federation - Alabama Chapter
Autagaville
AL
Dothan
AL
Cahaba Sierra Club
Coastal Conservation of Natural
Resources
Conservation Alabama
Cullman Audubon Society
Daulphin Island Sea Lab
Ducks Unlimited
Mobile Bay Audubon Society
Mobile Bay National Estuary
Program
Mr.
Chris Adams
Mr.
Allen McClendon
Mr.
Mike Colquett
Ms.
Lisa Harris
Executive
Director
Mr.
Floyd Sherrod
President
Mr.
Peggie Griffin
Mr.
David Underhill
Chairman
Ms.
Liz Poleretzky
Chairman
Mr.
Michael Mullen
Chairman
Ms.
Ruby Norman
President
Mr.
Al Redding
President
Mr.
Mike McPherson
President
Mr.
Fred Couch
President
Mr.
Barry Nichols
President
Nature Conservancy
of alabama
2100 1st Ave.N, Suite 500
Birmingham
AL
35203
Scenic Alabama
1731 First Avenue North,
Suite 200
Birmingham
AL
35203
P.O. 282
Florence
AL
35630
1330 21st Way S, Suite
100
Birmingham
AL
352053912
P.O. Box 852102
Mobile
AL
36685
P.O. Box 1893
Huntsville
AL
35807
P.O. Box 6734
Banks
AL
36005
411 Rock St. E
Hartselle
AL
35640
P.O. Box 190
Notasulga
AL
36866
P.O. Box 701
Daphne
AL
36526
P.O. Box 182
Choccolocco
AL
36254
P.O. Box 2414
Anniston
AL
36202
Shoals Audubon
Society
Sierra Club Alabama Chapter
Sierra Club - Mobile
Bay
Sierra Club - North
Alabama
Sierra Club - South
Alabama
Tennessee Valley
Audubon Society
Alabama Bass
Federation
Baldwin County Trail
Blazers
Alabama Scenic
River Trail
North East Alabama
Bicycle Club
31
Title
Mr.
Name
Jerry Braden
Mr.
Chris Carter
Mrs.
Mary Belmont
Mr.
Hugh Hickman
Position
President
President
Board of
Directors
President
Ms.
Ginny Brown
President
Mr.
Tim Barneck
President
Mr.
Mike Kennedy
President
Mr.
Roger Burnett
President
Mr.
Gary White
Ms.
Marjorie Holderer
President
Mr.
Glenn Myers
Board Member
Mr.
Robert C. Fuller
Board Member
Mr.
Bobby Whaley
Board Member
Mr.
Patrick A. Denney
Board Member
Mr.
Jerry Bynum
Board Member
Mr.
Bill Matthews
Board Member
Mr.
Tom Maxwell
Board Member
Ms.
Debbie Quinn
Board Member
Mr.
Bill St. John
Board Member
Mr.
Richard Martin
Board Member
Mr.
James K. Lanier
Board Member
Ms.
Francince Campbell
President
Mr.
Lonnie Carden
Mr.
Chris Parker
President
Mr.
Joe Watts
Director
Mr.
Mr.
Thornton Clark
Joe Shellnut
Vice-President
Organization
Address
Cheaha Trail Riders
366Buckhorn Road
Trail of Legends
P.O. Box 1101
Association
Trail of Legends
1180 Caesarville Road
Association
Alabama Trails Association
Appalachian Trail
P.O. Box 381842
Club of Alabama
Vulcan Trail
P.O. Box 382754
Association
Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association
Alabama Hiking
P.O. Box 231164
Trails Society
The Montgomery Bike Club
Sipsey Wilderness
P.O. Box 1207
Hiking Club
Alabama Bicycling
P.O. Box 18984
Coalition
Alabama
366 Buckhorn Road
Recreational Trails
Advisory Board
Alabama
Recreational Trails
148 Oldwood Road
Advisory Board
Alabama
Recreational Trails
1999 Timber Lane
Advisory Board
Alabama
One Perimeter South, Suite
Recreational Trails
100N
Advisory Board
Alabama
137 Gennie Martin Loop
Recreational Trails
Advisory Board
Alabama
360 Echo Lane
Recreational Trails
Advisory Board
Alabama
Recreational Trails
416 Edgeland Place
Advisory Board
Alabama
Recreational Trails
P.O. Drawer 429
Advisory Board
Alabama
Recreational Trails
508 1st Avenue SE
Advisory Board
Alabama
19184 Compton Street
Recreational Trails
Advisory Board
Alabama
P.O. Box 240503
Recreational Trails
Advisory Board
Birmingham Canoe
P.O. Box 59213
Club
Southern Trails, Inc.
5143 Atlanta Highway
Huntsville Canoe
P.O. Box 52
Club
Alabama Scenic
Byways
Heart of Dixie Trail
4162 County Road 7708
Ride
KC Ranch Horse
421 County Road 415
Camp
Alabama Scenic
P.O. Box 182
River Trail
Madison Greenway
P.O. Box 1115
and Trails, Inc.
The Kelley Bartlett
2050 Meriwether Road
Conservancy
32
City
Munford
ST
AL
Zip
36268
Wetumpka
AL
36092
Wetumpka
AL
36092
Birmingham
AL
35202
Birmingham
AL
35238
Birmingham
AL
35238
Huntsville
AL
Montgomery
AL
Montgomery
AL
Double Springs
AL
35553
Huntsville
AL
35804
Munford
AL
36268
Huntsville
AL
35811
Alabaster
AL
35007
Birmingham
AL
35243
Jackson's Gap
AL
36861
Killen
AL
35645
Homewood
AL
35209
Fairhope
AL
36533
Cullman
AL
35055
Elkmont
AL
35620
Eclectic
AL
36024
Birmingham
AL
35259
Montgomery
AL
Huntsville
AL
36109
358040052
Montgomery
AL
36117
Troy
AL
36081
Double Springs
AL
35553
Choccolocco
AL
36254
Madison
AL
35758
Pike Road
AL
36064
36123
Title
Name
Position
Mr.
James H. Griggs
State Lands
Division
Mr.
Gregory M Lein
State Lands
Division
Mr.
William H. Brantlely
State Lands
Division
Mr.
Mark Easterwood
State Parks
Division
Mr.
Forrest Bailey
State Parks
Division
Mr.
Randy Jinks
State Parks
Division
Ms.
Patti Hurley
Outreach and
Education
Mr.
Mike Jones
Outreach and
Education
Ms.
Stephanie Roberts
Forestry
Management
Division
Mr.
Lee Sentell
Director
Mr.
Grey Brennan
Marketing
Director
Ms.
Ellen Mertens
Outreach
Mr.
Robert J. Jilla
Multi-Modal
Bureau
Mr.
Cecil Colson
Multi-Modal
Bureau
Ms.
Rebecca Cox
Multi-Modal
Bureau
Ms.
Mary Lou Crenshaw
Multi-Modal
Bureau
Mr.
Bob Kratzer
Multi-Modal
Bureau
Mr.
Bob McWhorter
Multi-Modal
Bureau
Mr.
Rob Grant
Recreation
Program
Manager
Ms.
Jody Waites
Program
Supervisor
Mr.
Keith Hudson
Organization
Alabama
Department of
Conservation and
Natural Resources
Alabama
Department of
Conservation and
Natural Resources
Alabama
Department of
Conservation and
Natural Resources
Alabama
Department of
Conservation and
Natural Resources
Alabama
Department of
Conservation and
Natural Resources
Alabama
Department of
Conservation and
Natural Resources
Alabama
Department of
Environmental
Management
Alabama
Department of
Environmental
Management
Alabama Forestry
Commission
Alabama Bureau of
Tourism and Travel
Alabama Bureau of
Tourism and Travel
Alabama Historical
Commission
Alabama
Department of
Transportation
Alabama
Department of
Transportation
Alabama
Department of
Transportation
Alabama
Department of
Transportation
Alabama
Department of
Transportation
Alabama
Department of
Transportation
Alabama
Department of
Economic and
Community Affairs
Alabama
Department of
Economic and
Community Affairs
Anniston Outdoor
Association
Address
City
ST
Zip
64 North Union St. Suite
468
Montgomery
AL
36130
468
Montgomery
AL
36130
468
Montgomery
AL
36130
468
Montgomery
AL
36130
468
Montgomery
AL
36130
468
Montgomery
AL
36130
140 Coliseum Blvd./ P.O.
Box 301463
Montgomery
AL
36110
140 Coliseum Blvd./ P.O.
Box 301463
Montgomery
AL
36110
P.O. Box 302550
Montgomery
AL
36130
P.O. Box 4927
Montgomery
AL
36103
P.O. Box 4927
Montgomery
AL
36103
P.O. Box 300900
Montgomery
AL
36130
1409 Coliseum Blvd.
Montgomery
AL
36110
1409 Coliseum Blvd.
Montgomery
AL
36110
1409 Coliseum Blvd.
Montgomery
AL
36110
1409 Coliseum Blvd.
Montgomery
AL
36110
1409 Coliseum Blvd.
Montgomery
AL
36110
1409 Coliseum Blvd.
Montgomery
AL
36110
P.O. Box 5690
Montgomery
AL
361205690
P.O. Box 5690
Montgomery
AL
361205690
P.O. Box 2168
Anniston
AL
36202
33
Title
Name
Position
Organization
Address
City
ST
Zip
Mr.
Nathan Norris
Director of
Marketing and
Design
The Waters
55 Bridge Street
Pike Road
AL
36064
Ms.
Jill Joiner
The Waters
Monte Sano State
Park
Cheaha State Park
5 Rivers - Alabama's
Delta Resource
Center
5 Rivers - Alabama's
Delta Resource
Center
DCNR - State Lands
Division
DCS, Inc.
Alexander City
Outlook
Alexander City
Outlook
The Andalusia Star
News
The Andalusia Star
News
The Anniston Star
The Anniston Star
The News Courier
The News Courier
The Birmingham
News
The Birmingham
News
The Birmingham
Post-Herald
The Huntsville
Times
The Huntsville
Times
55 Bridge Street
Pike Road
AL
36064
5105 Nolen Avenue
Huntsville
AL
35801
2141 Bunker Loop
Delta
AL
36258
30945 Five Rivers Blvd.
Spanish Fort
AL
36527
30945 Five Rivers Blvd.
Spanish Fort
AL
36527
Montgomery
AL
36130
Montgomery
AL
36109
P.O. Box 999
Alexander City
AL
36501
P.O. Box 999
Alexander City
AL
36501
207 Dunson Street
Andalusia
AL
36420
207 Dunson Street
Andalusia
AL
36420
P.O. Box 189
P.O. Box 189
P.O. Box 670
P.O. Box 670
2901 2nd Avenue S., Suite
260
2901 2nd Avenue S., Suite
260
Anniston
Anniston
Athens
Athens
AL
AL
AL
AL
36202
36202
35611
35611
Birmingham
AL
35233
Birmingham
AL
35233
P.O. Box 11143
Huntsville
AL
35814
P.O. Box 11143
Huntsville
AL
35814
Mobile
AL
36602
Mobile
AL
36602
300 4th Avenue, SE
P.O. Box 2213
P.O. Box 2213
P.O. Box 1968
P.O. Box 1968
P.O. Box 311130
P.O. Box 311130
Cullman
Decatur
Decatur
Dothan
Dothan
Enterprise
Enterprise
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
AL
35055
35609
35609
36302
36302
36331
36331
219 W. Tennessee St.,
Florence
AL
35630
219 W. Tennessee St.,
Florence
AL
35630
Fort Payne
AL
35967
Gadsden
Gadsden
AL
AL
35901
35901
P.O. Box 1469
Jasper
AL
35502
P.O. Box 850
Lanett
AL
36863
425 Molton Street
Montgomery
AL
36104
P.O. Box 2208
Opelika
AL
36803
P.O. Box 2208
Opelika
AL
36803
Mr.
Kent Wilborn
Ms.
Tammy Powers
Mr.
Hank Burch
Mr.
Shonda Borden
Mr.
Chris Smith
Ms.
Tracy Delaney
President
Mr.
Tim Reeves
Publisher
Ms.
Miranda Mattheis
Editor
Ms.
Michele Gerlach
Publisher
Ms.
Stephanie Nelson
Editor
Mr.
Ms.
Ms.
Ms.
Bob Davis
Melissa Cosper
Ann Laurence
Kelly Kazek
Editor
Editor
Publisher
Editor
Mr.
Tom Scarritt
Editor
Ms.
Virginia Martin
Editor
Lodge Manager
Mr.
Bob Ludwig
Publisher
Mr.
Joe Duncan
Editor
Mr.
Howard Bronson Jr.
Publisher
Mr.
Mike Marshall
Editor
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Bill Morgan
Barrett C. Shelton, Jr
Tom Wright
Jim Whittum
Ken Tuck
Jim Whittum
Danny Lewis
Publisher
Publisher
Editor
Publisher
Editor
Publisher
Editor
Mr.
