The Friends of the Lansing Regional Trails is a membership-based non-profit organization that supports and encourages maintenance, repair, and expansion of the trail system in the greater Lansing area. What originally began in 2014 as a group of dedicated trail users has become a multi-municipality, county-wide initiative with the approval of a parks and trails millage.

The Lansing River Trail began as a 2.5 mile section in 1975, and has grown to more than 30 miles through neighboring communities such as East Lansing, and Delhi Township, with plans to connect to Meridian Township, Mason, and Delta Township.