posted Oct 2, 2023
Interested in Applying for Funding from The Legacy Trails Grant Program?
posted Sep 13, 2023
The Trail Fund has now morphed into two programs. The Trails Capacity Program fills the role of what the "Trail Fund" was in 2021, and the Legacy Trails Program now offers Legacy Roads and Trails funding to projects on U.S. Forest Service lands.
posted Jun 12, 2023
This webinar will outline the exciting trails funding opportunity and is intended to help members of the trail community to understand if this funding program is right for their needs.
posted May 25, 2023
So much of this project’s trail work is deferred maintenance that is in dire need. The USFS does not have the capacity to maintain these trails and depends on Wild Alabama to be the primary boots on the ground to keep them safe for hikers and equestrians. If we do not get into the Wilderness and reroute some of these trails, not only will the banks of the Sipsey Fork continue to erode at a faster than normal rate, but there will be safety issues since the trails are sometimes 20 feet or so above the water level and can cause severe injury to someone falling off the bank.
posted May 25, 2023
This project is an immediate need to improve a section of trail on the National Register of Historic Places within the Tahoe National Forest trail system along the Western States trail. It is a very special area that has major cultural and heritage resources, threatened and endangered species, natural resources, native plant communities, and most of all human life and safety that each and all need further protection and improvements in order to be a sustainable NFS trail. The USFS initial estimate to complete the work in the El Dorado canyon is more than $200,000. This grant funding will help us achieve a completed project that is much safer for users and will help to maintain the trail.
posted May 25, 2023
Granite Chief Wilderness includes a portion of the headwaters for the middle Fork of the American River. Granite Chief Wilderness provides exceptional riparian and aquatic habitat for native species in sub-alpine terrain. Proposed trail work will improve critical watershed habitat. Trail realignment and improvements will enhance the environmental stability, sustainability, and safety of the subject trail segments. Completion of the project will allow recreational users the option to traverse a sustainable loop configuration of trails in the eastern portion of Granite Chief Wilderness which will include a short section of the Pacific Crest Trail, and see more varied terrain and views.
posted May 25, 2023
Severe wildfires and increased demand for trails has led to an urgent need for trail maintenance in the Entiat Ranger District. Without immediate response trail conditions will continue to worsen, resulting in trails that are unable to support the growing number of recreators and causing negative ecological impacts on the surrounding area. Washington Trails Association (WTA) will mobilize our network of 4,500 trail maintenance volunteers, as well as our professional backcountry trail crews, to address the most critical maintenance needs in the Entiat. WTA’s volunteer and professional crews will spend 2,410 hours maintaining 20 miles of trails in the region. This project will support three multi-day volunteer trips, one multi-day youth trip and two professional crew hitches focused on annual and deferred maintenance on several trails in the Entiat River District.
posted May 25, 2023
The Forest Service is directed to improve and maintain watershed condition. Using the Watershed Condition Framework watershed condition classification ruleset, the Tonto NF has determined that the Camp Creek Watershed, located within the Cave Creek ranger district, is impaired and has created a watershed restoration action plan to improve the condition to functioning. One of the key essential projects to improve watershed condition is decommissioning and rehabilitating system and unauthorized user routes.
posted May 25, 2023
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The Tahoe Rim Trail Association's (TRTA) Building Resilience on the TRT/PCT in Desolation Wilderness project focuses on addressing deferred maintenance and overuse of the shared section of the Tahoe Rim Trail (TRT) and Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) from Echo Lakes to Dicks Lake and a major connector trail, Bayview Trail. Bayview Trail is a major access trail from Bayview Trailhead into Desolation Wilderness. At present, Echo Lakes to Bayview Trailhead is a nearly 19-mile section of trail that has several sections that due to weather events and overuse have caused erosion and are unsafe for trail users. In addition, this stretch of trail has areas that are difficult or near impossible for equestrian access and use. This project would fix eroded sections of the trail by adding drainages and rock walls, widen sections of the trail for equestrian access, decommission unauthorized and unsafe trails, install new rock stairs, and where needed repair culverts, old non-functioning water bars, and stream crossings.
posted May 25, 2023
The Superior Watershed Partnership (SWP), Great Lakes Climate Corps (GLCC), Ottawa National Forest (ONF), and North Country Trail Volunteers (NCTV) will complete over 37 miles of deferred maintenance on 6 prioritized ONF trail systems, adjacent to 7 National Wild and Scenic River corridors.