Stephen A. Schmidt
Publisher
Mr.
Mitchell, T. Wayne
Editor
Mr.
J.D. Davidson
Publisher
Mr.
Mr.
Roger Quinn
Greg Bailey
Publisher
Editor
Mr.
Jerome Wassmann
Publisher
Mr.
Cy Wood
Publisher
Ms.
Cheryl
Lindus
Mr.
James Rainey
Publisher
Mr.
Wayne Snow
Editor
Mobile Register
Mobile Register
The Chelsea Times
The Cullman Times
The Decatur Daily
The Decatur Daily
The Dothan Eagle
The Dothan Eagle
Enterprise Ledger
Enterprise Ledger
Florence Times
Daily
Florence Times
Daily
Fort Payne TimesJournal
Gadsden Times
Gadsden Times
Jasper Daily
Mountian Eagle
Lanett Valley TimesNews
The Montgomery
Advertiser
Opelika-Auburn
News
Opelika-Auburn
News
464
504 E. Moye Drive
No Longer in Print
300 Dauphin Street, Suite
201
300 Dauphin Street, Suite
201
811 Greenhill Boulevard
NW
401 Locust St.
401 Locust St.
34
Title
Name
Position
Mr.
Brad Shurett
Publisher
Mr.
Ken Bonner
Editor
Mr.
Dennis Palmer
Publisher
Ms.
Leesha Faulkner
Editor
Ms.
Carol Pappas
Publisher
Ms.
Janice Keith
Editor
Mr.
Tim Thompson
Publisher
Mr.
Doug Ray
Editor
Mr.
Adam Prestridge
Publisher
Ms.
Adrienne McKenzie
Editor
Mr.
Kerry Bean
Publisher
Ms.
Lisa Tindell
Editor
Mr.
Mike Kelley
Publisher
Mr.
Mr.
Patrick Johnston
Editor
Mr.
Ashley Vansant
Publisher
Mr.
Jay Thomas
Editor
Mr.
Jason Cannon
Publisher
Mr.
Joel Welker
Publisher
Ms.
Cheryl Eldridge
Editor
Mr.
Lowell Vickers
Publisher
Mr.
Scott Wright
Editor
Mr.
Tim Prince
Publisher
Mr.
Howard Quattlebaum
Publisher
Mr.
Thomas Magazzu
Editor
Mr.
Adam Smith
Publisher
Ms.
Mr.
Leada Gore
Wayne Ruple
Publisher
Publisher
Mr.
Phillip Sanguinetti
Publisher
Mr.
John Alred
Editor
Mr.
Tommy McGraw
Publisher
Ms.
Gena Robbins
Editor
Ms.
Leada Gore
Publisher
Editor
Mr.
Bo Bolton
Publisher
Organization
The Scottsboro Daily
Sentinel
The Scottsboro Daily
Sentinel
The Selma TimesJournal
The Selma TimesJournal
The Talledega Daily
Home
The Talledega Daily
Home
The Tuscaloosa
News
The Tuscaloosa
News
The Atmore
Advance
The Atmore
Advance
The Brewton
Standard
The Brewton
Standard
The Clanton
Advertiser
Demopolis Times
The Eufaula Tribune
The Greenville
Advocate
The Greenville
Advocate
Guntersville
Advertiser-Gleam
Franklin County
Times
Birmingham
Business Journal
The Birmingham
Times
Cherokee County
Herald
The Centre Post
Shelby County
Reporter
Daleville SunCourier Southeast
Sun
Florence Courier
Journal
The North Jefferson
News
Hartselle Enquirer
The Cleburne News
The South
Alabamian
The Jacksonville
News
The Jacksonville
News
Sumter County
Record-Journal
Sumter County
Record-Journal
Madison County
Record
Madison County
Record
Monroe Journal
Address
City
ST
Zip
P.O. Box 220
Scottsboro
AL
35768
P.O. Box 220
Scottsboro
AL
35768
1018 Water Ave.
Selma
AL
36702
1018 Water Ave.
Selma
AL
36702
4 Sylacauga Highway
Talladega
AL
35161
4 Sylacauga Highway
Talladega
AL
35161
PO Box 20587
Tuscaloosa
AL
35401
PO Box 20587
Tuscaloosa
AL
35401
Atmore
AL
36504
Atmore
AL
36504
Brewton
AL
36426
Brewton
AL
36426
1109 Seventh Street North
Clanton
AL
35046
315 E. Jefferson St.
P.O. Box 628
Demopolis
Eufala
AL
AL
36732
36027
PO Box 507
Greenville
AL
36037
PO Box 507
Greenville
AL
36037
P.O. Box 190
Guntersville
AL
35976
PO Box 1088, 14131 Hwy
43
Russellville
AL
35653
2140 11th Avenue South
Birmingham
AL
35205
115 3rd Ave W
Birmingham
AL
35204
P.O Box 28, 301 S. Main
St.
P.O Box 28, 301 S. Main
St.
PO Box 887, 407 St.
Nicholas Ave.
PO Box 887, 407 St.
Nicholas Ave.
107 First Ave. West
Centre
AL
35960
100 East Main Street
Centre
AL
35960
115 North Main Street
Columbiana
AL
35051
P.O. Box 311546
Enterprise
AL
36331
1828 Darby Drive
Florence
AL
35630
P.O. Box 849
Gardendale
AL
35071
407 West Chestnut Street
P.O. Box 67
1064 Coffeeville Road, PO
Box 68
Hartselle
Heflin
AL
AL
35640
36264
Jackson
AL
36545
203 Pelham Road, S
Jacksonville
AL
36265
203 Pelham Road, S
Jacksonville
AL
36265
Post Office Box B
Livingston
AL
35470
Post Office Box B
Livingston
AL
35470
151-C Hughes Road
Madison
AL
35758
151-C Hughes Road
Madison
AL
35758
P.O. Box 826
Monroeville
AL
36461
35
Title
Mr.
Name
Mike Qualls
Position
Editor
Mr.
Bill Britt
Editor
Ms.
Rebecca Long
Publisher
Mr.
Ms.
Arthur Mclean
Kim Price
Editor
Publisher
Mr.
Lee Sentell
Director
Frances Smiley
Welcome
Centers
Manager
Ms.
Mr.
Jim Smither
Director
Ms.
Tami Reist
Director
Mr.
Robert Hendrix
Director
Ms.
Lisa O. Socha
Director
Ms.
Judy Ryals
Director
Mr.
Leon Maisel
Director
Mr.
Rick Roden
Director
Mr.
John CrearÂ
Director
Mr.
William J. Canary
Director
Mr.
Dennis E. Weber
Director
Ms.
Jennifer Trammell
Organization
Monroe Journal
The Northport
Gazette
St. Clair News Aegis
Rainsville Weekly
Post
Coosa County News
Thomasville Times
Wetumpka Herald
Alabama Bureau of
Tourism & Travel
Alabama Bureau of
Tourism & Travel
Calhoun County
Convention and
Visitors Bureau
Auburn-Opelika,
Alabama Convention
and Visitors Bureau
Birmingham,
Alabama Convention
and Visitor's Bureau
Decatur-Morgan
County Convention
and Visitors Bureau
DeKalb County/Fort
Payne Tourist
Association
Dothan, Alabama
Convention and
Visitors Bureau
Eufaula/Barbour
County Tourism
Council
Alabama Gulf Coast
Convention and
Visitors Bureau
Marshall County,
Alabama Convention
and Visitors Bureau
Huntsville-Madison
County Convention
Mobile, Alabama
Convention and
Visitors Bureau
Montgomery,
Alabama Convention
and Visitors Bureau
Greater Jackson
County Convention
and Visitors Bureau
Selma, Alabama
Convention and
Visitors Bureau
Tuscaloosa,
Alabama Convention
Colbert County
Tourism
Convention and
Visitors Bureau
Business Council of
Alabama
Abbeville, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Shelby County
Chamber of
Commerce
Address
P.O. Box 826
City
Monroeville
2135 University Blvd
Tuscaloosa
AL
35401
P.O. Box 750
690 McCurdy Avenue,
North
Pell City
AL
35125
Rainsville
AL
35986
PO Box 367
P. O. Box 99
Thomasville
Wetumpka
AL
AL
P.O. Box 4927
Montgomery
AL
36784
36092
361034927
P.O. Box 4927
Montgomery
AL
361034927
PO Box 1087
Anniston
AL
36202
714 E. Glenn Ave.
Auburn
AL
36831
2200 9th Ave. North
Birmingham
AL
35203
PO Box 2349
Decatur
AL
35602
P.O. Box 681165
Fort Payne
AL
35968
PO Box 8765
Dothan
AL
36304
PO Box 697
Eufala
AL
36072
3150 Gulf Shores Pkwy,
Drawer 457
Gulf Shores
AL
36547
PO Box 711
Guntersville
AL
35976
700 Monroe Street
Huntsville
AL
35801
PO Box 204
Mobile
AL
36601
PO Box 79
Montgomery
AL
36101
PO Box 973
Scottsboro
AL
35768
PO Box 467
Selma
AL
36702
PO Box 3167
Tuscaloosa
AL
35403
P. O. Box 740425
Tuscumbia
AL
35674
PO Box 76
Montgomery
AL
36101
PO Box 202
Abbeville
AL
36310
PO Box 324
Pelham
AL
35124
36
ST
AL
Zip
36461
Title
Mr.
Name
Position
Marvin Wagoner
Dr.
Troy Jones
Director
Ms.
Susan Miller
Director
Ms.
Deneille Dunn
Director
Ms.
Mary Nelle Clem
Director
Mr.
Tom Quinn
Director
Ms.
Lolly Steiner
Director
Ms.
Diane Cooper
Director
Mr.
Mr.
Ms.
Dudley Reynolds
Darrelyn Bender
Judy Crane
Director
Director
Director
Organization
Albertville, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Alexander City,
Alabama Chamber
of Commerce
Aliceville, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Andalusia, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Calhoun County,
Alabama Chamber
of Commerce
Arab, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Ashford, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Athens-Limestone
County Alabama
Area Chamber of
Commerce
Atmore, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Gadsden, Alabama
Area Chamber of
Commerce
Auburn, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
North Baldwin
Chamber Of
Commerce (Bay
Minette)
Bayou La Batre,
Alabama Chamber
of Commerce
Bessemer, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Birmingham,
Alabama Chamber
of Commerce
North Baldwin
Chamber Of
Commerce
(Blacksher)
Eastern Shore
Chamber of
Commerce
Boaz, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Brewton, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Brighton, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
North Baldwin
Chamber Of
Commerce
(Bromley)
Choctaw County
Chamber of
Commerce
Address
City
ST
Zip
PO Box 1457
Albertville
AL
35950
PO Box 926
Alexander City
AL
35011
416 3rd Ave. PO Drawer A
Aliceville
AL
35442
PO Box 667
Andalusia
AL
36420
PO Box 1087
Anniston
AL
36202
P.O. Box 626
Arab
AL
35016
PO Box 463
Ashford
AL
36312
PO Box 150
Athens
AL
35612
501 S Pensacola Ave
Atmore
AL
36502
PO Box 185
Gadsden
AL
35902
PO Box 1370
Auburn
AL
36831
301 McMeans Ave PO Box
310
Bay Minette
AL
36507
PO Box 486
Bayou La Batre
AL
36509
PO Box 648
Bessemer
AL
35021
505 20th St. North, Ste 200
Birmingham
AL
35203
PO Box 310
Bay Minette
AL
36507
PO Drawer 310
Daphne
AL
36526
306 W Mann Ave
Boaz
AL
35957
1010 B Douglas Ave.
Brewton
AL
36426
3700 Main St.
Brighton
AL
35020
PO Box 310
Bay Minette
AL
36507
PO Box 180
Butler
AL
36904
37
Title
Ms.
Mr.
Name
Diana Privett
Pete Storey
Position
Director
Director
Ms.
Laurie Ewing
Director
Mr.
Steve Kerr
Director
Mr.
Darrelyn Bender
Director
Ms.
Kelley Smith
Director
Ms.
Mary Jo Gunter
Director
Mr.
Thomas Harrison
Director
Ms.
Kaye Whitworth
Director
Mr.
Phil Thomas
Director
Mr.
