Robert Searns has a four-decade history of visualizing, planning, and getting trails and greenway projects built. He was Project Director of Denver’s Platte River and Mary Carter Greenways—both national-award-wining projects. He helped plan the Grand Canyon NP Greenway, and played a key role in planning the Memphis Wolf River Greenway.
He authored Beyond Greenways: The Next Step For City Trails and Walking Routes (One of 10 "Best Books of 2023"--American Society of Landscape Architects) and co-authored Greenways: A Guide to Planning Design and Development. He has written for Public Square, Landscape Architecture, American Trails and Planning Magazines.
He has hosted numerous Webinars, interviewed on multiple podcasts, and has been a keynote speaker as well as a trainer for the U.S. National Park Service and the Urban Land Institute. He chaired American Trails and was a founder of The World Trails Network. He was also a delegate to the America’s Great Outdoors White House conclave. He resides, writes, hikes and bikes near Denver, Colorado.