Recreational Trails Program

Recreational Trails Program (RTP) is a competitive grant program that offers funding for quality public trail projects throughout New Hampshire. Limited grants are available for motorized, non-motorized and diversified trails. Eligible projects include maintenance and restoration of existing trails, purchase and lease of trail construction and maintenance equipment, construction of new trails, development and rehabilitation of trailside and trailhead facilities and trail linkages. Applicants may be non-profit organizations, private groups or government entities.

Funding for the Recreational Trail Program is generated from federal gas tax dollars paid on fuel purchases for off-highway recreational vehicles and snowmobiles. These funds are appropriated to the states by the Federal Highway Administration as authorized through the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. The program in New Hampshire is administered by the Bureau of Trails.

Recreational Trails Program Grant applications for federal fiscal year 2022/Project Z (FFY-22) are now open. Application, budget and all supplemental materials are due on Friday, June 18th by 4pm.

Please download all 4 documents:

• RTP Application 2022
• Budget Detail (new for 2022 now in excel format)
• Project Administrator’s Form
• Updated Guidelines

Two RTP workshops (one daytime and one nighttime) are scheduled to be held virtually. Prior registration is required via event-bright. Attendance to at least one workshop is mandatory to apply to the RTP grant. An additional workshop will be held if necessary.
 
Both workshops will be held on Wednesday May 5th:

• Register for the DAYTIME workshop from 10:00 am till noon:
  • NH Recreational Trails Program Workshop DAYTIME Tickets, Wed, May 5, 2021 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite
• Register for the NIGHTIME workshop from 6:00 pm till 8:00 pm:
  • NH Recreational Trails Program grant Workshop NIGHTIME Tickets, Wed, May 5, 2021 at 6:00 PM | Eventbrite

Click the video below for a presentation of an overview of the Land and Water Conservation Fund and Recreational Trails Program grants:

RTP Forms

Guidelines

Awards

Links

Contact Information