Keith Phillips
Director
Organization
Calera, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Cherokee County
Chamber Of
Commerce
Bibb County
Chamber of
Commerce
Chickasaw,
Alabama Chamber
of Commerce
Childersburg,
Alabama Chamber
of Commerce
Citronelle, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Chilton County,
Alabama Chamber
of Commerce
Cottonwood
Alabama Chamber
of Commerce
Cullman, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Dadeville, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Daleville, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Eastern Shore
Chamber of
Commerce
Decatur-Morgan
County, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Demopolis, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Walker County
Chamber of
Commerce
Dothan, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Elba, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Enterprise, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Eufaula, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Eutaw, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Evergreen-Conecuh
County Area
Chamber of
Commerce
Fairfield, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Address
City
ST
Zip
PO Box 445
Calera
AL
350400445
PO Box 86
Centre
AL
35960
379 Walnut Street
Centreville
AL
35042
PO Box 11421
Chickasaw
AL
36671
PO Box 527
Childersburg
AL
35044
PO Box 394
Citronelle
AL
36522
PO Box 66
Clanton
AL
35046
PO Box 145
Cottonwood
AL
36320
PO Box 1104
Cullman
AL
35056
185 S. Tallassee St. #103
Dadeville
AL
36853
PO Box 688
Daleville
AL
36322
PO Drawer 310
Daphne
AL
36526
PO Box 2003
Decatur
AL
35602
PO Box 667
Demopolis
AL
36732
204 19th St. East, Ste. 101
Jasper
AL
35501
PO Box 638
Dothan
AL
36302
200 Buford Street
Elba
AL
36323
PO Box 310577
Enterprise
AL
36331
PO Box 697
Eufala
AL
36072
PO Box 31
Eutaw
AL
35462
100 Depot Square
Evergreen
AL
36401
PO Box 213
Fairfield
AL
35064
38
Title
Name
Position
Mr.
Stephen B. Holt
Director
Ms.
Donna Watts
Director
Mr.
Tom Quinn
Director
Ms.
Joy Clayton
Director
Mr.
Mark Berson
Director
Mr.
Bobby Taylor
Director
Ms.
Tanya Tilberg
Director
Ms.
Dona Bonnett
Director
Ms.
Mary Helen Jackson
Director
Mr.
Philip Poole
Director
Mr.
Bill Powell
Director
Mr.
George Hudson
Director
Organization
Fayette, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Flomaton, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Tri-City Chamber of
Commerce
Shoals, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
South Baldwin
County, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Fort Deposit,
Alabama Chamber
of Commerce
Fort Payne,
Alabama Chamber
of Commerce
Gadsden, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Gardendale,
Alabama Chamber
of Commerce
Geneva, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Gordo, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Greenville, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Grove Hill, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Alabama Gulf
Coast Chamber of
Commerce
Lake Guntersville,
Alabama Chamber
of Commerce
Haleyville, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Hamilton, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Hartselle, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Headland, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Cleburne County
Alabama Chamber
of Commerce
Homewood,
Alabama Chamber
of Commerce
Hoover, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Hueytown, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Address
City
ST
Zip
PO Box 247
Fayette
AL
35555
PO Box 636
Flmaton
AL
36441
1099 Fifth Street
Florala
AL
36442
PO Box 1331
Florence
AL
35630
PO Box 1117
Foley
AL
36536
PO Box 62
Fort Deposit
AL
36032
PO Box 680125
Fort Payne
AL
35968
PO Box 185
Gadsden
AL
35902
PO Box 26
Gardendale
AL
35071
PO Box 477
Geneva
AL
36340
PO Box 33
Gordo
AL
35466
One Depot Square
Greenville
AL
36037
PO Box 567
Grove Hill
AL
36451
PO Drawer 3869
Gulf Shores
AL
36547
PO Box 577
Guntersville
AL
35976
PO Box 634
Haleyville
AL
35565
PO Box 1168
Hamilton
AL
35570
PO Box 817
Hartselle
AL
35640
PO Box 236
Headland
AL
36345
PO Box 413
Heflin
AL
36264
PO box 59494
Homewood
AL
35209
PO Box 36005
Hoover
AL
36005
PO Box 3356
Hueytown
AL
35023
39
Title
Mr.
Name
Brian Hilson
Position
Director
Ms.
LaShaunda Holly
Director
Ms.
Mary Jo Gunter
Director
Ms.
Kelley Smith
Director
Ms.
Mary PatchunkaSmith
Director
Mr.
John Staggs
Director
Mr.
Win Hallett
Director
Mr.
Al Brewton
Director
Mr.
Randell L. George
Director
Ms.
Andrea Machen
Director
Ms.
Elaina M. Peyton
Director
Mr.
Charles Carr
Director
Mr.
Robert Williams
Director
Dr.
Joshua Driver
Director
Mr.
Mark Berson
Director
Mrs.
Sherri Sumners
Director
Organization
Chamber of
Commerce
Huntsville/Madison
County
Irondale, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Clarke County
Chamber of
Commerce
Chamber of
Commerce of
Walker County
Alabama
Greater Valley Area
Chamber of
Commerce
Leeds, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Linden, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Clay County
Alabama Chamber
of Commerce
Luverne-Crenshaw
Chamber of
Commerce
Madison, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Midfield, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
South Lamar Area
Chamber of
Commerce
Mobile, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Monroeville,
Alabama Chamber
Of Commerce
Montevallo,
Alabama Chamber
of Commerce
Montgomery,
Alabama Chamber
Of Commerce
Moody, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Lawrence County
Chamber of
Commerce
Blount CountyOneonta Chamber
of Commerce
Opelika, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Opp and Covington
County Chamber of
Commerce
Alabama Gulf
Coast Chamber of
Commerce
Calhoun County,
Alabama Chamber
of Commerce
Address
City
ST
Zip
PO Box 408
Huntsville
AL
35804
1912 1st. Ave. South
Irondale
AL
35210
500 Commerce Street
Jackson
AL
36545
PO Box 972
Jasper
AL
35501
PO Box 205
Lanett
AL
36863
PO Box 900
Leeds
AL
35094
211 N. Main Street
Linden
AL
36748
PO Box 85
Lineville
AL
36266
PO Box 12
Luverne
AL
36049
204 Main Street
Madison
AL
35758
P.O. Box 28789
Midfield
AL
35228
PO Box 208
Millport
AL
35574
PO Box 2187
Mobile
AL
36652
PO Box 214
Monroeville
AL
36461
720 Oak Street
Montevallo
AL
35115
PO Box 79
Montgomery
AL
36101
PO Box 726
Moody
AL
35004
PO Box 325
Moulton
AL
35650
PO Box 1487
Oneonta
AL
35121
601 Avenue A
Opelika
AL
36803
PO Box 148
Opp
AL
36467
PO Drawer 3869
Orange County
AL
36547
PO Box 1087
Anniston
AL
36202
40
Title
Ms.
Name
Jennifer Trammell
Position
Director
Ms.
Diane Cooper
Director
Mr.
Victor Cross
Director
Mr.
James Sanders
Director
Mr.
Rick Roden
Director
Mr.
John Crear
Director
Mrs.
Mary Jo Gunter
Director
Mr.
Joe Richardson
Director
Mrs.
Valerie Burrage
Director
Mrs.
Kathy Roberts
Director
Organization
Ozark, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Greater Shelby
County, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Pell City, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
North Baldwin
Chamber Of
Commerce
Phenix City-Russell
County, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Prattville, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Prichard, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Rainsville, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Reform, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Randolph County
Chamber of
Commerce
Central Baldwin
Chamber of
Commerce
Franklin County,
Alabama Chamber
of Commerce
Saraland, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
The Greater
Jackson County
Chamber of
Commerce
Selma-Dallas
County, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Springville, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Walker County
Chamber of
Commerce
Sylacauga, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Talladega, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Tallassee, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Thomasville,
Alabama Chamber
of Commerce
Tillman's Corner,
Alabama Chamber
of Commerce
Address
City
ST
Zip
308 Painter Ave.
Ozark
AL
36360
PO Box 324
Pelham
AL
35124
1610 Cogswell Ave #105
Pell City
AL
35125
PO Box 310
Perdido
AL
36507
1107 Broad Street
Phenix City
AL
36867
1002 E. Main Street
Prattville
AL
36066
PO Box 10427
Prichard
AL
36610
PO Box 396
Rainsville
AL
35986
PO Box 819
Reform
AL
35481
PO Box 431
Roanoke
AL
36274
PO Box 587
Robertsdale
AL
36567
PO Box 44
Russellville
AL
35653
939 Hwy 43 S.
Saraland
AL
36571
PO Box 973
Scottsboro
AL
35768
P. O. Box 467
Selma
AL
36702
6496 US Hwy 11
Springvilleq
AL
35146
204 19th St. East, Ste. 101
Jasper
AL
35501
PO Box 185
Sylacauga
AL
35150
PO Drawer A
Talledega
AL
35161
301 A King Street
Tallassee
AL
36078
PO Box 44
Thomasville
AL
36784
5055 Carol Plantation Rd
Mobile
AL
36619
41
Title
Name
Position
Mrs.
Jenniffer Barner
Director
Mr.
Rick McDowell
Director
Mr.
Johnnie Aycock
Director
Mr.
Charles Thompson
Director
Mr.
Allen Chandler
Director
Mrs.
Karen Odle
Director
Mrs.
Jan Wood
Director
Mr.
Mke Poe
Mr..
Walter C. Ernest, IV
Ms.
Kelly L. Brinkman
Ms.
Ms.
Mr.
Jeff
Sandi Forbus
Katherine Phillips
Joel Lewis
Mr.
Phillip Hinesley
Ms.
Ms.
Mr.
Leslie Lassitter
Nancy Milford
J. Erik Douglas
Ms.
Kara Lankford
Dr.
Bert Eichold
Mr.
Tom Piper
Dr.
Mac Holmes
Mr.
John Cramer
Ms.
Anne Miller
Ms.
Patti Donnellan
Ms.
Maureen Shaffer
Ms.
Alison Callahan
Ms.
Mr.
Marie Bostick
Paul Fontaine
Ms.
Francesca Gross
Ms.
Lacey Genard
Ms.
Rosa N. Hall
Executive
Director
Natural
Resource
Planner
Organization
Pike County
Chamber of
Commerce
Trussville, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Chamber of West
Alabama
Tuskegee, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Bullock County
Chamber of
Commerce
Vernon, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Vestavia Hills,
Alabama Chamber
of Commerce
Wetumpka, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Winfield, Alabama
Chamber of
Commerce
Cycle Escape
North East Alabama
Bicycle Club
Weeks Bay Reserve
Foundation
ADCNR - State
Lands Division
Mobile United
Mobile United
Mobile United
Alabama
Department of
Conservation
City of Foley
City of Fairhope
Baldwin County
Commission
South Alabama
Regional Planning
Commission
Troy University
Land Trust of
Huntsville
Birmingham
Audobon Society
Lake Guntersville
State Park
Planning
Madison Greenway
and Trails, Inc.
City of Huntsville
Cawaco RC&D
Council
Cawaco RC&D
Council
Center for the
Study of the
Black Belt
University of West
Alabama
Address
City
ST
Zip
246 U.S. Hwy 231 N.
Troy
AL
36079
225 Parkway Drive
Trussville
AL
35173
PO Box 020410
Tuscaloosa
AL
35402
121 S Main Street
Tuskegee
AL
36083
PO Box 5006
Union Springs
AL
36089
PO Box 336
Vernon
AL
35592
PO Box 660793
Vestavia Hills
AL
35266
PO Box 785
Wetumpka
AL
36092
PO Box 447
Winfield
AL
35594
2767 Bell Road
Montgomery
AL
36117
P.O. Box 2414
Anniston
AL
36202
11401 U.S. Highway 98
Fairhope
AL
36352
31115 - 5 Rivers Boulevard
Spanish Fort
AL
36527
8 St. Joseph St.
8 St. Joseph St.
8 St. Joseph St.
Mobile
Mobile
Mobile
AL
AL
AL
36602
36602
36602
31115 Five Rivers
Spanish Fort
AL
36527
200 N. Alston Street
P.O. Box 429
719 Belleville Avenue
312 Courthouse Square,
Suite 18
251 N. Bayou Street
Foley
Fairhope
Brewton
AL
AL
AL
36535
36533
36426
Bay Minette
AL
36507
Mobile
AL
36604
110 Beauregard
Mobile
AL
36633
1410 Ward Avenue
Huntsville
AL
35801
980 Shades Crest Road
Hoover
AL
208 Coveview Road
Gurley
AL
35748
2313 Chestnut Road
Birmingham
AL
35216
120 Corrine Drive
Madison
AL
35758
P.O. Box 308
114 Eastfield Drive
Huntsville
Madison
AL
AL
35804
35758
1731 1st Ave. N, Suite 200
Birmingham
AL
35203
1731 1st Ave. N, Suite 200
Birmingham
AL
35203
Station 45
Livingston
AL
35470
42
Title
Mr.
Mr.
Ms.
Ms.
Name
Danny Crownover
Ed Whatley
Cindy Beam
Carol Sloane
Mr.
Skip Essman
Ms.
Suellen Snowden
Ms.
Ms.
Linda Fulcher
Jessica Ebeling
Ms.
Lynda Wool
Mr.
Doug Deaton
Ms.
Shontrill Baskin
Ms.
Liz Brennan
Mr.
Johan Beumer
Mr.
Chris Carter
Mr.
Ms.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Wayne Rabren
Cathy Gerachis
Andrew Gerachis
Bob Tropfenbaum
David Person
Mr.
Tommy Brassell
Mr.
Mr.
Grey Brennen
Nathan Norris
Ms.
