The Montana State Trails Plan is a first attempt to provide long-term, interagency direction for the statewide public trail system, including both motorized and nonmotorized trails. The focus is on statewide, rather than local or trail-specific issues, with primary emphasis on common values shared by most trail users and areas of agreement within and between managing agencies and other interested parties. The Montana State Trails Plan is designed to provide trail managers with information about trails and the issues and needs of their users. It should improve cooperation among agencies, organizations, and individuals who use all types of trails throughout Montana.

The entire Montana State Trails Plan, in PDF format, is divided into the following sections for faster downloading:

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