Trending: Kids and Teens Fix Up Trails

Spring is usually a busy time for WTA's youth program, when we work with many school and community groups to introduce their youth participants to trail maintenance and the WTA community. There are many groups we work with each year, but in 2015, we had a record number of group and individuals coming out to show that they love trails!

In April and May, WTA supported 449 trail maintenance experiences with kids and teens! In addition, we worked with a total of 15 school and community groups, some more than once.

Check out some photos of these young trail stewards below:

8th grade students from Seattle's Lictin Springs School after a day of muddy trail work on Cougar Mountain. Photo by Andrea Martin.

Students from the Redmond STEM School at Evans Creek. Photo by Krista Dooley.

High school students from Bellingham's Explorations Academy spent three scenic days fixing trails at Moran State Park. Photo by Andrea Martin.

Youth Ambassador John Vogel brought classmates from school and members of his Youth and Government delegation to build new trail at Grand Ridge Park. Photo by Andrea Martin.

Back for a second day of trail work, members of the North Seattle Girl Scout Troop put some great work into a new trail at Grand Ridge. Photo by Archana Bhat.