In 2022, a conservation nonprofit called the Deschutes Trails Coalition (DTC) started working with the U.S. Forest Service to build and maintain hundreds of miles of hiking trails in central Oregon.

The agreement was pretty straightforward: DTC would pay two employees to pitch in alongside the Forest Service鈥檚 own trail crew, which numbered six. The eight-person team would repair bridges, clear overgrowth, and cut out trees that had fallen across the trails over the winter鈥攙ital work that kept 1,200 miles of trails open to hikers.

As the relationship evolved, the Forest Service struggled to maintain its workforce. In September 2024, then-USFS chief Randy Moore said it wouldn鈥檛 hire back 2,400 seasonal employees for 2025, including most of its trail crews. Then, in March 2025, the Trump Administration fired 3,400 full-time USFS employees.

The staffing woes within the agency forced the DTC to step up. This summer, the nonprofit has paid for five staffers to do trail work. The USFS, meanwhile, employs just one.

鈥淥ur crew kind of absorbed them, rather than the other way around,鈥� says Jana Johnson, executive director of the DTC. 鈥淥ur roles just flip-flopped.鈥�

Across the country, nonprofits like the DTC are navigating similarly chaotic situations, fueled by the rapid change to federal agencies that oversee public land. On January 20, the same day he was inaugurated, President Trump froze all federal hiring by executive order. In February, the administration announced its staffing cuts to National Parks and the National Forest Service. Thousands of veteran USFS employees then took voluntary retirement or deferred resignation agreements.

Legal challenges have since reinstated some of those employees, but the USFS hasn鈥檛 divulged how many employees were fired or left the agency this year (the USFS didn鈥檛 respond to 翱耻迟蝉颈诲别鈥檚 request for comment). Meanwhile, the 2025 budget reconciliation bill, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill, stripped funds from other USFS programs: old-growth forest protection, climate resilience and forest health programs, and tree planting efforts.

The chaos at the Forest Service and other federal land management agencies has left public lands increasingly reliant on nonprofit partners like the DTC. The problem with this new model? Grants and funding from federal agencies鈥攎oney that many trail building nonprofits rely on鈥� is also drying up. And now, some nonprofits like the DTC are starting to feel the pinch.

Nonprofits Are Operating in a New Era

If you visit a national forest in 2025 and come across someone clearing a trail, cleaning a bathroom, or collecting campsite fees, chances are high that they work for a nonprofit organization rather than the Forest Service.

The operational structure involves both parties. Johnson told 国产吃瓜黑料 that the DTC operates with a great deal of autonomy when it works on public lands. Projects are assigned or approved by a USFS trails manager, but daily work plans are under the purview of DTC鈥檚 trails coordinator and trail crew leader. DTC interviews and hires its own employees, signs the paychecks, and purchases tools, hard hats, and work trucks.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a very new world,鈥� Johnson says. 鈥淲e鈥檙e the only paid crew working on the Deschutes National Forest now.鈥�

Employees wear DTC shirts, rather than USFS uniforms. Training, like First Aid classes and chainsaw certifications鈥攐nce the responsibility of the USFS鈥攁re now run by DTC and another local nonprofit, the Central Oregon Trail Alliance.

In some ways, arrangements like this are business as usual. The USFS has long relied on nonprofit partners, contractors, and volunteer crews to supplement its recreation and trails programs, which include tasks like clearing trails and patrolling campgrounds. The big difference for 2025 is that nonprofits are no longer confident if or when the federal government will pay for the work.

Prior to 2025, the DTC was paid by the USFS through funds approved by the Great American Outdoors Act of 2020. The group signed an agreement with the agency in 2023, and was due about $200,000 in funding in 2025. That payment has yet to materialize.

鈥淭he message was, 鈥榃e really don鈥檛 know if or when these funds will make it to you,鈥欌�� says Johnson. The USFS did not respond to聽翱耻迟蝉颈诲别’蝉听request for comment.

Scrambling, Johnson managed to secure three different state-level grants in time to hire a full trail crew for the season.

鈥淲e got really lucky, and it bought us a little bit of time to figure out how we鈥檙e going to fundraise in the future,鈥� Johnson says.

The grant money comes with limitations, though. First, the cash is temporary. Next year, Johnson will have to reapply or find new grant money elsewhere. Secondly, the restrictions on the cash are tight. Under its original funding agreement with the Forest Service, DTC could work on any trail in Forest Service territory. The state grants, however, are for specific trail projects.

