MISSOURI TRAILS ADVISORY BOARD MEETS SEPT. 29

JEFFERSON CITY, MO., SEPT. 19, 2007 -- The Missouri Trails Advisory Board will meet Saturday, Sept. 29, to discuss grants for the federal Recreational Trails Program. The meeting will be held at 10 a.m. at the Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Division of State Parks office, 1659 East Elm St., Jefferson City.

The board will review 56 applications for the federal fiscal year 2007 grant funding and rank them by score. Based on the score and the application's suitability under funding provisions included in the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century and other federal guidelines, the board will make funding recommendations to the Department of Natural Resources. For the fiscal year 2007, the program has approximately $900,000 available. The board will also discuss the status of the Recreational Trails Program funding.

The Recreational Trails Program is a federally funded grant program for trail-related construction, maintenance, restoration and development. In Missouri, Recreational Trails Program funds are administered by the Department of Natural Resources in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration.

For more information about the program, contact Bonnie Higdon at the Missouri Department of Natural Resources at 573-751-3442 or at bonnie.higdon@dnr.mo.gov

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