Alabama Trails Foundation

100 Alabama miles challenge -an ongoing program designed to inspire alabamians to walk, run, hike, bike, swim, paddle, ride, or roll 100 miles each year and to do so by exploring the thousands of miles of Trails available at Alabama's parks, nature preserves, and rivers.

Cahaba blueway - the Foundation provides a minimal amount of administrative support for the cahaba blueway project with the goal of helping it grow into its own significant program. The university of Alabama center for economic development (uaced) launched the cahaba blueway initiative over seven years ago dedicating staff and resources to empower the sustainable management of Alabama's longest substantially free-flowing river as a marketable outdoor recreation destination.

The Alabama pinhoti trail is the Foundation's flagship project. After a 2018 rapid assessment revealed the trail lacked basic inventory and a comprehensive plan to address the lack of consistency in design and management, the Foundation completed and released the pinhoti master plan ("Alabama pinhoti trail built environment master plan"). The pinhoti master plan, a comprehensive document that analyzes the 170-mile wildland trail and provides best practices recommendations for its improvement. The pinhoti master plan provides guidelines for the trail to become a sustainable trail; establishes character unique to the pinhoti; links the trail to communities; sets standards for the trail to be accessible, inclusive, and safe; and respects the environment and culture.