Carrie Banks
Mr.
Perry Roquemore
Mr.
W. Russell Davis
Mr.
Jason Reid
Position
Organization
City of Gadsden
City of Gadsden
City of Heflin
Alabama Hiking Trail
Society
City of Valley
Recreation
Department
City of Valley
Dept. of
Planning &
Development
City of Montgomery
ADCNR - State
Lands Division
Central Alabama
Regional Planning &
Development
Commission
Trail of Legends
Assoc.
Trail of Legends
Assoc.
The Waters
Planning
Commission
Communication
s Director
Executive
Director
Address
P.O. Box 267
710 Hinds Road
P.O. Box 128
134 Querles Court
City
Gadsden
Gadsden
Heflin
Ozark
ST
AL
AL
AL
AL
Zip
35902
35904
36264
36360
765 Amity Lane
Montgomery
AL
36117
P.O. Box 186
Valley
AL
36854
P.O. Box 186
518 Dumas Drive
Valley
Auburn
AL
AL
36854
36830
27 Madison Avenue
Montgomery
AL
36104
64 Union Street
Montgomery
AL
36130
430 S. Court Street
Montgomery
AL
36104
157 Greenfield Lane
Alabaster
AL
35007
24 Trillium Court
Wetumpka
AL
36092
415 Company Street
Wetumpka
AL
36092
915 Meriwether Road
72 Avenue of the Waters
72 Avenue of the Waters
Pike Road
Pike Road
Pike Road
AL
AL
AL
36064
36064
36064
64 Bright Spot Street
Pike Road
AL
36064
PO Box 1270
Montgomery
AL
36102
PO Box 1270
Montgomery
AL
36102
PO Box 241305
Montgomery
AL
36124
PO Box 241305
Montgomery
AL
36124
PO Box 230160
Montgomery
AL
36123
PO Box 419
Florence
AL
35631
21672 New Garden Road
Elkmont
AL
35620
2804 Bob Wallace Avenue
Huntsville
AL
35805
PO Box 130
Scottsboro
AL
35768
PO Box 2623
Decatur
AL
35602
428 East Carlisle Street
Albertville
AL
35950
213 Grand Avenue, SW
Fort Payne
AL
35967
P.O. Box 308
Winfield
AL
35594
Town of Pike Road
Alabama League of
Municipalities
Alabama League of
Municipalities
Home Builders
Association of
Alabama
Home Builders
Association of
Alabama
Greater Montgomery
Home Builders
Association
Shoals Home
Builders Association
Athens/Limestone
Home Builders
Association
Huntsville Madison
County Builders
Association
Jackson County
Home Builders
Association
Greater Morgan
County Builders
Association
Marshall County
Home Builders
Association
DeKalb County HBA
Northwest Alabama
Home Builders
Association
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Title
Name
Position
Mr.
Buddy Sharpless
Executive
Director
Mr.
Sonny Brasfield
Asst. Ex.
Director
Mr.
Paul Waddy
Ms.
Clarene TeagueJohnson
Dr.
Dan D. Ray
District
Extension
Coordinator
District
Extension
Coordinator
Extension
District Director
Organization
Cullman County
Home Builders
Association
Blount County Home
Greater Gadsden
Home Builders
Association
Walker County
Home Builders
Association
Greater Birmingham
Association of Home
Builders
St. Clair County
Home Builders
Association
Home Builders
Association of
Greater Calhoun
County
Home Builders
Association of
Tuscaloosa
Chilton County
Home Builders
Association
Tallapoosa County
Home Builders
Association
Lee County Home
Macon County
Home Builders
Association
Phenix City Home
South Alabama
Home Builders
Association
Home Builders
Association of
Dothan & Wiregrass
Area
Enterprise Home
Home Builders
Association of
Metropolitan Mobile
Baldwin County
Home Builders
Association
Association of
County
Commissions of
Alabama
Association of
County
Commissions of
Alabama
East Alabama
Regional Extension
Office
North Alabama
Regional Extension
Office
South West
Alabama Regional
Extension Office
Address
City
ST
Zip
101 1st Avenue NE, Suite
210
Cullman
AL
35055
PO Box 571
Oneonta
AL
35121
215 Walnut Street
Gadsden
AL
35901
PO Box 3101
Jasper
AL
35502
100 Oslo Circle
Birmingham
AL
35211
PO Box 543
Pell City
AL
35125
PO Box 2549
Anniston
AL
36202
2009 Paul W. Bryant Drive
Tuscaloosa
AL
35401
801 County Road 408
Clanton
AL
35043
486 Midway Estate Road
Jacksons Gap
AL
36861
528 Lafayette Place
Auburn
AL
36830
398 County Road 67
Tuskegee
AL
36083
1808 Opelika Road
Phenix City
AL
36867
P.O. Box 764
Greenville
AL
36067
P.O. Box 9791
Dothan
AL
36304
P.O. Box 310861
Enterprise
AL
36331
1613 University Boulevard
South
Mobile
AL
36609
916 Plantation Blvd.
Fairhope
AL
36532
100 N. Jackson Street
Montgomery
AL
36104
100 N. Jackson Street
Montgomery
AL
36104
224 Duncan Hall Annex
Auburn Universitiy
AL
36849
P.O. Box 1088
Normal
AL
2563724976
233 Duncan Hall Annex
Auburn Universitiy
AL
36849
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Title
Name
Position
Dr.
Joe Sumners
Director
Dr.
W. Gaines Smith
Director
Mr.
Richard Leonard
Mr.
Bill White
Mr.
Vince Kilborn
Ms.
Wendy Allen
Ms.
Charlene Lee
President
Immediate Past
President
Vice-President
Executive
Director
Executive
Director
Organization
Economic &
community
Development
Institute
Alabama
Cooperative
Extension System
Port City Pacers
Port City Pacers
Address
City
ST
Zip
3354 Haley Center
Auburn Universitiy
AL
36849
109-D Duncan Hall
Auburn Universitiy
AL
36849
P.O. Box 6427
Mobile
AL
36660
P.O. Box 6427
Mobile
AL
36660
Port City Pacers
P.O. Box 6427
Mobile
AL
36660
Smart Coast
P.O. Box 246
Fairhope
AL
36533
Smart Coast
P.O. Box 246
Fairhope
AL
36533
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Appendix C: SCORP Telephone Survey
The survey instrument on the following pages was utilized by the Center for Business and Economic
Services at the Troy University Sorrell College of Business to conduct a telephone survey as part of
the Alabama SCORP, 2008-2012 planning process. Over 2,500 surveys of Alabama households were
completed by calling randomly drawn residential telephone numbers across the state. Sample
numbers were based on the square roots of the populations of the 12 planning regions across the state
in order to keep the sample from being overly concentrated in the urban planning regions. Within
each planning region, county samples were based on each county’s percentage share of the planning
region’s population.
The telephone survey collected data regarding the number of participants and the number of
participation occasions for more than 40 outdoor recreation activities, the importance of outdoor
recreation, felt needs, greatest recreational needs, perceived barriers to use of outdoor recreation
facilities and the level of responsibility of state and local governments to provide outdoor recreational
facilities and opportunities. The Center for Business and Economic Services provided an analysis of
the survey results for the State and for each of the 12 regional planning commissions in Alabama.
The 2008 SCORP Survey Analysis document is available as a companion document to the Alabama
SCORP, 2008-2012 and is also available on the ADECA website at www.adeca.alabama.gov
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State Code _____ County Code ______ Caller _________
DATE __________________
TIME __________________
2006-07 Alabama Outdoor Recreation Survey
Telephone Survey of State Residents
Survey # ___________ Telephone No. ___________
Hello, My name is ____________________. I'm a student calling from Troy University and we are
trying to find out what the residents of Alabama do for outdoor recreation so their needs can be better
served by state and local government. Are you 19 years old or older? (If yes, continue. If no, ask to
speak to someone that is. Arrange callback if needed)
BEGIN
For the purpose of this survey we define outdoor recreation very broadly to include anything done
mainly for pleasure or enjoyment, outdoors.
Q1.
Q2.
01
Q3.
How would you rate the importance of outdoor recreation to your household?
(READ CHOICES)
a.
01 Very Important
02 Important
03 Neutral
04 Not Important
05 Not at all important
How many persons live in your household including yourself? (PLEASE CIRCLE ONE OR
IF OVER 15 FILL IN BLANK)
Over 15
02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 ____
Now I need to know the age and gender of each household member.
Lets begin with yourself, then other adults, and then the children, if any.
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Q4.
Next I want you to recall, to the best of your ability, what outdoor recreation activities you
and the other members of your household participated in during 2004 and the number of
times engaged in that activity. Please refer to the other members of your household by their
age. [PROMPT WITH EXAMPLES BELOW IF NEEDED.]
SEX_______________________________________________________________________
AGE_______________________________________________________________________
ACTIVITY
a. Walking for Pleasure
b. Trail Hiking on dirt
c. Jogging
d. Freshwater Fishing (Bank)
e. Freshwater Fishing (Boat)
f. Saltwater Fishing (Shore)
g. Saltwater Fishing (Boat)
h. Pool Swimming
i. Baseball/Softball
j. Gardening
k. Saltwater Beach
l. Freshwater Beach
m. Large Game Hunting
(Deer, Hogs & Turkey)
n. Small Game Hunting
Rabbits, Quail, Squirrel)
o. Water Fowl Hunting
p. Bicycling on roads
q. Outdoor Basketball
r. Camping (Developed Sites)
s. Camping (Primitive Sites)
t. Trail riding on
mountain bike
u. horses
v. motorcycle
w. 4WD pickup
x. 4-wheeler ATV
y. Other Horseback Riding
z. Freshwater Power Boating
aa. Saltwater Power Boating
ab. Saltwater Sailing
ac. Freshwater Sailing
ad. Canoeing/Rafting
ae. Tennis
af. Roller skating/skateboard
ag. Golf (9 hole rounds)
ah. Driving for Pleasure
ai. Bird watching
aj. Nature photography
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ak. Football
al. Soccer
am. Volleyball
an. Visiting Historical Sites
ao. _____________________
ap. _____________________
aq. _____________________
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FOR Q5 & Q6 PLACE ANSWERS BELOW IN CHART
Q5. Did you or any member of your household travel outside of Alabama to participate in any of
the activities you just mentioned? (IF YES, WHO & TO WHICH STATE & # OF
OCCASIONS)
Yes _____
No _____
Q6. Did you or any member of your household travel outside of the county in which you live to
other areas in Alabama to participate in hunting and fishing? (IF YES, WHO, WHICH
COUNTY & # OF OCCASIONS)
Yes _____
Age/Sex
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Activity
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# Of Participated
Occasions
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Q7. Have you or any family member been prevented from using public outdoor recreation resources
in your community or local area? Yes
O
No
O
DK
O
If Yes, why?
a. Travel distance and time: Yes __ No __,
b. Physical barriers, i. e., lack of handicapped access or overcrowding: Yes __ No __,
c. High fees: Yes __ No __,
d. Lack of security: Yes __ No __,
e. Discrimination of some kind: Yes __ No __,
f. Other factor Yes __ No __.
Q8. On a scale from 1, which is strongly disagree, to 5, which is strongly agree. Please respond to
the following statements.
Strongly
Strongly
Don’t
Disagree
Agree
Know
a. Public park and recreation
facilities in your area are
adequately maintained .....................................1
2
3
4
5
6
b. Additional park land is
needed in your area ..........................................1
2
3
4
5
6
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Strongly
Disagree
c. More land should be purchased
for big and small game hunting .......................1
d. Additional baseball/softball
fields are needed in your area ..........................1
e. Additional swimming pool
facilities are needed in your area .....................1
f. More access to walking/jogging trails
is needed in your area ......................................1
g. More access to hiking trails is
h. More access to mountain biking trails
is needed in your area ......................................1
i. More access to horse and/or off-road
vehicle trails is needed in your area .................1
j. There are enough children's
playgrounds in your area..................................1
k. You have adequate access to
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Q9. What are the three greatest outdoor recreational needs in your area in order of priority?
(5 words or less)
a. _______________________________________________________
b. _______________________________________________________
c. _______________________________________________________
Q10. On a scale of 1 - strongly disagree - to 5 - strongly agree, do you agree state and local
government agencies have a responsibility to provide outdoor recreation land and facilities for
the citizens of Alabama?
5. Strongly agree
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Q11. Do you live in an area which is (READ CHOICES & CHECK ONE)
a. Rural _______
b. Urban _______
c. Suburban _______
d. Don't Know _______ (DON'T READ)
Q12. What is the highest level of education that you have completed?
a.
No school completed
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Associate degree- Occupational
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Nursery School
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Associate degree-Academic Program
Kindergarten
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Q13. Which of the following list describes your household?
_____ single person, no children under 18 at home
_____ couple, no children under 18 at home
_____ single person(s) with children under 18 at home
_____ couple with children under 18 at home
_____ Don't know or no response
Q14. Which of the following categories includes your total annual income for all members of your
household before taxes?
