Arizona Trail Association (ATA)
OUTREACH
- Gear Girls — Held program engaging young women in mountain biking, snowsports, and trail work through REI grant.
- Trail Skills Institute — Held five successful training courses to teach sustainable trail design, dry stone masonry and armoring techniques, corridor maintenance, and hydrology.
- Trail Communities — Installed four new signs for Gateway Communities.
- Communication — Worked with Representative Martha McSally (R-AZ) to announce her goal to hike the entire Arizona NST.
- Social Media — Grew followers by 25 percent.
- Inventory — Assisted in completing inventories of signage, facilities, trail conditions, road crossings, and trail values in support of the comprehensive plan process.
PROTECTION
- Steel Gates — Installed ten “super gates” to protect the trail from motorized abuse and reduce vandalism while still being hiker, mountain biker, and horse friendly.
- Bridges — Installed four bridges to protect the East Verde River watershed and reroute the Arizona NST from a powerline road onto singletrack.
CAPACITY
- Staff — Increased hours that staff are working to support their mission; hired a new Development Director; hired three new co-leaders for youth outreach program; added 16 new volunteer trail stewards.
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