Johnson says that this is a common pitfall at nonprofits like DTC鈥攖here鈥檚 grant money out there for 鈥渟exy鈥� projects like new trails, bridge building, and watershed restoration, but not routine maintenance. But in a typical year, this maintenance can spell the difference between an open or a closed trail.

鈥淭hese grants are really project specific. Basic maintenance鈥攍ogging out, clearing brush, cleaning drains鈥攖hose do not count as a project. Very few grants will cover basic maintenance,鈥� she says.

Where Will the Money Come From?

The financial pressure that DTC and other trail nonprofits are under is unlikely to abate anytime soon. President Trump鈥檚 will axe more than $4 billion from public land management agencies. In June, he signed an executive order mandating the Forest Service transfer its $2.4 billion wildland firefighting program to the Department of the Interior within 90 days, and cut all firefighting funds at the agency for 2026.

A further $1.6 billion in USFS cuts would deliver a 34 percent cut to payroll, a 50 percent cut to forest maintenance and improvement, and remove the agency鈥檚 forest and rangeland research program entirely.

At the DTC, this new funding situation has forced Johnson to rethink where the group鈥檚 money comes from. The group has tools to purchase, work trucks to maintain, and rising costs-of-living in an expensive mountain town to contend with.

鈥淔undraising has become a much greater focus,鈥� she says. 鈥淲e鈥檒l continue to do some of the things that have been successful, like going after grants. That said, grants are becoming more competitive, so we need to expand.鈥�

One example is DTC鈥檚 $1 for Trails program, which recruits businesses to collect $1 voluntary donations from customers. For now, the program is small: it has generated about $220,000 since it began in 2018, and only a handful of local hotels and resorts participate. The funds don鈥檛 stay with DTC either. Instead, they鈥檙e doled out to a number of local nonprofits for small projects, like replacing trail signs and hosting volunteer maintenance days.

Johnson says expanding the program is a top priority. 鈥淚 think it has great potential to fund the trail program into the future,鈥� she says.

Combined, the state grants, the fundraising efforts, and the potential for restored federal funding leaves Johnson confident that DTC will navigate the 2025 trail work season and prepare for the future. She knows that鈥檚 not the case for every nonprofit.

鈥淲e are extremely unique in central Oregon that we have so many individual partner groups and nonprofit groups that are able to pick this up,鈥� she says. 鈥淢ost places around the country don鈥檛 have the nonprofit infrastructure that was already in place here.鈥�

A Model for Public Land Funding Is Quickly Reshaped

Around the country, a number of similar nonprofits have had difficulties navigating the funding crisis brought on by the Trump administration.

The Pacific Crest Trail Association, which oversees the famed hiking route in California, Oregon, and Washington, decided not to hire six seasonal trail workers this year due to funding concerns. It canceled 50 weeks worth of planned trail projects, and pulled out of most of its commitments working with AmeriCorps-funded conservation corps.

AmeriCorps crews are facing their own funding crisis. In April, the Trump administration . Since then, some regional programs, like the Lakes Region Conservation Corps, have been forced to shutter entirely. Others have been largely unaffected so far.

Montana Conservation Corps CEO Jono McKinney says his program, which hires nearly 400 AmeriCorps聽members each year, hasn鈥檛 lost its AmeriCorps funding. Similar to DTC, though, McKinney says other federal grants and payments have been delayed.

鈥淭here鈥檚 over $1 million in trail program funding under review that we鈥檙e counting on,鈥� McKinney says. 鈥淓very day I wonder, 鈥楢re we next? What can we count on?鈥欌��

Some nonprofits are turning to fundraisers to replace missing federal dollars. After learning in February that all five Forest Service trail crew workers in the Sitka Ranger district had been fired, Sitka Trail Works, a trail nonprofit in Alaska, launched a funding campaign to hire the crew on as employees.

鈥淲e were already working super closely with the USFS folks in the field,鈥� says executive director Ben Hughey. Results were mixed: Sitka Trail Works raised over $60,000 and hired four trail workers; none of the Forest Service workers took the job. Instead, several returned to the USFS after a court order forced the agency to reinstate their positions in March. Others had already moved on to other jobs with better pay. 鈥淭rail work is a skilled trade. Why not quit, get your contractor鈥檚 license, and make three times as much money?鈥� Hughey explains.

One uncommon success story is the Nevada-based Great Basin Institute. In the three years since CEO Peter Woodruff assumed leadership at GBI, the organization has doubled in size to more than 1,000 employees and increased total revenues from $20 million to $50 million. GBI has staffers and researchers tackling nearly every subset of conservation work: trail maintenance, forestry, wildfire prevention, wildlife biology, even running visitor鈥檚 centers. They partner with nearly every federal agency that manages public lands, including the Forest Service, Park Service, and Bureau of Land Management.

