This webinar will discuss best practices to reduce risk to your trail crew, company, agency, or organization during trail construction activities.
Presented by:
January 11, 2024
10:00 AM to 11:00 AM (Pacific Time) {more time zones}
Cost:
FREE for membersNote:
Closed Captioning is available for this webinar.
Learning Credits are available for this webinar.
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There are many potential hazards that may be encountered during trail building. Without proper mitigation, some of these hazards may result in injury, death, or financial impacts to those involved in the project. This webinar will discuss best practices to reduce risk to your trail crew, company, agency, or organization during trail construction activities.
This webinar is part of a three-part webinar series hosted by the Professional TrailBuilders Association. Join us for all three webinars (or view the recordings):
This webinar qualifies as a Health, Safety, and Welfare (HSW) course (via LA CES).
Kevin Joell, Owner, Sierra Trail Works
Reno, Nevada
Kevin Joell is the owner and primary trailbuilder of Sierra Trail Works, a PTBA member company. He has been building trails with organized groups since 1994, leading over 250 volunteer trail days. He has served as President and Trails Director for the Tahoe Area Mountain Biking Association, as well as serving on the board of the Biggest Little Trail Stewardship, and chair of the Eastern Sierra Trails Coalition. In 2016, he became a licensed contractor and formed Sierra Trail Works. Since then, the company has built over 50 miles of trails throughout Nevada. When he’s not riding, building, or dreaming about trails, he works as a Fire Captain for the Reno Fire Department.
Aaryn Kay, Executive Director, Professional TrailBuilders Association
Boulder, Colorado
Aaryn has been working with PTBA since 2017 and has been working in the trail industry since 2002. During that time, Aaryn has worked with more than one hundred non-profits in almost every U.S. state and Canadian province with specialities in development, communications, strategy, and assessment. In 2009, she co-founded Kay-Linn Enterprises to provide a trail development and non-profit management services to communities. Prior to Kay-Linn, Aaryn coordinated trailbuilding and advocacy events, co-taught 150 weekend long trailbuilding seminars for volunteers and land managers in 32 states, instructed a graduate-level environmental education course at Duke University, and directed Duke’s Nicholas School of the Environment’s Community Outreach. Aaryn has a Masters in Environmental Management and a Masters of Arts in Teaching from Duke University.
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