Utah Trails Forum
Vision: Inspire and facilitate quality trails, community connections, and lifelong adventure
Mission: This initiative advances trail access, quality, and stewardship through collaboration, education, and technical support.
The Utah Trails Forum brings together industry professionals, trail advocates, volunteers, and community leaders to advance the building and care of natural surface trails. It encourages partnerships to plan, build and maintain trails from inception to completion. The forum also serves as a learning resource for individuals throughout Utah looking to further their knowledge of trail building and maintenance.
Through workshops, dialog, and networking opportunities, the Utah Trails Forum shares best practices, promotes local organizations, and offers guidance. It is a unifying network that develops and supports access to safe and sustainable trails throughout the state.
Trail Master Steward Online Course
The Trail Master Steward online course provides volunteers, trail organizations, and land managers with a foundational understanding of the values inherent in trail stewardship. It introduces the basic skills required to be a steward of our trail resources.
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Utah Trails Forum Organizing Committee
| Name | Contact Email |
| Katie Riser, current chair | katie.riser@slcgov.com |
| Jake Powell, current vice-chair | jake.powell@usu.edu |
| George Grygar, past chair | ggrygar@usaconservation.org |
| Briget Eastep | eastep@suu.edu |
| Dave Bastian, past vice-chair | daveb@ccdiscovery.org |
| Betsy Byrne | betsy_byrne@nps.gov |
| Lewis Kogan | lewis.kogan@slcgov.com |
| Eileen May-West | eileen@wasatchadaptivesports.org |
| Kevin Christopherson | spin2bfree@yahoo.com |
| Tara McKee (ex officio) | tmckee@utah.gov |
| Patrick Morrison (ex officio) | patrickmorrison@utah.gov |
Contact Us
Pitt Grewe
Director
Tara McKee
Associate Director, Grants and Planning
India Nielsen Barfuss
Associate Director of Operations
Patrick Morrison
Grant Program Manager