Woodruff says that, despite the recent growth, GBI is currently navigating what amounts to a financial tightrope. It hired about 100 more employees in 2025 compared to the previous year, but also faced serious funding concerns. The Nevada Conservations Corps鈥攖he trail maintenance program that鈥檚 part of GBI鈥攊s funded in large part by AmeriCorps grants, which face an uncertain future under the Trump administration. This March, all payments to GBI from the Forest Service were put on hold for several weeks. And the Forest Service has not approved any new funding for GBI鈥檚 forestry work in 2025, even for projects that had already been OKed.

Through one lens, public land agencies鈥� increased reliance on nonprofit partners could be seen as a benefit. After all, both GBI and DTC have managed to expand and hire more employees, even as they navigate an uncertain future. For both groups, there is no shortage of work to be done. But Woodruff ultimately sees the current funding landscape as a poor replacement for functional federal agencies. In an ideal world, he says federal agencies would have suitable budgets, and organizations like GBI shouldn鈥檛 have to exist.

鈥淭o see a public servant workforce get replaced with this smattering of different uniforms and backgrounds and organizations鈥攚hat happened to the vision of a park ranger?鈥� he says. 鈥淵oung people don鈥檛 grow up wanting to work for GBI, they want to work for the Park Service or Forest Service. When people lose faith in that, or they鈥檙e seeing the career so clearly jeopardized, or treated with such disdain, that鈥檚 a huge loss.鈥�

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Technology has rendered modern Americans both more connected鈥攁nd more isolated鈥攖han any population of humans in history. In fact, some researchers have gone so far as to declare a “loneliness epidemic” in reference to our increasingly desperate need for IRL connection and community. That said, knowing that you need new friends and actually making them are two very different things. Building community can feel like a vast and nebulous proposition; it’s hard to know exactly where to start.

The good news is that if that you’re an outdoorsy type, there are plenty of opportunities to make connections. Joining a group run or ride is one of them. However, volunteering might be the one you can feel best about. That’s especially true now: amid federal funding cuts, conservation and trail organizations need help now more than ever. Plus, it’s pretty dang fun. Anyone who鈥檚 ever received or handed out water at a race knows how volunteering can be both fulfilling and exhilirating. And at the end of the day, you’ll have connected with a tight-knit group of people who’ve come together over a common cause. That can lead to lifelong friendships.

Here are seven other service opportunities that may lead to new pals.

1. Become a Trail Ambassador

Trail building requires some advanced knowledge and skills, but if it鈥檚 what you鈥檙e after, the leads volunteer vacations that involve building and preservation, and the has info on mountain bike鈥搒pecific trail building days near you. Want something a little less labor-intensive? Consider becoming a trail ambassador instead. The U.S. Forest Service is currently seeking volunteer ambassadors for national forests along Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. The position is most needed from May through October and requires that you travel the trails (by foot, bike, or horseback) and pick up debris, repair signage, maintain trailheads, interact with hikers, and report any issues to recreation staff. Not local to the area? Trail ambassador opportunities exist across the country, from Oregon鈥檚 Columbia River Gorge to .

2. Serve as an Active Buddy for Someone With a Disability

痴别谤尘辞苍迟鈥檚 provides adaptive sports programming, equipment and instruction for those with disabilities. One of their volunteer gigs is called Active Buddies. This means if one of their grant recipients wants a friend to go out biking, hiking, skiing, or paddling with, you show up. Some training required; locations vary. Adaptive sports programs like California鈥檚 , Utah鈥檚 , and Colorado鈥檚 also have volunteer gigs.

3. Plant Flowers at an Urban Farm

There鈥檚 WWOOFing for farm work all over. But what if you just want a fun farm job that involves picking flowers or fruit? , less than an hour from New York City, has community work days; in Champaign, Illinois, trains volunteers to weed, plant, mulch, and harvest flowers; and at , an urban farm near Oakland, California, you can help package CSAs, build planter boxes, or harvest vegetables.

4. Clean Up a Beach With a Social Club

Join an organized beach cleanup or stage your own. The Surfrider Foundation has all the info you need to get involved. Find beach cleanups, lake cleanups, or inland river cleanups that aim to intercept trash before it gets into waterways and, inevitably, the ocean. Here鈥檚 a fun option: San Diego鈥檚 free-to-join social club, called Apr猫s Surf Club, organizes surf sessions, beach cleanups, and social gatherings that aim to make surfing more inclusive and inviting. They host live music, post-surf coffee, and have member discounts.

