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• Work with community leaders, local and Tribal governments, private developers, community members and our neighbors to develop public-private partnerships for creating a seamless system of connected multi-surface and multi-use trails.
   

• Promote healthy lifestyles by designing a trail system that accommodates citizens of all ages and abilities with diverse outdoor recreation activities.
   

• Establish trail routes that highlight the natural beauty of our region and promote appreciation of wildlife and natural systems.
   

• Encourage innovative land uses to maximize public open space and development of trails between North Kitsap communities, working forests, agricultural areas and new development.
   

• Provide educational opportunities and identify points of interest throughout the trail system that highlight cultural resources, working lands, local history and natural science.
   

• Connect our trails with other regional, county and cross-state trail systems. Promote our trail system as an eco-tourism destination and enticement for economic development.
   

• Encourage non-motorized transportation by offering multiple trail access points and safe, reasonably-direct routes between North Kitsap communities, our ferries and bridges, and popular destinations within each community.
   

• Create a network of water trails and "trail heads" that allow public access to the shoreline with launch sites for people in human‐poweredboats to enjoy the scenic and environmental richness of Puget Sound.