_____________ Less than $10,000
_____________ $10,000 to $14,999
_____________ $15,000 to $24,999
_____________ $25,000 to $34,999
_____________ $35,000 to $49,999
_____________ $50,000 to $74,999
_____________ $75,000 or more
_____________ Refused
Q15. Which of the following racial or ethnic backgrounds best describes your household?
_____________ American Indian
_____________ Black
_____________ Caucasian/White
_____________ Hispanic
_____________ Asian
_____________ Other ___________________
_____________ (MIXED -- DO NOT READ)
_____________ (REFUSED -- DO NOT READ)
[INTERVIEWER, RECORD SEX OF RESPONDENT:]
____________ Male
____________ Female
[THANK THE RESPONDENT AND HANG UP.]
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Appendix D: Trail Plan Glossary of Terms
The following is a list of commonly used terms related to trails and their definitions.
Bike Lane: A portion of a roadway that has been designated by striping, signing, and pavement
markings for the preferential or exclusive use of bicyclists.
Bike Path (Bike Trail, Multi-Use Path/Trail: Any corridor that is physically separated from
motorized vehicular traffic by an open space or barrier. It is either within the highway right-ofway
or within an independent right-of-way. Due to a lack of pedestrian facilities, most bike paths/trails are
commonly designed and referenced as multi-use paths and trails.
Bike Route: A roadway segment designated with appropriate “bike route” directional and
informational markers.
Bikeways: Any road, path or way which in some manner is specifically designated for the exclusive
use of bicycles or are to be shared with other transportation modes.
Bridleway (Bridle Path): Public way designed and maintained primarily for equestrian use.
Other non-motorized uses may be permitted.
Canal: An artificial waterway for transportation or irrigation. Canal and irrigation ditch banks are
often used as trails.
Corridor, Scenic: Land set aside on either side of a trail to act as a buffer zone protecting the trail
against impacts such as logging or development, which would detract from the quality and
experience of a trail.
Corridor, Trail: The full dimensions of a trail within a trail route, including the tread and a
zone on either side (2 to 3 feet) and above the tread from which brush will be removed.
Designated Trail: A trail that is approved and maintained by an agency
Destination Trail: A trail that connects two distinct points (A to B) rather than returning the user to
the original beginning point.
Extended Trail: Trails over 100 miles in length (as defined in the National Trails System Act).
Feeder Trail: A trail designed to connect local facilities, neighborhoods, campgrounds, etc. to
a main trail.
Footpath: A path over which the public has a right-of-way on foot only. Wheelchairs are also
permitted, although this may not be practical due to surface or slope.
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Greenway: A linear open space established along a natural corridor, such as a river, stream, ridgeline,
rail-trail, canal, or other route for conservation, recreation, or alternative transportation purposes.
Greenway can connect parks, nature preserves, cultural facilities, and historic sites with business and
residential areas.
Greenway, Community: Safe, off-road corridor of open space that connects neighborhoods,
schools, parks, workplaces, and community centers via paths and trails.
Greenway, Conservation: Open space corridor that protects biodiversity and water resources by
connecting natural features such as streams, wetlands, forests, and steep slopes.
Heritage Corridor: The term “heritage corridor” is used to describe a heritage area that is organized
around and focused on one linear resource such as a river, canal or road.
Heritage Trail: A heritage trail is an established path or route that most often focuses around
one central theme that interprets an aspect of an area’s history or culture. Heritage trails connect
physical pathways to patterns and cultures of settlement. Trails may be recreational and/or scenic
(Blue Ridge Parkway); they may be historically important travel corridor (Natchez Trace National
Historic Trail; Route 66); or they may be sites linked by a thematic itinerary (Boston Freedom Trail).
Hiker-Biker Trail: An urban paved trail designed for use by pedestrians and bicyclists.
Hiking Trail: Moderate to long distance trail with the primary function of providing long-distance
Interpretive Trail: Short to moderate length trail (1/2 to 1 mile) with concentrated informational
stops to explain associated views, natural flora or fauna, and other features.
Long Distance Trail: In general best characterized by length (more than 50 miles), linearity (follows
a linear feature), and diversity (geographic and political).
Loop Trail: Trail systems designed so that the routes form loops, giving users the option of not
traveling the same section of trail more than once on a trip.
Multiple-Use (Multi-Use) Trail: A trail that permits more than one user group at a time
(equestrian, ORVer, hiker, mountain bicyclist, etc.).
National Historic Trail: Federally designated extended trails, which closely follow original
routes of nationally significant travel (explorers, emigrants, traders, military, etc.). The Iditarod,
the Lewis and Clark, the Mormom Pioneer, and the Oregon Trails were the first to be designated
as National Historic Trails in 1978.
National Recreation Trail: Existing local trails (over 800) recognized by the federal government
as contributing to the National Trails System.
National Scenic Trail: Federally designated trails, which provide for the maximum outdoor recreation
potential and for the conservation and enjoyment of the significant qualities of the areas through
which they pass. The Appalachian and the Pacific Crest trails were the first to be designated as
National Scenic Trails in 1968.
Nature Trail: Moderate length trail (3/4 to 2 miles) with primary function of providing an opportunity
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to walk and study interesting or unusual plants or natural features at user’s pleasure. The ideal nature
trail has a story to tell. It unifies the various features or elements along the trail into a related whole.
Primary Trail: Continuous through routes that originate at trailheads. Primarily for directing
users through an area while promoting a certain type of experience.
Rail-Trail (Rail-to-Trail): A multi-purpose public path (paved or natural) created along an
inactive rail corridor.
Rail-with-Trail: A trail that shares the same corridor with active rail traffic.
Recreationway: A unified system of linear interconnected open spaces and natural areas that
accommodate trail uses, and where possible, other compatible and supporting activities.
Single-Use Trail: One that is designed and constructed for only one intended user (i.e. hiker
use only).
Social Trail (Wildcat, Way, Informal): Unplanned/ unauthorized trails that develop informally
from use and are not designated or maintained by an agency; often found cutting switchbacks or
between adjacent trails.
Spine Trail: A regional trail that acts as a “backbone” to a regional trail system.
Spur Trail: A trail that leads from primary, secondary, or spine trails to points of user interests —
overlooks, campsites, etc.
Trail: A linear corridor, on land or water, which provides for access for recreation and transportation
as well as related outdoor education and sport activities. A trail may link two or more points or be a
looped system with the same start and end point. It may be single or share use; non-motorized and/or
motorized; single season or year-round; narrow or wide; urban and/or rural; and comprised of various
types of surfaces. It may be a stand-alone entity or part of a broader corridor such as a greenway. The
term trail has evolved to include routes on existing transportation systems that link points of a specific
program perspective usually of a historical theme.
Trail Route: The general location of a trail from a point of origin to a point of destination. The
point of origin and destination may be the same as for a loop trail; or a linear corridor connecting
two separate points. Within the trail route, a trail corridor would be defined.
Trailway: The portion of the trail within the limits of the excavation and embankment.
Travelway: The trail as a whole, including the trail tread and the cleared areas on either side of the
trail.
Water Trail (River Trail, Canoe Trail, Blueway): A recreational waterway on lake, river, or ocean
between specific points, containing access and day use and/or camping sites for the boating public.
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Appendix E: Segmented Distance Trail Sites
The following is a list of Alabama’s Distance Trails that are considered to be segmented trails.
Although these trails do not follow a continuous path, they are still considered to be distance trails
because of their connectivity by virtue of their relationship, or connectivity, to one another. This
appendix includes trail sites for the following trails:
E1.
E2.
E3.
E4.
E5.
E6.
Birding Trails
Scenic Drives and Covered Bridge Trail
Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
Hunting and Fishing Trail for People with Physical Disabilities
Quail Trail
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Appendix E1. Birding Trails
Birding Trail Name
Tennessee Valley Talon Trail
North Alabama Birding Trail Northwest Loop
North Alabama Birding Trail Central Loop
North Alabama Birding Trail Northeast Loop
Site Location
1. Colbert Ferry Park
2. Wilson Dam
3. Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
4. Monte Sano State Park
5. Lake Guntersville State Park
6. DeSoto State Park / Little River Canyon National Preserve
1.Mallard Fox Creek Wildlife Management Area - Kiosk Site
2. Wheeler Dam - South Landing
3. Joe Wheeler State Park
4. Town Creek Marsh
5. Leighton Ponds
6. Wilson Dam Visitor Center - Kiosk Site
7. Wilson Dam Rockpile Recreation Area
8. Tennessee Valley Authority Reservation
9. Key Cave National Wildlife Refuge - Kiosk Site
10. Natchez Trace Parkway - Rock Springs Nature Trail
11. Waterloo
12. Natchez Trace Parkway - Colbert Ferry
13. Freedom Hills Wildlife Management Area Walking Trail
14. Bankhead National Forest - Central Firetower - Kiosk Site
15. Bankhead National Forest - Sipsey Wilderness Trailhead
16- Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center
17. Decatur Hospitality Nature Park Kiosk Site
18. BP Amoco Environmental Trail
19. 3M Wildlife Area Kiosk Site
20. Wheeler NWR White Springs Dike
21. Swan Creek Wildlife Management Area
22. Round Island Recreation Area
23. Wheeler NWR Arrowhead Landing
24. Wheeler NWR Beaverdam Peninsula Tower
25. Wheeler NWR Beaverdam Swamp Boardwalk
26. Wheeler NWR Blackwell Swamp
27. Winfred Thomas Agricultural Research Station
28. Madison County Public Lake
29. Monte Sano State Park
30. Hays Nature Preserve
31. Wheeler NWR Cave Springs
32. Hurricane Creek Park Kiosk Site
33. Wheeler NWR Dancy Bottoms Nature Trail
34. Guntersville State Park, Town Creek and Drive Kiosk Site
35. Guntersville Peninsula
36. Guntersville Dam South
37. Guntersville Dam North
38. Goose Pond Colony
39. North Sauty Creek WMA/Sauta Cave NWR
40. Roy B. Whitaker Paint Rock River Preserve Kiosk Site
41. Skyline Wildlife Management Area
42. Mud Creek Wildlife Management Area
43. Stevenson Town Park
44. Russell Cave National Monument
45. Gorham's Bluff/Coon Gulf
46. DeKalb County Public Lake
47. DeSoto State Park Azalea Cascade Trail
48. Little River Canyon National Preserve Drive
49. Buck's Pocket State Park, Morgan's Cove and South Sauty Creek
50. Murphy Hill
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Birding Trail Name
Alabama Coastal Birding Trail
Gulf Shores – Orange Beach
Loop
Fort Morgan Loop
South Baldwin County Loop
Eastern Shore, Mobile Bay
Causeway and Blakeley Island
Loop
Dauphin Island - Bayou La Batre
Loop
Site Location
ACBT 1. Perdido Pass/Alabama Point - East
