{"id":19189,"date":"2022-05-03T09:09:04","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T13:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=19189"},"modified":"2022-11-09T15:01:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T19:01:05","slug":"mydnr-65-million-going-toward-trails-across-indiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/mydnr-65-million-going-toward-trails-across-indiana\/","title":{"rendered":"MyDNR Newsletter: $65 million going toward trails across Indiana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/12\/16\/PIND\/56e7d302-d2a6-4630-acff-57fa515daeea-DNR_Photo_Nickel_Plate_Trail.jpg?width=1200&amp;disable=upscale&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Great American Rail Trail snakes through northwest to eastern Indiana\" width=\"238\" height=\"302\" \/><em><a href=\"https:\/\/events.in.gov\/event\/gov_holcomb_announces_65_million_in_trails_grants_for_communities_across_indiana?utm_campaign=widget&amp;utm_medium=widget&amp;utm_source=State+of+Indiana\">MyDNR Newsletter<\/a>, Indiana Department of Forestry and Natural Resources:<\/em> Gov. Eric J. Holcomb and DNR\u00a0Director Dan Bortner recently announced 38 communities and non-profit organizations will receive a combined $65 million for 77 miles of new trail development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrails connect communities together in such a personal way and are perfect pathways to good mental and physical well-being,\u201d Gov. Holcomb said.<\/p>\n<p>A $150 million grant program, Next Level Trails is the largest infusion of trails funding in state history. In rounds one and two, a total of $55 million was awarded to 35 communities. To date, $120 million has been awarded to build 190 miles of trails throughout Indiana. Ninety-four percent of Hoosiers live within five miles of a trail.<\/p>\n<p>The grants awarded in the third round include 17 regional projects and 21 local projects. The list of awards, project descriptions, and a map are posted at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/on.in.gov\/NLT-round-3\">on.IN.gov\/NLT-round-3.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/events.in.gov\/event\/gov_holcomb_announces_65_million_in_trails_grants_for_communities_across_indiana?utm_campaign=widget&amp;utm_medium=widget&amp;utm_source=State+of+Indiana\">Full article&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To read other news articles visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.in.gov\/dnr\/\">Indiana Department of forestry and Natural Resources website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources:<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/program-impacts\/enhancing-the-value-of-public-spaces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enhancing The Value of Public Spaces,<\/a> Purdue Extension Forestry and Natural Resources<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mdc.itap.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=ID-512\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enhancing The Value of Public Spaces: Creating Healthy Communities,<\/a> The Education Store, Purdue Extension&#8217;s resource center<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/events.in.gov\/search\/events?search=trails\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fun Trail Event Days,<\/a> Indiana Department of Natural Resources<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL7XDMMROBq19xA-Du4fWA6z3993gT8zxh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Healthy and Wellness Videos<\/a>, The Nature of Teaching YouTube Channel<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mdc.itap.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-539-W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Benefits of Connecting with Nature<\/a>,\u00a0 The Education Store<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Indiana Department of Natural Resources\" href=\"https:\/\/www.in.gov\/dnr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indiana Department of Natural Resources<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MyDNR Newsletter, Indiana Department of Forestry and Natural Resources: Gov. Eric J. Holcomb and DNR\u00a0Director Dan Bortner recently announced 38 communities and non-profit organizations will receive a combined $65 million for 77 miles of new trail development. \u201cTrails connect communities together in such a personal way and are perfect pathways to good mental and physical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,971,54],"tags":[512,507,1464,619,1600,1598,72],"class_list":["post-19189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forestry","category-land-use","category-wildlife","tag-community","tag-forest","tag-grant","tag-indiana-department-of-natural-resources","tag-state-parks","tag-trails","tag-wildlife","audience-for-enthusiasts","audience-for-homeowners","audience-for-landowners","audience-for-professionals"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19189"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20364,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19189\/revisions\/20364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}