First Ever Trails Stewardship Summit for Youth To Be Held In Mississippi

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The Heritage Trails Partnership of the Mississippi Gulf Coast will be hosting its first ever Youth Trails Stewardship Summit on November 21, 2014.  Youth, ages 16 to 24, are invited to attend the summit where they will discuss ways to help students re-connect with the outdoors.

At the meeting they will also be provide input on how they might be able to expand on existing plans for the Mississippi Coastal Heritage Trail, a 100+ mile multi-use path trail that will link Louisiana to Alabama along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

In previous years, a group of youth representing Mississippi and Alabama attended an Outdoor Nation Summit. Upon returning in 2012, that same group organized a retreat where they mapped out ways to get more youth connected with nature. One of the ideas that came out of that meeting was the idea to host a local summit.

Now, in addition to the local summit, the Heritage Trails Partnership plans on creating a Youth Trails Partnership (YTP), to give even more youth of diverse backgrounds the opportunity to share great ideas for trails.

Read more about this event here.