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.
We are grateful to have received 84 excellent project applications for the Legacy Trails Program, requesting $4.3 million dollars, approximately 3 times as much funding as we are able to award.
In this first year of the program, it was a very competitive award round and our oversight committee had to make some difficult decisions. We appreciate the interest in the funding from everyone that applied and understand the time commitment required by the application process.
"We are excited to be able to support such excellent projects across the country, which will have a positive impact on watershed health, public access to the outdoors and overall trail resiliency" says Cathy Corlett, Trail Fund Director at American Trails. This grant program is administered by American Trails and funded through a cost-share agreement with the United States Forest Service to support trails projects on forests and grasslands managed by the USFS through 2027.
Back Country Horsemen of California
Back Country Horsemen of the Virginia Highlands
Back Country Horsemen of Washington
Continental Divide Trail Coalition
Methow Valley Trails Collaborative
New Mexico Wilderness Alliance
North Country Trail - Kekekabic Chapter
North Superior Ski and Run Club (NSSRC)
Prince William Sound Stewardship Foundation
Selway Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation
Superior Watershed Partnership
Western States Ensurance Run Foundation
Western States Trail Foundation
American Trails Announces $500K Fundraising Goal for the Trails Capacity Program
posted Apr 5, 2023
The Trails Capacity Program administered by American Trails is funded by sustaining corporate sponsors and individuals. We are excited about our fundraising goals, and looking forward to opening the program later this year as funding is secured.
2023 Legacy Trails Program Grant Awardee Portal
posted Apr 3, 2023
Below you will find documents that may be useful as you prepare your invoices.
2023 Trails Capacity Program Awardees Announced
posted Mar 14, 2023
The Trails Capacity Program administered by American Trails receives $75K in 2022 end-of-year funding for trail stewardship from Bronco Wild Fund.
posted Jun 2, 2022
Our inaugural year brought 291 project proposals totaling over $3.2 million. Seven great projects were able to be funded.
