The 2017 Cambria County Trails Series opens with the fourth annual Path of the Flood Historic Races on May 27, 2017 at 8 a.m. The half marathon and 12K races are closed for registration, but the 5K can be registered for on the…
The Cambria County Conservation & Recreation Authority (CCCRA), along with project partners and local officials, held a groundbreaking ceremony for the 8 mile extension of the Ghost Town Trail on Friday, April 21st at the future North Street Trailhead in…
Multiple partnering organizations came together to collect a total of 1,001 tires along the future extension of the Ghost Town Trail on Saturday, March 25th. The event was a collaboration between the Cambria County Conservation & Recreation Authority, the Cambria…
The 2017 Programs and Communications Summer Internship involves assisting with the Cambria County Trails Series, the Friends of the Trails program, trail events, trail service projects, volunteer engagement, public relations, and additional special projects. Interns would also compose press releases and…
The Ghost Town Trail was selected as one of the Best Hiking Trails in the United States by the editors of American Towns Media. The Ghost Town Trail was ranked 7th in the nation and it joins a list that…
Through the Friends of the Trails program, the Cambria County Conservation and Recreation Authority funded its first trail enhancement project: two art murals on The Jim Mayer Riverswalk Trail. The trail is Johnstown’s most popular urban trail, which now stretches…
An additional 9.34 miles of new trail will be added to The Ghost Town Trail through Blacklick Township, and construction will begin in the spring of 2017. The trail extension will go from the end of the current Rexis Branch at…
The Cambria County Conservation and Recreation Authority is partnering with the Department of Environmental Protection and the Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation on this $26.1 million dollar project. A 3.2 million ton coal refuse pile will be removed within a…
Thanks to the ongoing efforts of the Cambria County Conservation and Recreation Authority, a new section was added to the Jim Mayer Riverswalk Trail in Johnstown, PA. The trail now extends 1.7 miles farther from Bridge Street to Messenger Street…
The Cambria County Conservation and Recreation Authority joined the Young Lungs at Play! Initiative ran by the Alternative Community Resource Program (ACRP) and the PA Department of Health. The Young Lungs at Play! Initiative is an awareness-driven initiative that strives to make public parks,…