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. Applications are closed for 2018 and will reopen in spring 2019. Please check back to this website for the application to be posted. Three application workshops will be held during Spring 2019. Dates and times will be posted to this website. Starting spring 2019, attendance to at least one of these workshops will be mandatory in order to apply for a RTP grant. Forms RTP Project Administrator's Authorization RTP Landowner Project Permission Form RTP Billing Form RTP Match Form RTP Volunteer Match Labor Form RTP Progress Report Form RTP Annual Equipment Report Form Guidelines RTP Information Presentation (12 MB) NH RTP Guidelines RTP Selection Committee Scoring Guidelines Best Management Practices for Erosion Control During Trail Maintenance and Construction How to Request a Certificate of Good Standing Buy America FHWA Guide Awards 2014 NH RTP Projects 2015 NH RTP Projects 2017 NH RTP Projects 2018 NH RTP Projects Links FEMA Schedule of Equipment Rates Natural Heritage Bureau Datacheck NH Dept of Environmental Services, Wetlands Bureau American Trails Federal Highway Recreational Trails Program Recreational Trails Program Database Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program USGS Map locator & Downloader My Topo: a free online topographic map service Everything You Wanted to Know about DES Trail Permits Presentation Buy America Field Compliance Contact Information For more information about the Recreational Trails Program contact: Alexis Rudko Alexis.Rudko@dncr.nh.gov 172 Pembroke Road Concord, NH 03301 Phone: (603) 271-3254 Fax: (603) 271-3553