Wood River Trails Coalition

Trail monitoring program - we partnered with the ketchum ranger district and the sawtooth national forest to place infared counters throughout the respective districts. We collected basic trail number data, which also included differentiating between trail use types (bike/motorized vs foot traffic).

Trail crew progra - the wrtc employs professional level Trails staff to do boots-on-the-ground work on national forest and bureau of land management Trails. The wrtc also has a collection agreement with the sawtooth national forest ketchum ranger district (krd) for $34,000/year to fund multiple trail crew member positions for the krd trail crew. We did not end up paying any of this out in 2023.

Volunteer program - we facilitate volunteer trail work parties on forest service and bureau of land management Trails. During these parties we train volunteers to do basic trail maintenance, such as brushing, minor tread work, and drainage. A small subset of volunteers we call "trail stewards" receive more training so they can help staff execute work parties. In 2023 we organized 21 volunteer work parties that involved 255 volunteers.