5. Be a Volunteer Astronaut (Sort Of)

There are many ways to be a citizen scientist: You can count bumblebees, monarch butterflies, or American pikas (which are ); observe birds in your area for the Audubon Society; record light pollution for the Globe at Night campaign; or track eastern hemlock within national forests. Those are all good options, but this one might be the most fun: NASA relies on 1,200 people across the U.S. who they call . Duties range from hosting sidewalk telescope sessions at local libraries to lunar eclipse watch parties.

6. Protect Turtle Hatchlings in Maui

Options abound for animal welfare volunteer gigs. You can help rescued farm animals at an animal sanctuary near Woodstock, New York, work with rescued pigs an hour north of Seattle, or walk dogs at the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in southern Utah. And your locale humane society likely needs volunteers. But if you want to make a vacation out of it, may we recommend the , where you can help research and protect the nesting activities of hawksbill sea turtles on the shores of Maui.

7. Take Care of a Backcountry Hut in Maine

Systems of backcountry huts run by groups like the Sierra Club or the Appalachian Mountain Club often rely on volunteers to monitor and maintain their properties. In Vermont, the Vermont Huts Association and the Green Mountain Club both depend on . This gig for Maine Huts and Trails is a winner: You鈥檒l stack wood, organize the hut, and do snow removal to help out the on-staff caretaker; in exchange, you get to stay at the hut for free.

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There are two ways to take the near-constant news about maintenance backlogs on public lands: let yourself get discouraged鈥攐r step up and start giving back. Amid national park service layoffs, funding freezes, policy changes, and a general tightening down of the economy, many trail organizations have been left scrambling for funding. That means they need your help now more than ever. Here are three empowering ways to give back, score matching funds, and get involved in protecting your favorite trails.

Donate to Trail Karma to Snag a Funds Match

For about a decade, the program has enabled trail users to donate to local organizations to protect trails near them. And this year, Toyota has partnered with 国产吃瓜黑料 to help readers鈥� dollars go even further. The company is currently donating a total of $20,000 to 20 different small trail advocacy organizations across the U.S., including in the Ozarks, the Cascades, the Southern Appalachians, Pike鈥檚 Peak National Forest, and Maine鈥檚 North Woods. On top of that, it鈥檚 making $80,000 available in matching funds. There鈥檚 no cap on the amount each trail organization can earn within that $80,000鈥攚hich means that if you can round up enough friends to donate $80K fast, your favorite trail could have $160K of improvements coming its way by the end of the year.

Create a Trailwork Event Through The American Hiking Society

Since its founding in 1976, the American Hiking Society has worked hard to build, maintain, and protect some of the nation鈥檚 most classic trails. It鈥檚 perhaps most famous for its , which galvanize hikers across the country to build and restore classic routes. Join a local event, or create your own for a trail in need. Looking for other empowering ways to chip in? Consider donating. 国产吃瓜黑料 has even partnered with AHS to sweeten the deal: or more over the course of a year, and you鈥檒l get a free subscription.

Sign Up for an IMBA Volunteer Day

Mountain bike trails take some serious abuse, and they require constant maintenance to keep the ride fun, flowy, and safe. That鈥檚 where the IMBA comes in handy. The International Mountain Bicycling Association partners with dozens of smaller trail advocacy organizations across the state. Use the to find your local group, then reach out to sign up for upcoming volunteer days. Swing a shovel, learn about sustainable trail design, and leave knowing you were part of the solution.

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In April, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers, a hunting education and advocacy organization, circulated a press release offering a $500 reward 鈥渇or reports or information leading to a conviction of those responsible for illegal trail construction on public lands.鈥� In other words, the national nonprofit placed what amounted to a bounty on mountain bikers building illegal trails.

The Colorado chapter of BHA sent the press release directly to two publications: Boulder鈥檚 Daily Camera newspaper and the Mountain Ear, which services Nederland, a town 18 miles up Boulder Canyon. The bounty technically applies to the entire state of Colorado, but the memo indicated that it was targeted at trailbuilders in the national forests around Boulder and Nederland.

