BELLEFONTE, Pa. (WTAJ) — Parks and recreation officials attended a learning seminar to help develop more trails in the state.

The Trail Symposium, held at Brass 16823 on Axemann Road, drew over 75 people to a daylong session focused on creating efficient trails for running, biking, and equestrian use. Topics of discussion ranged from planning to fundraising, design and marketing.

"It's a very broad interest, but that's how the National Parks Service trails get on the ground," Mary Monroe Brown, senior vice president of advocacy and engagement for the International Mountain Bicycling Association, said. "It's a collaboration of all these groups and people understanding this vision of trails."

Attendees got a chance to network and share ideas in between sessions about their management of t

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