This is the entire plan, in PDF format, and divided into the following sections for faster downloading.
- Table of Contents (PDF 115 KB)
- Preface (PDF 103 KB)
- Executive Summary (PDF 377 KB)
Introduction, vision, and overview.
- Chapter 1: Introduction (PDF 260 KB)
Rationale for Montana State Trails Plan, overview of planning process, and benefits & impacts.
- Chapter II: Inventory of Montana's Trail System (PDF 515 KB)
Montana's trail system, the location, number and miles of trails managed by various agencies.
- Chapter III: Trail Use, User Attitudes, and Trends (PDF 428 KB)
Understanding trail use, national trends, and trail supply & demand.
- Chapter IV: Trail Access and Linear Corridor Alternatives (PDF 376 KB)
Access to trails and public land, federal policies, and right-of-ways.
- Chapter V: Trail Funding (PDF 192 KB)
Federal funding sources, state trails grant program, and other funding sources.
- Chapter VI: The Direction from Here: Trail Issues, Goals, & Strategies (PDF 360 KB)
Issues, goals, and strategies.
- VII: References Cited (PDF 167 KB)
- VIII: Glossary of Acronyms (PDF 46 KB)
- Appendices (PDF 32 KB)
- Appendix A (PDF 63 KB)
Organization and list of members, and FWP trail program committees.
- Appendix B (PDF 178 KB)
Case study of a success story.
- Appendix C (PDF 268 KB)
Summary of Plan/PEIS public comments.
- Appendix D (PDF 883 KB)
Trail acronyms and glossary.
- Appendix E (PDF 283 KB)
Trail construction criteria.