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WASHINGTON, June 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced today that five of its recreation trails have been designated national recreation trails by the U.S. Department of the Interior. The five are among 54 trails nationwide designated this year as new national recreation trails, and will join the national network of more than 1,150 previously designated trails that encompass more than 13,650 miles of existing trails and trail systems....

WASHINGTON, June 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced that the five-mile, Quinebaug River Water Trail located at West Thompson Lake in Connecticut is one of four U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) trails and are among 41 trails nation-wide being designated as national recreation trails by DOI. These trails will join the national network of more than 1,100 recreation trails that span from coast to coast and encompass more than 13,000 miles...

WASHINGTON, June 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) announced that four U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) trails are among 41 trails designated as national recreation trails by DOI. These trails will join the national network of more than 1,100 recreation trails that span from coast to coast and encompass more than 13,000 miles of existing trails and trail systems. The national recreation trail designation recognizes those trails that link...

By Jack Brubaker As the Susquehanna rolled by, a number of the river's friends gathered at Long Level Tuesday to praise its virtues. Earlier this summer, the National Park Service designated the middle and lower sections of the river - from Sunbury to the Maryland border - as a National Recreation Trail. That includes the water flowing by Shanks Mare Outfitters at Long Level, York County, where some of those who helped process the designation met to laud creation of the nation's third...