Trailhead News: Projects, Public Lands Day, & Volunteer Events
Inland NW trail and conservation news for Sept.-Oct. 2021, including trail projects, Public Lands Day, volunteer projects and events.
Washington Trails Association
Kaniksu Connections Project Planned in NE Washington
Learn about the Kalispel Tribe’s Tribal Forest Protection Act project, called the Sxwuytn-Kaniksu Connections or “Trail” Project.
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Guest Editorial by Loren Drummond, WTA digital content manager Seattle, Wash. As a nonprofit organization, everything we do at Washington Trails Association—including how we use technology—is in service of our mission to help hikers and the lands we love. Our website, social media channels, our mobile app, our newsletters—we’ve created and curated them to reduce …
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3 Mobile Apps for Outdoor Exploring
New and updated outdoor apps on your phone are perfect for finding new trails or exploring the outdoors in the Pacific Northwest. If you’re looking to flatten your own bulging curve during the COVID-19 pandemic, or if you want access to current trip reports and trail conditions around Washington, then you might consider some of the following apps for your …
Trail & Public Lands Champions: Bill Way and the NEWTS
Some of us only ride, hike, or run trails. But there are many others who also support outdoor recreation and conservation groups and volunteer their time on trail and restoration projects. We need more of the latter, people who are trail and public land champions, like Bill Way and the NEWTS, Diana Roberts, and Bill Kinzel. (OTO) Bill …
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Volunteer Trail Work
When Washington moves into Phase 3, the Washington Trails Association will be adding additional day trip opportunities to support and give back to trails. For experienced backpackers, sign up for a strenuous backpack-style maintenance trip to Jackson Creek/Shedroof Divide in the Salmo Priest Wilderness on a portion of the Pacific Northwest Trail at the end of August. For …
Labor Day Weekend Labor Party
Still looking for something to do over Labor Day weekend? Sign up for a work party with the Washington Trails Association. This weekend’s work party is at Slate Creek in Colville National Forest’s Salmo-Priest Wilderness. Sign up here.
Volunteer on the Trails
Give Back to our Wilderness Trails this Summer! Join the Washington Trails Association (WTA) for these Work Parties on the Colville National Forest.