Legacy Trails Program

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posted Feb 2, 2023

2023 Legacy Trail Program Awardees Announced

We are excited to announce the winners of our 2023 Legacy Trail Program grants. In the first year of this program, we funded a total of $1.35 million to 33 organizations.


posted Apr 3, 2023

2023 Legacy Trails Program Grant Awardee Portal

Below you will find documents that may be useful as you prepare your invoices.


posted Oct 2, 2023

Apply for The Legacy Trails Program

Interested in Applying for Funding from The Legacy Trails Grant Program?


posted Feb 8, 2024

Bartram National Recreation Trail Maintenance

This project will involve maintenance on a highly popular 2-mile section of the Bartram National Recreation Trail, from Wallace Branch trailhead to William's Pulpit.


posted Feb 9, 2024

Blue Bend Loop Trail Restoration

Volunteers will work in Big Draft Wilderness on minor tread restoration, brushing of vegetation and removing slough and berm to improve the Blue Bend Loop Trail.


posted Feb 8, 2024

Catamount Trail Improvement

A 2.5-mile segment of the Catamount Trail located on the Manchester District of the Green Mountain National Forest will be improved, including hardening water crossings and muddy sections, smoothing out parts of the trail, and re-establishing proper drainage.


posted Feb 9, 2024

Cove Creek Trail Rehabilitation

This project will utilize professional trail-building contractors to rehabilitate this .325-mile legacy trail to re-establish it as a sustainable Forest Service (FS) system trail.


posted Feb 6, 2024

Greenhorn Gulch Trail Reroute and Bridge Rebuild

This project addresses issues with three bridge sites along the first 0.3 miles of the Greenhorn Gulch Trail.


posted Feb 6, 2024

Highline Trail

This project will restore the final 14 miles of the 53-mile National Recreation Highline Trail.


posted Feb 9, 2024

Hurricane Creek Trail Restoration

Volunteers will work on constructing trail drainage structures such as water bars to prevent erosion, installing check dams to reclaim sections of incised tread, constructing a turnpike to get through a wet/muddy area, clearing brush out of the trail corridor and restoration of campsites and fire rings near Echo and Billy Jones Lakes.