Both towns are hubs for outdoor recreation. The Roosevelt and Arapaho national forests, which comprise 160,000 acres of public land, offer ample hiking, skiing, hunting, and fishing. They are the country鈥檚 third-most visited forests, with an estimated 7.5 million annual users. Nederland in particular is popular with mountain bikers: the parking lot for the West Magnolia trail system, a prominent聽network of singletrack, overflows with cars every weekend from late spring to mid-fall, and the nearby Front Range trails see ample bike traffic as well.

But in the vicinity, like just about anywhere with a mountain bike scene, locals have built secret, illegal trails. These see far less traffic than the sanctioned trails. I spoke to a local resident who builds illegal trails, who wished to remain anonymous for this story. He told me he enjoys the creativity, solo time in nature, and challenge that comes from cutting the clandestine paths.

There鈥檚 a long history of social trail-building in the Nederland area, says Josh Harrod, president of the all-volunteer mountain-bike-focused Nederland Area Trails Organization (NATO). 鈥淚 would say 90 percent-plus of the trails we use up here started as social trails鈥攖he elk and deer ran through, then hikers followed, then bikers followed suit,鈥� he says. 鈥淪ocial trail construction is kind of the fabric of the local trail community. NATO doesn鈥檛 sanction it, but I don鈥檛 think it鈥檚 ever going to stop.鈥�

It was these trails that interested BHA. The read, 鈥淔or years we鈥檝e been hearing from public lands agency staff and our members that illegal trail building is rampant in many areas of the state and proliferating. Elk herds and other wildlife are suffering as a result. [The $500 reward for turning illegal trailbuilders in] is one small step we can take to try and help moderate and hopefully deter additional illegal trail construction activity.鈥�

Local mountain bikers were angry. 鈥淭hose guys are out there walking around with guns. When they put a bounty out, it鈥檚 a bad look,鈥� says the trail-builder I spoke with.

Bikers felt the reaction was overblown. The trail-builder I spoke with describes his renegade trails as harmless labors of love that only he and a few friends know about鈥攃ould they really be getting in the way of wildlife? And why was one backcountry user group launching what felt like an offensive towards another?

The trails in the Nederland area are, like most trails across the mountain West, more crowded than ever. In their press release, BHA cited a quote from Gary Moore, executive director of the Colorado Mountain Bike Association, saying that bikers’ options are limited in the state. And popular renegade trails do occasionally get retroactively sanctioned by the Forest Service, according to multiple mountain bike groups.

础听 out of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, from earlier this year found that mountain biking ranked second only to ATV use in disturbing elk populations in a 120,000-acre parcel of land east of town.

Sanctioning new trail construction is a complicated process that can take decades, says Meara McQuain, executive director of the Headwaters Trails Alliance in Grand County, Colorado. If the HTA wants to build a new trail on federal land, it takes its idea to the relevant governing land agency. If the agency is interested, they鈥檒l do a public survey to determine engagement. Then, the trail goes through a process mandated by the National Environmental Policies Act to evaluate its potential impact, with scientists and researchers鈥攊ncluding archaeologists, hydrologists, botanists, and wildlife biologists鈥攚eighing in. The study findings are released for public comment, and if anyone protests, the project goes into a public objection period. The federal agency makes modifications, if necessary, and the leadership of the land management agency makes the final decision. All of this can take anywhere from three to 15 years, says McQuain. (The process looks different for state and private land.)

Research shows that trails can impact wildlife in dramatic ways. In the 1980s, a Colorado State University biologist named Bill Alldredge started near Vail, as ski resorts and trail systems started expanding. He and his team radio-collared female elk with new calves and then had humans hike through their preferred grounds until the cows showed signs of disturbance like standing up or walking away. Of the elk he studied, about 30 percent of their calves died when their mothers were disturbed by humans鈥攁nd when the disturbances stopped, the population recovered.

A 2016 of wildlife studies spanning four decades found that human traffic on trails forces animals to flee, limiting their feeding time and forcing them to expend valuable energy. And a out of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, from earlier this year found that mountain biking ranked second only to ATV use in disturbing elk populations in a 120,000-acre parcel of land east of town.

Whether all illegally built trails negatively impact wildlife, we don鈥檛 know. But Kriss Hess, the BHA member who sent the press release to Boulder and Nederland papers, argues that while many of these trails might only see a little traffic in their early years, it鈥檚 not uncommon for them to eventually wind up on mapping apps and grow in popularity, impacting wildlife years down the line.

鈥淲e鈥檙e not trying to be aggressive with this, but we are extremely concerned about the we鈥檙e seeing across the state in elk and mule deer and other populations,鈥� says Brien Webster, BHA鈥檚 program manager and Colorado and Wyoming coordinator. 鈥淥ur wildlife and land management agencies are maxed when it comes to capacity, so it鈥檚 extremely difficult for them to post up and stop riders from accessing an illegal trail,鈥� says Webster. They鈥檙e hoping the bounty might help the agencies manage the issue.

