Trail Fund Programs

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posted Feb 6, 2024

Rio Fernando de Taos Watershed Revival

Although the Rio Fernando de Taos has long been ignored, a community-wide initiative is underway to revive and safeguard the watershed.


posted Feb 6, 2024

Wasatch National Forest Deferred Maintenance and Weather Resilience

The goal of this project is to increase resilience to extreme weather, flooding, and disasters, and mitigate effects of erosive disturbances, through infrastructure installation and heavy maintenance (reducing deferred maintenance backlog) on trails in the Tri-canyons Area.


posted Feb 6, 2024

Trail Maintenance and Repairs in Pisgah National Forest

All worksites will use an eight-person paid trail crew working with experienced Carolina Mountain Club (CMC) volunteer crew members. Work will begin Fall 2024.


posted Feb 6, 2024

Trail Rehabilitation in Beaverhead Deer Lodge National Forest

Utilizing its corps of national service Members, AmeriCorps St. Louis (ACSTL) will complete trail improvements over 3-4 weeks in summer 2024.


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

Phase 2 of the Arroyo Hondo Project

Building upon the successful completion of Phase 1 in 2022, the Santa Fe Fat Tire Society (SFFTS) proposed to the U.S. Forest Service in Jan 2023 Phase 2 of the Arroyo Hondo project, aiming to expand the existing trail network by 25.6 miles.


posted Feb 6, 2024

Teton Trails Deferred Maintenance

This project will complete deferred maintenance on the South Teton Trail, the North Teton Trail, the Face Trail, and portions of the Teton Crest Trail within Alaska Basin.


posted Feb 6, 2024

Highline Trail

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


posted Feb 6, 2024

Manistee, White, Muskegon, and Pere Marquette River Watershed

SEEDS, North Country Trail (NCT) volunteers, and community volunteers will work with a designated Huron-Manisetee National Forest (HMNF) partner to improve aquatic habitat on the Manistee, White, Muskegon, and Pere Marquette River watersheds through trail rerouting and reconstruction, decommissioning of social trails, and deletion of unauthorized roads and camping areas which negatively impact the river's health.


posted Dec 3, 2023

Apply for The Trails Capacity Program

The Trails Capacity Program is administered by American Trails, and funds trail maintenance, research, and stewardship training across the country, serving all types of trail users.