ACBT 2. Perdido Pass/Alabama Point - West
ACBT 3. Boggy Point
ACBT 4. Gulf State Park Pavilion
ACBT 5. Nature Center - Gulf State Park Campground
ACBT 6. Marsh Bridge
ACBT 7. Shelby Lake Picnic Grounds
ACBT 8. Gulf State Park Fishing Pier
ACBT 9. Little Lagoon Pass
ACBT 10. Wade Ward Nature Park
ACBT 11. Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge
ACBT 12. The Pines
ACBT 13. St. Andrews Bay
ACBT 14. Pilot Town
ACBT 15. Fort Morgan
15A. Stables
15D. The Fort
15B. Ferry Landing
15E. Marsh
15C. Middle Ground
ACBT 16. Mariculture Center
ACBT 17. Sod Farms
ACBT 18. Glenlakes Country Club
ACBT 19. Magnolia Springs Landfill
ACBT 20. Weeks Bay National Estuarine Reserve
ACBT 21. Sod Farms and Fields
ACBT 22. Bon Secour Bay
ACBT 23. Fairhope Municipal Pier and Beach
ACBT 24. Daphne Bayfront Park
ACBT 25. D'Olive Bay Overlook
ACBT 26. Meaher State Park
ACBT 27. Chacaloochee Bay
ACBT 28. Mobile Bay Mudflats
ACBT 29. Battleship Park
ACBT 30. North Pinto Disposal Area
ACBT 31. Polecat Bay
ACBT 32. Blakeley Island Mud Ponds
32A. South Blakeley Disposal Area
32B. Mud Lakes
32C. North Blakeley Disposal Area
ACBT 33. Mobile Tensaw Delta Swamp Tour
ACBT 34. Holly Creek Landing
ACBT 35. BC 96 & Bachman's Sparrows
ACBT 36. Cliff 's Landing
ACBT 37. Mobile Tensaw Delta Wildlife Management Area
ACBT 38. Historic Blakeley State Park
ACBT 39. Shell Mound
ACBT 40. Goat Trees
ACBT 41. Cadillac Square
ACBT 42. Dauphin Island Audubon Sanctuary
ACBT 43. Pelican Point
ACBT 44. Airport
ACBT 45. West End
ACBT 46. Cedar Point
ACBT 47. Bayfront Park
ACBT 48. Bellingrath Gardens
ACBT 49. Coden Belt Road
ACBT 50. Bayou La Batre Ponds
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Birding Trail Name
Highland Flyers Trail
Riverbend Gliders Trail
Winged Plains Trail
Site Location
1. Sipsey Wilderness
2. Ruffner Mountain
3. Birmingham Botanical Gardens
4. Oak Mountain State Park
5. Northern part of the Talladega Division of the Talladega
6. National Forest
7. Mt. Cheaha
8. Anniston Museum of Natural History
9. The Jim Martin Wildlife Park
14. Moundville Archaeological Park
15. Oakmulgee Division of the Talladega National Forest
16. Goodwater Sportsman Lodge
17. Roland Cooper State Park
18. Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge, cypress swamp beside the
maintenance building
19. Conecuh National Forest
1. The arboretum at Fort Toulouse-Jackson Park
2. Auburn University's Southeastern Raptor Rehabilitation Center
3. Tsinia Wildlife Viewing Area, Tuskegee National Forest
4. The Wehle Nature Center
5. Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge
6. At Landmark Park, Dothan
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Appendix E2. Native American Trails
Trail
Site
1. Russell Cave National Monument
2. Bridgeport Historic Marker
3. Stevenson Railroad Depot Museum
4. Sequoyah Caverns & Campground
5. The Depot Museum
6. Scottsboro-Jackson Heritage Center
7. Cathedral Caverns State Park
Trail of Tears
8. Guntersville Museum and Cultural Center
9. Burritt on the Mountain
10. Oakville Indian Mounds Education Center
11. Doublehead Historic Marker
12. Tennessee Valley Art Center
13. Indian Mound and Museum
14. Waterloo Historic Marker Statue
15. Noccalula Falls Park
16. Chief Ladiga Trail
Mound
17. Ten Islands Area Historic Markers
Builders Trail
18. DeSoto Caverns Park
19. Birmingham Museum of Art
20. Moundville Archaeological Park
21. Holy Ground Battlefield Historic Marker
22. Alabama Dept. of Archives & History
23. Fort Toulouse — Jackson Park
Creek Indian
24. Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
War Trail
25. Tuskegee Multicultural Center
26. Chattahoochee Indian Heritage Center
27. Fort Mitchell National Cemetery
28. Chief Eufaula Historic Marker
29. Poarch Creek Indian Thanksgiving Pow Wow
30. Fort Mims State Historic Site
31. Red Eagle and Sehoy III Grave Sites
32. Alabama River Museum
33. Clarke County Museum
Red Eagle’s
34. St. Stephens Historical Park
Trail
35. MOWA Choctaw Cultural Center
36. Mt. Vernon Barracks Historic Marker
37. The Museum of Mobile
38. Historic Magnolia Cemetery
39. Shell Mound Park
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Location
3729 County Rd. 98, Bridgeport
US 72, AL-TN State Line, Bridgeport
Main Street, Stevenson
1438 Co. Road 731, Valley Head
1503 Glenn Blvd., SE, Fort Payne
208 South Houston Street, Scottsboro
Cathedral Caverns, Grant
930 O'Brig Avenue, Guntersville
3101 Burritt Drive, Huntsville
1219 Co. Rd. 187, Danville
145 Co. Rd. 314, Town Creek
511 N. Water St., Tuscumbia
1028 S. Court St., Florence
Waterloo
1500 Noccalula Rd., Gadsden
Piedmont to Anniston
Ashville, Anniston
Childersburg
2000 8th Avenue N., Birmingham
1 Mound Pkwy., Moundville
8493 U.S. Hwy 80 West, Hayneville
624 Washington Ave., Montgomery
2521 W. Fort Toulouse Rd., Wetumpka
11288 Horseshoe Bend Rd., Daviston
104 South Elm Street, Tuskegee
AL Hwy 165, Fort Mitchell
AL Hwy 165, Fort Mitchell
Old Creek Town Park, Eufaula
5811 Jack Springs Road, Atmore
Baldwin Co. Rd. 80, north of Stockton
301 McMeans Ave., Bay Minette
Claiborne Lock and Dam, Finchburg
116 Cobb Street, Grove Hill
Hwy. 34, St. Stephens
1080 W. Red Fox Rd., Mt. Vernon
1080 W. Red Fox Rd., Mt. Vernon
111 South Royal Street, Mobile
1202 Virginia Street, Mobile
2 N. Iberville St., Dauphin Island
Appendix E3. Scenic Drives and Covered Bridge Trail
National Historic Route
Trail of Tears Corridor
National Scenic Byways
Natchez Trace Parkway
Selma to Montgomery
March National Scenic
Byway
Talladega Scenic Drive
(National Scenic Drive)
Alabama Scenic Byways
Alabama’s Coastal
Connection
Leed’s Stagecoach Route
Location
Bridgeport to Waterloo
Location
Lauderdale County
Roadways
US 72
Roadways
Natchez Trace Parkway
Length
160 miles
Length
32 miles
Selma to Montgomery
Highway 80
54 miles
Heflin to Adams Gap
AL 281
26 miles
Location
Roadways
Length
Perdido Pass to
Shelby, Jefferson, and
St. Clair Counties
Appalachian Highlands
Fort Payne to Heflin
Scenic Byway
Black Belt Nature and Heritage Trail
Pickens, Greene,
Livingston – Aliceville Loop
Sumter & Choctaw
(9 sites)
Counties
Demopolis – Marion Loop
Hale, Perry & Marengo
(15 sites)
Counties
Selma – Camden Loop
Wilcox, Dallas, Lowndes,
(16 sites)
& Montgomery Counties
Tuskegee – Union Springs Macon & Bullock
Loop (15 sites)
Counties
Black Warrior River Scenic
Tuscaloosa County
Byway
Barbour County Governor’s
Clio to Eufaula
Trail
Noccalula Falls to
Lookout Mountain Parkway
Mentone
Recognized Scenic Drives
Location
No Tsi (Pine) Trail
Clay County
Wa Lo Si (Frog) Trail
Clay County
A Wi (Deer) Trail
(motorcycle)
Clay County
Gana (Turkey) Trail (SUV)
Clay County
AL 119, US 411
AL 35, AL 273, AL 68, US 411,
AL 9
75 miles
AL 14, US 11, AL 17, US 84
120 miles
US 43, AL 69, AL 14, AL 25, AL 50
100 miles
US 80, AL 22, AL 97, I-65, AL 10
130 miles
US 80, AL 81, US 29, AL 6
22 miles
I-59/I-20 at Exits 71 and 73, US 82,
US 171, US 43, and US 69
12 miles
AL 51
55 miles
Etowah CR 89, Cherokee CR 3, AL
176, DeKalb CR 89
Roadways
US 431, AL 281, AL 49, AL 77, AL
9, AL148
AL 9, CR 895, CR 30, AL 49,
Catfish Road, Bluff Springs Road,
Bishop Road, Big Springs Road,
Slaughter Miller Road, Pleasant Hill
Road, Mines Road, CR 5, AL 77
US 431, AL 281, AL 49, CR 31, CR
12, CR130, AL 77, AL 9,
AL 77, CR 34, Bolton Road, CR 18,
Valley Road, CR 7, FR 680, AL
148, CR 7, Horn’s Valley Road
50 miles
Length
53 miles
57 miles
76 miles
57 miles
Little River Canyon Scenic
Fort Payne, Leesburg
AL 176
11 miles
Drive
Covered Bridge Name
Location
1. Alamuchee-Bellamy Covered Bridge
University of West Alabama Campus, Sumter County
2. Clarkson Covered Bridge and Park
Battle of Hog Mountain site, Double Springs
3. Swann Covered Bridge
Off AL Hwy. 79, west of Cleveland
4. Old Easley Covered Bridge
Off US 231 in Blount County
5. Horton Mill Bridge
Off AL Hwy. 75 in Blount County
6. Old Union Crossing Covered Bridge
Shady Grove Dude Ranch near Mentone
7. Gilliland-Reese Covered Bridge
Noccalula Falls Park, Etowah County
8. Coldwater Covered Bridge
Oxford Lake and Walking Trail, Calhoun County
9. Waldo Covered Bridge
East of AL Hwy. 77, Talladega County
10. Kymulga Grist Mill & Covered Bridge
Kymulga Grist Mill Park, Talladega County
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Appendix E4. Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
The Robert Trent Jones (RTJ) Golf Trail offers 11 sites with 26 courses and 468 holes of golf. The
greatest distance between the trail sites is 384 miles between The Shoals in Muscle Shoals and
Lakewood Golf Club in Point Clear.
Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail Sites
Abbrev
Name
Location
CH
Capitol Hill
Prattville
CR
Cambrian Ridge
Greenville
GN
Grand National
Opelika
HC
Hampton Cove
Huntsville
HO
Highland Oaks
Dothan
MG
Magnolia Grove
Mobile
LW
Lakewood Golf Club
Point Clear
OV
Oxmoor Valley
Birmingham
RB
Ross Bridge
Hoover
SL
Silver Lakes
Anniston/Gadsden
TS
The Shoals
Muscle Shoals
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Courses
Judge (18 Holes)
Legislator (18 Holes)
Senator (18 Holes)
Canyon (9 Holes)
Loblolly (9 Holes)
Sherling (9 Holes)
9 Hole Short Course
Lakes (18 Holes)
Links (18 Holes)
18 Hole Short Course
Highlands (18 Holes)
River (18 Holes)
18-Hole Short Course
Highlands (9 Holes)
Magnolia (9 Holes)
Marshwood (9 Holes)
9 Hole Short Course
Crossing (18 Holes)
Falls (18 Holes)
18 Hole Short Course
Azalea (18 Holes)
Dogwood (18 Holes)
Ridge (18 Holes)
Valley (18 Holes)
18-Hole Short Course
Ross Bridge (18 Holes)
Backbreaker (9 Holes)
Heartbreaker (9 Holes)
Mindbreaker (9 Holes)
9-Hole Short Course
Fighting Joe (18 Holes)
Schoolmaster (18 Holes)
Appendix E5. Hunting and Fishing Trail for People with Physical Disabilities
ARCHERY
A. Athens Community Archery Park
B. Cullman Community Archery Park
HUNTING SITES
1. State Cattle Ranch
2. Dept. of Youth Services Physically Disabled
Hunting Area
3. Fayette Disabled Hunting Area
4. Little River State Forest Disabled Hunting
Area
5. Macon State Forest Disabled Hunting Area
6. Marengo Physically Disabled Hunting Area
7. Forever Wild Land Trust-Alabama Power Co.
Physically Disabled Hunting Area
8. Pine Hills Physically Disabled Hunting Area
9. Prairie Creek Physically Disabled Hunting
Area*
10. R.L. Harris Area
11. Turnipseed-Ikenberry Place Physically
Disabled Hunting Area
12. USA Foundation Hunting Area
13. Chattahoochee Physically Disabled Hunting
Area
14. Big Oak Physically Disabled Hunting Area**
15. Dozier Physically Disabled Hunting Area
16. Cherokee Phsically Disabled Hunting Area
17. Shiloh Hill Physically Disabled Hunting Area
* Bow Only
** Seasons same as Choccolocco Wildlife
Management Area
SHOOTING SITES
1. Barbour County WMA, Clayton
2. Cahaba River WMA, West Blocton
3. Coosa WMA, Rockford
4. Etowah Public Shooting Range, Gadsden
5. Freedom Hills WMA, Cherokee
6. James D. Martin-Skyline WMA, Skyline
7. Sam R. Murphy WMA, Guin
8. Swan Creek WMA, Decatur
9. Oakmulgee WMA, Duncanville
10. Upper Delta WMA, Stockton
11. Marengo Public Shooting Range, Linden
FISHING SITES
1. Barbour County Public Lake
2. Bibb County Public Lake
3. Chambers County Public Lake
4. Clay County Public Lake
5. Coffee County Public Lake
6. Crenshaw County Public Lake
7. Dale County Public Lake
8. Dallas County Public Lake
9. DeKalb County Public Lake
10. Escambia County Public Lake
The Alabama Hunting and Fishing Trail for
People with Physical Disabilities offers 17
hunting, 11 shooting and two archery sites that
are privately owned and operated. In addition,
the trail offers fishing at 20 public fishing lakes.
11. Fayette County Public Lake
12. Geneva County Public Lake
13. Lamar County Public Lake
14. Lee County Public Lake
15. Madison County Public Lake
16. Marion County Public Lake
17. Monroe County Public Lake
18. Pike County Public Lake
19. Walker County Public Lake
20. Washington County Public Lake
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Appendix E6. Quail Trail
The Alabama Quail Trail offers 41 privately owned and managed quail hunting sites. Other hunting
and fishing is offered at many of the sites.
