The success of hiking and biking trails in attracting new users motivates NCPTA to mirror that approach in growing paddlesports in pursuit of its goals:

• Work with the state of North Carolina to provide infrastructure for local paddling initiatives to develop, maintain, restore and promote paddle trails.
• Support continued development of electronic and hard copy trail maps.
• Help meet informational needs of paddlers and paddling organizations.
• Coordinate use and access to public water.
• Provide statewide representation on issues related to the development, use and management of paddle trails.
• Improve economic and environmentally sustainable communities through paddle trails.
• Provide state-wide support for paddle trail development at the local level.