http://www.sonomatrails.org Share Advocate Steward -- Sonoma County Trails Council Fri, 18 Jun 2010 23:05:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.sonomatrails.org/2009/09/25/news/anti-trails-amendments-to-the-2010-transportation-housing-and-urban-development-appropriations-bill-defeated/ http://www.sonomatrails.org/2009/09/25/news/anti-trails-amendments-to-the-2010-transportation-housing-and-urban-development-appropriations-bill-defeated/#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:02:57 +0000 admin http://www.sonomatrails.org/?p=241 The Senate rejected several amendments to the 2010 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bill (H.R.3288) that would have directly threatened the protection and establishment of  trails, pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure and habitat connectivity projects. A significant amount of funding for trails comes from this bill. The defeat of the amendments was in part due to an outpouring of opposition from trail users, bicyclists, conservationist and transportation planners across the U.S.

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