The federal program provides matching grants to states for projects encouraging outdoor engagement, including individual community sponsored projects. In order for Plymouth and other New Hampshire communities to be eligible, a plan detailing outdoor recreation options, priorities, and trends in the number of visitors to outdoor recreation areas had to be filed.
Print shops are often engaged to create maps of national and state parks showing park visitors the location of restrooms and hiking trails, as well as providing physical directional signage.
New Hampshire Parks and Recreation director Brian Wilson explained the program’s benefits, saying:
“For local municipalities to apply for portions of those funds that we get through the National Parks Service for their local town pool, of waterfront development to playgrounds and skate parks. Really a lot of different things under the umbrella of outdoor recreation.”
Since 1985, almost $50m in water and land conservation grants has been awarded to the state parks and forests of New Hampshire, as well as the cities and towns throughout the state’s 10 counties.
Presently, the New Hampshire economy benefits from its outdoor recreation areas to the tune of $2.7bn, and this figure is growing.
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