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2010 NRT Photo Contest:

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"America's great trails!"

National Recreation Trails
2010 Photo Contest

GALLERY 3 - NRT Photo Contest entries

American Trails presents the annual contest for photographs of designated National Recreation Trails across America. In celebration of these great trails we are presenting awards in several categories to highlight the diversity of NRTs, from backcountry trails to urban greenways. We thank the National Park Service, USDA Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and Federal Highway Administration for their enthusiastic support.

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Harrisburg Riverfont National Recreation Trail in in Harrisburg, PA; photo by Milton Neidlinger

Firemans memorial along Harrisburg Riverfont National Recreation Trail in in Harrisburg, PA; photo by Milton Neidlinger

Live oak and magnolia trees draped in Spanish moss canopy parts of the Hugh S. Branyon Backcountry Trail, located in the City of Orange Beach and Gulf State Park, Alabama; photo by William R. Sherman

Hugh S. Branyon Backcountry Trail offers visitors a screened picnic pavillion; photo by William R. Sherman

Butterfly Garden with swings and park benches; Hugh S. Branyon Backcountry Trail, Alabama; photo by William R. Sherman

Shaded porch swings are located along the Hugh S. Branyon Backcountry Trail, Alabama; photo by William R. Sherman

Raised bridges across streams and wetlands on Hugh S. Branyon Backcountry Trail; photo by William R. Sherman

Mother white egret feeding her two chicks along Hugh S. Branyon Backcountry Trail, Alabama; photo by William R. Sherman

An alligator soaking up the warm rays of the sun; Branyon National Recreation Trail, Alabama; photo by William R. Sherman

A mother alligator babysitting young along Hugh S. Branyon Backcountry Trail, Orange Beach and Gulf State Park, Alabama; photo by William R. Sherman

Bumblebee attracted to wild flowers growing along the NRT; Hugh S. Branyon Backcountry Trail, Orange Beach and Gulf State Park, Alabama; photo by William R. Sherman

Coyote along the Hugh S. Branyon Backcountry Trail, located in the City of Orange Beach and Gulf State Park, Alabama; photo by William R. Sherman

An Osprey enjoys his freshly caught meal, Hugh S. Branyon Backcountry Trail, City of Orange Beach and Gulf State Park, Alabama; photo by William R. Sherman

Wildlife information posters are found along the Hugh S. Branyon Backcountry Trail is located in the City of Orange Beach and Gulf State Park, Alabama; photo by William R. Sherman

Sunset on a canal leading into Lake Shelby: Hugh S. Branyon Backcountry Trail, Orange Beach and Gulf State Park, Alabama; photo by William R. Sherman

Des Moines River Water Trail, Iowa

Three Rivers Water Trail is an urban water trail which follows the Three Rivers in the Pittsburgh area for about 75 miles; photo from Friends of the Riverfront