Youth Conservation/Service Corps and Community Outreach
Alaska Trails Mobile Tool Trailers
Replacement of trailers and equipment for volunteer use
Cool - new tools!
Since 2007, Alaska Trails has fielded two mobile tool trailers that are rented by trail constructors or donated for use by non-profits and volunteer trail builders. The trailers, one in Fairbanks and one in Anchorage, have supported trail building by local, state and federal agencies, service groups and Girl and Boy Scouts. Both trailers are equipped with over 50 different hand tools and safety equipment. Alaska Trails was awarded a Recreational Trails Program grant in 2013 to replace the popular tool trailers and purchase new tools and equipment to outfit them.
The trailers have been used by many youth trail builders including the Student Conservation Association, the Anchorage Youth Employment in Parks, and the Chugach Children's Forest - a partnership led by Alaska Geographic and the U.S. Forest Service that provides life-changing expeditions and educational experiences for young Alaskans of all backgrounds.
More winners of this award
2023: Statewide Conservation Trails Crew
2021: Evans Creek ORV Area
2020: Monadnock Trail Improvement Project
2019: Lassen Peak Trail
2018: Pole Mountain Trails - Wyoming
2017: Arizona Conservation Corps Mogollon Rim Ancestral Lands Trail Crew - Arizona
2016: Rock Creek Park Bridge Project - District of Columbia
2016: Utah Conservation Corps Bike Crew - Utah
2015: Iowa DNR Americorps Trail Crew - Iowa
2013: Leicester Hollow Loop Trail - Vermont
2012: Mount Yale Trail Realignment - Colorado
2011: Anchorage Hillside Singletrack Trail System - Alaska
2010: Hyde Park Heritage Greenway - New York
2009: North Bend Lake Equestrian Trail - West Virginia
2007: Continental Divide Trail Alliance Youth Corps
2006: Swallow Falls Trails and Muddy Creek Falls Overlook - Maryland
2005: Superior Hiking Trail - Minnesota