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Assessing trails: what’s a trail assessment, what’s an audit, what you can do, ahead of time, and when to bring in a professional

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What does 'conducting a trail assessment' really mean? Learn from the experts. Join Upper Valley Trails Alliance (UVTA), Vermont Mountain Biking Association (VMBA), and Northern Forest Canoe Trail (NFCT) for this lunchtime webinar. They'll show you how they assess pedestrian, aquatic, and mountain bike trails for different user groups, what an assessment report looks like, and how it can be used to recruit volunteers, hire a trail builder, and get funding to do the work. Led by Russ Hirschler, UVTA; Nick Bennette, VMBA; and Alex Delhagen, NFCT.

Green Up Day Vermont

Pick up your Green Up trash bags and get out in your community on Saturday, May 3 to clean up your trail heads, parking lots, and natural areas. As a volunteer, you make a huge difference for our environment.  Learn more here.

Game of Logging–Trail Crew Saw Training | Merck Forest & Farmland Center

Merck Forest and Farmland Center

Dates: Monday, May 5 and Tuesday, May 6, 2025 Location: Merck Forest and Farmland Center, 3270 VT-315 West Rupert, VT 05776 Description: Are you a current paid staff member of an organization, business, or municipality who works to maintain trail infrastructure in Vermont and needs chainsaw training? Trail Clearing and Storm Damage cleanup presents a very dangerous situation […]

2025 Trail Skills Training–Water Management | Southern Cohort

Stratton Mountain

A collaboration between Vermont Outdoor Business Alliance and Vermont trail builder businesses. Dates: Tuesday, May 6 and Wednesday, May 7, 2025 Location: 5 Village Lodge Rd, Stratton Mountain, VT 05155 Description: Are you a prospective or current paid staff member of a Vermont organization, business, or municipality who works on the maintenance or construction of natural surface trails […]

2025 Trail Skills Training–Water Management | NEK Cohort

2025 Vermont Trail Skills Training–Water Management–NEK Cohort A collaboration between Vermont Outdoor Business Alliance, and Vermont trail builder businesses. Dates: Monday, May 12 and Tuesday, May 13, 2025 Location: 223 Sherburne Lodge Rd, East Burke, VT 05832 Description: Are you a prospective or current paid staff member of a Vermont organization, business, or municipality who works on the […]

Game of Logging–Trail Crew Saw Training | NorthWoods Stewardship Center

Northwoods Stewardship Center

2025 Game of Logging–Trail Crew Saw Training | NorthWoods Stewardship Center A collaboration between Vermont Outdoor Business Alliance, Northeast Woodlands Training, and NorthWoods Stewardship Center Dates: Wednesday, May 14 and Thursday, May 15 Location: NorthWoods Stewardship Center, 154 Leadership Dr, East Charleston, VT 05833 Description: Are you a current paid staff member of an organization, business, or municipality […]

VTGC Annual Meeting

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Hear the latest VTGC news: what we’ve accomplished in the past 12 months, and what’s in store for the coming year. All members, stakeholders, and trail users welcome. All stakeholders […]

2025 Trail Skills Training–Water Management | VMBA Cohort

Sleepy Hollow - Huntington

2025 Vermont Trail Skills Training–Water Management–VMBA Cohort A collaboration between Vermont Outdoor Business Alliance, Vermont Mountain Bike Association, and Vermont trail builder businesses. Dates: Monday, May 19th and Tuesday, May 20th Location: Sleepy Hollow Inn, 427 Ski Lodge Dr, Huntington, VT 05462 Description: Are you a prospective or current paid staff member of a Vermont organization, business, or […]

Plan Trails to Minimize Wildlife Disturbance

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A summary of best practices for trail groups who plan, design, and manage nonmotorized trails to minimize disturbance of or conflict with wildlife, specifically large carnivores. Focusing on BC’s habitats, this presentation delivers a series of recommendations that span for trail planning (macro environmental factors) to trail design (specific environmental features) to trail management (human […]

Sustaining the Path: Trail Improvements for a Climate-Resilient Future

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Join us for a panel discussion on successful trail improvement projects in Vermont focused on climate resiliency and erosion mitigation. Through an innovative Natural Resources Conservation Service grant program administered by the Northern Forest Center, we are sharing successes and best practices that can be applied throughout the region for sustainable and resilient trail building […]

Trail User Survey

The Vermont Trails and Greenways Council (VTGC), along with five partner organizations*, was awarded an eighteen-month grant from the Vermont Recreation Economic Collaborative (VOREC) to address trail accessibility in Vermont. As part of that grant, VTGC is conducting a trail user survey to gather feedback from people with mobility challenges or disabilities about their experiences […]

National Trails Day

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National Trails Day® is your chance to connect with nature, your community, and the trails you love. On June 7, 2025, join American Hiking Society and outdoor enthusiasts nationwide in celebrating this annual day of action. Together, let’s leave the trails and outdoor spaces better than we found them, fostering a world where everyone feels […]

Vermont Trails & Greenways Council

This website was created in collaboration with the Vermont Outdoor Recreation Economic Collaborative (VOREC). This project was supported by a grant from the Northern Border Regional Commission. Funding for this project was made possible in part with a Rural Business Development Grant from USDA Rural Development.

Vermont Trails and Greenways Council
PO Box 183 
East Montpelier, VT 05651
info@vermonttgc.org
EIN: 22-3075047