Saturday, June 5, 2010, is National Trails Day, a celebration of our country’s bounty of wilderness and urban trails. There will be trail-related events happening across the country, including hikes, bike rides, runs, trail maintenance projects, bird watching, and much more.
Tonto Natural Bridge north of Payson, Arizona
For Arizona residents, my suggestion is that you take the day to get out and hike one of our endangered State Parks. More than two-thirds of our State Parks were scheduled to be permanently closed before this weekend due to budget cuts, but many of them received a death-row reprieve within the past few weeks, temporarily saved by contributions from local communities and private donors. National Trails Day is the perfect occasion for you to do the best thing you can do for the parks: Visit them! Check out the Arizona State Parks website’s list of the parks with hiking trails, grab your family and another family, and head out to see Arizona’s natural beauty and support the parks.
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