Located beneath three active rail lines at Rotterdam Junction, N.Y., the 107-ft-long reinforced concrete pedestrian tunnel is among the last components to complete the 750-mile Empire State Trail.
This new welcome center is also the new home for the university’s outdoor recreation program and highlights its commitment to outdoor adventure and education.
Years of community effort went into creating the new Volunteers of America Youth Resource Center, which provides a safe and healing environment for Utah’s homeless youth.
After a massive landslide in March 2014 swamped State Route 53 near Oso in Snohomish County, Wash., killing 43 and seriously injuring 10, local, state and federal agency personnel, contractors and volunteers joined in the search and rescue operations.