Trails and Rails is fronted by guitarist/mandolinist/banjoist Walt Richards, a native San Diegan whose career dates back to seeing Pete Seeger perform at Hoover High School in 1957, after which he ...

The Appalachian Regional Commission Partnership for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization grant brings total first-phase funding for the Rails + Trails Park to almost $2.4 million.

The trail winds past wetlands and woodlands, lakes and ponds, with a backdrop of mountains. On our visit in early October, ...

The environmental nonprofit transferred 10 miles of disused rail bed to Orange County for its future Schunnemunk Rail Trail.

State and local leaders gathered in Pittsfield, Massachusetts Thursday to hold a ribbon cutting on a newly completed segment ...

Once one of the world’s most dangerous border crossings, Berlin's symbol of death and division has been turned into a ...

Groups are relying on visitors' actions and eyes to help stop the spread of invasive species on the Adirondack Rail Trail.

Brookhaven closed on the purchase of the shuttered aircraft parts manufacturing plant Wednesday, county and town officials ...

Built along the railways that once shipped the region’s anthracite coal, the D&H Rail-Trail follows the Lackawanna River, the ...

Previously known as the Old Colony Railroad corridor, the Cape Cod Rail Trail is considered one of the best bike trails in New England. Many outdoor enthusiasts highlight the trail as one of the ...

In the middle of October, bird watchers estimated about 40 short-eared owls were seen hunting on the wetlands — probably a record number. What was going on? Perhaps several things at once.

Mary F. Willson is a retired professor of ecology. “On The Trails” appears every Wednesday in the Juneau Empire.