Regional Collaboration
With the support of the William Penn Foundation, the D&L Trail Alliance brings together municipal, state,
and non-profit landowners to coordinate the stewardship and promotion of the D&L Trail. The Alliance includes a Stewardship Council of land managers who own or manage portions of the D&L Trail and three regional councils that include partners, volunteers, and concerned citizens in the northern, central, and southern sections of the Corridor. The Stewardship Council is working to develop stewardship guidelines for the maintenance of the trail, which ensures that best management practices and sustainable trail development are consistently implemented along the entire trail. The regional councils provide technical assistance to the Alliance and attend to local trail issues, such as building volunteer capacity, marketing, and programming.
A major goal of our regional approach is to promote awareness of the long-distance connectivity that the D&L Trail provides and the many economic, health and recreational benefits for the public. On its southern end, the D&L Trail connects the Highlands Trail and the expanding Philadelphia Regional Trail Network. On the northern end, the D&L intersects the Appalachian Trail and the Susquehanna Greenway.
Stewardship of the D&L Trail Network
The Alliance’s long-term vision is the sustainable stewardship of the D&L Trail and the dozens of intersecting trails that form the eastern Pennsylvania D&L Trail Network. The collective expertise of the D&L and its partners can ensure that the network becomes an asset to residents and a destination for visitors.
Available for Download
D&L Trail Alliance Fact Sheet
Presentation: Introduction to the D&L Trail Alliance
