Welcome to the National Scenic and Historic Trails Management Training Page
This course will familiarize you with one of four programs within the National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS), or National Conservation Lands and program policies issued in 2012. These include the Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs), National Monuments and National Conservation Areas (NMs/NCAs), Wild and Scenic River (WSRs), and National Scenic and Historic Trail (NSHT) programs.
Course Objectives: Increase participants’ knowledge, skills, and abilities in:
National Scenic and Historic Trails Management
- Module 1 - National Trails Foundations - the foundations outlined in BLM Manual 6280 for National Scenic and Historic Trails, Trails under study or recommended as suitable for Congressional Designation.
- Module 2 - Conducting Inventories - this module will give you the tools to conduct a comprehensive national trail inventory in accordance with BLM policy (Manual 6280, Ch.3).
Module 3 - Creating a Corridor - BLM policy requires establishing a national trail management corridor through the land use planning process to safeguard the nature and purposes for which the trail was designated.
Module 4 - Proactive Management - In this module you will learn Key Management Requirements, Learn and Apply Best Practices, Understand how to Develop a National Trail Stewardship Program, Understand Study Trail Management Requirements. - Module 5 - Assessing Impacts - Key Requirements, Receipt of Proposed Actions, Determining Scope, Questions to Guide the Analysis, NEPA Requirements, Substantial Interference and Incompatibility, Mitigation, Notification Requirements, and Study Trails.
- Module 6 - Monitoring the Trail - What is Monitoring? Key Concepts: Incompatible Activities, Adverse Impacts. Determine: Substantial Interference.
- Module 7 - Records and Data - In this module you will learn to Establish Records, Maintain Records, and Apply Data Management Standards.
Target Audience:
Primary: Field Office Managers (w/ National Monument & National Conservation Area units), Monument and National Conservation Area unit managers, local planning lead (NEPA specialists), resource specialists and supervisory staff (e.g. senior ORPs, Field Office staff who work on National Monument & National Conservation Areas), State NLCS Leads, National Program Leads (WO-200, WO-400)
Secondary: State Directors, District Managers, Field Office Managers (w/o National Monument & National Conservation Area units); other NLCS staff (WO-400), Lands and Minerals Staff (WO-300), Public Affairs, Legislative Affairs, and if possible, all BLM employees
Additional Audiences: (not in the target audience): Cooperating Agencies, partners, and collaborators