Last year TKO staff and funding partners were laying the groundwork to start a movement of stewardship on Oregon’s south coast. In 2020, phase 2 of our Oregon Coast Visitors Association funding has helped us build a movement of trail stewardship in the southern Oregon Coast region. We’ve signed volunteer agreements with Oregon State Parks Harris Beach Management Unit and expanded our agreements with the Siuslaw and Rogue-Siskiyou National Forests, assessed trails to build a portfolio of projects to tackle and have an internship position to help drum up a beat of stewardship within communities that are eager to get out and improve their trails.  Our intern, an OPRD seasonal whose position was unavailable in the wake of COVID related funding, was able to shore up the OPRD staff challenges by engaging in trail work that park rangers weren’t able to get to. This kept trails open that would have otherwise become inaccessible.  The short term funding has been vital, but we’re on this trail for the long haul. That’s where you come in! Donate today to support our efforts to empowering south coast communities to steward their amazing trails.