Quail Trail Site
Bear Creek Hunting Preserve
Beechwood Quail Plantation
Bucksnort Plantation, LLC
Cameron Quail Preserve
Chattokee Lodge
Cherry Hill Hunting Preserve
Circle N Lodge
Conecuh Quail
Cottonwoods Sportsmans Lodge, LLC
Crooked Oaks/Auburn Oaks Hunting Preserve
Crow Creek Hunting Preserve
Dixie Land Plantation
Doublehead Resort
Dream Ranch
Enon Plantation
Gold Star Plantation
Great Southern Outdoors
Greenfield Hunting Preserve
Greenway Sportsman Club
Hawkins Ridge Lodge
High Log Creek
M&H Farms Sporting Clays & Hunting Preserve
Northeast Alabama Hunting Preserve
Oak Ridge Hunting Lodge
Old Spring Hill Plantation
P-Arrow Plantation
PA-KO Plantation
Parches Cove Hunting Preserve
PineWing Preserve LLC
Plantation Wildlife Hunting Preserves
Quail Hollow Preserve
Rhodes Quail Farm
Selwood Farm
Shenandoah Plantation
Sweetwater Preserve
Sykes Plantation
Westervelt Lodge
White Oak Plantation
Wilkes Creek Plantation
Wylierosa Fish & Feather Club
Yellow Creek Ranch
Location
25 miles east of Montgomery
Hwy 68 in Cherokee County
W. corner of Bullock County, AL
65 miles west of Tuscaloosa
within a 2 hour drive of Atlanta and Birmingham
13 miles east of Selma on Alabama Hwy 14.
10 minutes south of Union Springs, in Bullock County
75 miles west of Montgomery
45 minutes Northeast of Montgomery
30 miles east of Huntsville
30 miles south of Auburn/Opelika
20 miles east of Florence
5 Miles South of Lake Guntersville
20 miles northwest of Birmingham
31 miles southeast of Montgomery
25 miles south of Columbus, GA in Pittsview
45 miles southeast of Montgomery
70 miles southeast of Auburn
25 miles southeast of Auburn/Opelika
50 miles east/southeast of Birmingham
Jackson County, Alabama.
30 miles southeast of Troy
60 miles southwest of Tuscaloosa
25 miles southeast of Huntsville
Located 85 miles southwest of Birmingham
30 miles northeast of Birmingham
Located 173 miles northwest of Montgomery
10 miles northeast of Mobile
35 miles southeast of Birmingham
25 miles northeast of Auburn/Opelika
25 miles southeast of Montgomery in Bullock County
35 miles northwest of Tuscaloosa
20 miles southwest of Auburn/Opelika
50 miles south of Tuscaloosa
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Appendix F: Alabama Trail Resource Organizations
555 Alabama Street
Montgomery, AL 36104
Phone: 334-265-8733
Fax: 334-262-1258
Web: http://www.alaforestry.org
Members share common goals of good land
stewardship and responsible growth for the state's
largest industry. As the Voice of Forestry in
Alabama, AFA is actively engaged in working with
the legislature and other areas of governmental
affairs, forestry education, productivity and
communications.
Alabama Clean Water Partnership
Phone: 1-866-3GOT H2O (1-866-346-8426)
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.cleanwaterpartnership.org/
Mission:
The Alabama Clean Water Partnership was
established to encourage environmental education,
protection and restoration by bringing point source
and non-point source interests together to solve
water quality problems through non-regulatory
means.
Alabama Coastal BirdFest
Web: http://www.alabamacoastalbirdfest.com/
Come visit the wild and beautiful Alabama Gulf
Coast - a prime spot for birding during the fall
migration! Our annual BirdFest offers nearly 20
birding tours with expert guides to great spots on
the Alabama Coastal Birding Trail; evening
speakers and dinner events; and a free, day-long
Bird & Conservation Expo, with exhibits, speakers,
vendors, films, children's activities and much more.
Visit www.alabamacoastalbirdfest.com to register
for tours or evening events or for more
information. Proceeds help preserve and protect
migratory bird habitat on the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Alabama Forever Wild Land Trust
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources
64 N. Union Street, Suite 468
Web: http://www.outdooralabama.com/publiclands/stateLands/foreverWild/
Alabama Hiking Trail Society, Inc.
Mike Kennedy, President
P.O. Box 231164
Web: http://www.hikealabama.org
The purposes and objectives of this Society shall
be to instill in Alabamians and in visitors to
Alabama an appreciation of, and a desire to
conserve, the natural beauty of Alabama by all
lawful means; and to promote the creation of
hiking trails including a trail to be called the
Alabama Trail to run the length of the state and to
provide an opportunity for hiking and camping.
Members are encouraged to be creative, willing to
try new and old ideas to approaches, in reaching
the purposes and objectives of the Society.
Alabama Forest Owners' Association, Inc.
P.O. Box 361434
Birmingham, AL 35236
Phone: 205-987-8811
Fax: 205-987-9824
Web: http://www.afoa.org/
Any issues that affect forestland owners
Alabama Forest Resources Center
Dan Dumont, Executive Director
8 St. Joseph Street, 2nd Floor
Mobile, AL 36602-3502
Phone: 251-433-2372
Fax: 251-433-2374
Web: http://www.alfrc.org/
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Alabama Horse Council
Ms. Nancy Rockett
1140 Arlington Dr
Phone 205-960-5598
[email protected]
www.alabamahorsecouncil.org
Alabama TREASURE Forest Association
C/O University of Mobile
5735 College Parkway
Mobile, AL 36613-2842
Phone: 251-442-2424
Web: http://www.atfa.net/
Alabama Land Trust
226 Old Ladiga Road
Piedmont, AL 36272
Web: http://www.AlLandTrust.org
Protect forest land, farm land, wildlife habitat and
historic places from development
Alabama Urban Forestry Association
P.O. Box 314
Montevallo, AL 35115
Phone: 877-548-0440
Web: http://www.aufa.com/
Alabama Waterfowl Association
1346 County Road # 11
Scottsboro, Alabama 35768
Web: http://www.alabamawaterfowl.org/
Alabama Natural Heritage Program
1090 South Donahue Drive
Auburn University, AL 36849
Phone: (334) 844-5017
Fax: (334) 844-4462
Web: http://www.alnhp.org/
Alabama Wildbird Conservation Association
1040 Fort Dale Road
Greenville, Alabama 36037
Phone: 334-382-2680 or 1-800-382-2696
Web: http://www.bamabirds.com
The Alabama Wildbird Conservation Association
is a non-profit organization founded in 1994 to
promote bird conservation and preservation of bird
habitat, and to foster a greater understanding of
birds through education, publication, and
recreational birding activities.
Alabama Ornithological Society
Web: http://www.bham.net/aos/
AOS has a standing Conservation Committee
which voices concern for issues such as the
preservation of habitats, especially the critical
coastal areas, and for the protection of species on
crisis, often by calling for protections of wintering
or breeding grounds.
Alabama Rivers Alliance
2027 2nd Avenue North, Suite A
Phone: 205-322-6395
Fax: 205-322-6397
Web: http://www.alabamarivers.org/
The Alabama Rivers Alliance works to protect &
restore Alabama's rivers. To do this, we advocate
smart water policy, organize at the grassroots level,
and teach citizens how they can protect their water.
Our goal is to achieve healthy rivers, healthy
people, and a healthy system of government for the
state of Alabama.
Alabama Wildflower Society
Web: http://alwildflowers.org/index.htm
Promote knowledge, appreciation and use of native
plants.
3050 Lanark Road
Millbrook, AL 36054
Phone: 1-800-822-9453
Web: http://www.alabamawildlife.org
Conservation of state's wildlife and natural
resources
Alabama Trails Association
P.O. Box 3100
Web: http://www.alabamatrailsasso.org
Building and maintenance of foot trails in Alabama
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Anniston Outdoor Association
P.O. Box 2168
Anniston, AL 36202
Phone: 256-231-7675
Website:
http://www.ci.anniston.al.us/proutdoor.htm
The mission of the Anniston Outdoor Association
is to promote an awareness of our local
environment, to bring together outdoor enthusiasts
with varied interest, and to provide outdoor
recreation and service opportunities for its
members.
Audubon Society - Cullman Chapter
P.O. Box 1144
Cullman, AL 35056
Phone: 256-784-6277
Web: http://www.cullmanaudubon.com/
Audubon Society - Mobile Bay Chapter
P.O. Box 483
Fairhope, AL 36533
Phone: 251-928-5219
Web: http://www.mobilebayaudubon.org/
Audubon Society - Shoals Chapter
P.O. Box 282
Florence, AL 35630
Phone: 256-766-5345
Appalachian Trail Club of Alabama
P. O. Box 381842
Birmingham, Alabama 35238-1842
Website: http://www.pinhoti.org/
The Appalachian Trail Club of Alabama (ATCA)
was established in 1982 to bring together persons
interested in hiking on the Appalachian Trail (AT)
and to conduct outings to encourage the
development of outdoor skills and wholesome
exercise; to foster in its members and in the general
pubic observation of conservation ethics; to collect
and publish information concerning regions of
interest to hikers of Alabama; to encourage the
preservation of wilderness areas; and to provide
advice and assistance as may be requested by
national, state and local governments in the
preservation and conservation of our forests,
streams, and natural resources located on or near
trails.
Audubon Society - Tennessee Valley Chapter
411 Rock St SE
Hartselle, AL 35640
Web: http://www.tvas.org/
Birding and Conservation, specifically in the
Limestone, Madison, and Morgan counties of
North Alabama. Programs include Audubon
Adventures and on-going activities with the
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge.
Baldwin County Trailblazers
P.O. Box 701
Daphne, AL 36526
Phone: 251-408-1103
Web: http://thetrailblazers.org/
Auburn University Environmental Institute
1090 South Donahue Drive
Auburn, AL 36849
Phone: (334) 844-4132
website: http://www.auei.auburn.edu/
The mission of the Auburn University
Environmental Institute (AUEI) is to serve the
state, nation, and global community by providing
leadership and coherence in all university areas of
environmental instruction, research, and
extension/outreach. The goal of the Environmental
Institute is to promote, coordinate, and implement
multi-disciplinary programs and activities to meet
the environmental needs of the University, state,
and nation.
Bama Backpaddlers Association
Web: http://members.aol.com/backpaddlers/
To promote recreation, conservation and education
of Alabama's rivers.
Bama Environmental News
Web: http://www.bamanews.com/
Birmingham Canoe Club
PO Box 59213
Web: http://www.birminghamcanoeclub.org
The Birmingham Canoe Club, Inc. is dedicated to
the advancement and enjoyment of canoeing,
kayaking, and all paddlesports. The club provides
paddling instruction, safety training, organized
paddling opportunities and a forum to advance the
views of the entire paddling community.
Audubon Society - Birmingham Chapter
P.O. Box 314
Phone: 205-879-7709
Web:
http://www.birminghamaudubon.org/BAS11-04/
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Black Warrior Cahaba River Land Trust
2121 8th Avenue North, Suite 802
Birmingham, Alabama 35203
Phone: 205-214-8613
Conecuh/Sepulga Watershed Alliance
P.O. Box 2792
Brooklyn, AL 36429-9998
Phone: 251-867-2445
Protecting and preserving water quality, fishing,
canoeing, swimming, scenic beauty, native species
diversity, and overall health of the Sepulga River
and the Conecuh River Watershed from Point A
Dam to Riverview.
Black Warrior River Clean Water Partnership
1731 1st Avenue North, Suite 200
Phone: (205) 264-8461
Web: http://www.warriorcwp.org/
Conservation Alabama
P.O. Box 130656
Phone: 205-533-6178
Fax: 205-533-9058
Web: http://www.conservationalabama.org
Conservation Unlimited
P.O. Box 5101
Phone: 334-546-4060 or 334-462-3632
Fax: 334-262-5040
Cahaba Clean Water Partnership
Phone: (205) 264-8461
Web: http://www.cahabacwp.org/
Cahaba River Society
Beth K. Stewart
Executive Director
2717 7th Avenue South, Suite 205
Phone: 205-322-5326 ext 411
Fax: 205-324-8346
Web: http://www.cahabariversociety.org
To restore and protect the Cahaba River watershed
and its rich diversity of life.
Coosa River Paddling Club
Southern Trails Inc
5143 Atlanta Highway
Phone: 334-272-0952
Fax: 334-272-1207
To address recreational and conservation issues on
the Coosa River.
Camp McDowell Environmental Education Center
105 DeLong Road
Nauvoo, Alabama 35578
Web:
http://www.campmcdowell.com/cmec/index.htm
Environmental Policy and Information Center
Jacksonville State University
700 Pelham Road North
Suite 246 Martin
Jacksonville, AL 36265-1602
Phone: (256) 782-5681
Fax: (256) 782-5817
Web: http://epic.jsu.edu/
To work closely with organizations, government,
business and the public to guide and provide sound
programs, policies and practices that encourage the
protection of natural resources
Chattowah Open Land Trust, Inc
226 Old Ladiga Road
Piedmont, AL 36272
Phone: 256-447-1006
Fax: 256-447-0008
Web: http://www.chattowah.org
The Chattowah Open Land Trust's mission is to
protect land for present and future generations. To
date, we have protected over 57,000 acres in
Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
We are a member of the Land Trust Alliance, and
have formally adopted its standards and practices.
