Common use of Purposes and Principles Clause in Contracts

Purposes and Principles. National Trails serve communities best when they integrate recreational, environmental, cultural, economic, and transportation objectives, so that National Trails showcase the rich diversity of America’s natural and cultural heritage and retain significance for all Americans and international visitors. This MOU promotes these objectives by facilitating, encouraging, and assisting long-term interagency cooperation at the national, trail-wide, regional, State, and local levels in implementing the NTSA. In particular, this MOU supports the interagency coordination and collaboration necessary to implement the NTSA; identifies the roles and responsibilities of the agencies to support administration and management of National Trails; reaffirms the responsibility of the agencies to work together in administering and managing the NTS and NTS components as seamlessly as possible at all organizational levels across multiple jurisdictions for public benefit; and supports agency cooperation with NTS partners in support of National Trails.