BHA also hopes to create and distribute maps and other educational materials that might help different user groups better understand how elk see and use a landscape. In August, they released a 15-page 鈥溾�� with maps showing critical wildlife habitat and national conservation areas with social trails built through them. BHA is also considering placing educational signage at existing trailheads in areas with high rider concentration where illegal trailbuilding has occurred.

But the Boulder Ranger District has no formal or informal agreement with BHA, and it would be illegal for BHA to do any kind of trail maintenance, add signage, or install cameras, according to Reid Armstrong, public affairs specialist for the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests. Armstrong also pointed out that several recent bills have increased the Boulder Ranger District鈥檚 funding and that they are focusing their efforts where they feel they are most urgently needed, specifically on infrastructure projects and wildfire recovery and mitigation.

And Wendy Sweet, executive director of the Boulder Mountainbike Alliance, said that publishing maps of illegal trails may have the opposite of the desired effect. 鈥淚f the mountain bike community sees this memo, the first thing they will do is want to check [those trails] out,鈥� she says. Sweet had multiple meetings with BHA members prior to the publishing of this memo to talk about how all of the various stakeholders in Boulder County could work together to create trails safe for wildlife, and felt the release was in bad faith. Plenty of other factors place strain on wildlife, like development in the wilderness-urban interface, increasing backcountry use across all user groups, wildfire, and a changing climate.

Since releasing the bounty, Webster says, nobody has been turned in. Instead, 鈥淏HA has had some really good conversations with folks within the mountain bike community who are trying to address this in a meaningful way,鈥� he says. 鈥淚t has helped us think about our objective, and to focus more on education than the bounty aspect.鈥�

Aaron Kindle, director of sporting advocacy at the National Wildlife Federation, thinks BHA isn鈥檛 being heavy-handed enough. 鈥淲hat happens when someone says, 鈥楳y actions don鈥檛 count in that spot; I鈥檒l do what I want.鈥� What if other folks started seeing those guys never getting punished?鈥� he says. 鈥淭he beauty of having public lands is that we鈥檙e all responsible for taking care of these landscapes.鈥�

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The 鈥攚hich covers more than 17,000 miles, connects 15,000 communities, and reaches the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic oceans鈥攊s, unsurprisingly, the longest trail network in the world. Beloved by many Canadians, it is especially important to Vancouver-based , a refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo and , which organizes outdoor adventures for underrepresented communities in Vancouver. Kasiama uses the Trans Canada Trail for running and hiking and says, in this film by聽 and the Trans Canada Trail organization, that it鈥檚 bringing people from all walks of life and different backgrounds to the outdoors. Learn more about Trans Canada Trail at聽聽or on , , and .

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Cyclists who love the Dark Crystal Trail, located in Whistler, British Columbia, have Scott Veach to thank for its creation. Veach is a mountain biker who has been building trails for 20 years. With his as his mode of transport, he spends 40 days annually working on and improving Dark Crystal, which winds through old-growth forest and over moss-covered granite rocks. This film by Bosch eBike Systems聽shares Veach鈥檚 story.

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A project in California will connect 15 mountain communities with 300 miles of multi-use trails. Constructed by the , a sustainable trail-building nonprofit, the Lost Sierra Route will accommodate hikers, mountain bikers, moto riders, equestrians, trail runners, hunters, and anglers. The project is a key component of the Stewardship鈥檚 Trails Master Plan for , which aims to bring economic opportunities and community engagement to the regions the trails cover, including California鈥檚 Plumas, Sierra, Butte, and Lassen Counties. A Trail for Everyone shows what it鈥檚 taking to create the Lost Sierra Route, with insight from the organization鈥檚 founder, Greg Williams.

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A Trail for Everyone, produced by Measure Once Cut Twice Productions showcases the development of a . The plan will create a vision for a recreation-focused lifestyle through community investment, shared stewardship, economic opportunity and important new local jobs, all benefiting economically disadvantaged communities in Plumas, Sierra, Butte and Lassen Counties.

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When and her husband moved to Biescas, a small town in the Spanish Pyrenees, there were no mountain-biking trails. They decided to change that. Through mountain biking and trail building, the two have unraveled a legacy as mystical as the valley they call home. The Queen of Biescas is a film, produced by聽 and filmed by

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