Escatawpa River Society
171 Mobile Infirmary Blvd.
Mobile, AL 36607
Website: http://www.escatawpariver.com/
Cheaha Trail Riders
www.cheahatrailriders.com
We are dedicated to the Future of Off-Highway
Vehicle Trails in Alabama.
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Five Mile Creek Greenway Partnership
Phone: (205) 264-8464
Web: http://www.cawaco.org/fivemilecreek/
As Friends of the Locust Fork, we join together to
actively preserve the natural integrity of the river in
its free flowing state, and to then end, the lifestyle
of the community surrounding it.
Friends of the Mulberry Fork River
P.O. Box 1161
Hanceville, AL 35077
Phone: 205-625-4745
Fax: 205-625-4746
Friends of Mulberry Fork River is a nonprofit,
benevolent group that seeks to protect the river and
its basin, while advocating wise use and
recreational activities.
Flint River Conservation Association
Susan Weber, Chair
P.O. Box 275
Brownsboro, AL 35741
Phone: 256-427-5116
Web: http://www.flintriverconservation.org
The Flint River Conservation Association is a
group of concerned residents, landowners and
recreational users who are working to conserve and
improve the water quality, natural resources, and
scenic beauty of Madison County's Flint River
Watershed.
Friends of Tuskegee National Forest
8116 Old Federal Road, Suite C
Phone: 334-396-4729
Web: http://www.wildlaw.org/tuskegee.htm
Friends of Hurricane Creek
P.O. Box 40836
Tuscaloosa, AL 35404
Phone: 205-507-0867
Web: http://www.hurricanecreek.org/
Huntsville Canoe Club
P.O. Box 52
Huntsville, AL 35804-0052
Web: http://www.huntsvillecanoeclub.org
Keep Athens-Limestone Beautiful
P.O. Box 1089
Athens, AL 35612
Web:
http://www.keepathenslimestonebeautiful.com/
Friends of Rural Alabama
Bryan Burgess
145 Cross Creek Lane
Ashville, AL 35953
Phone: 205-594-5943
Fax: 205-594-4475
Protecting and improving the quality of life in rural
Alabama
Keep Vestavia Green
P.O. Box 660185
Vestavia Hills, AL 35266
Web: http://keepvestaviagreen.org/
Friends of the Cahaba River National Wildlife
Refuge
P.O. Box 323
West Blocton, Alabama 35184
Web: http://cahabafriends.org
Our mission is to support the Cahaba River
National Wildlife Refuge in its efforts to protect,
preserve, and restore its diverse, natural, and
historic resources in a manner that will enhance the
educational and recreational aspects for the public.
Lake Martin Home Owners and Boat Owners
Association
Web: http://www.lakemartin.org
The organizations mission is to work together with
home owners, boat owners, local businesses, local,
state and federal agencies and others to foster long
term partnerships to preserve, protect and enhance
the overall quality
of life of all living things in and around Lake
Martin – The Crown Jewel of the South, including,
but not limited to, water levels and quality,
shoreline preservation, fishing, wildlife,
recreational activities and the safety of all boaters.
Friends of the Locust Fork River
P.O. Box 245
Hayden, AL 35079
Phone: 205-466-3858
Web: http://www.flfr.org
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Lake Mitchell Home Owners and Boat Owners
P.O. Box 1324
Clanton, AL 35046
Web:
http://www.lakemitchellHOBO.homestead.com
To preserve, protect, and improve the quality of
life in and around Lake Mitchell.
Legacy, Inc., Partners in Environmental Education
P.O. Box 3813
Phone: 334-270-5921
Fax: 334-270-5527
Web: http://www.legacyenved.org/
To create environmentally responsible citizens
through fact based education that considers diverse
environmental views. It coordinates K-12
education programs, grants, consumer/public
education programs, scholarships, and
environmental conferences. Alabamians are
encouraged to participate in Legacy through
committee service.
Lake Watch of Lake Martin
P.O. Box 72
Alexander City, AL 35011
Phone: 256-825-9353
Web: http://www.Lakewatch.org
To maintain, improve and protect Lake Martin and
surrounding waters
Lookout Mountain Heritage Alliance
P.O. Box 202
Dekalb County, AL
Phone: 256-634-4124
Web:
http://www.helplittleriver.com/About_LMHA.htm
Lookout Mountain Heritage Alliance promotes
understanding and protection of Lookout Mountain
and its natural resources
Lake Wedowee Property Owners Association
2028 County Road 235
Wedowee, AL 36278
Phone : (256) 357-2863
The purpose of the organization is to enhance,
improve and protect the quality of Lake Wedowee;
to promote the general welfare and prosperity of
the residents of the Lake Wedowee area of East
Central Alabama and to stimulate public sentiment
to these ends through education and information
and other means.
Middle Chattahoochee River Stewards
Web: http://www.mcriverstewards.net/
Middle Chattahoochee River Stewards
Web: http://www.mcriverstewards.net/
Land Trust of East Alabama
P.O. Box 225
Auburn, AL 36831
Phone: 334-737-2088
Web: http://ltea.org/
Land Trust of East Alabama is a nonprofit,
community based organization dedicated to the
voluntary preservation, conservation and protection
of the land and natural resources of east Alabama.
Mobile Baykeeper
Casi Callaway, Tiffany Miller
300 Dauphin Street, Suite 200
Mobile, AL 36602
Phone: 251-433-4229
Fax: 251-432-8197
Web: http://www.mobilebaykeeper.org
To protect the beauty, health, and heritage of the
Mobile Bay Watershed.
Land Trust of Huntsville and North Alabama
907 Franklin Street
Huntsville, AL 35801
Phone: (256) 534-5263
Fax: (256) 536-6141
Web: http://www.landtrust-hsv.org/
Mobile County Wildlife & Conservation
Association
P.O. Box 16063
Mobile, AL 36616
Phone: (251) 343-6711
Web: http://www.mcwca.org/
Lay Lake Home Owners & Boat Owners
(H.O.B.O.) Association, Inc.
Web: http://www.laylake.org/
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National Speleological Society
2813 Cave Avenue
Huntsville, AL 35810-4431
Phone: (256) 852-1300
Web: http://www.caves.org/
Mission:
The National Speleological Society believes caves
have unique scientific, recreational and scenic
values and
- These values are endangered both by carelessness
and intentional vandalism
- These values, once gone, cannot be recovered
- The responsibility for protecting caves must be
formed by those who study and enjoy them.
To advance the study, conservation, exploration
and knowledge of caves. To bring political
pressure on legislators to enact cave conservation
laws and ensure that the caves we use are protected
for future generations
PLACE - Partnership for a Livable Auburn
Community Environment
323 Brookside Drive
Auburn, AL 36830
Web: http://placeforum.org
To increase public education and awareness about,
and engagement in, appropriate civic choices
regarding the form and livability of Auburn and its
ecological region.
Web: http://www.projectcate.com/
Region 2020
1731 First Ave. N. Suite 100
Phone: 205-326-1100 Fax: 205-326-0093
Web: http://www.region2020.org
Region 2020 is a citizen-driven non profit that
advocates regional cooperation in 12 counties in
Central Alabama around issues such as
transportation, arts and culture, the environment
and housing. More than 5,000 citizens helped set
the goals of strategies of the organization, which
was formed in 1997. Region 2020 partners with
others and works as a catalyst, convener and
facilitator on regional issues.
Nature Conservancy - Alabama Chapter
Phone: 205-251-1155 Fax: 205-251-4444
Web:
www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states
/alabama/
To preserve the plants, animals and natural
communities that represent the diversity of life on
Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need
to survive.
1214 81st St. South
Phone: (205) 833-8264
Fax: (205) 836-3960
Web: http://www.ruffnermountain.org
The mission of Ruffner Mountain Nature Coalition
is to protect and manage Ruffner Mountain's land
as a sanctuary for native species of plants and
animals; and through its educational and passive
recreational programs foster within the community
an appreciation for the value of the natural world
and an understanding of the interdependence of all
living things.
Neely Henry Lake Association, Inc.
Web: http://www.neelyhenrylakeassoc.org/
The Neely Henry Lake Association was formed as
a nonprofit environmental and recreational
organization. Our goals are to Preserve, Protect and
improve the quality of life in and around Neely
Henry Lake. Our hopes are to improve safety and
water quality by working together with local, state
and federal agencies along with homeowners and
all persons that use and appreciate our beautiful
lake.
Save Our Saugahatchee, Inc.
P.O. Box 1387
Auburn, AL 36831-1387
Web:
http://saveoursaugahatchee.googlepages.com/
Preserve, protect, and restore the Saugahatchee
Creek watershed so that it can be enjoyed by
everyone for recreation, environmental education,
and ecological uses.
North Alabama Bird Watchers Society
Web: http://www.tvas.org/nabs.htm
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Save Our Unique River, Communities &
Environment (SOURCE)
SOURCE
P.O. Box 182
Clay, AL 35048
Web: http://www.sourceonbeltline.org/
SOURCE is working for protection of the Cahaba
headwaters and watershed to help preserve the
river as a safe and plentiful drinking water resource
and recreational and educational waterway.
Generations to come are dependent upon today's
generation to be good stewards of our natural
resources.
Southern Environmental Center
Birmingham-Southern College
900 Arkadelphia Road
Phone: 1-800-523-5793 Fax: 205-226-3046
Web: http://www.myecoscapes.org/
To show individuals how they can protect and
improve their local environments. Complex topics
like air pollution and water quality are presented in
a way the general public can comprehend, as
opposed to say, the contents of a VCR manual.
Turtle Point Environmental Center
20959 Highway 31
Flomaton, AL 36441
Phone: (251) 296-3401 Fax: (251) 296-3402
Web: http://www.turtlepoint.org/
Turtle Point is a nature and conservation education
facility serving Southern Alabama, Northwest
Florida, and Southeast Mississippi.
Scenic Alabama
1731 First Ave North, Suite 200
Phone: 205-322-2120
Web: http://www.scenicalabama.org/
Protecting and enhancing the appearance and
scenic character of Alabama's communities and
roadways.
Valley Creek Preservation Society
4215 Big Oak Trail
Adger, AL 35006
Phone: (205) 428-1161
To preserve and protect the environmental integrity
of the Valley Creek. To promote public awareness
of Valley Creek as a source of local recreation and
relaxation.
Sierra Club - Alabama Chapter
1330 21st Way S Ste 100
Birmingham, AL 35205-3912
Phone: (205) 933-9111
Web: http://alabama.sierraclub.org/
SmartCoast
P.O. Box 246
Fairhope, AL 36533
Phone: 251-928-2309
Web: http://www.smartcoast.org/
SmartCoast works to build a healthy coastal region
by empowering and inspiring local citizens through
education, research, and dialogue.
Village Creek Human and Environmental Justice
Society, Inc. (VCS)
P.O. Box 310715
Phone: 205-798-0087
Fax: 205-798-0015
Web: http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWPvillagecreek
The mission of VCS is to improve the Village
Creek environment for its entire length of 44 miles
to benefit the 284,715 residents in its watershed.
Smith Lake Environmental Preservation
Committee
860 Alford Ave.
Hoover, AL 35226
Phone: (205) 823-0015
Website: http://www.slepc.org/
The purpose of the Smith Lake Environmental
Preservation Committee is to preserve and enhance
the water quality of Smith Lake and its tributaries
for people, recreation, fish and wildlife through
education and volunteer efforts. To fulfill our
mission, we work with various agencies, officials
and programs.
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Vulcan Trail Association
P.O. Box 382754
Birmingham, AL 35238-2754
Web: http://www.vulcantrailassociation.ws
The main purpose of the group is to promote hiking
and backpacking in Alabama and surroundings
areas, the group is actively involved in rafting,
canoeing, biking, Oak Mountain search and rescue
support, and environmental issues. We maintain a
section of the Pinhoti from Adam's Gap to
Chandler's Gap and participate in Ruffner
Mountain activities.
Weeks Bay Reserve Foundation
P.O. Box 731
Fairhope, AL 36533
Phone: (251) 990-5004
Web: http://www.weeksbay.org/
WildLaw
8116 Old Federal Road, Suite C
Phone: 334-396-4729
Fax: 334-396-9076
Web: http://www.wildlaw.org
A non-profit environmental law firm representing
grassroots organizations working to protect the
environment, especially on matters dealing with
National Forests, public lands, endangered species,
or protection of waters, wetlands and coastal areas.
Wildlife Heritage License
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources
64 N. Union Street, Suite 468
Phone: 888-848-6887
Web:
www.outdooralabama.com/licenses/WildlifeHerita
geLicense.cfm
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